Monthly Archives: October 2010
Tropical Storm Tomas: Not too scary in Grape Hall, Barbados
UPDATE: Heard from Marcus. There are a couple of boats smashed up at Oistins. Lots of damage, roofs off. It looks like the south took a harder hit than we did. It was a dark and stormy night… Is it … Continue reading →
UK Foreign Office issues daylight crime alert advisory over Holetown Barbados
“A number of assaults on tourists have taken place in the Holetown area on the west coast of Barbados during October 2010. Two particularly serious incidents happened during daylight hours. You should exercise caution when walking alone off the busy … Continue reading →
Filed under Barbados, Barbados Tourism, Crime & Law, Police
Tagged as Barbados, Barbados Crime, Crime
Australian boxer could join Barbados team over racial slur
“Blackie” slur touches off firestorm in Aussie amateur sport When his senior coach called super heavyweight boxer Trent Rawlins a “blackie” last year, Rawlins decided he’d had enough and complained. But the Australian Institute of Sport didn’t fire the coach, … Continue reading →
One day’s work on Graeme Hall sluice gate proves 15 years of neglect by Barbados Government
UPDATED: January 20, 2012 We see The Nation carried the Barbados Government Information Service announcement that Worthing Beach was to be closed on January 19th “while the sluice gates at the beach are opened for routine maintenance.” The last time … Continue reading →
Shame on Rihanna! Barbados Ambassador for Culture and Youth – not coming to David Thompson’s funeral.
UPDATED: November 3, 2010, 11:47am from the funeral of PM David Thompson Photo from TV feed at 11:47am: Rihanna watches as the funeral procession leaves Kensington Oval for St. Johns Parish where Prime Minister David Thompson will be buried. Rihanna … Continue reading →
Filed under Barbados, Celebrities, Ethics, Rihanna
Tagged as Barbados, David Thompson, Rihanna, Shame on Rihanna
State Funeral for Barbados Prime Minister David Thompson, Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Saying Goodbye to David in the rain (The link to the CBC live coverage has been closed.) Dark clouds and rain on one side of Kensington Oval, blue sky and sun on the other.
Filed under Barbados
Tagged as Barbados, Barbados Prime Minister Funeral, Prime MInister David Thompson
Hero: Barbados-born police woman shoots it out with robber in Brooklyn, New York
Off-duty cop Feris Jones shoots robber, protects innocent victims. Barbados-born New York City police officer Feris Jones was getting her hair done last Saturday at Sabine’s Hallway beauty salon in Brooklyn when a wild thug burst in with a .44 … Continue reading →
Filed under Barbados, Crime & Law, Police
Tagged as Barbados, Brooklyn New York, Crime, New York City Police, Police Shootout
Hartley Henry declares that he made David Thompson ‘King’
Well, that’s what Hartley Henry said… With the death of Prime Minister David Thompson early last Saturday, Henry yesterday declared: “The kingmaker dies with the king”. “My tenure ends with David Thompson, so I am not going to work with … Continue reading →
Filed under Barbados, Ethics, Politics
Tagged as Barbados, Hartley Henry, Prime Minister Thompson
Adrian Loveridge: Chase higher revenue independent tourists, not cheapo all-inclusive mass tourism
Tourism MATTERS by Adrian Loveridge Two headlines quoted from the recently held Caribbean Tourism Organisation’s Leadership Strategy Conference leapt out and grabbed my attention. The first ‘You have to chase money not arrivals’, attributed to David Redekop of the Conference … Continue reading →
Filed under Barbados, Barbados Tourism, Business & Banking
Tagged as Barbados, Barbados Tourism
Outlish Magazine: Karel McIntosh has a new gig!
Back in April our old friend Karel McIntosh started Outlish Magazine – a weekly online magazine aimed at young Trinis in their 20′s and 30′s. Well, we Bajans like it too so we thought we give it a plug at … Continue reading →
Two ways of reporting Standard & Poors’ Barbados downgrade
Happy Face reporting continues to undermine credibility of Barbados news media Nation News says Barbados S&P rating “Going down” Wall Street Journal says “brink of junk” Reading about the same subject in the Wall Street Journal and The Nation makes … Continue reading →
Filed under Barbados, Barbados News & Media, Economy, Freedom Of Information, Freedom Of The Press
Tagged as Barbados, Barbados News & Media, Barbados News Media Lies
Mia Mottley’s father Justice Elliot Mottley quits Belize Court of Appeal under controversy
Will Justice Elliot Mottley return to haunt backroom Barbados politics? Belize news media and blogs are reporting that President of the Belize Court of Appeal, Justice Elliot Mottley, tendered his resignation in a constitutional showdown with Prime Minister Dean Barrow. … Continue reading →
Filed under Barbados, Politics
Tagged as Barbados, Barbados Labour Party, Barbados Politics, Elliot Mottley, Mia Mottley, Politics
Musical tribute to Prime Minister David Thompson
“The whole nation praying for you.” Tribute to Rt. Hon. Prime Minister David Thompson of Barbados Song written by: Shawn Barrow Musical Arrangement: Anderson Ward, Vocals: Shawnie + Mr Impact Recorded at Uprising Studio
Barbados Prime Minister David Thompson dead of cancer at 48
Father, Husband, Son, Prime Minister: David Thompson passes at home, surrounded by family “Know for sure that this experience has brought me much closer to God, whose compassionate love and grace I commend to you based particularly on my personal … Continue reading →
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Tagged as Barbados, Barbados Prime Minister dies, Prime MInister David Thompson
When Owen Arthur praised Leroy Parris and CLICO
“Listening to Mia Mottley and Owen Arthur, one would think that the CLICO affair is entirely a DLP problem. The BLP want the populace to forget about the 14 years they were responsible for letting Parris and CLICO run wild … Continue reading →
CheapFlights.co.uk reports searches for Barbados vacations down 23% !
Increases to UK’s Air Passenger Duty to blame No other single statistic we’ve seen comes close to illustrating what devastation has been wrought by the UK Government against Barbados. This new report from CheapFlights says it all. We are especially … Continue reading →
Filed under Aviation, Barbados, Barbados Tourism, Consumer Issues, Economy
Tagged as Barbados, Barbados Tourism, Cheap Flights
Please visit our friends at… Little Good Harbour villas
Click the banner to visit Little Good Harbour: a charming cluster of cottages, nestled around a central swimming pool and lush tropical gardens, that epitomises the best of Caribbean architecture and hospitality.
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Tagged as Barbados, Barbados accomodations, Barbados Hotels, Barbados Villas
The theft of two Barbados National Parks by friends of government.
Barbados National Trust President Dr. Karl Watson seeks government promise to comfort him. Publicly surrenders to lying politicians and their developer friends. Dr. Karl Watson, the President of the Barbados National Trust, was in the paper recently saying he “eagerly … Continue reading →
Filed under Agriculture, Barbados, Environment, Offshore Investments, Politics, Wildlife
Tagged as Barbados, Barbados Environment, Barbados National Park, Graeme Hall Nature Sanctuary
