Author: Tyrone Roach
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
The Barbados Sea Cadets were delegated to look after the Merchant Navy memorial in the Military Cemetery in Gravesend St. Michael, which is incidentally engraved with the names of the lost seamen of WW2.
What started as a personal journey into health and healing has become a commitment to providing high-quality, nutrient-rich wholesale dry sea moss to consumers worldwide.
DHC Holder said, “I was also particularly happy to see younger Barbadians in attendance.
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 to Stirling to reconnect with old colleagues. Muriel Best arrived in Stirling in 1955 and worked in Allan Park Hotel. Her return visit is part of a short documentary. Like hundreds of other Barbadians, Muriel took up the position and made many friends in the city during her time there. In 1955, Iain Macleod, the Minister of Labour in Prime Minister Sir Anthony Eden’s Conservative government, managed a scheme sponsored by the British Hotels and…
Persons in the Barbados diaspora congregated to discuss brain drain and its effects on Barbados and what can be done to promote remigration of Barbadian youth to Barbados.
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 ceremony occurred at the Merchant Navy Memorial in the Military Cemetery in Gravesend St. Michael, Barbados, on Thursday, January 27. UK-based Barbadian Sandra Smith, whose grandfather’s ship, SS Traveller, was lost 82 years ago, was Guest of honour and laid a wreath on behalf of the Ipswich Branch of the Merchant Navy Association. Lt. Col. Carlos Lovell, Military Advisor to the Chief of Staff & Lt Col. Vere Springer of Barbados Defence Force, laid other…
London Q in the community
October is Black History Month in the UK, and there are so many events around that we don’t have the space to publicise them all, including the Barbados Independence events. – In town soon will be Lil Rick in Wembley, so he might end up on the Independence Boat ride – Edwin Yearwood will also be in town in Clapham South London – Just in case you didn’t realise and to answer your question, the UK Barbados Deputy High Commissioner is a fellow called Mackie Holder, former Consul General in NY and the Diaspora attaché is Betty Lewis formerly of BTMI.…