Two prominent political scientists have taken different positions on the Government’s decision to establish a commission to review the structure and function of Parliament.While the current Head of the Department of Government, Sociology, Social Work and Psychology at the Cave Hill Campus of the University of the West Indies (UWI) Dr Kristina Hinds has suggested the timing is not right, Dr George Belle, who previously served in that position at the university, said the commission was necessary.Attorney General Dale Marshall announced at a post-Cabinet media conference last Friday that an eight-member Parliamentary Reform Commission (PRC) will provide recommendations on how the legislature could be transformed to better suit the country’s needs. He stressed that the body, headed by former President of the Senate Dr Richard Cheltenham, KC, would not replace the Constitution Reform Commission (CRC).Dr Hinds questioned the timing of the creation of the new commission, saying that it sh
Two prominent political scientists have taken different positions on the Government’s decision to establish a commission to review the structure and function of Parliament.While the current Head of the Department of Government, Sociology, Social Work and Psychology at the Cave Hill Campus of the University of the West Indies (UWI) Dr Kristina Hinds has suggested the timing is not right, Dr George Belle, who previously served in that position at the university, said the commission was necessary.Attorney General Dale Marshall announced at a post-Cabinet media conference last Friday that an eight-member Parliamentary Reform Commission (PRC) will provide recommendations on how the legislature could be transformed to better suit the country’s needs. He stressed that the body, headed by former President of the Senate Dr Richard Cheltenham, KC, would not replace the Constitution Reform Commission (CRC).Dr Hinds questioned the timing of the creation of the new commission, saying that it sh
By Brittany Brewster
Founder of Jabez House Shamelle Rice, popular gospel singer Sister Margarita Marshall, charity worker Sharon Bellamy-Thompson and founder of the Foundation for Better Learning (FFBL) Esther Mullin are the recipients of this year’s Vocational Service Awards from the Rotary Club of Barbados West.
The four women were recognised at the club’s annual Service Awards ceremony held on Tuesday at
By Emmanuel Joseph
Barbados is preparing to introduce a major piece of legislation that would allow medical doctors to end “futile care” for brain-dead patients.
Dr Margaret O’Shea, who has had input in the drafting of the Human Tissue Transplant Bill disclosed recently that the proposed law would also pave the way for the donation of the deceased’s organs. This move,
As the Cave Hill Campus of the University of the West Indies (UWI) celebrates 60 years of existence, Prime Minister Mia Mottley has thrown out a challenge to officials of that institution to ensure it remains relevant to the needs of residents and the region.
She said that while the Cave Hill Campus had made a defining difference in the quality