Monthly Archives: July 2011
Some Queries about the ongoing CLICO Debacle
Who are the CLICO receivers… really? submitted by BFP reader “H” Who are the CLICO receivers anyway … and who, working for what company, were appointed foot soldiers? And by whom? And who is paying the cost of the receivership … Continue reading →
Filed under Barbados, Business & Banking, Consumer Issues, Trinidad and Tobago
Tagged as CL Financial, CLICO
When Barbadians emigrated to Guyana…
Some Bajans choose to forget our shared roots and history… The period between 1863 and 1886 was the most intense period of Barbadian emigration to Guyana, but even as late as the 1920s and 1930s there were still Barbadians leaving … Continue reading →
Filed under Barbados, History, Immigration
Tagged as Barbados, Caribbean History, Guyana
Miracle in Guyana: Caribbean Airlines crash could have been so bad
No fatalities, few injuries as 737-800 overshoots in rain. Egos and macho fools in the cockpit. by BFP’s Robert Thank God there was no fire because according to the reports nothing else went right just after midnight when a Caribbean … Continue reading →
Barbados Police again fail to answer “gun robbery in progress” call: Email from reader
“Incidents of Barbados Police being a bit shy or late to respond to gun calls are also becoming more common.” Another case of unanswered 211 Police Emergency call! Police didn’t show up until the next morning for “Robbery with Gun” … Continue reading →
Filed under Barbados, Crime & Law, Police
Tagged as Barbados, Barbados Police, Barbados Robbery, Royal Barbados Police Force
I have a problem with fellow CLICO policyholders
Time to join Barbados Investors and Policyholders Alliance (BIPA) by J. Payne I have a severe problem with fellow CLICO policyholders in Barbados. What are you waiting for? Are you aware that the Judicial Manager has not filed a defence … Continue reading →
Filed under Barbados, Consumer Issues, Corruption, Crime & Law, Offshore Investments
Tagged as CL Financial, CLICO
Without fear of punishment CL Financial – CLICO Executives had no limits
“If you let people get the idea that they can never be punished, there is virtually no limit to the rules they will break. Asset-stripping, Bribery and Corruption can become the new norms of a governing class and that is … Continue reading →
Filed under Barbados, Business & Banking, Consumer Issues, Corruption, Crime & Law, Economy, Ethics, Offshore Investments
Tagged as CL Financial, CL Financial Bailout, CL Financial Fraud, CLICO, Corruption
Why does Barbados have a “low risk of liability” for doctors?
click photo for large What does “low risk of liability” for doctors mean for medical patients? Dear Barbados Free Press, I saw in the news the other day that the Barbados government is partnering with an American company to build … Continue reading →
Filed under Barbados, Barbados Tourism, Consumer Issues, Health
Tagged as American World Clinics, Barbados, Barbados Medical Tourism, Health, Medical Tourism
How one policy change will cause a worldwide explosion of Caribbean culture and commerce
The Proposal: All Cable Networks must Carry all Caribbean Television Stations as part of its Basic Package. by Baba Elombe “The ultimate goal of this proposal is to prepare us for entry into the lucrative world markets with our distinctive … Continue reading →
Filed under Barbados, Caribbean Media, CARICOM, Culture & Race Issues, Freedom Of The Press
Tagged as Caribbean Economy, Caribbean Unity, CARICOM
Frankenstein: British scientists create 150 human/animal embryos
You just know that Josef Mengele must be proud as hell that British scientists have adopted his values… “UK SCIENTISTS have created more than 150 human-animal hybrid embryos in British laboratories. The hybrids have been produced in secret over the … Continue reading →
Inter-American Development Bank funding destruction of East Coast.
Get your photos while you can, folks! by Mullins Bay Blog with BFP’s Cliverton Visitors to our West Coast are often surprised to find that many coastal vistas have no relation at all to what they have seen in the … Continue reading →
Filed under Barbados, Barbados Tourism, Environment
Tagged as Barbados, Barbados Environment, Mullins Bay Environmental Disaster Barbados, Mullins Beach
Jane Shattuck Hoyos produces fabulous Peach & Quiet video
Our friend Jane Shattuck runs Planet Barbados Blog and can be seen at all the usual places including Facebook and YouTube. She’s just done up a promotional video for Peach & Quiet Hotel and it is stunning in its presentation … Continue reading →
Filed under Barbados, Barbados Tourism
Tagged as Barbados, Barbados Tourism, Barbados Tourism Authority
Barbados Government Minister finally admits Land Approvals process is corrupt!
“Nice little field you have here. Too bad you’ll never receive development permission. Maybe we can help…” Prevention of Corruption Bill, 2010: Will it pass before the election? We all know how it works on this little rock. It is … Continue reading →
Where is Barbados going?
We can once again be a crossroads for the world by Baba Elombe Mottley I have been following with fascination a debate on the internet about what direction Barbados’ budget should take. I am taken by the wide range of … Continue reading →
Brooklyn Judge wants to be a Barbados judge right now!
“They (Barbados Judges) live a pretty supreme life.” A group of fifteen Barbadian students touring a Brooklyn, New York court to learn about the differences between the American and Bajan justice systems came away with a bit of culture shock. … Continue reading →
Filed under Barbados, Crime & Law, Culture & Race Issues
Tagged as Barbados, Barbados Courts, Barbados Justice System
The sad tale of a lost friend of Barbados
UPDATED: September 23, 2011 Watch Live webcast of Allard Hall Opening Ceremony Today (Friday, Sept 23/11: 10am British Columbia time, 1pm Barbados time) >>> Watch the live web broadcast here <<< Chief Justice of Canada, other dignitaries to open UBC’s … Continue reading →
Filed under Barbados, Environment, Political Corruption, Politics, Politics & Corruption
Tagged as Barbados, Graeme Hall Nature Sanctuary, Peter Allard, UBC Allard Hall, UBC Law
Let’s eat those Giant African land snails!
“It’s only a matter of marketing” They are everywhere and they eat everything. They are ugly, slimy and breed prodigiously. Could anybody – even its own mother – view the Giant African Land Snail as beautiful? How about “tasty”? As … Continue reading →
Filed under Agriculture, Barbados, Environment
Tagged as Barbados, Giant African Land Snails, Invasive Species
Barbados welcomes “bullied” UK Hospital Director Gulzar Mufti
Will Doctor Mufti’s insistence on performance monitoring cause difficulties in Barbados? When the Director of Medway Maritime Hospital resigned, it was because medical staff came after him “like seven or eighteen hyenas getting together to kill a lion.” So says … Continue reading →
Prince of Barbados: Save our East Coast from development!
Government promises are empty: National Catastrophe instead of a National Park Bajan Prince here once again to inform you that yet another nail has been put in the coffin on the East Coast of Barbados, as yet another developer plans … Continue reading →
Filed under Agriculture, Barbados, Barbados Tourism, Environment, Nature, Wildlife
Tagged as Barbados, Barbados over-development, Barbados Tourism, Candelisa Resorts
