Monthly Archives: May 2009
Why The Barbados Labour Party Needs A Real Leadership Contest & Convention – And Why Mia Mottley Will Never Agree To A Leadership Vote
Mia Mottley Will Never Willingly Agree To A Leadership Vote In the wreckage of the January 2008 election, defeated Prime Minister Owen Arthur resigned from the leadership of the BLP, and Deputy Leader Mia Mottley was publicly announced as the … Continue reading →
Filed under Barbados, Politics
Tagged as Barbados, Barbados Labour Party, Barbados Politics, Mia Mottley
Source: Rape-Accused Roy Morris Bought Off Girl’s Family – About To Be Re-Hired By Barbados Nation Newspaper
Barbados Rapists Can Buy Their Way Out Of Jail – Larger Societal Interests Forgotten While we compose our thoughts about the Roy Morris rape charges fading into the mist, we’ll print this letter received anonymously through an anonymous remailing service … Continue reading →
Reader Fires Broadside At Bizzy Williams’ Nation News Letter – “Xenophobic, Stupid, Intolerant”
UPDATED: Bizzy Williams’ letter added at the bottom… Dear Barbados Free Press, This letter is in response to Mr. Bizzy Williams’ letter to be found on page 13 of the Weekend Nation (May 29, 2009). Dear Mr. Williams: Let me … Continue reading →
Filed under Barbados, Culture & Race Issues, Human Rights, Immigration, Race
Tagged as Barbados, Barbados Racism, Bizzy Williams, Culture, Race and Culture, Racism
Barbados Needs Lower Intra-Caribbean Air Taxes To Help Level The Playing Field Between Cruise Ships, Air Travel And Island Hotels
At a time when various Caribbean Ministers of Government have recently met and agreed to levy yet another tax on intra Caribbean air travel, its time perhaps for them to contemplate exactly the effect its having on land based tourism. … Continue reading →
Filed under Barbados, Barbados Tourism, Business, Tourism, Travel, Traveling and Tourism
Tagged as Barbados, Barbados Taxes, Barbados Tourism, Hotel Business, Tourism
Cute Bajan Neighbour Drops In For A Nap…
For your smile and feel-good story today, you really must head over to Margaret Ashby’s Dogs In Barbados blog and read how a strange doggy decided that the neighbour’s home would do just fine for afternoon naps. We can’t wait … Continue reading →
Message To The U.K. News Media: British High Commissioner To Barbados Is NOT Our “Barbados’ Head Of Trade”
“During the Trade Visit, Thomas had the opportunity to outline Akome’s services to Barbados’ Head of Trade, British High Commissioner Duncan Taylor. On his recommendation, Akome approached BICO.” … from a press release published at 24dash.com: Cool Customer! Croydon Enterprise … Continue reading →
Filed under Barbados, Business, Energy, Environment, Politics, Technology
Tagged as Barbados, BICO Ice Cream, Energy, Environment, Politics
BBC TV Looking For Role Model Bajan Family – For Reality Television Series
Dear Barbados Free Press, I am a Producer in the BBC series and we are looking for a Bajan family to take part in a programme on parenting. Please can you add the information below onto your website? Thank you … Continue reading →
Filed under Barbados, Culture & Race Issues
Tagged as Barbados, Barbados Families, Barbados Television, BBC, Reality Television Series, Television
Would Barbados Be Better Off If Foreign Aid Was Linked To Government Performance Standards and Accountability Structures?
The function of aid is not to make us feel better about ourselves; it is to promote development, and if a well-informed African tells us that we are inadvertently having the opposite effect, we had better take heed… … from … Continue reading →
Water Off – No Answer At Barbados Water Authority “24 Hour Hot Line”
The water has been off now for about an hour and a half “somewhere near Grape Hall”. No one answers the phone at the BWA. Yup.
Filed under Barbados
Two Different Messages: Barbados Ambassador To USA Sounds Alarm Over Tax Haven Crackdown – Barbados Prime Minister Says We Shouldn’t Be Concerned
One Message For Citizens, Another For The World Off The Island Is Barbados worried about the USA’s Stop Tax Haven Abuse Act? Not according to Prime Minister David Thompson, who recently told the Bajan press that he doesn’t “feel” that … Continue reading →
Barbados Death Boat Inquest Starts – Senegal Migrants Starved When Abandoned By Smugglers
“I would like to send to my family in Bassada (a town in western Senegal) a sum of money. Please excuse me and goodbye. This is the end of my life in this big Moroccan sea,” … victim Diao Souncar … Continue reading →
Filed under Africa, Barbados, Disaster, Human Rights
Tagged as Barbados, Barbados Death Boat, Barbados Inquest
Racial Hatred In Sucre Province Bolivia – An Article By Damon Gerard Corrie
Editor’s Comment: Barbados Free Press publishes this article exactly as received from the author, with the exception of a few spelling corrections. We were concerned about two references in the article, the first being the statement that the current version … Continue reading →
Filed under Barbados, Culture & Race Issues, Human Rights
Tagged as Barbados, Coca, Human Rights, Indigenous Peoples, Racism
Barbados Free Press Removes Some Sidebar Links – Looking For Additions
We’ve been a tad lazy about maintaining our sidebar links here at Barbados Free Press, so last night we had a “special meeting” (still recovering!) to decide which sidebar links should stay and which should go. Some decisions were easy, … Continue reading →
Filed under Barbados
Barbados Chamber of Commerce & Industry Enlists New Marketing Communications Executive
The Barbados Chamber of Commerce & Industry in meeting the current economic challenges of Barbados through effective and efficient communications with its stakeholders has announced the appointment of Mr. Ian Bourne as its new Marketing Communications Executive. Chief Executive Officer … Continue reading →
Filed under Barbados, Business, Business & Banking
Tagged as Barbados, Barbados Business, Barbados Chamber of Commerce, Business, Ian Bourne
Contaminated Fuel At Barbados Airport – Adrian Loveridge Talks About Contingency Planning
A Bad Day At Grantley Adams International Airport Can we really learn some lessons from the events of the 22 May? We had over 40 persons to meet of three different flights that day. ZM drivers had been arranged to … Continue reading →
Shell Oil Announces Pipeline Spill A Non-Issue – Barbados News Media & Government Ask Zero Questions Of Company Hired To “Ensure Buy-In” To Shell Strategies
Shell Report Issued By ERM – Environmental Resources Management – Shell’s Little Environmental Helper For 20 Years “For over 20 years, ERM has provided a wide range of services to Shell at numerous locations world wide, including North America, Europe, … Continue reading →
Bajan Dream Diary – An Excellent Read
As our own Robert said in a September 2007 article about Jovan Reid and his Bajan Dream Project… “The more I read what Jovan has to say at The Bajan Dream Project blog, the more I find myself agreeing with … Continue reading →
Filed under Barbados
Tagged as Bajan Dream Diary, Bajan Dream Project, Barbados, Barbados Blogs
Searching For Barbados Relatives Of Rawle Lawson Knight
My grandfather, Rawle Lawson Knight, who was from Barbados fought in WWII. I know that he was on the front lines, having been shot while in Europe. He met my grandmother, Catherine Phillips in Wales, where she was from, and … Continue reading →
Filed under Barbados, Canada, History
Tagged as Barbados, Canada, History, Normandy D-Day, Rawle Lawson Knight, Searching for family, World War II
