One has to refer the firing of Liz Thompson and George Payne by late Prime Minister Owen Arthur to get a sense that a minister was jettisoned from a Barbados Cabinet for lack of performance.
Barbados was plunged into some chaos yesterday following a sudden islandwide power outage from 11:30 a.m. Many retail stores, schools, the University of the West Indies and other establishments were forced to close as elevators, escalators, computer systems, lights, cold storage units and air-conditioning units all came to a grinding halt. It was not much better in food establishments, as point-of-sale card machines and automatic banking machines were also shut …
Unfortunately as we are breathing a sigh of relief at a declining murder rate, there has been an alarming increase in other criminal activity. In recent hours and days there has been two cutlass wielding attacks, one of them taking place on Broad Street at 11AM. The other next to a primary school which thankfully…
Submitted by Observing Former Minister of Education Santia Bradshaw, deputy BLP leader Minister of Education Kay McConney On a political platform in 2018 the then leader of opposition announced that "Common Entrance must go!" The crowd cheered. For three years the appointed Minister pronounced ad infinitum that "Common Entrance must go!" The masses bellowed. For…
Submitted by Ned Minister of Education Kay McConney think it is high time regional governments intervene in the functioning of the CXC. This email is not designed to point fingers at any particular person in management, but I think it is clear that a thorough shake up of this agency is necessary… The word today…