Monthly Archives: November 2010
Barbados Labour Party website: “Mia Amor Mottley, Political Leader of BLP”
Screenshot of BLP website taken Monday, November 15, 2010, 3:11pm Bridgetown Owen Arthur is not shown as Opposition Leader on the BLP website! One month after former Prime Minister Owen Arthur led a coup that deposed Mia Mottley as the … Continue reading →
Filed under Barbados, Political Corruption, Politics, Politics & Corruption
Tagged as Barbados, Barbados Labour Party, Barbados Politics, Mia Mottley, Owen Arthur, Politics
BLP Conference ends with tears, walkouts. “Mottley’s ousting triggered the implosion of the BLP”
The following was posted anonymously at Barbados Free Press. With the exception of the title and subtitle added by BFP, not one word has been changed. We haven’t any idea where it came from. It may have been published somewhere … Continue reading →
Filed under Barbados, Political Corruption, Politics, Politics & Corruption
Tagged as Barbados, Barbados Labour Party, Barbados Politics, Mia Mottley, Owen Arthur, Politics
Afghan Christian charged with becoming a Christian. Faces death penalty.
If not for freedom, someone please remind me why British troops are fighting in Afghanistan. Please remind me why the West is spending billions and billions of dollars and the lives of thousands of our young if not to free … Continue reading →
Filed under Barbados, Human Rights, Religion
Tagged as Afghanistan, Freedom of Religion, Human Rights, Islam, Islamic Law
Was David Thompson’s cancer related to the stress of his duties?
The relationship between Prime Minister Thompson’s illness and politics Our friend Jdid wrote this article shortly after the death of Barbados Prime Minister David Thompson. We thought it was a good piece at the time but we just never got … Continue reading →
Air Traveler refuses TSA X-ray, groin groping – What happened next…
After he described, the pat down, I realized that he intended to touch my groin. After he finished his description but before he started the pat down, I looked him straight in the eye and said, “if you touch my … Continue reading →
Filed under Aviation, Barbados, Barbados Tourism, Human Rights
Tagged as Air Travel Security, Air Travelers Rebellion, Airline Industry, Aviation, Backscatter X-ray, TSA groping
Pakistan sentences Christian woman to death for “blasphemy”
Mother of two “insulted Muhammad” by asking what Muhammad had done for women “Some of the women workers had reportedly been pressuring Bibi to renounce her Christian faith and accept Islam. During one discussion, Bibi responded by speaking of how … Continue reading →
Filed under Barbados, Human Rights, Religion
Tagged as Barbados, Human Rights, Islam, Islamic Law, Religion, Women's Rights
Owen Arthur won the battle, but did he lose the war?
Strange times at the Barbados Labour Party “New Opposition Leader Owen S. Arthur keeps telling his countrymen there must be healing in his Party, and so far he’s done little to create regeneration, if anything he’s continuing amputations on a … Continue reading →
Filed under Barbados, Political Corruption, Politics, Politics & Corruption
Tagged as Barbados, Barbados Politics, Mia Mottley, Owen Arthur, Politics
Youths, Graeme Hall Nature Sanctuary, save rare Osprey in Barbados
Bird’s mate never gave up. Soared above Graeme Hall every day calling for partner. Wildlife caretakers released an osprey back into the wild this past week after it had undergone rehabilitation for injuries and malnutrition. The osprey had been brought … Continue reading →
Filed under Barbados, Barbados Tourism, Environment, Nature, Wildlife
Tagged as Barbados, Barbados Wildlife, Graeme Hall Nature Sanctuary, Osprey
Eugene Melnyk helps out Hurricane Honeymooners
Canadians Jana Lee Tryan and Joe Murray said “I do”, then arrived in Barbados for their honeymoon at the same time as Hurricane Tomas decided to head our way. They’re in love so they didn’t mind the no water / … Continue reading →
Filed under Barbados Tourism
Tagged as Barbados, Barbados Honeymoon, Eugene Melnyk, Hurricane Tomas
Boscobel Shooting: Residents in fear as Barbados Police fail to respond
“Ten minutes of gunplay and shooting at football match” “At least one from Boscobel Toll Gang involved” says witness Contrary to a published news story that no locals were involved in the football-match shootout last Sunday night in Boscobel, a … Continue reading →
Filed under Barbados, Barbados Tourism, Crime & Law, Police, Tourism, Travel, Traveling and Tourism
Tagged as Barbados, Barbados Crime, Barbados Gangs, Barbados Police, Barbados Tourist Safety, Crime, Tourist Safety
Kammie Holder’s Swimming Upstream: The disease of evading accountability
Accountability and Offering Excuses for Excuses Most of our problems in life tend to come about as a result of trying to evade being accountable. It appears like a disease in the government, the private sector and in our personal … Continue reading →
Tagged as Barbados, Ethics, Kammie Holder, Personal Growth
Poll: Should Mara Thompson run for Barbados Parliament?
“Perhaps I have reached a hope stage of grief, but if there is one issue in Barbados upon which Barbadians agree, it is that Mara should run. The issue which divides us is whether she should run to, or from … Continue reading →
Filed under Barbados, Politics
Tagged as Barbados, Barbados Politics, Mara Thompson, Prime MInister David Thompson
Barbados Spitfire pilot Phillip Leslie Irving Archer: Killed in action, June 17, 1943
Remembrance Day stories Looking for relatives – “We have information for them” Mission: Rodeo PM. Date: 17th June 1943. Unit: No. 421 (RCAF) Squadron. Type: Spitfire IX. Serial: LZ996 Coded: AU – Location: St. Omer, France. Squadron Leader, Phillip Leslie … Continue reading →
Filed under Aviation, Barbados, History
Tagged as Barbados, Barbados Pilots, Remembrance Day, Royal Canadian Air Force, Spitfire
CL Financial and CLICO bailout: The bizarre endgame
“There was a series of large-scale, rapid withdrawals of funds before the start of the bailout. That pattern of activity would have speeded-up the collapse.” “We have entered a new stage. This is where all those trusting people, who were … Continue reading →
Filed under Barbados, Business & Banking, Consumer Issues, Corruption, Crime & Law, Offshore Investments
Tagged as CL Financial, CL Financial Bailout, CLICO, CLICO Bailout
The legacy of Barbados Attorney General & Chief Justice SIR David Simmons
Former Prime Minister David Thompson said it was unethical for Attorney General SIR David Simmons to have accepted the position of Chief Justice from then PM Owen Arthur. BFP agreed with Prime Minister Thompson then, and now. But forget about … Continue reading →
Filed under Barbados, Crime & Law, Human Rights
Tagged as Barbados, Barbados Judicial Crisis, Barbados Judicial System, Sir David Simmons
Should news media cooperate with the Barbados government to delay publishing news?
Barbados Free Press intends to print any news “embargoed” by the government. Last Saturday, November 6, 2010 in the wee hours of the morning, Barbados Free Press was the first to publish the news that gas, diesel and kerosene prices … Continue reading →
Filed under Barbados, Barbados News & Media, Corruption, Ethics, Freedom Of Information, Freedom Of The Press, Politics
Tagged as Barbados, Barbados News & Media, Ethics, Journalism, Journalism Standards
Low-class, No-class: Owen Arthur makes distasteful “tribute” to David Thompson, upsets widow.
“Someone should let Mr. Arthur know or explain to him what a tribute is.” … from a note written by Mrs. Mara Thompson to the Clerk of Parliament. It was the first sitting of Parliament since the death and funeral … Continue reading →
Filed under Barbados, Politics
Tagged as Barbados, Drunk in public, Owen Arthur, Prime MInister David Thompson
What happened to the duty-free Cricket World Cup BMWs?
Sweetheart deals and no public auctions to dispose of government BMWs A few weeks ago The Nation published the above photo of former Barbados Prime Minister Owen Arthur apparently about to enter a BMW 4×4. Nice wheels, Owen! As you … Continue reading →
Filed under Barbados, Corruption, Cricket, Freedom Of Information, Political Corruption, Politics, Politics & Corruption
Tagged as Barbados, BMW, Cricket World Cup, Political Corruption
