Monthly Archives: February 2012
Tropic Ice loses battle
contributed anonymously by ‘JG’ For all of you who do not know yet, Tropic Ice Unlimited Inc. of Salters in St. George, Barbados has lost its battle with the Landlord for outstanding rents for the property from which it operates … Continue reading →
Filed under Barbados
One thing Owen Arthur will NEVER say…
“I have never had an offshore bank account while a Member of Parliament.” Good old Goin’ wid Owen is challenging the DLP to “hurry up and bring integrity legislation to the floor of Parliament.” I guess somebody finally told him … Continue reading →
Filed under Barbados, Corruption, Political Corruption, Politics & Corruption
Tagged as Barbados, Barbados Integrity Legislation, Barbados Politics
Cable & Wireless CEO paycheque: up 45%. Service reliability? That’s something else…
Cable & Wireless paycheque alright for some! Now is the time when BFP juxtaposes 1/ Letter from a Cable & Wireless business customer in Barbados… Due to a Cable and Wireless problem we were unable to receive or send emails … Continue reading →
Filed under Barbados
Former St. Lucia Health Minister to speak at Caribbean Conference on Life and Family Values
Sarah Flood-Beaubrun a long-time defender of human rights and human dignity Wifey and I were interested to see that lawyer and former St. Lucian Minister of Health Sarah Flood-Beaubrun is speaking at the 2012 Caribbean Conference on Life and Family … Continue reading →
Filed under Abortion, Barbados
Tagged as Abortion, Caribbean Conference on Life and Family Values, Life Issues
Another cry for the Africa that could have been
How Robert Mugabe went from a man of the people to believing that he was God’s own gift to Zimbabwe, with a singular focus on maintaining his own power. Quotes from the documentary, “Robert Mugabe… what happened?” “Democracy in Africa … Continue reading →
Filed under Africa, History, Human Rights
Tagged as Africa, Human Rights, Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe
Tourists prefer small hotels – Barbados Tourism Authority ignores the entire sector
Government concentrates on high volume tourism with thin profits. There is another way… Operating a small hotel, clearly I have to declare a bias towards this sub-sector. But from a national point of view in terms of revenue and employment … Continue reading →
Filed under Barbados, Barbados Tourism
Tagged as Barbados, Barbados Tourism, Small Barbados Hotels
Barbados Advocate publishes story on Ocean Two resort’s TripAdvisor five-star award.
click image for large Congratulations to Ocean Two! It has been a month since Adrian Loveridge published an article at BFP urging the Barbados Tourism Authority to pay attention to TripAdvisor – one of the top travel websites in the … Continue reading →
Filed under Barbados
What Alexandra School students learned today…
Thirty Alexandra School teachers receive full pay for illegal 3 week strike by One Who Knows With the arrival of their regular pay yesterday, the 30 teachers at Alexandra School who abandoned their students for an illegal 3 week strike … Continue reading →
Filed under Barbados, Education
Tagged as Barbados, Barbados Education, Barbados Industrial Action
Academy Awards running scared: Bans Sacha Baron Cohen for mocking Muslim dictators
Leader of Republic of Wadiya says “Death to America. And good luck, Billy Crystal. You’re fantastic.” The mainstream media is trying hard to stay away from this story, but in the age of the internet who gives a damn about … Continue reading →
Filed under Religion
Tagged as Islam, Religion, Republic of Wadiya, Sacha Baron Cohen, The Dictator, The Oscars
What Bajans need from government & Barbados Tourism Authority…
Give thanks to an old friend for suggesting this video
Filed under Barbados Tourism, Politics
CLICO Scandal: Leroy Parris charged criminally, Former PM David Thompson law firm money-laundered millions from CLICO to Parris: How much came back to Thompson & DLP?
UPDATED: February 23, 2012 It gets worse, much worse. Former PM David Thompson was in the the thick of it in August 2007, prior to being elected. Thompson’s law firm took 4% of the purchase of CLICO’s new business jet … Continue reading →
Filed under Barbados, Consumer Issues, Corruption
Tagged as Barbados, CLICO Scandal, Leroy Parris, Leroy Parris Fraud
Name removed from BFP’s story about counterfeit cancer drug Avastin
Never let it be said that Barbados Free Press or our readers would unfair anyone… What kind of lawyer is in the office at 4:13am? At 4:13am today BFP received an email from a B’town lawyer, Satcha S-C. S. Kissoon, … Continue reading →
Filed under Barbados
Nine winters in Barbados, tourist says “a paradise lost if Barbadians don’t wake up.”
For the past nine winters Douglas Edmondson has chosen Barbados as his escape. That makes him a very special friend indeed – especially in these difficult times. He obviously loves Bajans and Barbados, so we should probably pay close attention … Continue reading →
BLP & DLP Governments’ stupid refusal to pay Al Barrack cost Bajans $35 million dollars
Government’s motto: “Delay, delay – never pay.” We read in today’s Nation that “Minister of Housing and Lands Michael Lashley says his ministry is working feverishly to have contractor Al Barrack paid the more than $70 million owed to him.” … Continue reading →
Trinidad & Tobago government’s war on the news media
A timeline of events within the People’s Partnership period… “I am seeing these events as a sinister pattern and we need to recognise that now.“ by Afra Raymond Afra Raymond fired from CNMG. My contract with CNMG was as a … Continue reading →
Tests show LIME boosts speed temporarily when user complains, but then…
click photo for larger “This is robbery on any scale” Good morning Lime team, I am at my whit’s end with Lime and it’s service. So if the internet service that Lime has been extorting me for over the past … Continue reading →
Filed under Barbados, Consumer Issues
Tagged as Barbados, Barbados Consumer Issues, Barbados LIME Internet, Consumer Issues
We choose to remember Whitney Houston at her best
In loving Memory of Whitney Elizabeth Houston Aug 9 1963 – Feb 11 2012 The Greatest Love Of All The world said farewell, they let her go Her music is the legacy others will know Every song she sung she … Continue reading →
Reader’s rant about “The absolute worst of the BLP…”
This delightful piece of anonymous political rant reached BFP from a remailer in Austria. Its arrival portends the opening of the 2012 Barbados election campaign where the two major parties will attempt again to convince Bajans that the other party … Continue reading →
Filed under Barbados, Politics, Politics & Corruption
Tagged as Barbados, Barbados Politics
