Monthly Archives: November 2011
Happy Independence Day Barbados!
We Loyal Sons And Daughters All We are all the same, you and me Everyone of us has the same, anatomically Legs and hands, eyes, nose, mouth and ears Our smiles express our joys and we show sorrow with tears … Continue reading →
Filed under Barbados
Barbados Road Tennis – Time for a new Olympic sport?
Adidas gave Andy Murray one hour to master Bajan Road Tennis, and then take on Sylvan “Lama” Barnett – one of the world’s best players from Barbados. This IS creative use of social media. Over 15,000 views in a week … Continue reading →
Filed under Barbados, Barbados Tourism, Sports
Tagged as Andy Murray, Barbados, Barbados Road Tennis, Barbados Sports, Road Tennis, Tennis
How many years should rape victims be jailed?
UPDATED: Jailed rape victim forced to marry her attacker Where is the outrage? Where are the women’s rights advocates? Why to they flee when the story is one of Islam once again brutalizing women? Barbaric. KABUL—Afghan President Hamid Karzai on … Continue reading →
Filed under Barbados, Human Rights, Religion
Tagged as Human Rights, Islam, Islamic Law, Islamic Values, Rape victim imprisoned, Sharia, Women's Rights
Barbados Tourism Disaster: Serial rape victims slam police, government, tourism authorities
Daylight rape near popular beach – scene of 13 reported rapes in past year – tourists not alerted – police did nothing Police “callous, incompetent, totally inept” “Barbados authorities are more concerned about protecting the lucrative tourist industry than they … Continue reading →
This is probably written by Colin Leslie Beadon – but if we remove a word, then what?
Bayes’s theorem of Inverse Probabilities. by Colin Leslie Beadon I’d not be surprised an editor would blank a script with such a heading as above. Yet in an attempt to continue encourage all our youth, in the pursuit of science, … Continue reading →
Where is the Barbados tourism master plan?
Tourism MATTERS: Fail to plan… Plan to fail Tourism MATTERS #62 In May this year an announcement was made that plans were underway by the Barbados Tourism Authority to commence a planning process to analyse and define the Barbados destination … Continue reading →
Robert Mugabe’s Christmas dinner!
I love the internet… Last Dictator Standing! All your favourites are here: Saddam Hussein, Idi Amin, P.W. Botha, Colonel Gaddafi… courtesy of South Africa’s NANDO. Chicken anyone?
Mortgage my home to invest in Harlequin? Let me think about that Mr. Ames…
“People are still investing every week with Harlequin throughout the Caribbean” (Harlequin Chairman David Ames) This differs from a “Ponzi” scheme in what way? (Mr. and Mrs. Curious and Curiouser, Birmingham) Dear BFP, We used to think that Harlequin “investors” … Continue reading →
Filed under Barbados, Barbados Tourism, Business & Banking, Offshore Investments
Tagged as Barbados, Harlequin Hotels and Resorts, Merricks Resort, Ponzi
CL Financial’s “Barefoot Billionaire” Lawrence Duprey enjoying Monaco Grand Prix
Smiles come easily when spending OPM – other people’s money. Readers throughout the Caribbean deserve to see these photos and read the story of Lawrence Duprey and friends visiting the 2007 Monaco Grand Prix. After all – our grandchildren will … Continue reading →
Erdistan House burns on Wednesday night
UPDATED: November 24, 2011 4:10pm Another “Heritage” building goes up in flames with the usual reactions from everyone… 1/ Praise for the Fire Service. 2/ “Woaloss, we must rebuild it!” 3/ Total silence about why we as a nation prefer … Continue reading →
Barbados Advocate rants about CBC funding – but loves government advertising!
The motto of the Barbados News Media: “Never bite the hand that feeds us” OH the irony! The current Barbados Advocate editorial Another sacred cow? makes some good points about the primary value of the CBC as an instrument of … Continue reading →
Filed under Barbados, Barbados News & Media, Freedom Of The Press
Tagged as Barbados, Barbados News & Media, Freedom Of The Press
Is this the brutal truth about Harlequin’s Merricks project in Barbados?
The following as posted at Harlecon.net simply cannot be true. We await comments and information from Harlequin. “So finally Harlequin have embarked on their eagerly awaited build program. Having sold in excess of 1000 properties in Barbados since 2006 at … Continue reading →
Filed under Barbados, Barbados Tourism, Offshore Investments
Tagged as Barbados Tourism, Harlequin Properties, Merricks Resort
What does it mean? Almond Resorts: Slash and burn pricing @ 45% off
Barbados: £1,259.00 for 7 days, 2 adults, 2 children all inclusive Friends, I don’t really know what to think of this one. Not being in the travel industry I have nothing to really compare it to, but it seems to … Continue reading →
Filed under Barbados, Barbados Tourism, Economy
Tagged as Barbados, Barbados Economy, Barbados Tourism
Attention Finance Minister Sinckler: About those Donville Inniss US Corporations, Real Estate and Assets
How did Donville Inniss get cash to Florida to purchase this condo? Finance Minister Sinckler assures: Barbados plays by the rules! (But does Minister Inniss?) by Marcus & Shona Barbados has this little problem right now. French, American and Canadian … Continue reading →
CL Financial collapse: Colman Commission hiding facts from the public
“Sir Anthony Colman needs to be watchful of the wily attorneys, who may seek again to tempt him to agree to conceal some more financial information which might be awkward for their clients. The fact is that all those companies … Continue reading →
Filed under Barbados, Consumer Issues, Corruption, Offshore Investments, Trinidad and Tobago
Tagged as CL Financial, CLICO Fraud, Colman Commission
Nigel Farage to EU big shots: You are the assassins of nation states’ democracy
“Here we are on the edge of a financial and social disaster” European Parliament, November 16, 2011 “Here we are on the edge of a financial and social disaster and in the room today we have the four men who … Continue reading →
GEMS of Barbados website slickly deceptive
click photo for large Website implies GEMS still operates a chain of hotels – only operates one. We’re nearing the end of that failed adventure known as Hotels and Resorts and GEMS of Barbados hotels. The experiment in nationalizing the … Continue reading →
Filed under Barbados, Barbados Tourism, Corruption
Tagged as Barbados, Barbados Government Corruption, Barbados Tourism, GEMS of Barbados Hotels
Harlecon.net averaging 4,500 visitors per day – 1.6 million annually
The Streisand Effect kicks in My goodness! In only one week the controversial website Harlecon.net has gone from 1,000 visitors a day to over 4,500! That is 1.6 million visitors a year on an annualized basis. These numbers go up … Continue reading →
