The then Acting President, The Very Reverend Dr. Jeffrey Gibson (standing) poses with Chairman of the Parliamentary Reform Commission, Sir Richard Cheltenha .
Acting President, The Very Reverend Dr. Jeffrey Gibson (seated left) and Deputy Prime Minister Santia Bradshaw (seated right) pose with the six Parliamentar .
Barbados now has a commission in place, tasked with reviewing the processes and procedures of Parliament to make them more relevant to a modern society.On Monday, eight members of the Parliamentary Reform Commission were sworn in at State House by acting President The Very Reverend Dr Jeffrey Gibson.Former President of the Senate Sir Richard Cheltenham, King’s Counsel, heads the panel as chairman and his deputy is veteran trade unionist Sir Roy Trotman. The other members are Ambassador Elizabeth Thompson; noted cardiologist Dr Richard Ishmael; historian and attorney-at-law Professor Velma Newton; columnist Dr William Chandler Jr; former Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade under the Democratic Labour Party (DLP) Maxine McClean andCorey Beckles of the former Opposition People’s Party for Democracy and Development.After the oaths were administered, deputy Prime Minister Santia Bradshaw acknowledged the importance of the development.“This is the culmination of several discu
The University of the West Indies at Cave Hill now has an Alternative Dispute Resolution Unit (ADRU). The unit was officially launched on Monday in the Moot Court Room during a ceremony which was attended by several of the region’s legal minds. These included former Chief Justice Sir Marston Gibson, Dean of the Faculty of Law Professor Eddy Ventose, and Deputy Dean and Director of the unit Dr Antonius R. …
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