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2008-04-04 04:28:00 We have accepted the suggestion from a BU family member to facilitate discussion on medical matters which is a topic area that should interest us all. Based on our exchanges with and between BU family members posted over time, many of you work in the medical field or possess information on various medical issues acquired ... More About: Page
Former Barbados Government Rejected Blue Flag Membership
2008-04-02 12:00:00 We have received an email from a Barbadian who is very concerned that the tap and marine water quality in and around Barbados may not be all that it is being ‘cracked-up’ to be. We feel that this is a reasonable conclusion based on the information to follow on the blog. The Barbadian is very ... More About: Government , Blue , Rejected , Flag
Chefette’s Halloute Sells Out
2008-04-02 11:55:00 Visitors to BU would have sensed by now that we are appalled at the rampant construction which has been taking place on our coastal regions unabated in recent years. More of concern is the unregulated building of large and ugly edifices which have been rising-up to spoil our beautiful coastline or as Reverend Andrew Hatch ...
Barbados Cricket At Death’s Door
2008-04-01 12:10:00 A concerned BU family member posted the comment quoted below just moments ago (We could not have addressed the issue more eloquently Digi). Some members in the BU household have been fortunate to have benefited from the pleasure which the West Indies has given us all during the 80s and early 90s. It was a period which the West ... More About: Cricket , Barbados , Death , Door
Barbados Cricket At Death’s Door
2008-04-01 12:10:00 A concerned BU family member posted the comment quoted below just moments ago (We could not have addressed the issue more eloquently Digi). Some members in the BU household have been fortunate to have benefited from the pleasure which the West Indies has given us all during the 80s and early 90s. It was a ... More About: Cricket , Barbados , Death , Door
Democracy
2008-04-01 09:30:00 What is the relevance of this story to Barbados some will ask? It should serve to expose how politicians with power if allowed are prepared to bend the rules. Unfortunately such blatant displays of naked power has become increasingly common place in our world. Another example why John Citizens must not renege on the critical role they ... More About: Democracy
Ghanaians Stranded In Barbados Get To Finally Pack Bags
2008-03-30 11:43:00 Government has committed over 12 million dollars to charter a plane to fly home about 50 stranded Ghanaians who travelled to Barbados last month in search of greener pastures.Dr Charles Brempong-Yeboah, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs, Regional Co-operation and NEPAD, who disclosed this to the Ghana News Agency in Accra yesterday, said ironically the Ghanaians ... More About: Bags , Finally , Pack
Barbados Coastline Gone!
2008-03-30 00:04:00 Source: UK Telegraph The practice of the rich and famous to build luxury properties on the coastlines of Spain appears to be running into a snag. There is the glaring similarity to what is happening in Barbados . Of course the big difference if we were to compare Barbados to Spain, the Barbados government will never ...
Barbados Politics Crosses The Line
2008-03-29 13:21:00 Yes, there is a link between the BLP and Threats of Violence Around August 2007, Barbados Free Press Exposed burst on the scene, with a look-alike version of the Barbados Free Press site. They even copied BFP’s custom logo! This plagiarism appeared to be designed to confuse the public, and to draw traffic from BFP by ... More About: Politics , Line , Crosses
The Zimbabwe Election And The Democratic Process
2008-03-29 00:45:00 Submitted by Yardbroom Tomorrow there is the much awaited general election in Zimbabwe , its importance lies not only in the result, but in how the election is conducted or perceived post voting. President Robert Mugabe under a veneer of democracy has been able to rule Zimbabwe for almost three decades - 28 years - and there is ... More About: Democratic , Election , Process
Barbados Needs National Energy Policy, NOW!
2008-03-27 06:56:00 The Democratic Labour Party (DLP) pledged to Barbadians that within the first 100 days of assuming the reigns of government, it would roll-out several major initiatives. Our commonsense, which has been honed over the years through observation, tells us that the pledge was part of a gimmick which political parties are expected to engage ... More About: National , Barbados , Energy , Policy
Barack Obama’s Run For POTUS
2008-03-26 05:37:00 The most popular discussion around the water cooler, lunch rooms, talk shows and in the blogosphere is the Barack Obama run for President of the United States of America. Many Barbadians are in awe that a Black man in the year 2008 could be challenging for the presidency. Last week we heard talk show host ...
Domestic Violence And Its Impact On Barbadian Society
2008-03-25 11:22:00 Submitted by Yardbroom At this Easter time when we are in a reflective mood, perhaps it is appropriate for us to focus our attention to a kind of unjustified suffering, often endured in silence. Only recently there were “allegations” of domestic violence in an upscale area in Barbados, the incident was widely reported on the blogs, but ... More About: Society , Domestic , Violence , Domestic Violence
Drakes Christian School Cries Foul
2008-03-25 02:00:00 Today’s headline in the Nation newspaper features the sudden closure of the Drakes Christian School formerly the Elijah At Shiloh Christian School Inc. We must confess that we received the email quoted below from the owners of the school earlier in the week and decided to spend sometime doing some background investigative work. Given our ...
Owners Of Sandy Lane & Government Of Barbados Relationship Maybe Going
2008-03-24 16:17:00 Just read to-days Nation News “Business” Section and wondered how you feel about the reason Sandy Lane has postponed the building of $3 billion worth in condos around the Green Monkey golf course? Do you think that the reason might be a subtle form of intimidation to the present DLP Government that they open Greenland? ... More About: Barbados , Relationship , Owners
Senators-owner Eugene Melnyk & Founder Of Biovail Charged With Fraud
2008-03-24 06:00:00 Owner of the popular Bert’s Bar located in Barbados and the Canadian Ice Hockey team Senators has been charged by regulators in Canada for accounting fraud. Melnyk and three executives of the company Biovail Corporation have been charged for misleading investors about the pharmaceutical company’s financial results. It is no secret that Eugene Melnyk has ... More About: Fraud , Founder , Owner
Billionaire Joe Lewis, Bear Stearns & The Sandy Lane Barbados Connectio
2008-03-23 13:36:00 It was hard to blame them, after what one called a ’seismic’ week. In just five days, they had witnessed a government-brokered buyout of Bear Stearns , America’s fifth-largest investment bank; a three-quarters of a percentage point cut in interest rates from the Federal Reserve; and a rash of warning signs that the American economy had ... More About: Barbados , Lane , Lewis , Billionaire
Hope Lives Eternal
2008-03-22 14:50:00 Egan-Chin/News/Charelle Carroll with Aunt Katharen Drakes. The Nation newspaper reported in its 15 March edition that 8 year old Charelle Carroll was seriously injured in an accident while crossing the ABC Highway on the 4 February 2008, while in the company of her friend and cousin. Unfortunately Charrelle received brain damage but despite the best effort ... More About: Hope , Lives , Eternal
Ryan Hinds Incident: Another Example Of Cricket Mismanagement By WICB
2008-03-21 19:00:00 This week we heard of the incident at the Grantley Adams International Airport which involved Ryan Hinds . Ryan Hinds is a Barbadian cricketer who has been selected by the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) to play in the upcoming cricket series against Sri Lanka. Our readers should know that the West Indies cricket team is ... More About: Incident
Adrian Loveridge Continues to Be Persecuted On Good Friday
2008-03-21 18:47:00 At around 10pm last night someone set fire (again) to our top meadow and the resulting effect was that it burnt through about 30 feet of our 2 inch high pressure mains water pipe. The Hotel is currently full and we are without any water. We are desperately trying to locate 3 lengths of 2 ... More About: Adrian , Friday , Good
Barbados Health Policy On Kidney Transplantation Under Attack
2008-03-21 16:30:00 Dear David: At your discretion, you may want to share the following with your readers. I would also be interested in any feedback they may have. Attached is the post I sent to CBC-TV for posting over 24 hours ago, in response to an article on their site “World Kidney Day“; it remains a mystery ... More About: Health , Barbados , Policy , Attack
PetroCaribe:The Cat & Mouse Game
2008-03-20 07:02:00 Former Minister of Social Transformation Hamilton Lashley was quoted in the media from his contribution to the current Estimates Debate, that against the backdrop of rising oil prices, Barbados should accept the President Chevez sponsored PetroCaribe deal. Funny that we can’t seem to remember Mr. Lashley shouting so loudly on this matter when he was ... More About: Game , Mouse , Petrocaribe
Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) Launches Refreshed Website
2008-03-20 02:18:00 BU was one of the first to question the credentials of new Chairman of the Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) Mr. Leroy Parris, after he was appointed by his long time friend and current Prime Minister David Thompson. After navigating the new CBC Website we want to be the first to congratulate Mr. Parris for ...
Illegal Drugs Question
2008-03-19 11:55:00 Submitted by Yardbroom I have always held the view that what can - it is not inevitable, depends on action taken - destroy Barbadian society is the importation, trading, supply and consumption of illegal drugs, by a significant section of the community. There is an argument made by some well informed people, which suggest that if illegal ... More About: Drugs , Question , Illegal
Barbados Parliament + Politicians = Rum Shop
2008-03-19 03:20:00 Barbadians had to debate the issue of the former Opposition Party walking out of parliament in response to what they alleged were unfair rulings by the former Speaker of parliament Ismael Roett during the Hardwood no-confidence motion. Much has already been said and written about whether the Barbados Labour Party (BLP) controlled parliament was partisan ... More About: Politicians , Shop , Parliament
Flyovers Or Not
2008-03-18 01:00:00 Flyovers recommended for Warrens Roundabout by a BU commenter Should we state the obvious by reiterating that the views expressed on BU are entirely ours and ours ONLY? Sometimes we think it is necessary to reinforce this view so that it puts what we say in perspective, we don’t want to set false expectations ...
Government To Blame For C&W Stranglehold
2008-03-17 11:39:00 To appear in the Barbados Advocate Business Monday 2008.03.17. By Chris Halsall with contributions from Douglas Skeete IN any jurisdiction, companies operate ultimately under the legislation created by a central authority, i.e. the Government . Therefore, the argument can easily be made that this authority must seek to devise, and more importantly enforce, legislation preventing companies ... More About: Blame
Caribbean Leaders Split On Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) With Europe
2008-03-16 01:51:00 Caribbean people repeatedly turn to our political leaders to chart a path through the complex global maze of our modern times. The phenomenon of ‘globalization’ has seen our national borders fizzle in the face of economic partnership agreements which to the most naive are tilted in favour of the developed countries. What feeble defence the ... More About: Europe , Caribbean , Economic , Leaders , Agreement
UNBELEIVABLE!!!
2008-03-15 12:50:00 Despite all the assurances given by the Fair Trading Commission and the Nation newspaper, who way back in December promised to print full list of winners ‘soon’, absolutely nothing has appeared. And to add insult to injury, guess what is again appearing in the Nation Newspaper today (Sunday 15th March 2008), the Barbados Lucky Numbers ...
Bajan Girls
More articles from this author:2008-03-15 00:35:00 Rihanna Allison Hinds Kimberly Inniss Which of the popular Barbadian female singers would you pay $100.00 to see perform, if you had to make a choice? 1) Rihanna 2) Allison Hinds 3) Kimberly Inniss View Results More About: Girls , Bajan 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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