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Drax Hall sugar plantation, Barbados, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. Barbados’ prime minister, Mia Mottley, is well regarded as a progressive world leader and strong champion of the Caribbean region, outspoken on issues ranging from climate justice to reparations. Her administration's recent expression of interest in a land purchase from a descendant of slave traders, therefore, struck a sour note, eventually prompting her to address the nation on April 23 and announce that the deal would be put on pause. To many, the fact that the purchase was even on the table seemed out of step with ...
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Feature image via Canva Pro. On March 11, as the security crisis in Haiti worsened, a High-Level Meeting of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) — of which Haiti is a part — took place at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in Kingston. At the late evening closing press conference, current CARICOM Chair Irfan Ali broke the news that many suspected was inevitable under the current circumstances: “We acknowledge the resignation of Prime Minister Ariel Henry upon the establishment of a Presidential Council, and the naming of an interim prime minister.” According to Ali, this transitional Presidential Council ...
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Feature image via Canva Pro. By Kyle Foster This post was first published on the Cari-Bois Environmental News Network as part of an ongoing series that aims to give Caribbean scientists, explorers, environmentalists and nature enthusiasts a platform to share important environmental information in creative ways. An edited version is republished here as part of a content-sharing agreement. Barbadians are a very patriotic people, and their love for their country is usually on full display during the month of November, when both Independence and Republic Day celebrations are held, and there is inc...
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Miami (AFP) - Barbados officials on Friday were investigating how a man reportedly managed to board a commercial flight from the island nation to the US city of Miami with a loaded gun in his possession. Transportation Security Administration agents at Florida's busiest airport discovered the suspect was carrying a firearm loaded with five .32-caliber bullets, NBC's Southern Florida affiliate reported. Police arrested the man, identified by the station as Cameron Hinds, and charged him with carrying a concealed weapon, a crime punishable in Florida by up to five years in prison and a $5,000 fi...
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Former Girls Aloud singer Kimberley Walsh admitted she's annoyed her own rules means she's got to delay renewing her wedding vows.Kimberley doesn’t feel she needs to reaffirm her commitment to Justin Scott but would like the excuse of returning to Barbados, where she tied the knot, to have a “massive party”.I would just plan for it as an excuse to go back to Barbados and have a massive party. I feel like we need to wait 10 years to justify something like that, which is annoying really as we got married quite late, Asked if she’d renew her vows, she told new! magazine: .I don't feel like we nee...
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