Monthly Archives: April 2011
REDjet REDvolution takes off in Barbados
Tickets on sale Wednesday April 13th First flight May 8th Finally! REDjet passed all the tests and the certificates are in the mail, as they say. CEO Ian Burns keeps pounding away at his theme that affordable air travel is … Continue reading →
Filed under Aviation, Barbados, Barbados Tourism
Tagged as Airline News, Aviation, Barbados, Barbados Tourism, RedJet, REDjet Airline
American Eagle pullout from Puerto Rico hits Barbados hard
The costs of the American Eagle pull-out I WAS SURPRISED to read in The Nation last week that American Eagle will suspend its service to Puerto Rico from April 15. Especially as according to the American Airlines website, a twice-daily service … Continue reading →
Filed under Aviation, Barbados, Barbados Tourism
Tagged as Airline News, American Eagle, Aviation, Barbados, Barbados Tourism
The truth and the spin behind Barbados Government’s Environmental Art Contest
Unregulated and hidden Political Funding destroys the environment Environment Minister Denis Kellman made an excellent speech the other day at the announcement of the environmental collage art competition for students. The competition is called A Future that is Pollution Free … Continue reading →
Filed under Barbados, Corruption, Environment, Politics
Tagged as Barbados, Barbados Environment, Environment
One more step towards Barbadian citizenship
Jane Shattuck-Hoyos is all excited! We just noticed that our Yank-in-Bim friend received her Reside and Work status some six months after applying for citizenship and the girl is happy. You often hear reports of people waiting ten or twelve … Continue reading →
CL Financial CLICO Bailout: Afra Raymond’s ultimatum to Finance Ministry for ignoring FOI law
Ten days to produce The Duprey Letter, CL Financial’s 2008 audited accounts After a year of breaking the Freedom of Information law, Trinidad and Tobago’s Ministry of Finance is still ignoring Afra Raymond’s Freedom of Information requests for the January … Continue reading →
A Barbados politician arrived in Heaven…
‘Integrity Legislation? That’s a good one!’ laughs the devil as he slaps his knee and pours the drinks… While staggering down the side of the road one afternoon near Grape Hall, a well known Member of Parliament is tragically hit … Continue reading →
Sulaimaan Ukadia of the Al Falah Primary School wins BNB Right Start speech competition
We missed this story back in February and thanks to one of our readers for bringing it to our attention. Congratulations to Sulaimaan Ukadia. He obviously has some talent and we’ll be waiting to see his efforts in future contests. … Continue reading →
Barbados Health Care denied to visitors: Justified? Racist? Two readers have their say…
In the past week the Caribbean has been abuzz with stories and opinion pieces about the Barbados government’s decision to deny free health care to visitors – with the exception of real emergencies, of course. Two of our readers chime … Continue reading →
Filed under Barbados, Health, Human Rights, Immigration
Tagged as Barbados, Barbados Health Care, Health
Welcome home Richard!
Barbadian loses deportation appeal in USA “Richard Carrington petitions for review of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”), which dismissed his appeal from an Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) final removal order. For the reasons below, we will deny … Continue reading →
Filed under Barbados, Crime & Law, Immigration
Tagged as Barbados, Crime, Immigration, US Immigration
WICB Exposé: All the West Indies Cricket Board dirt, all the time
WICB: Nepotism, Abuse of Power, Mismanagement, Hypocrisy, Financial Erosion, Dirty Tricks, Corruption Insider to publish WICB documents “Which WICB director rang up $712,311.60 in personal expenses on his association’s credit card and is now facing the embarrassment of having that … Continue reading →
Filed under Barbados, Corruption, Cricket, Sports
Tagged as Barbados, Corruption, Cricket, Sports, West Indies Cricket Board
Environmental Evil defeated thanks to Richard Goddard, Denis Kellman – Greenland is a park, not a dump!
“Negro” and “Caucasian” team up to defeat the forces of Environmental Evil: Owen Arthur and Liz Thompson “I can assure Barbadians that this enlightened government will have better alternatives for it. We will not practise environmental madness.” Minister of the … Continue reading →
Why Al Barrack will never win against the Barbados Government: The Fix is In!
Al Barrack says “Don’t trust the Barbados Government!” by Nevermind Kurt (with Cliverton) Poor Al has a message for businesses and foreign investors: Beware when you do business with the government of Barbados, because the court is the government and … Continue reading →
Essay contest winner Juwayriyah Nana: “At whose expense do we litter on our beaches…”
“Do we want these underwater kingdoms to perish like those on land?” Juwayriyah Nana of Harrison College took 3rd Place (and $250!) in the Age 14-18 category of the 2011 national Canada-Barbados Environmental Essay Contest. Here is Juwayriyah’s winning essay… … Continue reading →
Filed under Barbados, Barbados Tourism, Economy, Environment, Nature, Wildlife
Tagged as Barbados, Barbados Environment, Canada-Barbados Environmental Essay Contest, Environment
Barbados Tourism Authority becoming a Family Affair?
Consolidation of power and influence along family lines? Dear BFP Your article about Verla Depeiza being named as a Director of the Barbados Tourism Authority puts a question into my rum-fogged mind. Can anyone answer my question? Is Verla Depeiza … Continue reading →
Filed under Barbados, Barbados Tourism, Corruption, Ethics
Tagged as Barbados, Barbados Corruption, Barbados Tourism Authority, Ethics
We really miss Rihanna, the girl we knew and prayed for
The Rolling Stone interview of our Barbados Ambassador for Culture and Youth is just terrible. Rihanna’s hit single “S&M” is semi-autobiographical. “Being submissive in the bedroom is really fun,” she says. “You get to be a little lady, to have … Continue reading →
Filed under Barbados, Celebrities, Music, Rihanna
New Barbados Tourism Authority Director charged with tax evasion?
Is there more than one Verla Depeiza? Well, folks, I don’t know what to think about this one. Way back April of 2009 Attorney-at-law Verla Depeiza (photo above) spoke at a DLP lunchtime lecture and called for Freedom of Information … Continue reading →
Filed under Barbados, Corruption, Crime & Law, Ethics, Freedom Of Information, Politics
Tagged as Barbados, Barbados Democratic Labour Party, Barbados Politics, Lawyers in trouble, Politics, Verla Depeiza
Canadian Medical Tourism researchers “Very serious” about their independence
At what point does normal hospitality become something else? Our story about the Simon Fraser University team coming to Barbados to research medical tourism caused a lively discussion on and off the blog. Folks raised all kinds of questions about … Continue reading →
Filed under Barbados, Barbados Tourism, Health
Tagged as Barbados, Barbados Medical Tourism, Barbados Tourism, Health, Medical Tourism
