Monthly Archives: September 2010
Kammie Holder lays 11 preventable deaths at the door of Barbados government’s selective enforcement and complacency.
For the record, we at Barbados Free Press agree wholeheartedly with Kammie Holder about the deaths of 11 good people at the Arch Cot cave-in and Campus Trendz fire. Oh yes, Kammie asks questions in his piece, but all of … Continue reading →
Filed under Barbados, Crime & Law, Disaster, Police, Politics
Tagged as Barbados, Barbados Crime, Barbados Murder, Crime, Murder
Ground Zero Mosque nothing more than Rubbing Salt in the Wound
For Edward from Brooklyn “The kind of Muslims I wouldn’t mind building a mosque at Ground Zero (and there’s lots of them) would NEVER EVEN DREAM of building of mosque there.”
Filed under Barbados, Religion, USA
Tagged as 9/11, 9/11 Mosque, Ground Zero Mosque, Islam, Religion
Barbados citizens beat alleged child molester. Lost faith in police and Justice System?
Begging for mercy as the kicks and blows landed A suspected pedophile – the alleged sex attacker of an 11 year old girl – was tied to a pole and beaten by a street crowd in Bridgetown on Wednesday until … Continue reading →
Filed under Barbados, Crime & Law, Culture & Race Issues, Police
Tagged as Barbados, Crime, Street justice, Vigilantism, Women's Rights
Barbados silent about China kidnapping, forcing late term abortions, sterilizations on 7000 women
Blind lawyer & human rights activist Chen Guangcheng released to house arrest after 4 years jail. In 2005 a blind, self-taught country lawyer named Chen Guangcheng filed a class action lawsuit against Communist party officials in his area who used … Continue reading →
Filed under Abortion, Barbados, China, Freedom Of The Press, Human Rights, Politics, Religion, Slavery
Tagged as Barbados, China, China Human Rights, Forced Abortions, Human Rights
Dear Commissioner Dottin: About those internet “rumours” of Barbados Police corruption and incompetence…
UPDATED: August 13, 2011 We’re putting this story up for discussion once again as the inability of our police force to stem the recent violence is in the news. We’ll be looking at some of the issues in a story … Continue reading →
Filed under Barbados, Crime & Law, Ethics, Freedom Of Information, Freedom Of The Press, Human Rights, Police
Tagged as Barbados Crime, Barbados Police, Freedom Of The Press
Invisible Barbados Prime Minister travels to New York
UPDATED: September 9, 2010 Prime Minister Thompson’s sudden trip New York City is for medical treatment relating to complications. Story at The Nation. BFP’s original story published 10:35 GMT, September 8, 2010… According to The Nation, Prime Minister David Thompson … Continue reading →
Barbados 1936: Happy natives dive for coins, Nazi swastika flies in Bridgetown
Critical Past archival film shows an edited version of Bajan life in 1936 Our thanks to a reader who directed us to the CriticalPast.com archives where we found some 1936 film footage of “Barbados Island” showing the way we were. … Continue reading →
URGENT! – Where is Barbados’ Weather Doppler Radar Data?
by David G. Brooks Some of you maybe recall my previous letters in both newspapers a few months back on this subject, however my latest attempt a couple weeks ago, which I will share here now, has not be published … Continue reading →
Port Ferdinand Barbados – Aerial view of the destruction
As a concerned Bajan and an obsessed island lover, I wanted to send Barbados Free Press this aerial image of the Port Ferdinand development as it progresses. I must say it isn’t pretty. I hope you all will decide to post this awful … Continue reading →
Filed under Barbados, Barbados Tourism, Environment, Politics
Tagged as Barbados, Environment, Port Ferdinand
Email received from dozens of BFP readers recounts horrible crime – but is it true?
UPDATED: September 7, 2010 10:11pm Bridgetown, Barbados Story now thought to be widely circulated rumour. Unfounded, probably not true. As received from several readers, this second email is from Gordon Seale. Mr. Seale also posted additional remarks in the comments … Continue reading →
Filed under Barbados, Barbados Tourism, Crime & Law, Police
Tagged as Barbados, Barbados Crime, Barbados Crime Rumours, Barbados Police
Barbados Prime Minister silent on mass murder shop fire. Why?
Is David Thompson really back on the job? The second largest* mass murder in our country’s modern history has produced not one word of condolence or concern from Prime Minister David Thompson. Not so much as a press release, let … Continue reading →
Filed under Barbados, Crime & Law, Police, Politics
Tagged as Barbados, Barbados mass murder, Barbados Politics, Crime, Politics
Discovery Channel’s Treehugger.com picks up on Barbados Free Press articles
BFP’s story feeds republished big time! With 3.5 million unique visitors and 10 million pageviews per month, Discovery’s TreeHugger.com website is “the leading media outlet dedicated to driving sustainability mainstream.” For some reason Treehugger has decided to republish story feeds … Continue reading →
Mass Murder in Barbados: Suspects’ descriptions and sketch
UPDATED: September 11, 2010 11:00pm Bridgetown Two suspects arrested: Two Barbadians arrested in mass murder fire. Somebody knows something – it’s a small island Suspect One was wearing a blue or black peak cap, white T-shirt with horizontal green stripes, … Continue reading →
Mass Murder in Barbados. Robbery fire deaths.
UPDATED: September 11, 2010 11:00pm Bridgetown Two suspects arrested: Two Barbadians arrested in mass murder fire. Sorrow first. The outrage will wait – but no window bars will contain it. Ours is a small island but today it is very … Continue reading →
Tourism MATTERS – New column by Adrian Loveridge in Barbados Business Authority
The Nation has agreed to publish in the Barbados Business Authority, a weekly column dedicated to tourism written by myself from Monday 13th September, 2010 entitled Tourism MATTERS. The column will be about 500 words and offer topical, constructive, objective … Continue reading →
Filed under Barbados, Barbados Tourism
Tagged as Barbados, Barbados Business, Barbados Tourism, Business, Tourism
Bajan Pied Piper teaches music online, has thousands of students from around the world!
How David Gittens taught Shona to sing jazz and play the blues “Where did you learn that!” was all I could say the other day when I caught Shona singing in the shower like I’d never heard before. She laughed, … Continue reading →
Alan Harris says Hello London 2012! Selected by International Olympic Committee (IOC) for Young Reporters
“It is with great pleasure that we invite Alan and May to join our team in 2012. These reporters have already made a real impression in Singapore and I hope this opportunity gives them a springboard to outstanding careers in … Continue reading →
Filed under Barbados, Olympics, Sports
Tagged as Barbados, Journalism, London 2012, Olympics, Sports, Sports Journalism
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