Monthly Archives: June 2011
Bob Verdun “In deep trouble” – $650,000 judgment for defamation
“Canadian Jury found Verdun acted with malice” We’re not 100% sure, but it looks like the Bob Verdun in this defamation lawsuit reported in Canadian newspapers is the same Bob Verdun who is a frequent visitor to Barbados and an … Continue reading →
Filed under Barbados, Canada, Crime & Law
Tagged as Barbados, Bob Verdun, Bob Verdun defamation, Canada
Barbados Free Press supports unlocked Wi-Fi
We at BFP want to say a big “Thank You!” to LEX Caribbean… BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Thursday June 2, 2011 – In January 2010 the Barbados Entrepreneurship Foundation (BEF) launched a mission to provide free Wi-Fi connectivity around Barbados by November … Continue reading →
Filed under Barbados, Freedom Of The Press, Technology
Tagged as Barbados, Free Internet, Free WiFi, Freedom of Speech
Massive Joes River Bridge overload
Maybe we need bigger signs? Maybe we need some enforcement? There has been a weight restriction of 2 tons (excluding buses) at Joes River Bridge for a while now, but grossly overloaded trucks are destroying the bridge bit by bit, … Continue reading →
Russian billionaire Alexander Lebedev “Barbados bank laundered a billion dollars”
Barbados Louis D’Or Bank tied to Russian organized crime money laundering “We possess a huge amount of [supporting] documentation: Fyodorov’s payments, transferring $2 million to Suren Yegiazaryan on Cyprus via the Louis D’Or Bank. His brother Ashot Yegiazaryan cleaned a … Continue reading →
Filed under Barbados, Corruption, Crime & Law
Tagged as Alexander Lebedev, Barbados, Barbados Money Laundering, Barbados Offshore Banking, Russia
Mail Online asking if Simon Cowell and Andrew Lloyd Webber bailing on Paradise Beach development.
Last July we published the comments of Death Wish film director Michael Winner about what he described as the “bizarre saga” of the on-again, off-again Four Seasons / Paradise Beach development. Then Avinash Persaud was quoted in The Nation News as … Continue reading →
Filed under Barbados Tourism, Celebrities, Real Estate
Tagged as Andrew Lloyd Webber, Barbados, Barbados Real Estate, Simon Cowell
