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Health issues and death. Wikinews has related news: Prime Minister of Barbados David Thompson dies at age 48. At a media briefing at his official Ilaro Court residence on 14 May 2010, Thompson, accompanied by his personal physician, Richard Ishmael, said that he had been suffering with stomach pains since early March.
Profession. Economist, diplomat. Sir Courtney Newlands McLaurin Blackman, KA (6 March 1933 – 16 March 2021) was a Barbadian economist, international business consultant, and diplomat. He served as the first Governor of the Central Bank of Barbados from 1972 to 1987. At the time of his appointment, he was the youngest central bank governor in ...
Ralph Thorne is a Barbadian politician who has served as Leader of the Opposition since 2024. He was elected in 2018 as a candidate of the Barbados Labour Party (BLP) for Christ Church South on 24 May 2018. [1] He later crossed the floor and became an independent in February 2024 [2] which made him the leader of the opposition upon defection as ...
The Advocate ("Barbados Advocate") is the second most dominant daily newspaper in the country of Barbados. First established in 1895, the Advocate is the longest continually published newspaper in the country. Printed in colour, the Advocate covers a wide array of topics including: business, sports, entertainment news, politics, editorials, and ...
Member of MCC. Winston Anthony Lloyd Cozier (10 July 1940 – 11 May 2016) was a Barbadian cricket journalist, writer, and radio commentator on West Indian cricket for over fifty years. [1] Scyld Berry wrote that he was both the voice and the conscience of West Indian cricket, the latter because of his harsh criticism of the West Indian board ...
Queen's University. Occupation. Doctor. Dr. Hugh Gordon Hylvestra Cummins (2 February 1891 [1] – 26 October 1970) [2] was a Barbadian politician. He served as Premier of Barbados from 17 April 1958 to 8 December 1961 and was a member of the Barbados Labour Party (BLP). In 1919, Dr. Cummins graduated from Queen's Faculty of Medicine where he ...
The Nation Publishing Company also publishes a weekly youth magazine called Attitude and a visitors' booklet called Explore Barbados. In 2004, a weekly Canadian print version was created, as a joint venture with the Carib-Cana Media Inc. (CCMI), to service a growing clientele in Canada for weekly news from Barbados. The Canadian version was ...
Edward Kamau Brathwaite, CHB ( / kəˈmaʊ ˈbræθweɪt /; 11 May 1930 – 4 February 2020), [1] was a Barbadian poet and academic, widely considered one of the major voices in the Caribbean literary canon. [2] Formerly a professor of Comparative Literature at New York University, [2] Brathwaite was the 2006 International Winner of the Griffin ...