Monthly Archives: February 2010
Rihanna Who? Has Barbados let the girl down?
OWN WON NOW (Three letters juxtaposed differently giving characteristically dissimilar meanings.) by Khaidji We have heard all the talk of promoting local talent, buying Bajan and all the promises by politicians to support indigenous talent, even celebrating the accomplishments of … Continue reading →
Caribbean-flagged merchant ship rescued from pirates off Somalia. Time for Q-Ships!
Pirates boarded, fired machine guns – Danish Naval Team stormed vessel & freed crew * Some reports state ship is “Barbados-flagged”, some say “Antigua & Barbuda-flagged” The crew of the Caribbean-flagged merchant vessel Ariella is back in control after a … Continue reading →
Dementia: New revelations are old hat to Colin L. Beadon
Dementia, and very old Hat. by Colin L. Beadon When you’ve lived a little too many years, you hear things that keep cropping up again, and again, as though they had been newly discovered. And so some bright sparks in … Continue reading →
Eleven years for Dangerous Driving Death charge to come to trial in Barbados
ZR Death Driver had 197 prior driving convictions! Sometimes you read the papers and you just don’t know what to think. Laugh at the absurdity of our so-called justice system? Cry for our people who are so inured to low … Continue reading →
How will new Canadian tax and trust ruling impact Barbados offshore financial industry?
Canadians are some of the largest users of our Bajan offshore financial resources An interesting article came in this morning via an email from reader “Frank”. I’m not sure what the full implications are for Barbados, but the article in … Continue reading →
Filed under Barbados, Business & Banking, Offshore Investments
Tagged as Barbados, Barbados Offshore Banking, Barbados Trusts
Afra Raymond TV interview – “Continued silence on the ongoing debacle of the CL Financial bailout”
Excellent interview. Well worth your time to watch the video. Further stories on the CL Financial and CLICO mess at www.afraraymond.com
Filed under Consumer Issues, Corruption, Crime & Law, Offshore Investments
Tagged as Barbados, CL Financial Bailout, CL Financial Fraud, CLICO, CLICO Barbados
Community Video Makers to be trained at Future Centre workshop. Could this be something new for you?
Barbados Grassroots Community projects to be funded through Video Workshop Twelve persons from local communities throughout Barbados will be given the opportunity to participate in an educational workshop focused on amateur video production and project planning to be held in … Continue reading →
