On May 7, 1966, the Barbados Civil Service Association publicly responded to criticism made by then Premier Errol Barrow during a May Day address. The Association, which would later become the National Union of Public Workers, defended the professionalism and conduct of civil servants while carefully avoiding direct confrontation with the Premier.
From blacksmith to entrepreneur and landowner, Charles Miller Austin’s story is one of resilience, innovation, and ambition in 19th and early 20th-century Barbados.
Serious Accident to a Grave Digger
On August 18, 1847, The Barbadian reported that thousands of barrels of cornmeal from North America were helping Barbados overcome severe food shortages caused...