Monthly Archives: March 2011
Champagne sipping Barbados Finance Minister pleads against “excessive discourse” about CLICO disaster
Minister Chris Sinckler cautions against a “frenzy” Oh yes, Minister Sinckler, his friend Leroy Parris and all the other big ups who helped build the CLICO house of cards would love to see limits on public discussion about CLICO. The … Continue reading →
Arch Cot Disaster: Links to Mia Mottley & family discovered
Updated May 14, 2011 Canadian geologist Professor Hans Machel testified the week of May 9, 2011 at the Coroner’s Inquest into the deaths of the Codrington family at Arch Cot. We’ll be putting up a new Arch Cot story, but … Continue reading →
Filed under Barbados, Building Collapse, Corruption, Disaster, Freedom Of Information, Political Corruption, Politics, Politics & Corruption, Real Estate
Tagged as Arch Cot Disaster, Arch Cot Inquest, Barbados, Barbados Corruption, Barbados Political Corruption, Corruption, Political Corruption, Politics
Jolly Roger sets sail on Thursday!
Inaugural voyage Thursday, March 17, 2011 from 10am to 2pm The Jolly Roger I is fresh from a major rebuild and refitting and she’s ready for her first commercial cruise on Tuesday morning. The Barbados Rally Club sampled The Jolly … Continue reading →
Filed under Barbados, Barbados Tourism
Tagged as Barbados, Barbados Cruise, Black Pearl Party Cruises, Jolly Roger Barbados
Barbados lawyer Leroy Lynch arrested for $2.2 million theft
Is Barbados cleaning up the legal profession… finally? We’ve had so many lawyers arrested in the last year and a bit that outsiders might begin to suspect that mass criminal hysteria has recently hit our legal profession. That observation would … Continue reading →
Filed under Barbados, Corruption, Crime & Law, Ethics
Tagged as Barbados, Barbados Bar Association, Barbados Crooked Lawyers, Barbados lawyers, Crooked Lawyers
DISASTER: Japan Nuclear MELTDOWN HAPPENING
The above video shows the moment the reactor containment building blew up. Now that most of us are up and following events through the regular news channels, we’ll unstick this from the top and put it back into the chronological … Continue reading →
Filed under Disaster, Energy, Environment
Tagged as Fukushima Dai-Ichi Nuclear Disaster, Japan, Japan Disaster, Japan Earthquake, Japan Nuclear Disaster, Japan Nuclear Meltdown
Barbados school: Built with Untreated ordinary pine?
Tax dollars put into materials that quickly rot out? Dear Barbados Free Press, Check this one out for yourself. I’m looking at The Nation article “Schools on target for September“ with a photo titled “An elevated view of the Blackman-Gollop … Continue reading →
Filed under Barbados, Consumer Issues, Real Estate
Tagged as Barbados, Barbados Construction, Barbados Real Estate, Home Construction
Leroy Parris’ defence of Prime Minister David Thompson rings hollow now
We know now that on May 15, 2005 while acting as CLICO’s lawyer, David Thompson signed a secret contract between CLICO and Leroy Parris’ private company that in effect deceived shareholders into believing that Parris was being paid less than … Continue reading →
Will Barbados save St. Michael’s and All Angels Cathedral?
Cambodia’s Pol Pot wanted “Year Zero”… …When it comes to reminders of British sovereignty and slavery, some folks in Barbados have the same goal. With assistance from Passin Thru The original title of my article was “Can Barbados save St. … Continue reading →
Filed under Barbados, Culture & Race Issues, History, Race, Religion, Slavery
Tagged as Barbados, Barbados Slavery, Historical Genocide, Slavery
British Virgin Islands student really, really gets it about tourism and the natural environment
“When it comes to tourism, however, the British Virgin Islands needs to look less at bringing in and more at what is already here. When it comes to tourism it is less about the temporary “artificial” attractions and more about … Continue reading →
Filed under Barbados, Barbados Tourism, Environment, Nature
British anti-corruption team may refuse to deal with certain Turks and Caicos lawyers
<- click to visit TCI Post “In her letter, Special Prosecutor Helen Garlick emphasised “close family” connections between attorney and accused. Garlick therefore concluded that the investigations may be “prejudiced” or otherwise put at risk.
China gives Barbados journalists “Hard-to-resist treats, free trips, all expenses paid… and flattery”
To The Nation, Barbados Advocate, Barbados Today: How much of your content is paid for by China? As part of its efforts to influence global opinion about China, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) gives hard-to-resist treats to media workers in … Continue reading →
Colman Commission into CL Financial scandal: Sunlight or whitewash?
“When the Prime Minister announced this Enquiry on 1st October 2010, she promised to release details of who received the monies disbursed after the CL Financial Group collapsed. That list of names and who received what sums would be an … Continue reading →
China: Barbados Prime Minister “willing to learn” from the Communist Party of China
Barbados and China “supported each other on important international and regional issues” “China willing to push ahead… good relationship between the two ruling parties” Barbados willing to strengthen ties with China Barbados Prime Minister Freundel Stuart, leader of the Democratic … Continue reading →
Filed under Barbados, China, Human Rights, Politics
Tagged as Barbados, China, China Human Rights, Human Rights
CLICO, CL Financial disaster: Leroy Parris has no shame
UPDATED: March 11, 2011 Leroy Parris suing CLICO (and by extension, all CLICO victims) Earned $80,000 MONTHLY, with ANNUAL BONUS & HIDDEN FEE!!! Guaranteed $10 MILLION GRATUITY! Former PM David Thompson signed 2005 SECRET CONTRACT – kept it secret from … Continue reading →
Filed under Barbados, Consumer Issues, Corruption, Crime & Law, Political Corruption, Politics, Politics & Corruption
Tagged as Barbados, Barbados Politics, CL Financial Fraud, CLICO Fraud, Leroy Parris, Politics
No surprise as Gas, Diesel up Sunday night
The following Barbados Government press release is “embargoed until 7pm Sunday, March 6″ Barbadians will be paying slightly more for petroleum products in the next few days. Effective midnight, Sunday, March 6, the retail price of gasoline will increase from … Continue reading →
Victoria, Canada: Times Colonist quotes BFP’s own Auntie Moses
The line between “real” news organisations and folks like us publishing blogs from our bedrooms and kitchen tables continues to blur as an increasingly understaffed “real” news media once again quotes from Barbados Free Press in a desperate attempt to … Continue reading →
Filed under Barbados, Barbados Tourism, Blogging
Tagged as Barbados, Barbados Tourism, News Media
Barbados Chefette Restaurants, KFC: Proudly serving only Halal meat, sacrificed to Allah?
UPDATED: March 6, 2011 Hello folks, I took a look at the story as originally submitted by BA88/98 and put up by Cliverton and Robert. We talked and wrote to BA88/98 after reading the comments and we’ve changed the story … Continue reading →
Filed under Barbados, Human Rights, Religion
Tagged as Barbados, Halal, Halal Jihad, Islam, Jihad, Religion, Secret Halal
Spark of the Day! A lesson in hard work and Chapati making.
An old friend sent us this video with the message “Show this to your local Union guys and to workers. This is production!“ I couldn’t help but post it as a Spark. It’s magic and I want to visit India … Continue reading →
