President: Decision on opposition senators came after ‘sleepless night’ of wide consultation

President Jeffrey Bostic has revealed that his decision to appoint Ryan Walters and Karina Goodridge as opposition senators came only after hours of late-night deliberation and a careful review of… The post President: Decision on opposition senators came after ‘sleepless night’ of wide consultation appeared first on Barbados Today.


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