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  2. Ralph Thorne - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  3. Mass media in Barbados - Wikipedia

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    The mass media in Barbados have had a long history of being entitled to an open policy by the Government, and by the citizenry with respect to press Freedoms. Barbados has a collection of local and foreign owned media entities providing the country with varying views via newspaper, magazine, television, or radio communications. [1] [2]

  4. List of newspapers in Barbados - Wikipedia

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    Barbados Recorder. Barbados Standard. Barbados Times. The Beacon. Bridgetown Gazette [4] Caribbean Week. The General Intelligence. The Investigator. The Penny Paper.

  5. Courtney Blackman - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  6. Richard Christopher Haynes - Wikipedia

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    Sir Richard Christopher Haynes (10 June 1936 – 23 June 2013), also known as Richie Haynes, was a Barbadian politician and surgeon who served as the Leader of the Opposition from 1989 to 1991 after he left the ruling Democratic Labour Party and formed the National Democratic Party. He also served as Minister of Finance from 1986 to 1987.

  7. Barbados - Wikipedia

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    Etymology. The name "Barbados" is from either the Portuguese term os barbados or the Spanish equivalent, los barbados, both meaning "the bearded ones". It is unclear whether "bearded" refers to the long, hanging roots of the bearded fig-tree (Ficus citrifolia), a species of banyan indigenous to the island, or to the allegedly bearded Kalinago (Island Caribs) who once inhabited the island, or ...

  8. Hilary Beckles - Wikipedia

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    A History of Barbados: From Amerindian Settlement to Caribbean Single Market, Cambridge University Press, 2006. ISBN 978-0521678490; Liberties Lost: The Indigenous Caribbean and Slave Systems, with Verene A. Shepherd, Cambridge University Press, 2004. ISBN 978-0521435444

  9. Nita Barrow - Wikipedia

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    Dame Ruth Nita Barrow, GCMG DA (15 November 1916 – 19 December 1995) was the first female governor-general of Barbados. Barrow was a nurse and a public health servant from Barbados. She served as the fifth governor-general of Barbados from 6 June 1990 until her death on 19 December 1995.

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