Monthly Archives: April 2011
Barbados should partner with American Airlines AAdvantage miles
by Adrian Loveridge, small hotel owner Tourism MATTERS: We’re missing a huge opportunity Imagine having a virtually captive audience, motivated by all the right reasons and that is larger than your main source tourism market, the United Kingdom. That’s perhaps … Continue reading →
Filed under Aviation, Barbados Tourism
Tagged as American Airlines, Barbados, Barbados Tourism
Jolly Roger “Back in Time” Cruise Saturday night!
Jolly Roger ‘Back In Time’ grand dance cruise, Saturday April 30 – 5 to 10pm DJ’s Larry Kinch and Stones, $70 inc. drinks & Food on sale Reserve by calling 826-7245/SAIL or 436-2885 Black Pearl Party Cruises website Jolly Roger … Continue reading →
Filed under Barbados, Barbados Tourism
Tagged as Barbados, Barbados Party Cruise, Barbados Tourism
Sir Charles Williams “Welcome to our home and Barbados”
And meet Hoagy, our pet pig Thanks to an old friend for directing us to this most interesting video profile of Sir Charles O. Williams. Quote from COW Williams: “I am a poor loser. A good loser is always a … Continue reading →
Best wishes to Kate and William from Barbadians everywhere
Two couples are getting married today: Kate and William in love, and our future King and Queen. All the best to both couples. Royal Wedding Official Website
What would Sarah Ann Gill think about our silence over religious persecution in China?
“They shot tear gas at our group of 20 — some of us completely unarmed, all law-abiding religious citizens. Wielding their batons, they beat, kicked and prodded the people. Many police officers and plainclothes agents beat two sisters to the … Continue reading →
Filed under Barbados, China, History, Human Rights, Religion, Slavery
Tagged as Barbados, China, Religion, Religious Freedom, Religious persecution in China
Government has no business running business
The opposite of “entrepreneur” is “government employee” The Barbados Investment & Development Corporation has no problem blowing its own horn about the industrial estates under its care. The BIDC website brags, and not unreasonably so… “The Property and Estate Management … Continue reading →
Filed under Barbados, Business & Banking, Economy, Offshore Investments
Tagged as Barbados, Barbados Investment, Offshore Investment
Rhea Campbell: Journey Of The Corn Curl Wrapper
Rhea Campbell of The Ursuline Convent School won an Honorable Mention in Ages 9-13 in the recent Canada-Barbados Environmental Essay Contest. Here is her excellent essay… Journey Of The Corn Curl Wrapper The bell rang signalling the end of break. … Continue reading →
Lessons from GEMS Hotels & Resorts Limited: Government is always bad at business, corrupt Government is worse.
Hotels & Resorts Limited product is so bad, the Barbados Government is having difficulty exiting the business Barbadians have no idea how much money they poured into the doomed-to-fail-from-the-start attempt to nationalize the hotel industry known as “GEMS”, Hotels & … Continue reading →
Filed under Barbados, Barbados Tourism, Business & Banking, Corruption, Offshore Investments
Tagged as Barbados, Barbados Hotels, Barbados Tourism, The Savannah Hotel, Time Out at the Gap
Connection between drinking and leadership now proven! :-)
I couldn’t help myself, folks… just had to post this smile for you! The Guardian article is interesting too… Lurking on the Caribbean island getaways of St. Kitts, Nevis and Barbados are a group of illegal aliens with a taste … Continue reading →
Tagged as Alcohol, Barbados, Barbados Tourism, Drunken Monkey
No money to fund Barbados Investment Development Corporation, so shut it down!
A suggestion to save taxpayers’ money by BFP reader “C” in St. James As a small business owner over the last nine months I have found it increasingly difficult to contact a Business Development Officer (BDO) at the Barbados Investment … Continue reading →
Medical tourism under scrutiny in the Barbados Sparman Ishmael case
Canadian medical tourism study team arrives in Barbados A team of researchers from Simon Fraser University (SFU) is spending the next week looking at medical tourism in Barbados. Professor Jeremy Snyder and his colleagues will talk with medical professionals, patients … Continue reading →
REDjet winning Facebook war over Caribbean Airlines, LIAT
Facebook ‘Likes’ Stats: REDjet vs Caribbean Airlines REDjet = 16,991 Caribbean Airlines = 7,078 LIAT? (Couldn’t find a Facebook page for LIAT)
Filed under Aviation, Barbados Tourism
Tagged as Airline News, Airline Startups, Barbados, Barbados Tourism, Caribbean Airlines, RedJet
Bajan Reporter removes Jesus cartoon… Why?
About a month ago, the Bajan Reporter blog published an article critical of Barbados Free Press. We’d love to refer you to the article but the link is dead and the Bajan Reporter article with the “Jesus giving the finger” … Continue reading →
Barbados Tourism Authority should hire Tahir Quraishi NOW!
Tahir has a track record of success, and he’s headed for Barbados That happy guy in the hat, sunglasses and holiday shirt just happens to be one of the best managers in the 238 store Ryman Stationery chain. Tahir Quraishi … Continue reading →
Filed under Barbados, Barbados Tourism
Earth Day, Easter and bad consequences of good intentions
Pinned to the top for Earth Day 2012. Scroll down for newer stories… For Easter, Earth Day and Lenin’s Birthday 2011, Cliverton asks: “What wrong ideas are we still embracing because we love unquestioned dogma and ritual?” Has mindless environmental … Continue reading →
Filed under Barbados, Environment, Religion
Tagged as Barbados, Barbados Environment, Earth Day 2011, Environment, Environmental Religious Dogma, Religion
Michigan Judge: Fear of Muslim violence in Dearborn trumps U.S. Constitution
UPDATED: April 23, 2011 Michigan Judge and jury declare that Dearborn Muslims are so violent, that the Constitutional right to freedom of speech must be set aside for everyone’s safety. American Pastor jailed for planning protest on public land. America: … Continue reading →
Filed under History, Human Rights, Religion
Tagged as Freedom of Speech, Islam, Religion
HELP! Electric Bike needs a charge point at Oistins
We’ve been following the adventures of Canadian David Cameron for almost two years as he tested electric bikes in Barbados. David is back on the island staying in Holetown and he’s going to try to use his electric bike to … Continue reading →
Filed under Barbados, Energy, Environment, Technology
Tagged as Barbados, Electric Bicycles, Electric motorcycle, Electric Vehicles
Colman Commission ignores Afra Raymond’s request for standing
CL Financial & CLICO Scandal At the last sittings on 6th and 7th April, five new parties were announced and Afra Raymond was not among them. It doesn’t look like the Colman Commission wants someone so knowledgeable to have official … Continue reading →
