BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, January 19, 2022 - Voting in Wednesday’s general election across Barbados got off to a smooth start at 6 a.m. and from all indications, freports are that everything is going smoothly.
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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, January 18, 2022 - Barbadians will go to the polls on Wednesday to elect a new government, following the decision of the High Court to late Tuesday evening dismissed the application to call off the election.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados January 18, 2020 An injunction has been filed in the High Court aimed at stopping Wednesday’s general election, in an action brought by Philip Catlyn of the Barbados Sovereignty Party, against President Dame Sandra Mason and Attorney General Dale Marshall.
BRIDGETOWN, January 4, 2022 - Barbados Labour Party (BLP) leader, Prime Minister Mia Mottley, was among 108 candidates from seven parties and nine independents who turned in their nominations yesterday to contest the January 19 general elections.
BRIDGETOWN, December 28, 2021 -Weeks after becoming a Republic, Prime Minister Mottley has announced that Barbadians will go to the polls to elect a new government on January 19, 2022.
KINGSTON, Jamaica, November 30, 2021 - President of the People's National Party and Leader of the Opposition, Mark Golding has extended congratulations to the government and the people of Barbados on becoming a Republic, officially cutting ties with the British Monarchy and casting off its colonial past.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, November 30, 2021 - After four centuries of colonization, at midnight Tuesday November 29, Barbados transitioned from a Commonwealth country to become an independent parliamentary republic with Her Excellency Dame Sandra Mason, being sworn in as the republic’s first president.
MONTEGO BAY November 28, 2021 - At midnight on Monday November 29, Barbados will transition to being The Republic of Barbados, 55 years after gaining political independence from Britain on November 30, 1966. The Queen remained head of state, and the country stayed within the realm of the British Commonwealth.
KINGSTON, October 28, 2021 - Opposition Leader Mark Golding has lamented the length of time it is taking to remove the Queen as its Head of State and wants Jamaica to follow the lead by the government of Barbados in moving towards a republican status.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, October 20, 2021 - As Barbados prepares to transition to a republic in a few weeks, the House and Senate came together to elect Dame Sandra Mason as the first President of Barbados, another historic milestone on the road to the Republic.
