Archive for February, 2008
VICTORY!!! Dreadlocked boys are back at SJPP!!!
A victory for common sense in a battle against discrimination.
Young men, go forward with pride and put all your efforts into your education. Never take your freedom and your right to education for granted.
Wisdom has prevailed.
Bajan Free Press
http://www.nationnews.com/story/299204737498117.php
Boys back at SJPP
THE FOUR remaining students barred from attending classes at Samuel Jackman Prescod Polytechnic (SJPP) because of their dreadlocks are now free to enter.
“We have given instructions for the students affected to be admitted to class without any hindrance with respect to their hairstyle,” principal Wendel Cozier said last night in an official statement.
“We are agreed that the times, styles and fashions are always changing and that as young adults, our students may want to express themselves as is their right to do. Our concerns are for neatness and safety when the students use machinery, and heat in their training,” the statement continued.
Cozier said the SJPP had discussions with Minister of Education Ronald Jones, the Permanent Secretary and Chief Education Officer, and was “guided by their counsel in the matter”.
The principal, who said that “in light of recent events” its Disciplinary Policy and Procedures Manual might have to be re-examined, stressed the SJPP “has had members of the Rastafarian religious groups as staff members and students and has enjoyed harmonious relations. The current issue is certainly not one of discrimination against Rastafarians”.
On February 19, SJPP deputy principal Merton Forde said five students had been banned from attending classes there because of their dreadlocks and would need to “show they belonged to the Rastafarian sector”. (PR/PA)
2 comments Friday, 29 February 2008, 6:10 pm
Congratulations to Brave Young Hero Renaldo Walcott
19 year old Renaldo Walcott is a true hero. In an act of great bravery, and at grave risk to his own life, he rescued two of his neighbours from a burning house.
It is ordinary young Bajan people like him who truly deserve to be rewarded.
Renaldo Walcott, Bajan Free Press is very proud of you.
http://www.nationnews.com/story/311971019700054.php
Man, son rescued from burning house
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RENALDO WALCOTT, a 19-year-old labourer, ran into a burning house early yesterday morning and rescued an elderly man and his son from death or injury.
The timber house at Howells Cross Roads, The Ivy, St Michael, was reduced to ashes and Leonard Buynan, in his 80s, and his son Cyril Crichlow, in his 50’s, took refuge in neighbour Velda Neblett’s house last night.
Walcott said he returned home after 1 a.m. yesterday and his mother alerted him after hearing an explosion.
“She [my mother] told me to get Bunyan. The back part of the house was burning when I got them out,” Walcott said.
Heard explosion
Neblett said: “It happened really fast. I told my son I smelt gas and he checked my house. There was no gas. But when I opened the window, I saw the house on fire. I told my son to go and move the car. I heard an explosion.”
Nothing was saved. Both Neblett and Bunyan said they had suspicions about how the fire started since there was no cooking at the house because food was delivered to Bunyan and his son daily.
Bunyan added: “There is no gas in the house. . . . I don’t buy matches. I’m pondering to know how it catch. I’m still in shock as well. My house was over 100 years. I was born in there. The Lord will help me to get another house,” he said. (KB)
Add comment Wednesday, 27 February 2008, 9:10 am
Barbados Prime Minister supports Trinidad and Tobago investment in Barbados
Bajan Free Press commends prime minister David Thompson for speaking out boldly in support of investment by Trinidad and Tobago in Barbados. This augurs well for the future of CSME and we are proud to hear such sentiments expressed.
Too many Bajans like to grumble and complain instead of getting involved in regional ventures. The world is a much bigger place than our beloved little rock. We as a people have to adopt a more open minded approach to the opportunities that abound all over this Caribbean region and beyond.
Bajan Free Press
http://www.nationnews.com/story/309390671511020.php
Thompson all for T&T investment
Published on: 2/25/08.
by Ricky Jordan
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO’S business culture is vastly different from Barbados’ anti-competition culture, says Prime Minister David Thompson, and he welcomes investment from the twin-island republic.
Against the background of the Barbados Shipping & Trading (BS&T) buyout by Neal & Massy and other major investment by Trinidad in Barbados’ food distribution, agriculture, media and technology sectors, Thompson said last week that certain anti-competition business practices had become entrenched in Barbados.
However, he said he did not expect Trinidadian investors to follow that trend.
Noting that from his experience “the business culture of Trinidadians and Tobagonians was different in many respects to the business culture of Barbadians”, he promised that such longstanding monopolistic Barbadian practices would be eliminated under his administration.
“Specifically in relation to Trinidadian investment in large conglomerates in Barbados, I believe those investors would be aware of my Government’s policy, and we intend to carry it out.
“Therefore if there are practices that militate against competition, we will expect them as dutiful citizens of the Caribbean investing in Barbados to work on eliminating those practices,” he said.
Thompson spoke at a media conference to mark his visit with Trinbagonian Prime Minister Patrick Manning at the Diplomatic Centre in Port-of-Spain.
1 comment Tuesday, 26 February 2008, 8:16 am
Stranded Ghanaians Found Working on Construction Site
Those who have little time for our African roots and heritage will surely be laughing at this.
It is a BIG SHAME and a HUGE EMBARRASSMENT to all Pan-Africans. We must do better than this.
Bajan Free Press
http://www.nationnews.com/story/296811000620233.php
STRANDED
A GROUP OF GHANAIANS, who arrived in Barbados two-and-a-half-weeks ago on an inaugural flight from Ghana and have been left stranded, are now working on a construction site.
The SUNDAY SUN last week tracked down and found about ten of the visitors, working on a site on the outskirts of town.
They were among 149 passengers from Accra, Ghana, and Lagos, Nigeria, who arrived in Barbados on February 1, on a direct flight.
It is understood that some of the passengers went on to St Lucia and Trinidad, while an undisclosed number remained here.
The flight was due to return to pick them up on February 15, but never did.
The men told the SUNDAY SUN they had run out of cash to pay for their accommodation and food bills and that was why they were working.
In fact, they are so impressed with the island that they want to spread the word so other Ghanaians can also come and find work.
“In our country we have to work. We cannot be idle and we have to go back and tell our people about our experience here so that they can come and find work too,” said one of the men.
When contacted about the matter on Thursday, Minister of Tourism Richard Sealy said Government was making efforts to get the flight to return to pick up the stranded Africans.
“I understand that there have been some challenges. It is being worked on by the relevant authorities. We hope to have a speedy resolution to this event,” he said.
However, when informed that about ten men were working, Sealy said: “I don’t know about that. It is news to me.”
The men, who speak English and are in their late 20s and early 30s, said they went to the Immigration Department after discovering that the flight did not return to ask for an extension to their stay and work permits, but were turned down.
The SUNDAY SUN was unable to reach anyone at the department who could confirm the men’s claims.
Messages were left for Acting Chief Immigration Officer Marva Farmer last week, but up to Press time there was no return call.
When questioned about the men’s immigration claims, Sealy said that would have to be addressed by the Prime Minister who was responsible for immigration. We were unable to reach the Prime Minister.
Chief Technical Officer at the Ministry of International Transport, Valerie Browne, confirmed that her ministry was aware of the stranded passengers.
“The ministry is in touch with the airline which organised the original flight and we understand that all efforts are being made to expedite a return flight,” she said.
The SUNDAY SUN also spoke to marketing and sales director of Remac Tours, George Knight, the local agents involved in organising the flight.
He, too, said he was aware of the situation, but assured that Government was actively working on it.
That flight landed at Grantley Adams International Airport around 4:20 a.m. on February 1, and at that time, officials indicated that since everything had not been finalised, there were no further flights being planned until later in the year.
The Ghanaian side of the tour was handled by Seasons Travel Tours, while Dr Ntui Okey, of the Trans-African Centre for Trade was responsible for bringing Remac and Seasons together.
Okey declined comment.
See also Page 12A.
http://www.nationnews.com/296811000443111.php
Out of money
Published on: 2/24/08.
by Maria Bradshaw
A group of Ghanaians who have been stranded in Barbados after the flight they arrived on never returned for them on February 15 as expected, say they like it here and would like to stay for a while.
When a SUNDAY SUN team tracked down about ten of the male visitors, they were found working illegally at a construction site on the outskirts of town.
They were among 149 passengers from Accra, Ghana and Lagos Nigeria, who arrived in Barbados on February 1, on a direct flight which took nine hours.
Some of the passengers went on to St Lucia and Trinidad, while an undisclosed number remained here.
The men, who were nervous, and at first reluctant to speak, because they believed the SUNDAY SUN team to be immigration officers, said they had run out of cash to pay for their accommodation and food and that was why they were working.
The men, who speak English, said they went to the Immigration Department after discovering that the flight had not returned, to ask for an extension to their stay and work permits, but were turned down.
No flight
“We went to the airport and the flight never came and no one could tell us when it will. We went to the Immigration Department to ask for an extension and work permits and they refused us. We decided to find work because we did not have any money,” one of the more vocal among the men explained.
The others consented to speak, on the condition that they not give their names, or have their pictures taken.
When the Sunday Sun team found them they were working for a contractor who is building houses for Government.
The men said they would prefer to stay on in Barbados and work for a few months even though they found the cost of living to be high.
“We like Barbados. The people are very friendly. We want to ask Government to give us work permits. We would appreciate that – to get something to do so we would not be a burden to your country.
“We hope that the Government will listen to us,” the spokesman pleaded as the others nodded in agreement.
However, they admitted that they were very scared at being found by immigration and imprisoned and said that so far they were forced to leave an apartment where they were living because an immigration officer who lived nearby, “harassed” them for working illegally and threatened their landlord with arrest for harbouring illegal immigrants.
“We are now staying in St Michael,” the men said. They said they were all single and had no children.
No experience
But while they are working as labourers, none of them has any experience in the construction field. Two said they were engineers with diplomas, while another two said they were qualified electricians.
“The way we build houses in Ghana is different than how you do it here, but we are willing to learn. We did not get any jobs in Ghana and we are here to experience how this place is. We researched Barbados on the Internet and found that our forefathers came here as slaves and that we all look the same.
“In our country, we have to work. We cannot be idle and we have to go back and tell our people about our experience here so that they can come and find work, too.”
A supervisor, who was on the site training the men, said he was impressed with their willingness to learn.
“They are slow because we are now teaching them, but they are willing to learn and they take instructions and are easy to work with. We pay them $60 a day like all the other labourers and if they work overtime they are paid for it.
“I spoke to them and their money is like Guyanese money – $1 200 is $12 000 in their currency. We are just giving them a break because it can happen to anyone,” the supervisor said.
The men said the tickets to Barbados cost them US$2000 each. They also said they were in constant contact with their relatives whom they call via cellular phone.
2 comments Sunday, 24 February 2008, 11:09 am
Rihanna Rewards. Well Done Prime Minister Thompson & Bajan Donors!
Bajan Free Press highly commends prime minister David Thompson and other respective Barbadians for the rewards and honours bestowed on Bajan singer Rihanna on Thursday night.
It is important that we honour and acknowledge our own, because even if they are rich enough to buy their own bling (as Rihanna is), the act of giving shows our appreciation, which has far more value than any land, Land Rover, diamonds or gold.
Bajan Free Press
http://www.nationnews.com/story/295723732175256.php
RI-WARD
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BARBADOS has a new ambassador.
She is Robyn Rihanna Fenty, who was designated an honorary Youth and Cultural Ambassador at a huge rally and concert in her honour in Independence Square last night.
In making the announcement, Prime Minister David Thompson paid tribute to the young Grammy Award winner, noting that she had copped the award at the tender age of 19 on a first-time nomination.
The proclamation, read by Minister of Culture Steve Blackett, said in part:
* “Whereas the Government and the people of Barbados truly acknowledge and celebrate the remarkable achievements of Robyn Rihanna Fenty;
* “And whereas such an accomplishment has brought significant honour and deserving recognition not only to Rihanna but also to her beloved country and has elevated Barbados to the forefront of the entertainment world;
* “And whereas this phenomenal success has come at so tender an age evoking invaluable inspiration and motivation to youth everywhere;
* “And whereas all Barbados stands proud in the face of this honour and gives full support to Rihanna on her continuing path;
“Be it now proclaimed in Bridgetown, Barbados . . .that the Government of Barbados designates Robyn Rihanna Fenty an honorary Youth and Cultural Ambassador of this country.”
As Thompson made the announcement there were loud screams from the thousands of Barbadians who converged on Independence Square to see the singing superstar as she was saluted by the crème de la crème of local artistes.
It was just before 4 p.m. that Rihanna arrived at the Grantley Adams International Airport where she was also greeted by Cabinet ministers, relatives and hundreds of well-wishers and supporters.
But that number paled in comparison to the thousands, many carrying umbrellas to identify with her award winning song, who journeyed to Bridgetown last night.
That crowd erupted in thunderous applause when the 20-year-old jewel of the isle made a dramatic entrance on a yacht which sailed into the inner basin of the Careenage just before 9:30 p.m.
Besides the national honour bestowed on her, the Prime Minister also announced that the Government would be giving Rihanna “a piece of the rock” in Apes Hill, St James. (CG)
http://www.nationnews.com/story/296202202284054.php
Ri call
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by TRACY MOORE and DONNA SEALY
IT WAS A CELEBRATION fit for royalty.
Dubbed Believe, A Tribute To Rihanna, thousands of people took up every iota of available space – from Fairchild Street along Charles Duncan O’Neal Bridge onto the Upper Wharf Road, then cramming into Independence Square.
The bronze figure of the Father of Independence and National Hero, Errol Barrow, towering nine feet tall above, stood with a watchful eye as some of Barbados’ finest artistes, like Richard Stoute, RPB, Kid Site, Philip 7, Edwin Yearwood and daughter Rhadika, and several of Pyramid Entertainment Management Inc’s artistes, paid tribute to the Grammy Award-winning Robyn Rihanna Fenty.
Many had a bird’s eye view from windows in the National Insurance Building, Sunjet House, and on the deck of Limelight Cafe, Brigade House.
While those lucky enough to get close sat in front of the stage in the amphitheatre, others watched the close to three-hour show on one of the six large screens strategically placed around the Square.
The show, which started an hour late, was hosted by emcees Kevin KB Kleen Hinds and Toni Hurricane Hinkson under a starry sky complete with a full moon. So good was the weather that the only umbrellas that came out on Thursday night were the ones from the opening act Danse Nationale, who performed a well-choreographed number to the honouree’s
chart-topping hit, Umbrella.
Then, about 9:10 p.m. the historical Chamberlain Bridge rose up to the skies, like the parting of the Red Sea, and The Regent, a white sail boat under the captaincy of cancer survivor Andrew Burke, entered the Careenage, following a small Coast Guard boat, carrying the celebrated daughter of the soil, Rihanna.
Wearing a bright yellow dress, Rihanna smiled radiantly to the chants of her name, as the song, She’s Royal, blasted from the speakers. But, it was to the fans’ delight when Burke brought her closer to the edge of the Square so that all could get a better view.
However, that was when the thousands caught sight of international recording star Chris Brown on board. He is rumoured to be linked romantically to Rihanna.
It was mayhem!
Women of all ages screamed and chanted his name, while others cried at seeing him.
But that didn’t stop the show – one which Rihanna and her guests caught about an hour of, but seemed to enjoy, as they rocked to the joyous gospel songs of Paula Hinds & Friends, Biggie Irie‘s reggae tribute to Grammy Award-winning producer Jimmy Haynes, and intently watched as Livvi Franc, accompanied by Arturo Tappin, sang Rihanna‘s Unfaithful.
When it was birthday cake time, the superstar who turned 20 on Wednesday, was welcomed on stage to a purple and white birthday
cake shaped as an umbrella, compliments of the Barbados Tourism Authority.
But that was just the beginning. She also received “a piece of the rock” in Apes Hill, St James, a brand new LR2 Land Rover from Warrens Motors in a colour of her choice, a diamond bangle from Colombian Emeralds, a “trip” on the Concorde from Hanschell Inniss, while Simpson Motors made a substantial contribution to her Believe Foundation for sick and needy children.
1 comment Saturday, 23 February 2008, 9:27 pm
GIA Charters Plane For Stranded Passengers
In trouble already?
Let’s hope they get this problem fixed quickly and fixed properly.
Bajan Free Press
http://www.modernghana.com/news/158305/1/Gia-charters-plane-for-stranded-passengers
By Daily Guide
Fri, 22 Feb 2008
Business/Finance
These tourists left Accra on January 31, 2008, arriving in Barbados on February 1, 2008.
The airline says it has not abandoned the about 150 passengers it transported to the Caribbean nation.
This comes after the placement of a feature article on Ghanaweb website on February 19, 2008 which according to the airline sought to create the impression that it had abandoned about 150 passengers on the island.
The airline says it signed an Aircraft Charter Agreement with Season’s Travel and Tours on January 29, 2008 under which the Charterer contracted the services of the airline to transport its customers (“the tourists”) to and from Barbados.
Though the return journey was scheduled for February 15, 2008, GIA says it could not carry out the duty because it did not receive the agreed consideration from the Charterer owing to an ongoing difference in position between the Charterer and the authorities in Barbados.
In a statement signed by Gifty Annan-Myers, acting Chief Executive Officer of GIA and Eric Bannerman, Managing Director of Season’s Travels and Tours, GIA said the responsibility for the repatriation of the tourists rests solely with the Charterer but was ready to undertake the return journey if it receives the agreed consideration from the Charterer.
According to the statement, over the last week or so, the Charterer has been trying to procure another permit from the Ministry of Transport, Works and International Transport in Barbados to enable it transport a second batch of tourists to Barbados.
However, the Ministry insists it would not allow the Charterer to bring in additional tourists unless the first batch is repatriated to Accra, thus the Ministry would only permit the Charterer to bring an aircraft without passengers.
The Ministry of Transport, Works and International Transport in Barbados on February 1, 2008 granted a permit to GIA on behalf of the Charterer to operate one rotation- Ghana/Barbados/Ghana- but the ongoing dissimilarity in position between the Charterer and the authorities in Barbados prevented the repatriation of the tourists to Ghana.
By Charles Nixon Yeboah
2 comments Friday, 22 February 2008, 3:19 pm
Hair Discrimination Must Stop! Male Braiding is a Proven African Custom!
The Samuel Jackman Prescod Polytechnic wants to stop young Bajan men from getting education based on their hairstyle, but we commend Minister of Education Ronald Jones for defending the right of our young men to wear their hair in braids.
There are several African societies where men wear (or used to wear) braided or plaited hair, including…
Young Maasai warriors in Kenya and Tanzania,
Young Samburu warriors in Kenya,
Yoruba Shango priests in Nigeria,
Osogbo, Nigeria
and the Mungiki sect in Kenya.
As black people who are descendants of West African slaves, we in Barbados MUST defend our rights, even within our own country, and especially within our own country.
There is no room in Barbados for discrimination against black people and black hairstyles, especially within our educational institutions. Enforce the rules to keep hairstyles neat, but do not discriminate against people because of hairstyle.
Bajan Free Press
http://www.nationnews.com/story/299461955129249.php
NOT IN HAIR!
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Stories by Katrina Bend
Unless you are a Rastafarian, don’t wear your hair like one if you want to study at the Samuel Jackman Prescod Polytechnic (SJPP).
That regulation right now bars five young men from completing their two-year programme at the institution in The Pine, St Michael.
Deputy principal of the SJPP, Merton Forde, confirmed the ban on Tuesday and said if the students were willing to show they belonged to the Rastafarian sector, they would not be barre from any classes.
Unhealthy
“We have regulations concerning the type of headdress considered to be unhealthy to students around them. We expect students to conform to those regulations. The students were told that their dreadlocks would not have been a problem once they are part of the Rastafarian faith,” Forde said.
One of the affected students, Carlos Adams, 22, of the Electrical Department, said that since last Wednesday, there were a series of meetings about how he and four other males should wear their hair.
Asked for letters
They are in the Electrical Engineering, Micro-Electronics and Refrigeration and Engineering departments.
When they returned to class last Friday, personnel from Student Affairs asked for letters stating their dreadlocks were religion-related. Failing that, they would have to cut their hair in order to attend classes.
Adams said: “The only way we are allowed into our class is with a letter from the Rastafarian organisations [but] the organisation said they cannot issue letters to people with long hair. You are a brethren because
of your heart.
“I think it is some sort of prejudice. Why should I bring in a letter saying that I am some part of a movement . . . . We are not little kids going to school up here. We are not seeking to change the rules in the institution. We just want to go to class.”
Damien Weekes, 24, also of the Electrical Department said security personnel refused to let him enter the institution last Friday with his hairstyle.
In the past, Weekes unlocked his hair and wore his hair in an afro style because personnel felt the students could conceal weapons under the tams (headdress) worn over the dreadlocked hair.
Adams and Weekes said when they attended the interview and orientation sessions, they were told that dreadlocked hair was not a problem, as long as it was well groomed and pulled backwards.
The students are in the final semester of their first year of their two-year programmes. They are missing the core subject, electrical installation, and if they don’t successfully complete this, they say they cannot go on to pursue studies for their City Guild certificate.
http://www.nationnews.com/story/299461954952127.php
Jones knocks ban on locks
The dreadlocks hairstyle ban at Samuel Jackman Prescod Polytechnic (SJPP) has been criticised as discriminatory by Minister of Education Ronald Jones.
“No child or student studying can be excluded from a school as result of a hairstyle, particularly in a situation where they are kept in a clean and inoffensive manner. So I’m surprised that that would even arise. It would then be termed discriminatory circumstances, but nothing has reached me here in relation to that particular manner,” Jones told the
DAILY NATION yesterday.
“These are not little children, this is a tertiary institution. And even though we want persons to be decorous, to treat adults like children would be a no-no. Once the hairstyles are clean and conform to generally accepted standards, no young person should be left out of school . . . . Most of these things have to be handled sensitively otherwise they would come over as discriminatory,” the minister added.
Backward
Director of the Commission of Pan-African Affairs, Ikael Tafari, who is a part of the Rastafari Movement, described the SJPP regulation as backward, discriminatory, ridiculous and a dangerous practice.
“It’s a violation of a religion. People like me, Adonijah and other Rastafari; 1 000 in the island, they are stopping people from getting skill training on dreadlocks . . . How are we going to really determine Rastafari? There are different beliefs . . . . You don’t have to join an organisation to be a Rastafari . . . . Barbados has to get serious. We are a multi-religious society. They must stop discrimination.”
4 comments Thursday, 21 February 2008, 9:54 am
Barbados and CARICOM should recognise Kosovo
We at Bajan Free Press offer our congratulations and support to the government and people of the republic of Kosovo which declared independence from Serbia on Sunday 17 February 2008.
As freedom-loving people who ourselves overcame centuries of slavery and colonialism in the Caribbean, we call upon the government of Barbados and on all CARICOM governments to act quickly to recognise Kosovo as an independent state. The people of Kosovo have suffered from oppression for too long, and they deserve the same rights of freedom and self-determination which we in Barbados enjoy today.
Recognition of Kosovo would be an assertive act by the new government in Barbados, and we urge prime minister Thompson to give this matter urgent consideration.
Bajan Free Press
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1 comment Wednesday, 20 February 2008, 12:43 am
David Thompson names new board members. Croneyism and Merit.
Prime Minister David Thompson has named new board members for several government-controlled institutions.
He has made his close personal friend Leroy Parris the Chairman of the Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation, so don’t expect to hear anything critical of government coming out of the country’s lone television station. Leroy Parris is the Executive Chairman of CLICO Holdings Barbados Ltd., and the obvious link between insurance and broadcasting is political croneyism.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Croneyism
cro·ny·ism
n. Favoritism shown to old friends without regard for their qualifications, as in political appointments to office.
Deputy chairman of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital is Akintolove Corbin, so don’t expect to hear him as a moderator again on the Voice of Barbados evening radio call-in program Tell It Like It Is.
Colin Spencer is deputy chairman of the National Cultural Foundation. He is also the defeated DLP candidate for St. George North and a calypsonian, so obviously we can look forward to a crackdown on calypso tunes which find fault with this new DLP government.
We are pleased to note some other NCF board members who are proven stalwarts all worthy of appointment, namely Wayne Simmons, Anthony Waldrond and Cranston Browne. These are people who have made their names known in cultural circles in Barbados.
And we have saved the best for last: Dr. Erskine Simmons is the new chairman of the Commission for Pan-African Affairs, which in our opinion is an excellent choice. Dr. Simmons has proven himself to be capable and competent in his work as the Honorary Consul for Ghana and he possesses both knowledge and experience to make him the best person we can think of to be made head of the Commission for Pan-African Affairs. There is no doubt that this is an appointment based on merit, and we look forward to a new energy and direction coming from the commission in the months ahead.
Bajan Free Press
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Prime Minister David Thompson has announced the names of members to 12 other boards
Saturday, 09 February 2008
He says cabinet is working assiduously to get the various boards in place so that the essential work of government would continue apace.
Insurance executive Leroy Parris has been appointed as Chairman of the Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation; his deputy chair is Jeanette Layne-Clarke.
Other members on the CBC board are Peter Boyce, Evette King, Pastor Wesley Dear, Father Clement Paul, Muriel Sealy and the Permanent Secretary in the Prime Minister’s office or his nominee.
The new chairman of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital is Mitchell Codrington and his deputy is Akintolove Corbin.
At the National Cultural Foundation the Chairman is Ken Knight, deputy is Colin Spencer.
Other NCF board members are Christopher Griffith, Wayne Simmons, Dr. Gladstone Yearwood, Errol Rollins, Alissandra Cummins, Anthony Waldrond, Cranston Browne, the President of the Barbados Tourism Authority and the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Culture or his nominee.
Dr. Erskine Simmons is the new chairman of the commission of Pan African Affairs and Deputy Chairman is Denis McIntosh.
Other members are Petrona Holder, Myrna Belgrave, Samantha Caine, Cavel Best, Shelly Small and Rodney Headley.
4 comments Saturday, 9 February 2008, 10:03 pm
DLP victimisation at UDC continues… four more employees dismissed!
The wickedness of prime minister David Thompson and his new Democratic Labour Party government was unleashed today on the workers of the Urban Development Commission when four JUNIOR members of staff were dismissed because they were deemed to be people who were “close” to the former director urban renewal advisor O’Brien Trotman who were themselves dismissed two days ago. Remaining staff left work today sympathising for their victimised colleagues and worried about the security of their own jobs as the DLP witchhunt continues in Barbados. What is most sickening about this situation is that these employees are not “big wigs” but ordinary junior employees.
Bajan Free Press condemns prime minister David Thompson and his DLP government for these acts of wickedness, oppression and political victimisation against Barbadian public workers. All Bajan public workers are warned to take heed of what has happened at the UDC today, and we should ALL keep a close eye on it in the days and weeks ahead, since more innocent workers could be targeted in this climate of fear and intimidation.
Bajan Free Press
2 comments Friday, 8 February 2008, 7:17 pm
