Author: Tyrone Roach

By Tyrone Roach The death of a 15-year-old youngster, Rene Graham, devastated the local community and brought a premature end to the annual Park Lime in locally named Teletubbies Park with a crowd of over a thousand persons liming with friends mainly from the surrounding areas.  Many stalls were unable to remove themselves from the area, as it soon became a crime scene. In its Press release, it said, “It is with a heavy heart that the CMA Management Team and members of the Caribbean Music Association (CMA) express their deepest condolences to the family and friends of 15-year-old Rene…

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On Friday, 1st August, Anglophone Caribbean nations commemorate Emancipation Day, marking the 1834 abolition of slavery in the British Empire and the 1838 abolition of apprenticeship. This system forced formerly enslaved people to continue to work uncompensated for their former masters.

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Barbados is a sovereign island nation in the Lesser Antilles with just 431 square kilometres (166 sq mi) of land area. The country was claimed for Spain in the late 15th century before being taken by English in the early 17th century. Barbados was a British colony until gaining independence in 1966, making it the only Caribbean island that didn’t change hands during colonial times. Barbados is the 4th most densely populated country in the Americas and 15th globally, and it ranks as the 10th most populous island nation in the region. The capital and largest city of Barbados is…

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Among the group’s recommendations is that the Church fund be used to invest in Black-led businesses focusing on education, economic empowerment, and health outcomes, as well as to provide grants to address issues in communities impacted by the legacies of slavery.

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His mother reaches out to the community for help. Barbadian Tharel Thompson is in critical condition at the John Radcliffe Hospital Oxford after being stabbed at the Walkabout Sports Bar in Wiston Terrace Reading, Berkshire. The youngster, who is on holiday from Barbados, was out with family and friends. The incident happened during an altercation just after 2 am on 11th February, where Thompson was found injured and taken to hospital, where presently he is in an Intensive Care Unit. He came to the UK on holiday to spend time with his family after an accident at work. Tharel first…

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