The soon-to-be-completed housing units in Tichbourne, St Michael, should be given to persons most in need.That was the response of several constituents of St Michael East to their Member of Parliament Trevor Prescod’s insistence that people living in the constituency should be given priority.Speaking at a press conference earlier in the day, Prescod strongly disagreed with the Government’s decision to temporarily relocate people currently housed at the Barbados Workers’ Union Labour College in Mangrove to the soon to be completed steel frame housing units in Tichbourne.Those individuals were displaced when Hurricane Elsa did significant damage to their homes last year.Prescod contended that there were scores of people in his constituency who were desperately in need of housing assistance.
Victims of the 1976 bombing of Cubana Flight 455 still need justice. That point was reinforced on Wednesday during a commemorative ceremony at the Cubana monument in Paynes Bay, St James where the 45th anniversary of the air disaster was recognised. While stressing that there was no way to bring back the 73 people (57 Cubans, 11 Guyanese and five North Koreans) who died because of the act of terrorism, …
CMPI objects to local charity leasing Culloden Farm
Article by January 15, 2021
The Caribbean Movement for Peace and Integration (CMPI) has come out strongly against the Duke of Edinburgh International Award Barbados charity moving to the first official residence of the Prime Minister of Barbados.
General Secretary of CMPI David Denny who said he is supporting Member of Parliament Trevor Prescod’s opposition to his Government’s move to lease the property to the charity at $1,200 monthly for a period of 25 years, is calling on members of the Pan Africanist movement and social activists to also stand in solidarity with Prescod objecting to the move out of respect for Father of Independence Right Excellent Errol Barrow, also a National Hero.