Monthly Archives: August 2009
Murdered Canadian Tourist Terry Schwarzfeld Called “White Trash” – Senior Advisor to Barbados Prime Minister Publishes Articles on Same Racist Website!
Why Does Prime Minister Thompson’s most senior advisor publish articles at a website that calls Terry Schwarzfeld “White Trash”? Early this year, readers from Barbados Free Press voted to remove the sidebar links to the Barbados Underground blog because that … Continue reading →
Filed under Barbados, Barbados News & Media, Barbados Tourism, Blogging, Canada, Corruption, Culture & Race Issues, Ethics, Freedom Of The Press, Guyana, Human Rights, Immigration, Political Corruption, Politics, Politics & Corruption, Race, Religion, Tourism, Travel, Traveling and Tourism
Tagged as Barbados, Barbados Free Press, Barbados Politics, Barbados Racism, Barbados Underground, Canadian Tourist Murdered, Canadian Tourist Murdered in Barbados, Canadian Tourists Attacked, Corruption in Barbados, Freedom Of The Press, Hartley Henry, Human Rights, Immigration, Politics, Prime MInister David Thompson, Race, Race Issues, Religion, Threats on the Internet, Tourist murdered in Barbados
Senior Advisor To Prime Minister David Thompson Follows Through With Threats Against Barbados Journalist
Hartley Henry Makes Public Allegations of Sexual Impropriety, Beatings, Attempted Suicide by Nation Newspaper Staffers Uses Barbados Underground Blog We told you on August 24, 2009 how Barbados journalist and editor Carol Martindale alleges that Hartley Henry threatened to turn … Continue reading →
Has it come to this in Barbados? Dialysis patients turned away due to shortage of needles, gloves, standard supplies
THERE IS a shortage of supplies in the dialysis unit at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital. And patients who rely on the unit’s blood purifying service fear their lives may be on the line. “[The hospital] is short of equipment and … Continue reading →
Microsoft Edited Out Black Man From Marketing Photo – How Racist
UPDATED: July 24, 2010 We’re going to throw this story back up at the top for a day or two because we were looking through some back-articles and it appealed to us. No other reason than we thought we did … Continue reading →
Filed under Barbados, Culture & Race Issues, Ethics, History, Slavery
Tagged as Culture and Race Issues, History, Klu Klux Klan, Microsoft, Microsoft racism, Nathan Bedford Forrest, photoshop disaster, Racism, Slavery
The Last of the Kennedy Brothers is Gone – Senator Ted Kennedy Dead of Brain Cancer
“The Constitution does not just protect those whose views we share; it also protects those with whose views we disagree.” …Senator Ted Kennedy The last of the three Kennedy brothers has gone. Senator Edward ‘Ted’ Kennedy passed away last night … Continue reading →
Filed under Celebrities
Tagged as Edward Kennedy Dead, Ted Kennedy Dies, The Last Kennedy Brother is Gone
Chris Brown Sentenced To Probation In Rihanna Assault – Court Reveals Ongoing Assaults By Both, Confirms Barbados Land Rover Damage Rumour
Rihanna & Chris Brown: A Violent Mix A Los Angeles judge sentenced Chris Brown to five years probation and six months’ community labour for the vicious assault upon Rihanna earlier this year. The judge made it clear that Brown was … Continue reading →
Filed under Barbados, Celebrities, Crime & Law, Culture & Race Issues, Rihanna
Tagged as Chris Brown Rihanna Assault, Chris Brown Sentenced, Rihanna
Typical Barbados Justice System Follies: Another Police File “Missing” at Director of Public Prosecutions Office
In a real Justice System all the alarm bells and sirens go off when a police file goes missing in a high-profile case. In Barbados, its only another day of at the office. Welcome to the Justice System of Barbados… … Continue reading →
Filed under Barbados, Corruption, Crime & Law, Human Rights, Offshore Investments, Police, Political Corruption, Politics, Politics & Corruption
Tagged as Barbados, Barbados Government Corruption, Barbados Police, Barbados Political Corruption, Corruption, Government Corruption, Human Rights, Offshore Investments, Police, Police Corruption, Political Corruption, Royal Barbados Police Force
We’re Happy Nicholas Cox agrees again with Barbados Free Press
Yup, once again Nicholas Cox has taken a position agreeing with an earlier Barbados Free Press article. It is always heartening to see that members of the local news media and frequently published writers still come around BFP once in … Continue reading →
Filed under Barbados, Barbados Tourism, Crime & Law, Environment
Tagged as Barbados, Barbados Environment, Barbados Tourism, Crime, Environment, Environmental Activism, Environmental Crime, Tourism
Emergency Blood Donation Call in Barbados – AB+ Especially Needed – Please help ‘Louise’
Barbados Free Press picked up on this article from Ian Bourne’s The Bajan Reporter blog… (Patient’s name changed to protect the innocent, but charity people at bottom of note use their actual contacts and names) I have a very big … Continue reading →
Tagged as Barbados, Charity, Emergency Blood Call in Barbados, Health
Barbados Police Allow Thieves To Take Home Stolen Fish – No Charges
GRAEME HALL NATURE SANCTUARY, INC. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Bridgetown, Barbados MONDAY, August 24, 2009 Email Contact: news@graemehall.com Archives and Art: www.graemehall.com/reference.htm Poachers Caught and Released by Police On Saturday, August 15, 2009, a group of about 15 fisherman were found … Continue reading →
Filed under Agriculture, Barbados, Barbados Tourism, Corruption, Crime & Law, Disaster, Environment, Nature, Offshore Investments, Political Corruption, Politics, Politics & Corruption, Tourism, Wildlife
Tagged as Barbados, Barbados Government Corruption, Barbados Offshore Investment Problems, Barbados Police, Barbados Police Corruption, Environmental Activism, Environmental Disaster, Environmental Disaster in Barbados, Environmental Sabotage, Graeme Hall National Park, Graeme Hall Nature Sanctuary, Offshore Investments, Royal Barbados Police Force
Are CCTV Video Cameras Effective In Solving Crimes?
Barbados politicians and senior police officers have often been heard talking about installing Closed Circuit Television Cameras (CCTV) as as method of deterring and solving crimes. Half the time the politicians talk about CCTV though, I get the impression that … Continue reading →
Filed under Barbados, Crime & Law, Police, Politics
Tagged as Barbados, Barbados Crime, Barbados Police, CCTV Crime Fighting, Royal Barbados Police Force, Video Surveillance and Crime
Barbados Newspaper Editor Threatened by Senior Advisor to Prime Minister David Thompson – Police Investigation Launched
Mr. Hartley Henry, the senior political advisor to Barbados Prime Minister David Thompson and, many say, the primary engineer of the DLP’s election victory in the 2007/2008 campaign, is under police investigation for alleged threats to the editor of the … Continue reading →
Filed under Barbados, Corruption, Crime & Law, Ethics, Freedom Of Information, Freedom Of The Press, Human Rights, News Media, Police, Political Corruption, Politics, Politics & Corruption
Tagged as Barbados, Barbados Editor Threatened by Government, Barbados Journalist Threatened, Corrupt Politicans, Employee Sexual Harassment Barbados, Freedom of Speech, Freedom Of The Press, Hartley Henry, Jennifer Laszlo, Jennifer Laszlo Mizrahi, Politics, Sexual Harassment
Hero’s Welcome In Libya For Lockerbie Terrorist Spits On Victims’ Graves
“Obviously a political decision…” … US Admiral Michael Mullen, Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff The full story of the “compassionate release” of the man convicted in the terror bombing that brought down a Pan Am 103, a Boeing 747 full … Continue reading →
Filed under Barbados, Crime & Law, Ethics, Politics
Tagged as Lockerbie, Lockerbie Bombing, Lockerbie Pan Am Bombing, Pan Am 103
Barbados Ambassador to the USA Wows ‘em in Iowa – BFP Readers can follow up and invite folks to Barbados: Read How!
55 Foreign Dignitaries Tour Iowa – and the state newspapers feature our John Beale in syndicated story Barbados Ambassador to the USA, John Beale, recently finished a five day tour of the state of Iowa that was sponsored by Iowa … Continue reading →
Filed under Barack Obama, Barbados, Barbados Tourism, Politics, Tourism, Traveling and Tourism
Tagged as Barbados, Barbados is warm in the winter, Iowa, Politics, Tourism
Mexico Decriminalizes Marijuana, Cocaine, Heroin Personal Use – Is it about tourism?
Wise Move in the Drug Wars… or Desperation By A Failed Nation? This week the Mexican government decriminalized personal possession of marijuana, cocaine, LSD, methamphetamine and heroin. I’m no expert, but it seems to me that Mexico has just expanded … Continue reading →
Filed under Barbados, Corruption, Crime & Law, Police, Tourism
Tagged as Barbados, Crime, Drug tourism, Mexico, Mexico decriminalizes drugs, Police Corruption, Tourism
“I think the Bajan took it!” – Ryan Brathwaite wins Gold in Berlin photo-finish
“At the first hurdle I thought I do not have this race anymore but then I fought and fought to the end and the gold was mine.” Ryan does Barbados proud and let the world know it! How close was … Continue reading →
Jepter’s False Start and the DLP’s Cost Overrun
Why Not Reduce Road Taxes? by Jennifer Harding Jepter Ince made his maiden speech in the Senate two Wednesdays ago on a resolution authorising Government to borrow $165 million by way of a bond issue through the Barbados National Bank … Continue reading →
Taking Denis Lowe’s Cruise? Ask the Environment Minister about Mullins Bay.
Minister Lowe’s Cruise Vessel Usually Turns At Mullins Bay! When we last heard from our friends at Mullins Bay Blog, Environment Minister Denis Lowe hadn’t shown his face at the site of the infamous 3 groynes that are destroying beaches … Continue reading →
Filed under Barbados, Barbados Tourism, Environment, Nature, Offshore Investments, Political Corruption, Politics, Politics & Corruption, Real Estate, Tourism, Travel, Traveling and Tourism
Tagged as Barbados, Barbados Beaches, Barbados Coastal Erosion, Barbados Coastal Management, Barbados Environment, Mullins Bay Barbados, Mullins Bay Beach, Mullins Bay Environmental Disaster Barbados
