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Fast forward to 2025. A notable aspect of Holder’s current tenure has been the implementation of the ‘We Gathering’ initiative. The WeGathering events, along with a long list of other events, began in Reading, Berk, where he has family connections and lived for a short time.
Inniss announced that he would be demitting office in June and wished those present would continue supporting this event and the NCBA efforts. On behalf of the umbrella group, the newly appointed Chair of the National Council of Barbadian Associations, Dr Beverley Goring, presented him with a gift, as did London group Barbados Overseas Communities and Families Associations Chairperson Ashdine Greaves.
It can be argued that no one has made as significant a contribution to tiny Barbados than Errol Walton Barrow. Indeed, when he bestrode the country like a colossus during the 1960s and early 1970s, some Barbadians used to refer to Barbados as ‘Barrow- Barbados’.
When the British first settled in Barbados in 1627, it was uninhabited. Enslaved Africans worked the sugar plantations established on the island, which initially dominated the Caribbean sugar industry.
An unprecedented number of events meant Londoners were spoilt for choice with Boat rides and dance concerts featuring Lil Rick, Saddis, Lead Pipe, Mole, and Bruce Lee.
This was to remember and honour the great sacrifice of all seafarers who were lost to the world’s oceans so that we may live in peace today
As a child, I immersed myself in performance, relishing every moment I got to be on stage.
When my family relocated to Washington, D.C., I embraced a new beginning, pursuing an Associate’s Degree in International Relations at 16 years old
A former Scottish hotel worker who came to the city in the 1950s from Barbados under a government scheme to offer jobs to Barbadians returned…
Barbadian Seamen, who died during World War Two, were recently remembered in a short Commemorative Service to commemorate the sinking of the SS Traveller. The…