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On Thursday, March 3, 2022, the School Sisters of Notre Dame Central Pacific Province hosted their annual '2022 Women's Leadership Luncheon' at the Wisconsin Club, 900 W. Wisconsin Ave. The luncheon recognizes women leaders who have made a positive difference in our community. The theme for this year's luncheon was, 'A Title is Not a... [Read More]
\"Our Parliament has been reduced to a fish market with members jostling for five minutes of infamy. Is this the example our representatives want to set for our youth looking on?\"
Our Parliament has been reduced to a fish market with members jostling for 5 mins of infamy. Is this the example our representatives want to set for our youth looking on?
— Mickela (@mickelapanday) October 21, 2021
Leader of the Movement for Social Justice (MSJ) David Abdulah said, \"Does the UNC understand what they are doing? Their actions are seeking to dangerously divide the country. It is not about democracy. They are laying the basis for justifying why their motion will not succeed.
\"This is a serious issue but I am reminded of Explainer's Calypso – In Parliament they kicksin. The motion will be defeated
Barbados' efforts to fight the spread of Covid-19 got some added help on Tuesday with the donation of a mobile vaccination unit to the Barbados Defence Force (BDF) from the twelve local companies in the Goddard Enterprises Limited (GEL) group. The fully branded Nissan Urvan 2020, which will be part of the country's mobile vaccination […]
After a heated exchange between House Speaker Brigid Annisette-George and Opposition MPs during a sitting of the Lower House on Thursday, Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar said she held no ill will with either the Speaker or the President.
During the First Extraordinary Sitting of the House of Representatives, the microphones of several Opposition MPs were muted when they interrupted the Speaker several times.
During the Senate sitting later on Thursday, opposition senators also voiced their dissatisfaction with proceedings.
The sittings were held to vote on a motion filed by the Opposition to remove President Paula-Mae Weekes from office.
Persad-Bissessar during a media conference at her Charles Street, Port of Spain, office described the muting of the microphones as an attempt to muzzle the Opposition.
She said despite the uproar in both Houses of Parliament, she did not have any personal grudge against Annisette-George or Weekes and instead blamed the Prime Minister.
\"Why is the Prime Minister hiding beneath the petticoats of these ladies? You have compromised their offices.
\"Be man and man up. You are the centre of this crisis, Prime Minister man up to it and don't push the ladies in front of you.
\"You have the President there, push her in the front to take the fall, you had the Speaker now the poor lady was so beleaguered now you could see it on her face on questions on the process.
\"Where is the Prime Minister? Sitting there for over three hours not a word did he say while battering was taking place on these women. I condemn him for that.\"
She added that the disagreement may not affect other aspects of Parliamentary business and stressed that the Opposition was not pleased with the way the sittings were conducted.
\"We take as the Lord tells us one day at a time, but with respect to those proceedings today, those proceedings, we were saying, we were participating under protest because the guidelines issued unilaterally by the Speaker are illegal.
\"That is why, in that process today, we believe that the way in which the debate was to be conducted was illegally done. That may not necessarily impact on other days of the Parliamentary proceedings. We have the ordinary standing orders that will inform behaviour on those proceedings.\"
Persad-Bissessar also accused Annisette-George of breaching the rules of the voting process by not allowing a vote of secrecy in the Parliament.
Citing the Legal Notice 187 of 1976 on the roles of the Electoral College, Persad-Bissessar argued that members would be more inclined to vote on the basis of their conscience if the voting was held in secret instead of openly as it was done.
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IF THERE is a silver lining to be gleaned from Thursday's historic Parliament sitting, it is that it was a victory for democracy, to the extent that the protests of the Opposition were facilitated. Though Opposition members hyperbolically claimed democracy was dead, the fact that they were able to do so, vociferously and repeatedly, showed … Continue reading Speaking of speaking
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The views and opinions expressed by the author(s) do not represent the official position of Barbados TODAY. by Garth Patterson If Errol Walton Barrow, PC, Q.C. was the Father of Barbados’ independence, then the Rt. Hon. Mia Amor Mottley, EGH, OR, QC, MP, a self-proclaimed daughter of independence, will forever bear the distinction of being […]
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[This Day] A report by the International Maritime Bureau (IMB) has revealed that piracy and armed robbery in Nigerian waters has continued to decline.
[Nation] President Uhuru Kenyatta unwrapped a basket of goodies for economically battered Kenyans in his last Mashujaa Day speech that was marked by conciliatory overtures and a catalogue of legacy projects that have defined his two terms as Head of State.
Press Release - The World Health Organization and partners[i] have issued an urgent call for concrete action to better protect health and care workers worldwide from COVID-19 and other health issues.
President Uhuru Kenyatta previously said he failed to appoint the judges over alleged integrity reservations.
by Mike Jones, The St. Louis American How should one comprehend what’s happening today in American politics, and the arch of American history that brought us to this moment? How can a Democratic President and a Democratically controlled House and Senate pass a physical infrastructure bill, yet can’t or won’t pass an urgently needed human … Continued
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CAPE TOWN, South Africa, 21 October 2021 -/African Media Agency(AMA)/- Ayoba, the African super app, has announced the launch of a new focus on music in its application. The new Music homepage in ayoba offers a far superior design with enhanced player, and superb artist/ playlist imagery. Users are advised to upgrade their apps to the latest version of […]
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[Independent (Kampala)] Business Feature -- It's been thirteen years since the Ugandan payments landscape was disrupted by the First mobile money system.
Donald Trump has announced that he will be starting a new social media platform called TRUTH Social, which he says will \"stand up to the tyranny of big tech,\" which he has accused of silencing conservative voices.
ESPN’s The Undefeated sparked the conversation over on Instagram after posting some eye-grabbing images of the court at HBCU Paul Quinn College.
[ANGOP] Luanda -- Angolan Government will no longer issue directives to the governing bodies of the National Bank of Angola (BNA) or any public and private entity, with the coming into force of the new Law (24/21) of the Central Bank.
