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Leaders serve
The ultimate goal of this weekly column is to domesticate leadership – that is, to remove the ambiguity and misconceptions which surround this topic and to empower all to recognize that within ourselves, dwells many of the leadership qualities necessary to change our world for the better. Let’s face it, our world needs some major […]
One epic journey
They survived on a bottle of rum, packets of dehydrated food, assorted snacks, water, will power and hope during a 53-day journey covering more than 3,000 nautical miles from Gran Canaria to Barbados. That trip, which was thought to be insane by many, was first conceptualized back in November 2016 by stepbrothers Greg Bailey, 28, […]
Lessons from the 2018 Grenada election
In May 2016, I had the honour of introducing Dr The Right Hon. Keith Mitchell, prime minister of Grenada as the feature speaker at the annual Worrell Lecture at the University of the West Indies. In my introduction, I underscored the point that in every age only a tiny percentage of individuals stood out by […]
First-past-the-post and electoral competition
There is an emerging narrative within and outside of Grenada (particularly on social media) which seems to suggest that Grenadians intentionally voted to engineer an electoral outcome that guaranteed the absence of a parliamentary opposition. As a Grenadian and a political scientist I reject that view. As is the case with every Commonwealth Caribbean country, […]
Let your light shine
Fifty-nine-year-old retired jurist Paula-Mae Weekes was today sworn in as Trinidad and Tobago’s first female head of state and its sixth president since the attainment of Republican status in 1976. Immediately after her swearing-in by Chief Justice Ivor Archie, the retired Court of Appeal judge issued a call for citizens of the twin island republic […]
Preventative self care
What is preventative self-care? It is simply all the things we do to keep ourselves at our best. All the things we do to prevent a health concern from getting worse. So, it would include the interventions to make sure the work doesn’t madden us or maybe give us a stroke, and the lifestyle and […]
School chants and more!
The ban on drums remained in place for another year. However, this did not stop students from having a good time or ensuring that their voices were heard, as the Barbados Secondary School’s Athletic Championships (BSSAC) climaxed at the National Stadium today. In fact, most distinguishable among the loud chants were shouts of, ‘See Queens […]
Open day at BCC
The Barbados Community College (BCC) threw open its doors this week to fifth form students from secondary schools across the island for what it called an informational exposition. The event, held under the theme BCC at 50 – Education is Golden, was the campus’ way of marketing itself to prospective students. “Fifth form is a […]
Barbados appoints first Poet Laureate
Literary scholar Esther Phillips has been appointed Barbados’ first Poet Laureate. Minister of Culture, Stephen Lashley presented Phillips with her documents and instruments of appointment on Wednesday at his Sky Mall office. The designation Poet Laureate is conferred on a literary scholar actively involved in poetry and the literary community of their country for not […]
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