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DISCOVERY - Rihanna wears sexy dress to avoid nude shoots or films
2007-12-06 11:49:00
According to a PR website, one thing and one thing alone stops Rihanna from baring all her flesh - it ain't religion, money nor Jay-Z... Something much closer to home in fact -R&B star RIHANNA has vowed never to strip off for a photo shoot - because her mother would be outraged.The Barbadian singer - who is reportedly dating Hollywood actor Josh Hartnett {Ed's Note - she denied it, see this link} - is keen to keep her image clean, despite giving her latest album the provocative title Good Girl Gone Bad. She says, "I'm only 19. My mother would kill me if I did!"
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New Videogame Blog compares Bajan-Guyanese Naturalist to fictional explorer
2007-12-06 03:27:00
Here is a letter from Richard Freeman - leader of the November 15-27 2007 Guyana Expedition of the Centre for Fortean Zoology - which will be made into a TV documentary & book in the UK in 2008.Richard is one of the world's most famous expert lecturer & author on Cryptozoology. You might have seen some of his other expeditions on the Discovery Channel or BBC.A fairly new blog about the Centre for Fortean Zoology expedition hailed the efforts of eco-warrior Damon Corrie and has turned up some amazing information and strange creatures never before heard of in the west.The team interviewed witnesses to a strange race of undiscovered mountain dwelling pygmies, These tiny red faced men appear to inhabit caves and have been seen in both north and south Guyana.At 3.5 feet tall the pygmies may be related to Homo floresensis discovered a couple of years ago in Indonesia.They also heard tell of the Di-Di (pronounced 'Die-Die') a yeti like hairy giant 8-10 feet tall.As recently as t...
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SKN SEEKING TO RAISE BAR ON HEALTH STANDARDS - SENDS DELEGATION TO CONFEREN
2007-12-06 02:58:00
The presence of health officials from St. Kitts and Nevis at the 2nd Annual Conference for Heal th care Policy Makers will assist the Federation as it continues to deliver quality health services to residents. The Federation’s delegation includes Honourable Ministers of Health Rupert Herbert, St. Kitts and Hensley Daniel, Nevis.They are accompanied by Permanent Secretaries Joslyn Liburd and Elvis Newton as well as Chief Medical Officer Dr. Patrick Martin and Chief of Staff Dr. Cardell Rawlins. The Miami, Florida Conference which runs from December 4 to 6, targets policy makers of the Caribbean Basin and Central America bringing together more than one hundred stakeholders to discuss health issues. Of particular importance to the Federation is the subject of national health insurance plans designed to provide universal access to health care and provision of tertiary services at offshore medical facilities.The delegation is also interested in the discussions which focus...
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LADY IS A CHAMP: BARBADIAN BLACK BELT EARN'S PRESIDENT'S TROPHY IN CANADA
2007-12-06 02:34:00
Keshia Lorde (Sister of Bernard) walked away with the coveted President's award over the weekend.The young Bajan is also a third degree black belt in taekwondo; she is a Milliken Mills High graduate, where she was an honour roll student every semester.She won awards in Spanish, media studies and English, plus two Alliance of Educators for Black Students awards.Keshia played on the girls’ field hockey team, acted as secretary for the school’s Stephen Lewis Foundation group and volunteers with Habitat for Humanity, the Heart and Stroke Foundation and York Children’s Water Festival.She is studying international development at the University of Guelph [Ed's Note - When does she breathe? Wow, what a schedule!].Keshia receiving the President's award from Director of Education of the York Region District School Board, Mr Bill Hogarth.
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West Indies Cricket To Benefit From Cancellation Of Super Star Match
2007-12-05 05:46:00
The West Indies Cricket Board stands to benefit significantly with the cancellation of the Stanford Super Star s match which was slated for June 2008. India, winners of the ICC World Twenty20 Championship, through the Board of Control for Cricket in India indicated that they would be unable to accept the invitation for the US$5million match at the Stanford Cricket Ground in Antigua and as a result, Sir Allen Stanford along with his 14 legends of West Indies cricket have decided that the money would best be spent in grassroots cricket in the West Indies. “I am obviously disappointed that the invitation for the Super Star match was not accepted but this has caused us to redouble our efforts in ensuring that grassroots cricket benefits in addition to the monies which we have already ploughed into cricket development across the region since 2005,” Sir Allen stated. In September, Stanford 20/20 had extended an invitation to the winner of the ICC World Twenty20 Championship to...
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CARICOM-U.S. Initiative to Combat Illicit Trafficking In Small Arms and Lig
2007-12-05 05:28:00
The United States and CARICOM Member States have pledged to enhance regional cooperation to prevent, combat, and eradicate the illicit trafficking in small arms and light weapons in the region.Illicit trafficking in small arms and light weapons poses a serious threat to the security of the Western Hemisphere because this thriving black market provides weapons to terrorist groups, drug traffickers, gangs, and other criminal organizations. The US-Caricom Partnership outlined concrete and practical measures they will undertake to address illicit trafficking in small arms and light weapons throughout the region.The initiative is a follow-on to the agreement between the CARICOM Foreign Ministers and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on March 22, 2006, which called for cooperation to combat illicit trafficking in small arms and light weapons.This commitment was reaffirmed during the US-CARICOM Heads of Government Summit during the June 2007 Conference on the Caribbean in Washington...
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JAMAICAN ENTERTAINER DISAPPOINTED DUE TO CANCELLED AFRICAN SHOW
2007-12-05 04:17:00
Ce'Cile would like to advise all her loyal fans and well-wishers that due to the cancellation of 'Nigeria Alive' she was not able to travel to Abuja, Nigeria on December 1, 2007. "I was really looking forward to performing in Africa for the 1st time and was disappointed to find out that the event would not take place as planned." Ce'Cile noted, "I hope that a new date will be set in the near future since I feel this event could have a good impact on bringing awareness to the AIDS epidemic." The aim of 'Nigeria Alive', which was scheduled for December 1, 2007 at the Abuja National Stadium in Nigeria, was to awaken the talents in Nigerian young people and raise morale and self-esteem in the under-privileged youths whose hopes have been dashed by the awareness that they are HIV/AIDS carriers. 9Ja Sounds Entertainment, the promoters of the show, are yet to release a new date.
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Shouts From The Outfield - Barbadian Cricket Anthology to cash in on remain
2007-04-03 20:13:00
{Ed's Note: I have been a very baaad boy but my day job has kept me swamped and covering these events outside of my regular duties left me with little energy to compile the data, this is actually the 6th of April but as I saved it as a draft - it still has the date of the 3rd! Plus S-L-O-W internet has not helped either, am using long weekend to catch up; plus many new features coming too! IDB}Like a highly touted match, the Spirit Bond in Bridgetown was packed - the event was the launch of the Arts Etc cricket anthology "Shouts From The Outfield ," the venture was a long process envisioned and engineered by Robert Sandiford (winner of NIFCA's Literary Arts Governor General's award 2006) and Linda Deane (Frank Collymore Literary Endowment winner 2006). The project in and of itself can be considered as a premature baby, its birth was really for 2008 and brought fwd to this year due to CWC 2007 and is already off to a healthy start!Emcee (and contributor to the anthology) for the ni...
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Geppetto would be proud... Venisian carpenter makes seafaring automobile
2007-04-03 03:48:00
One of my co-workers sent me these pictures, of course, I scoured cyberspace to find the rest of the story and here it is! It was a series of photos where ordinary objects have been recreated or carved out of wood, some functional, others decorative...The gent's name is Livio De Marchi, here is what he says about himself on his own site, which he calls his own Virtual Museum -Livio De Marchi was born in Venice where, still a child, he worked on ornamental sculpture in the Venetian tradition in the workshop of a craftsman and in the meantime he studied art and drawing at the "Accademia di Belle Arti" in Venice. His activity starts there, displaying at once an astounding skill in moulding materials, transforming them with wit and panache and creating sculptures with perfection of detail, spontaneity and essence. During his artistic evolution he worked first in marble, then bronze, and eventually in wood. However wood has always been his favourite material because it affords hi...
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Barbadian Trade Unionist shares his advice in a collection, as another Trad
2007-04-01 07:20:00
Dennis DePeiza compiled "Issues and Responses" a number of essays, speeches and newspaper items from the 90's to the very recent present; it took close to seven years to get off the ground.Along the way, Dennis had much support from different quarters - among them, there was Grace Husbands from Gold Dust Multi-Media Services who guided the publishing details and Coles Printery who actually got the book from theory to practice!Orlando "Gabby" Scott of the BWU was the emcee that night at the Savannah Hotel in Hastings, and kept it cool when an idiot latecomer knocked down CBC's camera light which in turn hit a poor member of the audience on his head, that man should be more careful!Patrick Frost, the former head of the Barbados Secondary Teachers Union , sees DePeiza's book as a legacy to his pride in education; in that Dennis wanted to make sure that youth continue to learn from what he was taught.Mr Frost also saw DePeiza's trade unionism shining through in the pages by showing t...
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What does a Russian princess and Barbados' Boomtribe have in common? Daana!
2007-04-01 06:44:00
She won the Jahbulani Ballroom's Annette Byer Solo and the advance open... Not once or twice but three times! 2006 and this year were consecutive only...She is also busy helping her family with their business; she also hosts the popular Roamin tv series for the Boomtribe DJ's - it's currently on hiatus; but it was a cartoon, or animated feature for snooty folk, that got Daana Linton into dancing!Bajan Reporter managed to track Daana down for a quick interview shortly after she won the Strictly Latin for the second year in a row... Daana's younger brother Warren works with the renowned photographer Carl Blenman at Studio Studio and she says it was him who challenged her into taking up dance - it came after they saw Anastasia, about the doomed Romanov princess pursued by the spectre of Rasputin set in musical form.Warren said she could do it and she doubted but after his persistent pushing, she tried it out and has kept training for the last eight years!She eventually joined the ...
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BREAKING NEWS - HELL FREEZES OVER: cwc 2007 ALLOWS NOISE-MAKERS IN TO WATCH
2007-04-01 05:40:00
Now I may be wrong like how Smokey Burke usually is, but I think one of the main turn-offs for this CWC has been that West Indians cannot make noise like how they usually do during a match - no conch shells nor drums and trumpets!Dehring & Co are refuting claims this is partially why matches are not full to the brim with spectators, apart from the astronomical fees for tickets and how foreigners bought a bunch of tix just to get the Super 8 Final and skipped the rest - they're also denying that there was no danger in Antigua and yet at the same time citing the very danger they're ignoring...In light of recent press reports and interviews, which have surfaced in the media – namely The Nation newspaper of Barbados, regarding the temporary closure of the east stand on Wednesday, March 28, 2007. World Cup Antigua Inc., Local Organising Committee for ICC CWC 2007 issues the following statement: On Tuesday, March 27 a significant amount of rain fell and the match was ...
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Shameless Plug: Anansi Stories Pun De Grill on 7th April
2007-03-31 21:35:00
If you're looking to do something on Easter Saturday and cannot abide by avoiding your carnivorous habit for Lent any further, then you need to get Pun De Grill, no not actually on a BBQ, just get some meat and enjoy the performance of a guy called AnansiBear with them, their website is still under construction, but they have basic info out there for everyone - their number; the fact they're located on St Lawrence Gap; and they got a chef called Hassan Gibson to heat the barbie! Plus a young fellow will be performing who goes by the name of one of the most famous tricksters in the Caribbean... Who? No not that politician, I mean Anansi at Pun De Grill next Saturday!
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Halved Home, Frightened Felines - Benefits Ballots: The Invasion Of Strathc
2007-03-31 14:20:00
Now when the backhoe and open-backed truck trundle and grind their way towards my utility pole this Saturday, my cats are fighting between themselves and I learn early this morning that my neighbours across the once-empty lot (now the proposed site for Emmerton relocatees - last is my invented word) not only are their cats terrified for the construction/destruction, Mr Small's wife wants to sell their home and go back to the USA!That's the typical inverted pyramid capsule for a genuine News item, all the juicy meat up front then go over other details that can be dropped if pressed for time, total opposite of telling a story where you build a crescendo then WHAMMO - hit the reader or listener with the punchline! This new soundbite method of conveying data is probably part of the reason nearly everyone has attention deficit disorder syndrome!Anyway, as those who follow this News-Blog will recall, I have been trying since last year to campaign against the disruption to my residence o...
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Jamaican Rednecks -Vs- Barbadian Conservative Liberality: Getting to the bo
2007-03-30 01:59:00
Got this item in my Hotmail account the other day, it made me think, my opinion expressed may get me branded as a batty-boy but if you can get past the simplicity of the argument you may understand what I am trying to draw reference with?This is an item taken from a Jamaica n online daily, it is the 21st Century and we have a bunch of heterosexual Jamaicans behaving like the old days of the south when rednecks would hang their USA cousins by the dozens - not for who they screw, but what skin they were born with! It seems to me the lynching is for very similar reason, exaggerated fear over small or superficial differences...It is also intriguing to see how it travels across cyberspace - this story broke actually on February 12th made the Observer on the 15th of that month but did not reach Barbados until the start of March!My thanks to Tracie, she sent more photos than what the article had, and here is what the Observer had to say -THREE men branded as homosexuals were yesterday rescu...
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Once More Unto The Breach: Earthrace continues its goal to reach Barbados!
2007-03-30 00:56:00
The Guatemalan court has ruled in favour of Pete Bethune to be freed of charges related to the sad accident earlier this month.The Judge however ruled that the event was in fact an accident, and that no charges should be laid. Earth race has continually maintained that two major contributors to the accident were that the fishing vessel had no white light, and its crew was asleep at the time of the accident. Immediately preceding the court appearance, Earthrace crew met with the fishermen and their families, and Bethune says it was an extremely emotional experience for all involved... Earthrace -- is en-route to Acapulco, Mexico. Damage sustained in the accident will be repaired in Mexico, then the team will continue with their objective of setting a new world record for a powerboat to circumnavigate the globe.Incredibly enough, Bethune says they will continue to plough onwards for the goal to reach Barbados ?Mr Bethune was tonight crossing the Gulf of Tehuantepec at 40kph, headed for...
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Shall We Dance? Latin Ballroom thrills as 3 international judges visit Barb
2007-03-29 23:06:00
For those of you who either thrilled to Richard Gere, Antonio Banderas or the Australian flick "Strictly Ballroom" or even adored old Fred & Ginger - then you missed a great show at the Wildey Gymnasium over the weekend...It was the 11th anniversary of the Jahbulani Ballroom Club, and there were quite a few Categories - Juveniles Novice; Juniors Novice; Juveniles Beginners; Junior Beginners; Youth Beginners; Adult Beginners; Advance Open; Salsa; Adult Inter mediate; Pro-Am (Professional/Amateurs) and the Annette Byer Memorial Solo.There were three judges from overseas to provide their technique to assessing the prowess of all of the contestants. Sarwat Kaluby, Rosendo Fumero and Dan Messenger.The solo is really the piece de resistance of the event; it is a tribute to Annette Byer whose deeds led to the founding of the club back in 1996. There was also a surprise demo from the Universal Kempo Karate Club. The show was great - so let me get out of the way the few bugs I observed...The ...
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Clarification on Various Aspects of Barbadian Entertainment
2007-03-28 19:37:00
In the interests of clarity, and having no wish to draw bread from the mouths of any entrepreneurs, Bajan Reporter wishes to make the following items perfectly clear -Krosfyah is proud to be associated with Cable & Wireless (B'dos) Ltd in its subsidiaries of Caribsurf and bMobile ... nevertheless Krosfyah are free agents in the rest of this region if called to perform and lend their services to other islands of the Caribbean for concerts, etc.Miss Teen Universal and Sparkles International are currently in a partnership for July this year, but are in no way associated with Perfect Pageant ProductionsBajan Reporter nevertheless reserves the right... while respecting all applicable laws... to record, report, observe and comment (with or without humour) on whatever it encounters - be it in person or on the Internet, if a legitimate counter-idea can be submitted and is proven thoroughly? Then BR will act accordingly!
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More Caribbean Telecom News - Court forces TSTT to answer the call for Digi
2007-03-27 12:15:00
Bajan Reporter has not heard from Anthony Gunn since late January, now he's back and not with tourism news - but telecommunications info, it seems interconnectivity issues in Hummingbird-Ville are finally being more open, but it literally took for the law to be handed down! According to Gunn, this is what the Trinidad Express had to say -STATE-OWNED telecoms provider Telecommunications Services of Trinidad and Tobago (TSTT) suffered a second defeat yesterday in court as it was ordered again to supply its rival mobile competitor, Digicel, with sufficient circuits to ensure inter- connection between the two networks. Digicel has requested some 437 additional circuits but TSTT complains that it cannot accede to the request since to do so could result in the collapse of all circuits and an estimated annual loss of $198 million. Legal sources say it is now open for Digicel to file contempt proceedings against TSTT executives for failing to comply with the court orders, or TS...
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London Bourne is falling down: The Invasion of Strathclyde, Pt 3
2007-03-26 00:38:00
It is a good thing from my News days I learned how to shuttle off noise - you had no choice when the newsroom is typing + shouting + ringing + etc at each other while you try to finish YOUR story for the deadline... Since when I was composing yesterday's articles I used that ability to plough on through as I could barely concentrate for the shrieking of the steamroller crushing the marl into what the bulldozer had dug before - the road for the new Barbarees settlement for Emmerton folk.Then I learned CO Williams was involved as I saw a bobcat only this morning sloughing the excess marl into the belly of an open-backed COW truck, in a way, I suppose this can be construed as a benefit as I know where most of my cats are during the day now, they're cowering in my house from construction equipment raping their former turf at the whim of a voting gimmick foisted without consent on not only my neighbourhood but ME, as I am right next door to it!In case you are not aware, there is a stro...
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Canadian Transplant looks at Barbadian Hypocrisy and names it for what it i
2007-03-25 23:56:00
Ever look at Bim's "Is there anybody out there?" very good reading... She has two gems; one looks at the hypocrisy of Barbadians with sex and religion in "Of Jesus, Eunuchs and the Trojan Horse" -...madame sex candy connoiseur was sitting in front of her computer assuming my friend wanted to size up her internet porn. But alas, Theresa Twat had her Christian minded attention focused on some hot and steamy gospel videos. I had this sinking feeling that we should run but the legs wouldn't move. With our shutdefuckup purchase of Irish Cream Liquid Heat we got a complimentary critique on our shabbyness as wives and mothers. She also lashes at ppl who can watch victimisation and do nothing in the same entry -On my way home today I was held up in a eunuch motorcade. Young men, no longer in school yet still without a thing to do but wait for the final bell to ring, joined forces of about 6 to 1 and entertained the Pine intersection by cuffing and kicking the shit out of boy solo. They th...
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Barbados and Caribbean get lashes for CWC 2007 - aka - Don't Quote Me!
2007-03-25 21:29:00
There are different perspectives but similar conclusions coming from Scottish and New Zealand bloggers on not only the CWC 2007, but the way forward for not only sports and cricket in the Caribbean but Barbadian challenges too - in a nutshell? More Bajan roadsigns, fix the roads here and stop giving ppl time off to play cricket and develop that and other sports as a full time occupation, the same way they do in the USA and Britain!Alastair Scott from ye olde Glasgow says the roads are atrocious, winks at cops being frisked and sees the future of local cricket not so shiny -BARBADOS names roundabouts after its famous cricketers. The trouble is, there just aren't enough of them - roundabouts, that is.The best way to tour the island is to hire a Mini-Moke, although, alas, these are getting scarcer as spares from Australia begin to dwindle. The roads vary from good to shocking, with the latter more common - even at slow speeds, you'll spend much of the time airborne. And lost. Signs a...
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BREAKING NEWS - Earthrace's Insurance settles with Guatemalan families - Sk
2007-03-25 17:29:00
When last you may have heard about Earth race - the biodiesel powerboat from New Zealand - is that they were looking at doing it over next year, after the Guatemalan tragedy with the illegal fishing crew... There are now some new developments - The captain of the New Zealand biofuelled vessel, Earthrace, has reached a settlement with the family of a fisherman killed when Earthrace collided with a fishing boat off the Guatemalan coast last week. Peter Bethune details the settlement on his blogsite which is keeping a record of Earthrace's bid to beat the world record for circumnavigating the globe in a bio-fuelled vessel.Now, it seems they may get going again tomorrow, I had emailed the crew and spoke with some of the interests involved - Pete the skipper was glad to hear how some folk along with yours truly on this News -Blog were encouraging them not to surrender; my land-lubber source was observing what you can read for yourself in the Ground Crew's Blog (BTW: There's a vacancy ri...
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Crystal Cave of Giants: Another Betty Holford special
2007-03-24 17:02:00
Betty Holford , a former colleague from CBC and also wrote excellent columns in the Barbados Advocate, is a good source for unusual material, as you recall she sent me a sweet story about a deer adopted by a dog! This time she stayed nearer to the Caribbean -This is the crystal cave of giants found in the Naica Mine, Chihuahua Mexico. These are Selenite crystals (gypsum) and are the largest crystals ever discovered. They are 1000 feet down in a limestone host rock where they are mining for lead, zinc and silver. These crystals were formed by hydrothermal fluids emanating from the magma chambers below. The miners had to drill through the Naica fault, which they were worried would flood the mine, and this is what they discovered. This mine also contains the Cave of Swords, another collection of large gypsum crystals.
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Caricom Multi-National Security Forces shut barn door way past the Clydesda
2007-03-24 14:23:00
Caricom allegedly has an agency for handling security matters, it's known as IMPACS: The Implementation Agency for Crime and Security {Ed's Note: With IMPACS breakdown of its acronym, instead of FOR I'd've used AGAINST, as I would not want some sarcastic wag like yours truly sallying forth some pithy comments in light of Woolmer's strangulation}the head of that particular arm of the regional grouping is Leonard Robertson based in Port Of Spain, and he issued a statement in light of Bob Woolmer's hit-contract....We of the Caribbean Community deeply regret the death of Mr. Robert Woolmer and the tragic circumstances surrounding it. We extend our deepest sympathies to Mrs. Woolmer and her family at this most difficult time. This is a loss that has been felt by the entire world of cricket and by the Pakistan cricket team in particular. We fully support the Jamaican authorities in their investigation of this tragic death and we are confident that they will do everything in their p...
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NCF: Will you won't you join The Dance? Cricket Culture Village now Art Sup
2007-03-24 13:54:00
Remember when we said the NCF was hosting a cricketing Cult ure Village? Then we said "NO" they're not? Like Alice In Wonderland's characters, now they are, AGAIN -The exciting ART SUPERMARKET returns to QPG for Cricket World Cup!! The exhibition opens on Monday, April 2nd 2007 at 6.30pm. Gallery opening hours are Monday to Saturday 10am - 6pm. There is a special ceiling on prices this time around: no single item exceeds B'dos $1,000.There is more photography than in previous exhibitions, with work by such luminaries as Carl Dottin, Bob Kiss and Eric Belgrave. Painting and mixed-media work is in greater abundance.Some of the artists are Alison Chapman-Andrews, Norma Talma, Clairmonte Mapp and Heidi Berger. For unique fine craft, this is the show to see. We have work by Annalee Davis, Andrea Wells, Michael Alkins, Martine Pile, Angela Went and others. There is sculpture by Jason Hope and Juliana Inniss and amazing masks by Nakazzi Hutchinson. The beauty of Barbadian woods (tamarind...
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Get Lucky at a Charity Fete: Shameless Plug
2007-03-22 17:54:00
If you're looking to blow your pay-packet next week, why not do it for a good cause? Laura Galt says lots is happening at Luck y Horseshoe's Warrens branch next week...Lucky Horseshoe is having a fundraiser at its Warrens location on Saturday 31st March 2007 starting at 10pm. This fundraiser is in aid of one of our Managers, to help offset some of her recent medical expenses. Tickets are only $20.00 and will be available from The LHS Slots cashier booths, Debra Walker and Laura Galt from Friday 23rd March. Entertainment will be provided by a range of popular DJs including “John Doe”, “Daddy Bubbles” and “Super T & 007 out of Versatile”. There will also be a range of fantastic door prizes, lots of giveaways and great drink specials. Door Prizes include: Dinner Cruise Trip for two on-board the MV Harbour Master, one (1) Samsung 356 Cellular phone with 100 minutes FREE airtime with the compliments of Cable & Wireless, Use of a BMW for a weekend with the compliments o...
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CWC 2007's Security in hands of Foreigners: Where were they for poor Bob Wo
2007-03-22 15:44:00
There was a special release sent by Caricom's agency for Security during CWC 2007 which gives overseas officers powers to operate in terms of security here, but nevertheless ensures they follow proper guidelines so we do not have a land version of the Shiprider Accord that nearly ruptured the Caribbean almost ten years ago...HOST venue countries for the International Cricket Council Cricket World Cup (CWC) 2007 in the Caribbean have enacted legislation to allow non-national security forces to be deployed in their countries. The legislation is in support of the efforts of Caribbean governments hosting CWC 2007 to ensure that the tournament is safe and secure. A number of countries outside the region have contributed law enforcement and security expertise, including CWC participant countries such as South Africa, Bermuda, India and Australia and their personnel will be working side by side with their Caribbean colleagues. Dr Peter Phillips, Jamaican National Security Minister...
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Earthrace Update: Capt's wife says vessel with Barbados start may abandon q
2007-03-20 11:22:00
There's bad news and good news... In continuing coverage of the ever-saddening plight of the Earth race a check with a Kiwi website of a radio station there indicates the crew may be forced to drop their pursuit of the bid to circumnavigate the planet in less than two months. Mrs Bethune says on the upside, Guatemalan authorities could be lenient about the collision as new evidence came forward -"Sheryl Bethune says the feeling is that her husband will not be held culpable for the crash, as the fishing boat had no lights on nor any radar equipment operating. She says the crew will be questioned by a Guatemalan judge on Tuesday morning. The crew of the New Zealand powerboat could be detained in Guatemala for up to six months. However, charges have not yet been brought against the Earthrace team. Mr Bethune said on Monday that the damaged powerboat made it to shore on its one remaining engine. He said it was unlikely that Earthrace would continue its bid to circumnavigate the globe."E...
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Barbadian Anti-Terror Simulation - Really?
2007-03-20 04:47:00
When I was a tyke I am sure there is a quote about it all being a game of knights and checkerboards, if you know it - please holler HARD! It has a bearing on this story - don't you love items like these, makes you feel real safe, warm and bubbly inside...Unrest among passengers who subsequently started a fire on the tourist liner “Floating Point” anchored in Carlisle Bay forced the captain to call on the Barbados military, police force and fire service for emergency assistance. Quick response from these agencies saw the Barbados Coast Guard ferrying personnel of the Barbados Fire Service and Royal Barbados Police Force to the burning ship some 30 minutes before midnight last Saturday {Ed's Note: March 3rd??}. At the end of it all, four hours later, 85 of the 2000 passengers were dead; 22 injured and 129 people were unaccounted for and feared dead by drowning. The 400 crew members were alive but with some of them nursing minor injuries, mostly bruises. However, we can all b...
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