Monthly Archives: April 2010
Global Voices puts on a new face
Thanks to our friends at Global Voices, folks around the world read Barbados Free Press articles in Chinese, French, Spanish and a host of other major and minor languages including Hindi, Swahili and Italian. Which is kind of special considering … Continue reading →
Filed under Barbados, Blogging, Freedom Of Information, Freedom Of The Press, News Media
Tagged as Blogging, Global Voices
Americans angry about Obama’s health care plan… Really?
An old friend sent this to BFP and while we might dispute a word or a fact here or there, we agree 100% with the main thrust… YOU WANT TO GET MAD? We had eight years of Bush and Cheney, … Continue reading →
Baltimore Ravens’ Ramon Harewood: CNN interview, great video
Bajan NFL player swats opposition like mosquitoes You simply must watch the CNN video of Ramon Harewood playing American football at Moorehouse College. It’s like he’s a moving mountain of solid rock. When the charging opposition hits him at full … Continue reading →
Filed under Barbados, Celebrities, Sports
Tagged as Baltimore Ravens, Barbados, NFL Draft, Ramon Harewood
BBC’s Adam Mountford says “Barbados is Bringing It!” to cricket in 2010 – Much much better than disastrous Cricket World Cup 2007
Barbados and Bajans impress BBC Radio’s cricket producer “So the big question is have the ICC and the local organisers learnt from the mistakes of three years ago? Well the first impressions are certainly good…” … from Adam Mountford’s BBC … Continue reading →
Filed under Barbados, Barbados Tourism, Cricket, Sports, Tourism, Travel, Traveling and Tourism
Rewarding the failures of former Minister of Tourism Noel Lynch – Net visitors gain for Cricket World Cup: 44 long stay visitors over normal !!!
Cricket World Cup and the Carnival Destiny debacle ‘That $14 million was supposed to have been self-liquidated, where we would have sold packages that would have more than covered that cost’! This is the economic justification put forward by a … Continue reading →
Filed under Barbados, Barbados Tourism, Tourism, Travel, Traveling and Tourism
Turks & Caicos citizens question appointment of Barbados Chief Justice Simmons to head Integrity Commission
“The current Barbados Prime Minister David Thompson a lawyer himself said that it was unethical for David Simmons to have accepted the appointment of Chief Justice. In fact it was reported that the former Chief Justice wanted an extension of up … Continue reading →
Filed under Barbados, Corruption, Crime & Law, Ethics, Political Corruption, Politics, Politics & Corruption
Tagged as Barbados, Sir David Simmons, Turks & Caicos
Silly? Ironic? BLP’s Mottley vows to protect CLICO investors after appointing “Worst Regulator” Carlos Belgrave as Insurance Supervisor
Reason #846 why Mia Mottley and the BLP Opposition have no credibility The BLP Arthur/Mottley government appointed chicken-feed factory manager Carlos Belgrave as Barbados Supervisor of Insurance. In 2006 Belgrave received Offshore Alert’s “Worst Regulator” award for staunch support of … Continue reading →
Filed under Barbados, Business & Banking, Consumer Issues, Corruption, Crime & Law, Offshore Investments
Tagged as Barbados, CLICO Fraud, CLICO Insurance, Offshore Investment Fraud
Baltimore Ravens sign Bajan Ramone Harewood
“Harewood is a huge man. I mean he’s a giant,” (Ravens’ scout Hortiz said. “You guys are going to see him – he’s massive. He can knock down his side of the line of scrimmage.” “…new Ravens offensive lineman Ramon … Continue reading →
Filed under Barbados, History, Military, Race, Slavery, Sports
Tagged as Barbados, Barbados NFL Player, NFL Draft, Ramon Harewood
Oldstream Barbados news media steals Bajan Reporter gangs story without attribution
True to Ian Bourne’s prediction, The Nation newspaper has grabbed his story about the Gangs of Barbados and cashed in big time without crediting Bourne’s Bajan Reporter. Nevermind they didn’t use a direct quote and you can’t copyright ideas – … Continue reading →
Filed under Barbados, Crime & Law, Freedom Of The Press, News Media, Police
Tagged as Barbados, Barbados Crime, Barbados Gangs
Electric Bicycle test in Barbados: Cost of traveling 176kms: US$1
Canadian supplier calls for Barbados tax exemption for Electric Bicycles Our friend David Cameron of CameronEV (Electric Vehicles) in Ottawa Canada just completed stage two of testing an electric bicycle here in Barbados. Last November we reported the first stage … Continue reading →
Filed under Barbados, Energy, Environment
Tagged as Barbados motorcycle, Electric Bicycles, Electric motorcycle
CLICO Scandal: Interlocking Directorships a recipe for corruption and self-serving behaviour
CL Financial, CLICO Investment Bank & Interlocking Directorships Our old friend Afra Raymond has written another well-researched article about the CL Financial – CLICO financial collapse. This one focuses on ‘What main event/s caused the group to fail?’ and as … Continue reading →
Filed under Barbados, Business & Banking, Consumer Issues, Corruption, Crime & Law, Ethics, Offshore Investments
Tagged as CL Financial, CLICO Bailout, CLICO Barbados
Moody’s, Standard & Poor’s corruption: classified risky investments as safe, failed to sound alarm when they knew what was happening
“Between 2002 and 2007, the top three credit rating agencies doubled their revenue, to more than $6 billion a year, the committee said. Most of that growth came from the complex investments that spread trillions of dollars in toxic debt … Continue reading →
Barbados Underground Blog publishes call for terrorist Hamas & Hezbollah to target whites in Barbados
BY READER REQUEST: We are leaving this article at the top for a few more days. Scroll down for newer articles. “The white people in this country are more powerful than Castro is in Cuba. We have two laws in … Continue reading →
Filed under Barbados, Culture & Race Issues, Ethics, History, Human Rights, Immigration, Race
President Obama and the Goldman Sachs campaign funds: An impossible discussion in Barbados.
President Obama is being called upon to return the almost one million dollars that his campaign received from Goldman Sachs employees – in light of securities fraud civil charges now faced by that company. The calls to return the campaign … Continue reading →
Filed under Barack Obama, Barbados, Corruption, Crime & Law, Ethics, Freedom Of Information, Political Corruption, Politics, Politics & Corruption
Tagged as Barbados, Barbados Political Corruption, Election funding, Goldman Sachs election funding, Obama campaign finances, Political Corruption, Politics
Earth Day 2010: Astro-turfing, email & press campaigns push controversial Elizabeth Thompson UNFCCC nomination by Barbados
Despite 14 years in power, Elizabeth Thompson & her government DID NOT bring environmental legislation to Barbados… They didn’t even try! On Thursday April 15, 2010 Barbados held a press conference at the United Nations to formally announce the nomination … Continue reading →
Filed under Barbados, Corruption, Disaster, Energy, Environment, Nature, Political Corruption, Politics, Politics & Corruption, Wildlife
Tagged as Barbados, Barbados Environment, Elizabeth Thompson, UNFCCC, United Nations UNFCCC
Airline pilots say “Don’t push us!” about volcano eruption flight operations
“The final and most important part of the plan is that the final “go-no go” decision must, as always, rest with the pilot in command.” … from a shouldn’t-be-necessary-at-all press release by the International Federation of Air Line Pilots’ Associations … Continue reading →
Filed under Aviation, Barbados, Disaster
Tagged as Aviation, Flight Safety, Iceland volcano, International Federation of Air Line Pilots’ Associations (IFALPA)
Once again Barbados police use race and/or class-based decision making and allow an upper-class elite to escape justice
UPDATED: July 7, 2011 It has been well over a year since Johan Bjerkhamn accidentally shot his 11 year old son to death. That the shooting was accidental is an assumption on our part based on some newspaper accounts at … Continue reading →
Filed under Barbados, Corruption, Crime & Law, Culture & Race Issues, Ethics, Human Rights, Police, Political Corruption, Politics, Politics & Corruption, Race
Tagged as Barbados, Barbados Police, class and the police, Race
Kammie Holder as judge in the people’s court of Barbados
Good old Kammie Holder lays out an excellent bit of humour and truth in his latest at The Nation… Swimming Upstream: The court is now in session THE PEOPLE’S COURT is in session and the jury is made up of … Continue reading →
