By Dr. Basil Springer “This is My commandment, that you love one another, just as I have loved you.” – John 15:12 In my column “Journey to wellness: balancing mind, body and relationships,” dated January 14, 2024, I underscored the importance of cherishing relationships. Soon after, however, I found myself grappling with a sense of […]
February 8, 2021 – Prime Minister, Dr. the Right Honourable Keith Mitchell is deeply saddened by the passing of his former colleague and longstanding parliamentary representative, the late Elvin Nimrod. Mr. Nimrod passed away on Saturday, February 6, 2021, in the United States. A lawyer by profession, Mr. Nimrod entered the political arena in 1997 […]
The late former Prime Minister of Barbados, Professor Owen Arthur has been praised as a strident regionalist and a relentless advocate for the advancement of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME). CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, in a Statement following Professor Arthur’s passing on Monday, noted that, as CARICOM Lead Head of Government for […]
July 28, 2020, BRIDGETOWN, Barbados– The following is a statement from Caribbean Development Bank President Dr. Wm. Warren Smith on the passing of former Prime Minister of Barbados, Professor the Right Honourable Owen Arthur. The Caribbean Development Bank is deeply saddened to learn of the passing of former Prime Minister of Barbados, Professor the Right Honourable Owen Arthur. From […]
St. George’s: July 27, 2020: Prime Minister Dr. Rt. Hon. Keith Mitchell has expressed condolences on the passing of one of the Caribbean’s statesmen, Owen Seymour Arthur, who died early Monday morning at the age of 70. Arthur was Barbados’ longest serving Prime Minister, serving in that office for an unprecedented three consecutive terms from […]
July 19, 2020: It is with profound sadness that I received the news earlier today of the passing of David Edwards. Edwards, who was affectionately known as “Peck,’’ was a national treasure. We became friends in our childhood; as fellow students at the Grenada Boys’ Secondary School, and later as media colleagues at Radio Free […]
By Dr. John N Telesford a.k.a. Johnny Peter Bain, a comrade, a patriot, a committed family man, a St. Andrew man and a carnival man, deserves recognition for his unrelenting dedication to the development of society, carnival and sports in Grenada and specifically, St. Andrew. Peter has steadfastly focused on the social development and cohesion […]
