In this season of good cheer and giving, Barbadians are being asked to support the Barbados Poppy League and ex-servicemen, some of whom have to undergo expensive medical procedures. Lieutenant Colonel Neville Edwards, who took over as president of the Poppy League in 2019, said in an interview with The Nation that while monetary donations were usually made during the annual poppy appeal ahead of Remembrance Day commemorated this year …
On the eve of Errol Barrow Day, soldiers from the Barbados Defence Force were engaged in ensuring the National Hero’s headstone reflected the occasion. When a NATION NEWS team visited the Barbados Military Cemetery at Gravesend, Needham’s Point, St Michael, yesterday a group of 21 soldiers – 13 members of the Barbados Coast Guard led by Chief Petty Officer Omar Holligan, six members of the Barbados Defence Force grounds staff and two members …