(BGIS Library) Barbados’ premier cultural showcase, the 2022 Crop Over Festival will be officially unveiled on Saturday, July 2, with a reimagined Ceremonial Delivery of the Last Canes. In what is expected to be the most spectacular opening ceremony of the annual...
(Stock Photo) Today, as I pay tribute to a great Barbadian entertainment pioneer, I cannot help but reflect on the fact that too many of us who now benefit from the foundation he constructed, do not truly appreciate the extent of the contribution he has made. Oliver...
CARICOM Ambassador, David Comissiong, (third from right) admiring the wax figure of the Mighty Sparrow, in the presence of Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley (fifth from left), artists Art Edwards (fourth from left) and Frances Ross, the Most Honourable Anthony...
(Stock Photo) Statement from Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley on the passing of entertainer William “Smokey” Burke. Once again, Barbados has lost an icon of the performing arts; a true son of the soil who epitomized excellence; a social commentator who would not be...
The late William “Smokey” Burke. (Photo compliments the Barbados Advocate) Minister of Creative Economy, Culture and Sports, John King, joined hundreds of Barbadians sent in to mourning at the news of the passing of local entertainer, William “Smokey” Burke. Mr....
