Belle, Wickham say details needed from police and businessman
Article by April 7, 2021
Two of the country’s leading political scientists have concluded that Prime Minister Mia Mottley did not act outside her legal authority during a highly-publicised interaction with a Royal Barbados Police Force (RBPF) officer that has raised questions about potential abuse of power from the highest office in the land.
Retired Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of the West Indies Dr. George Belle however contends that even if Mottley was not legally at fault, her actions could be interpreted as a show of intimidation toward law enforcement officials.
April 7, 2021
Opposition Senator Caswell Franklyn is calling for Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley to be removed from office.
Franklyn told
Barbados TODAY that Mottley failing to accept that she overstepped her boundaries when she accepted a call from cook shop owner Ross Ashton on
Good Friday when police attempted to end his special event at Deacons Farm, St Michael, is grounds for immediate dismissal.
In fact, the outspoken Opposition Senator said Governor General Dame Sandra Mason should be giving Prime Minister Mottley her walking papers.
In breaking her silence on the issue which has caused much public debate in recent days, Prime Minister Mottley has maintained that she did no wrong in accepting a call from the Deacon’s Farm resident, and indicated that the situation could be compared to an official from another section of society calling her with a query. She said that her interaction with the law enforcement and the cook shop owner was simply to seek informa
March 17, 2021
The buzz, though waning, is yet to settle on the damning revelations from former royals Prince Harry and the Duchess of Sussex Megan Markle in their tell-all interview with Oprah Winfrey on March 7.
A lot of eyes are still trained to Buckingham Palace in hope of a full response to the startling details unveiled, particularly the disclosure that an unnamed member of the royal family had asked about how dark the skin tone of their baby son Archie would be.
Archie’s expected “too brown” complexion also led to him being denied the title of prince, according to Markle, although such an honour is usually not bestowed on the second son of the Prince of Wales.
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COMMON SENSE VERSUS COMMONWEALTH Queen Elizabeth II (right) greeting a Jamaican woman in Kingston during her visit to the Caribbean island in 2002.
COMMENTARY If a royal racism scandal in the Old World reminds us of anything, it s that even figurehead monarchy should be anathema to the New World.
I’m more convinced than ever now that The Crown has no place in The Caribbean. Not even Netflix can change that.
Like millions during this godforsaken pandemic, I’ve watched enough of the streaming service to make me wonder if I miss “Derry Girls” more than I do my own grown children. And I’ve slurped the four seasons of “The Crown” like so many bottles of Cabernet or
Queen Elizabeth II visiting Barbados in 1977 (Image: GETTY)
READ MORE Having attained independence over half a century ago, our country can be in no doubt about its capacity for self-governance. The time has come to fully leave our colonial past behind. Barbadians want a Barbadian head of state.”
When asked to comment on Barbados’ plans last year, a Buckingham Palace spokesman said: This is a matter for the government and people of Barbados.
Barbados is not the first country to have decided to remove the Queen as head of state.
Queen Elizabeth II received Governor-General of Barbados, Dame Sandra Mason, for a private audience at Buckingham Palace in March 2018 (Image: GETTY)