Monthly Archives: January 2009
Barbados Keltruth Blog Sends Mystery Letter To UBS Bank Switzerland
“To whom was it addressed? What did it say? It said plenty. We will drop the bomb on Monday, when the letter arrives…” … Keltruth Blog sends letter to Swiss Bank Fiesty Keltruth Blog Sends Letter To Money-Laundering Swiss Bank! … Continue reading →
Clico On Life Support – Will Barbados Prime Minister Thompson Favour His Patron Leroy Parris, Or The People Of Barbados?
Corporate Beggar CLICO Says It Is Payback Time For All The Free BizJet Rides! The government of Trinidad & Tobago is refusing to say how much money it is giving to bail out the CL Financial Group and CLICO, but … Continue reading →
Filed under Barbados, Corruption, Environment, Ethics, Offshore Investments, Political Corruption, Politics, Politics & Corruption, Wildlife
Tagged as Barbados, Conflict of Interest, Election Financing, Environment, Graeme Hall, Graeme Hall National Park, Graeme Hall Nature Sanctuary, Political Corruption, Politics
Full Colour Photo Of Barbados Underground’s Race-Baiting Author “Black Woman Who Reads”
Barbados Underground’s Most Prolific Race-Baiting Author Is Really A Washed-up Old White Guy! David at Barbados Underground has a problem. He surrendered his audience to “Black Woman Who Reads” and “her” supporters to allow the most vile of threats and … Continue reading →
Filed under Barbados, Crime & Law, Culture & Race Issues, Ethics, Race
Tagged as Barbados, Barbados Underground, Black Woman Who Reads, Crooked Lawyers, Cult, Kingland Estates, Kingsland, Law, Lying Lawyers, Race, Racial Issues, Racial Prejudice
Barbados Ambulance Won’t Come, So Passersby Call Newspaper Reporters – Then Ambulance Comes!
This would be hilarious if people weren’t dying for lack of ambulance service on Barbados. Diabetic man falls down on street and folks come to help. Ambulance is called and the passersby are told by the service: “We got no … Continue reading →
Filed under Barbados, Freedom Of The Press, Health
Tagged as Ambulance, Barbados, Health care
Greg and Jane Got Married On The Beach: Then They Discovered Barbados Government “Workers” and “Island Time”…
“The magistrate who married us on January 9 told us to go to District Court A a week after our ceremony to pick up our marriage certificate. Silly us. We thought it would be a matter of actually doing just … Continue reading →
Barbados Environment Minister Denis Lowe, DLP Government – Plan To Build On Graeme Hall Wetlands
We were sitting around as usual on Friday having a few beers and solving all the world’s problems over a late lunch when Robert asked the question, “Can someone tell me one positive environmental action actually accomplished in the first … Continue reading →
Filed under Barbados, Barbados Tourism, Corruption, Disaster, Environment, Offshore Investments, Political Corruption, Politics, Politics & Corruption, Tourism, Travel, Traveling and Tourism, Wildlife
Tagged as Barbados, CLICO, Environment, Environmental Activism, Graeme Hall, Graeme Hall National Park, Graeme Hall Nature Sanctuary, Leroy Parris
Barbados Awards Oil Rights To Company Responsible For Worst Environmental Mining Disaster!
“Every (year) over the past twenty years, the Ok Tedi mine in Papua New Guinea (PNG) has dumped 80,000 tons of waste into the Ok Tedi and Fly Rivers. The result has been an environmental disaster that has destroyed thousands … Continue reading →
Filed under Barbados, Corruption, Disaster, Environment, Ethics, Human Rights, Offshore Investments, Oil, Political Corruption, Politics, Politics & Corruption, Wildlife
Tagged as Barbados, Barbados Government, BHP Billiton, Bribes, Corporate Crime, Corporate Greed, Corruption, Disaster, Environment, Environmental Activism, Environmental Crime, Environmental Disaster, Government Corruption, Oil, Papua New Guinea, PNG, Prime MInister David Thompson, Shell Oil
Will Rihanna Be In Danger When Performing In Malaysia?
When the Islamist fundamentalists decide that a woman is too sexy or too anything, violence is nearly always a possibility. This time the target is Rihanna who is due to perform in Malaysia. She has agreed to conform to the … Continue reading →
Filed under Barbados, Celebrities, Crime & Law, Culture & Race Issues, Human Rights, Religion, Rihanna
Tagged as Barbados, Islamists, Malaysia, Music, Religion, Rihanna, Women's Rights
Barbados Culture Minister Steven Blackett Is Cousin To First Black Government Minister in Alberta, Canada
In Our “I didn’t know that” Department: More Proof That Barbadians Are Everywhere! Vacationing Lindsay Blackett, the first black cabinet minister in Alberta history, was sitting in the parliamentary cafeteria in Barbados on Tuesday, waiting for staff to hook up … Continue reading →
Filed under Barbados
Bajan Reporter Vows “We Shall Never Surrender” On Graeme Hall Nature Sanctuary – But The Barbados News Media Already Surrendered
Ian Bourne Highlights Silence Of Barbados News Media It has been well over a month since noted Canadian philanthropist Peter Allard shook the Bajan sand from his shoes and closed the Graeme Hall Nature Sanctuary. The sanctuary was not closed … Continue reading →
Filed under Barbados, Barbados Tourism, Corruption, Environment, Freedom Of The Press, Political Corruption, Politics, Politics & Corruption, Tourism, Travel, Traveling and Tourism
Tagged as Barbados, Corruption, Development, Environment, Graeme Hall, Graeme Hall Nature Sanctuary, Philanthropy, Politics, Real Estate
Lighting Erected At Kensington Oval – Barbados Now Ready For Cricket World Cup 2007
Revising History Is A Barbados Advocate Specialty! Barbados Advocate Says Lights “Were Not A Requirement For Cricket World Cup” I guess the folks at the Barbados Advocate can’t remember Mia Mottley’s electricity-conserving CWC 2007 when the final was played out … Continue reading →
Filed under Barbados, Corruption, Cricket, Ethics, Freedom Of Information, Political Corruption, Politics, Politics & Corruption
Tagged as Barbados, Barbados Government, Corruption, Cricket World Cup, Ethics, Freedom Of Information, Kensington Oval, Kensington Oval Management Incorporated, Political Corruption, Politics
Ping Yark Available For Download – First Issue Of The New Year!
In the U.K. there is an irreverent newsletter called Ping Yark – published by homesick Bajans for other homesick Bajans. Leigh Bourne and a handful of others who refuse to surrender to Londontown publish Ping Yark quarterly in the U.K. … Continue reading →
The Silver People Chronicle: The Right To Be Different
“Not him, you can’t pair off with him. He is ugly!” they said to one little girl. They didn’t realize that they had just marred the innocence of a little Spanish girl who we were growing up with. We were … Continue reading →
Filed under Barack Obama, Barbados, Culture & Race Issues, History, Human Rights, Panama, Race
Tagged as Barbados, History, Panama, Panama Canal, Race, Racial Issues, Racial Prejudice, The Silver People, West Indian Migration
Barbados Nation News Story: Caucasians Attend Concert
The largely Caucasian audience went wild from the time Blunt ran/ skipped onto the stage and they carried on like that for most of the show… … from the Nation Newspaper article Crowd Rocks To Blunt Nation Newspaper Reports “Largely … Continue reading →
Filed under Barbados, Music, Race, Rihanna
Tagged as Barbados, Barbados Jazz Festival, James Blunt, Jazz, Journalism Standards, Music, Obama, Race, Racial Prejudice, Rihanna, Rock
Our Anniversary – Barbados Free Press Enters Fourth Year Of Calling Out Corruption In The Barbados Government
Three years ago on January 17, 2006, the staff at Barbados Free Press published our first article: Prime Minister Owen Arthur Opens a New Can of Paint – To Cover Old Corruption. The next day we published Barbados Tender Process … Continue reading →
Taking A Break From Zimbabwe Cholera Epidemic: Mugabes’ US$92,000 Weekend Fashion Spree!
What’s The Use Of Being First Lady Of Zimbabwe If You Can’t Buy A US$3,000 Purse Once In A While? You know how it is… all that cholera and famine is just sooooooo depressing that one must simply take a … Continue reading →
Filed under Africa, Barbados, Corruption, Disaster, Ethics, Human Rights, Political Corruption, Politics, Politics & Corruption, Zimbabwe
Tagged as Africa, Barbados, Corruption, Dictators, Ethics, Government Corruption, Mugabe
From The Mouth Of A Child “Previously, I lived in Barbados… so I know the feeling of being judged by people who are prejudiced.”
“Previously, I lived in Barbados, where 96 percent of the population is black and the minority is white, and because I am white, I was judged by my skin color, so I know the feeling of being judged by people … Continue reading →
Filed under Barbados, Barbados Tourism, Culture & Race Issues, Ethics, Human Rights, Immigration, Race, Tourism, Travel, Traveling and Tourism
Tagged as Barbados, Barbados Racism, Essay Contest, Martin Luther King, Race, Racism
Michael Winner Slams Sandy Lane Head Chef “Ghastly Grant” MacPherson: “He struts around… His food is unbelieveably awful… inedible rubber…”
Winner: “Two Excellent Waitresses – Charming, Probably Cook Better Than Head Chef MacPherson Too!” For us ordinary folk at Barbados Free Press, there’s a pleasing simplicity about a fish cutter and a beer at Oistins, with some salad and rice … Continue reading →
Filed under Barbados, Barbados Tourism, Tourism, Travel, Traveling and Tourism
Tagged as Barbados, Barbados Tourism, Food, Michael Winner, Restaurant Review, Rich Famous Idiots, Sandy Lane, Tourism
