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Vice Chancellor calls for reparation payment to descendants of slaves

Michelle Nurse Oct 13, 2017 0

“Britain needs to be brought to the table to discuss the process of reparation, and if we can take this conversation to the higher level and make these demands… then these should become the basis of a summit.” - Professor Hilary BecklesVice…
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PM Stuart to attend CARICOM Heads of Government Meeting

Michelle Nurse Jun 30, 2017 0

Prime Minister Freundel Stuart will leave Barbados on Monday, July 3, to attend the Thirty-Eighth Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), at the Radisson Hotel in St. George’s,…
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PM Stuart holds reparations discussions

Michelle Nurse May 3, 2017 0

Strategies to further the region’s reparations agenda were the focus of discussion when Prime Minister Freundel Stuart met recently in Bridgetown, Barbados, with Chairman of the CARICOM Reparations Commission (CRC), Professor Sir Hilary…
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In emotional service, Jesuits and Georgetown repent for slave trading

Michelle Nurse Apr 19, 2017 0

"We express our solemn contrition for our participation in slavery, and the benefit our institution received. We cannot hide from this truth, bury this truth, ignore this truth. Slavery remains the original evil in our republic, an…
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ALBA issues Declaration on solidarity with Caribbean

Michelle Nurse Apr 12, 2017 0

The Bolivarian Alliance of the Americas (ALBA) grouping has come out in support of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) on a number of matters including graduation, reparations, de-risking, and climate change. The support came in the…
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