EDITOR: With respect to this very regrettable apparent Maths CSEC exam breach referenced by CXC yesterday, it is still very early and CXC has advised that their official investigation is underway, so we await their further prompt public communication. We acknowledge the complexities of our ‘education eco-system’: multi-jurisdictional and multi-institutional administration of CXC exams, which may increase the potential risk of security breach relating to exam paper access. The additional …
The Barbados Court of Appeal has reserved judgment in the constitutional motion brought against Attorney General Dale Marshall challenging the composition of the Senate following the 2022 General Elections.The appellate panel comprising Chief Justice Sir Patterson Cheltenham and Justices Jefferson Cumberbatch and Rejendra Narine heard arguments on Thursday from counsel for respondent Marshall and claimant Adriel Brathwaite, a former Attorney General under the Democratic Labour Party (DLP).Through his attorney Garth Patterson, KC, Brathwaite is contending that when President Dame Sandra Mason convened Parliament, it was not properly constituted according to the Constitution which he argued requires 21 senators. Only 18 had been appointed at that time. “Here you have a situation where the Constitution says the President was required to appoint the senators as soon as [pos
Last year was chockfull of news on the political front. Whether it was general elections, internal party affairs or the Cabinet reshuffle in the last quarter of the year, there always seemed to be something happening and being discussed among the pundits and those who occasionally have a look-see into the goings-on. In the dying embers of 2021 while people were making plans to usher in the new year, on …
Barbados’ new Constitution could be ready by September.Chairman of the Constitution Reform Commission, retired Justice Christopher Blackman believes the 10-member body should be able to complete the mammoth task of crafting the island’s revised Constitution within the 15-month timeline given by Government.In an interview with Barbados TODAY, Justice Blackman said they had been given 15 months and he saw no reason for it not to be completed by then.“I think so. I don’t see any real reason why it shouldn’t happen,” Justice Blackman responded when asked if he was optimistic the Constitution would be finished by the deadline.
By Anesta Henry
A general election called a year and a half before it was constitutionally due, the Government announcing and then backtracking on a decision to change the name of Independence Day, and the Deputy Speaker of the House of Assembly being charged with rape were among the political highlights of 2022.
Just days before the start of 2022 – on