Daily Archives: July 27, 2010

Barbados sells $200 million of 7% notes in private placement. What does this mean?

Calling Dennis Jones… Barbados borrows another $200 million. A long time BFP reader sent us the following little news item and we aren’t financially sophisticated enough to say much about it, except to note that the sale of the Barbados … Continue reading

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Filed under Barbados, Offshore Investments

David Comissiong gets it right about frivolity, entertainment and Barbados history

Remember our history – but do more than take grants and stage photos! Photo courtesy of The Nation: Trevor Prescod at the monument in Golden Square. Prescod is probably remembering how his organisation’s carelessness and neglect destroyed thousands of irreplaceable … Continue reading

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Filed under Barbados, History, Human Rights, Slavery