barbados

Barbados ditches the Queen – and it’s China’s fault?

This week is a significant one for Barbados as it removes Britain’s monarch as its head of state, having made…

2 years ago

Pop star awarded National Hero of now-independent Barbados

During a ceremony in the singer’s birthplace of Bridgetown, Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley referenced Rihanna’s 2012 song ‘Diamonds’ to…

2 years ago

Her Majesty had a good run, but it’s right Barbados is ditching the crown

Thanks to Bajan Prime Minister Mia Mottley making good on decades of unfulfilled manifesto commitments, aborted referenda and broken promises,…

2 years ago

You have to applaud tiny Barbados for finally cutting its colonial ties & telling the British Queen: ‘You’re fired’

Britain is under siege from all angles. Inside its borders, there’s serious unrest over how the government is handling the…

4 years ago