Monthly Archives: December 2011
Barbados Police Officer wanted for rape fled island
Missing police officer not on Barbados Most Wanted List No International Alert issued! Why not? by WSD While researching the death of Curtis Callender last week in custody of the Barbados Police, I came across a column in Sunday’s Jamaica … Continue reading →
Filed under Barbados, Crime & Law, Police
Tagged as Barbados, Barbados Police, Police Brutality, Police rape, Royal Barbados Police Force
Afra Raymond on CL Financial Inquiry: “We have a fight on our hands to get at the facts.”
Big Shot lawyers try to limit Afra Raymond’s testimony before Colman Commission Look at them squirm, my friends. The one thing they don’t want is ordinary folks to have the chronology of the CL Financial fraud simply laid out as … Continue reading →
Why does Barbados pay its police so little?
“The answer seems clear to me – you have to grant Police better Allowances if you want them to stay, you certainly cannot look at Overseas pool of resources to handle crime in Barbados if you are not delivering a … Continue reading →
Everything prospective tourists need to know about Dubai sanitation
I’d rather visit Barbados, thank you! “It’s amazing to understand. They have the biggest mall in the world and the most modern rapid transit system fully automated, one of the largest office towers in the world and no sewer structure. … Continue reading →
Minister Sealy takes 135 Tourism Ministry employees to Guyana for weekend retreat… WTF?
Didn’t we have enough empty hotel rooms to hold the conference in Barbados? Dear Barbados Free Press, It’s true that you can find diamonds in the rubbish bin and pearls of tourism knowledge in Guyana – a country known for … Continue reading →
Four Seasons Bahamas was a disaster for investors. Why will Barbados be different?
Hundreds of millions of dollars lost My fellow Bajans, I could write for hours today to compare the 2009 failure of the Four Seasons Resort Great Exuma with the recent calls to “invest” our NIS pension money in the on-life-support … Continue reading →
Filed under Barbados, Barbados Tourism
Tagged as Barbados, Barbados Four Seasons, Barbados Property Investment
Poultry Cartel holds Barbados hostage to high prices, inferior quality
“The Barbados Egg and Poultry Producers Association (BEPPA) has never denied what I have written.” Last week and yesterday, on the program “Down To Brass-tacks” hosted by Mr. Tony Marshall, a couple of callers made some comments on the local … Continue reading →
Filed under Agriculture, Barbados, Consumer Issues
Tagged as Barbados, Barbados Agriculture, Barbados Poultry
Oistins: Death in police custody?
CONFIRMED: 30 year old Curtis Callender is the latest to die in police custody. The Nation newspaper is describing the death as “unnatural”. Well, there’s lots ’bout hey who would call Mr. Callender’s death the most natural thing in Barbados. … Continue reading →
Filed under Barbados, Crime & Law, Human Rights, Police
Tagged as Barbados, Barbados Police, Barbados Police Abuses, Death in Police Custody, Human Rights, Police Abuses
Barbados: No rules about chemical use, storage, dumping
This week’s chemical disaster could have been prevented This week’s spill disaster again reminds us that when it comes to environmental standards, laws and performance, our leaders have made us a third world country. Sermac Laundry on Baxters Road burned … Continue reading →
Filed under Barbados, Environment
Tagged as Barbados, Barbados Environment, Chemical Spills, Environment
European Union collapsing like Soviet Union – Pat Condell
Filed under Economy, History, Human Rights, Politics
Tagged as EU Collapse, European Union Collapse, Pat Condell
Owen Arthur’s legacy of High Debt killing Barbados.
Contributed by an anonymous DLP supporter As Barbados celebrates its 45th birthday of Independence, it is clear that Owen Arthur’s legacy of high debt, accumulated during times of plenty – is now killing our country. That explains why the announcement … Continue reading →
Filed under Barbados, Economy, Politics
Tagged as Barbados, Barbados Economy, Barbados Politics, Mia Mottley, Owen Arthur
