A Perfect Day Guarantee
2009-09-11 19:54:00 When traveling to the Caribbean many travelers may have heard of the Caribbean ‘Perfect Weather Guarantee”. This is a marketing promotion that hotel and resorts have been using for years to let their guests know that they are serious – if you stay with us, each and every day will be a perfect day ...Travel Lady Cruises, always providing you with TLC!A Perfect Day Guarantee
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Chris Brown And Rihanna Bikini Pics Barbados
2008-08-13 23:07:00 Post from: Black | Celebrity Gossip | Celebrity News | Celebrity Photo | Black Entertainment News | MWZA.com Chris Brown And Rihanna Bikini Pics Barbados Chris Brown And Rihanna Bikini Pics Barbados-Here are few pictures of Chris Brown with Rihanna wearing a colorful bikini in Barbados,earlier today. Rihanna and Chris Brown are unconvincing in their attempt to show ...
Family Unit Maybe Under Threat: Barbados Government To Lower Age Of Consent
2008-06-08 13:24:00 Image Source: Nation Newspaper The recent announcement by the government that they intend to lower the age of consent from eighteen years old to sixteen has caused many Barbadians to flicker eye-brows. The decision if promulgated will see sixteen year olds being able to seek medical attention without the consent of their parents. While the BU ...
Public Service Vehicles Continue to Cause Mayhem On Barbados Roads
2008-06-06 04:50:00 Image Source Nation Newspaper Yesterday 75 year old Gusfield “Gus” Joseph formerly of Foul Bay, St. Philip was killed in a smash-up with minibus B76, reported to be driven by Bernard Atkins, 34, of Maxwell Hill, Christ Church. Based on what we have heard and read, Mr. Joseph was a naturalized Barbadian citizen who has made ...
Not Too Late For Barbados To Enact Alternative Energy Plan, Media Must Awak
2008-05-31 04:45:00 Source: Wikipedia:Brent Spot … the days of being able to ‘choose’ the most economic solutions are about to end. (Crude now $128.88 per barrel) Common sense now dictates that countries and individuals are best advised to seek energy options that are under their political control. Our world is just one major terrorist (or critical natural) event- ...
High Octane West Coast Development May Sabotage Barbados Economy
2008-05-23 01:53:00 The BU household will hold former Prime Minister Owen Arthur and Minister of Tourism Noel ‘Barney’ Lynch guilty of permanently disfiguring the West Coast of Barbados. We will stretch it further and state that it will be the legacy of the former Barbados Labour Party government. It has become an every day occurrence to ...
Homosexual Agenda Gaining Ground In Barbados
2008-05-22 12:33:00 In contrast to earlier times, our state now recognizes that an individual’s capacity to establish a loving and long-term committed relationship with another person and responsibly to care for and raise children does not depend upon the individual’s sexual orientation,” George wrote for the majority in ringing language that delighted gay rights activists. Source: MSNBC It seems ...
The Hour Of Decision For The Labour Rights Movement In Barbados
2008-05-21 07:18:00 In anticipation of the rising cost of living, Sir Roy Trotman the venerable head of the Barbados Workers Union (BWU) has signaled that he will be expecting double digit wage settlements on behalf of his workers. He made his expectation known at the recent May Day celebration held at Browne’s beach in St. ...
Solar Energy In Barbados, Barbadians Being Short Changed
2008-05-18 00:24:00 The following was submitted by a member of the BU family. We have published with minor edits in the interest of creating greater public awareness on the importance for all stakeholders in Barbados to pursue a sustainable energy strategy. We are sure that Keith Headley (the son of the late Oliver Headley, solar energy pioneer), ...
Chris Halsall’s Open Letter To Barbados Media Houses
2008-05-17 01:17:00 Dir sirs. This is an open letter to the Barbados Advocate, and others. This may be distributed and/or reprinted by anyone who receives it. I do hope and expect that the errors and corrections noted below will appear in the Advocate. On page 14 of the Barbados Advocate, dated 2008.05.14 an article penned by one Kerrie Bynoe ...
Gauging The Impact of Growing Ethnic Groups Living In Barbados
2008-05-14 05:01:00 I refer to a letter from D. Ramprakash entitled ‘Statistics are essential in the marginalisation debate.’ Ramprakash is of course correct; it is a difficult accusation to define or to quantify and so we have to establish marginalisation another way, ie by looking at the perceptions of people, since if perceptions are not reality, they ...
Barbados Solar Industry In Flux
2008-05-12 15:02:00 Source: VOA News Barbados has enjoyed the reputation for many years as a nation which was on the cutting edge of solar technology. The late Professor Oliver Headley of the University of the West Indies (UWI) was the pioneer who led the charge to position solar energy as a viable energy option. It appears that he ...
Choosing Barbados Hotels For Your Wedding
2008-05-11 07:00:00 Couples waiting to get married soon may be at a standstill on producing ideas for possible honeymoon ideas. Those on a budget will find it more difficult to select their ideal hotel or destination for their honeymoon; however, there are plenty of alternatives at affordable rates. Some newlyweds prefer to stay closer to home and ...
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U.S. National Soccer Team V. Barbados in Carson - presale password
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Is Ghanaian Augustine Addae On The Run In Barbados?
2008-05-10 00:07:00 Augustine Addae There is one Ghanaian who was on the flight that came in February 2008, His name is AUGUSTINE ADDAE. This guy is a very dangerous guy who has succeeded in defrauding a number of people in Ghana here with the promise of getting them Auction cars. He was a staff ...
Barbados Underground vs Barbados Media
2008-05-05 03:05:00 On January 18, 2008 the Barbados Media was charged in the Court of public opinion by BU (Plaintiff) and was found guilty by the Voices of the People in the Blogosphere. The battle by the PEOPLE against the Fourth Estate continues. How can media practitioners in the twenty first century function in a world without an ...
Crop Over 2008 In Barbados Should Be A Dandy
2008-05-04 14:42:00 Click the Image Crop Over 2008 is rapidly approaching. The arrival of the new government has seen a flood of decisions which many feel have the potential to disrupt our major festival. We hope not! We have heard talk from the government that they will be outsourcing key parts of the festival this year. Word is ...
Barbados Underground Commenter Makes Suggestion To Improve Traffic Congesti
2008-05-03 21:28:00 Submitted by BU Commenter Permres Early in the week - 29 April 2008 BU published the public announcement which listed the change in traffic flow in the Wildey, St. Michael area, referred to as the Wildey Triangle. Barbadians have been filling the airwaves and blogs with feedback on the effort by the government authorities, in collaboration ...
Ghanaian & Nigerian Barbados Scam Uncovered
2008-05-01 18:19:00 Update: Our source has just reported the following which we have listed in bullet form for your easy understanding: The Ambassador of Ghana who is based in Cuba has arranged a flight which is scheduled to arrive in Barbados tomorrow 02 May 2008. This arrangement was made in collaboration with the Barbados and Ghana governments The operative ...
Barbados Government Experiments With Traffic Changes At Wildey, St. Michael
2008-04-30 01:24:00 Traffic changes went into motion at the Wildey triangle. So far the feedback has been positive. What has been your experience to date?
Barbados East Coast Maybe Under Threat
2008-04-30 00:09:00 This was the site of Miss Barrows shop in St Elizabeth Village, St. Joseph. After they retired it stayed as a ‘Supermarket’ until a year or so ago. Its been for sale since then. now its been sold, the building knocked down, and apparently ‘villas’ are to be built, right in the middle of a ...
Barbados East Coast Maybe Under Threat
2008-04-29 02:09:00 This was the site of Miss Barrows shop in St Elizabeth Village, St. Joseph. After they retired it stayed as a ‘Supermarket’ until a year or so ago. Its been for sale since then. now its been sold, the building knocked down, and apparently ‘villas’ are to be built, right in the middle of a ...
Voice Of Barbados Radio To Discuss Government’s 100 Days In Office
2008-04-27 03:53:00 Voice of Barbados (92.9FM) will assemble a panel tomorrow - 27 April 2008 to discuss the government’s first 100 days in office. Looks like true to his promise David Ellis intends to hold the feet of the David Thompson government to the fire. The show should start at its usual time 11AM. We are ...
Barbados Room Stock Fact Sheet
2008-04-27 00:58:00 While visiting the offices of the Barbados Tourism Authority recently, I collected a copy of what I assume is the latest list of all registered accommodation on Barbados. The brochure is entitled Rates - Hotels, Guest Houses and Apartments - Winter 2007 -2008 December 16th 2007-2008 To April 15th 2008 and Summer 2008 April 16th, ...
Barbados Continues To Discuss Food
2008-04-26 16:21:00 It is no secret that the BU household all look forward to the weekly musing of Lowdown ‘Dick’ Hoad. We admire this man who is able to merge intellect, common sense and humility. Qualities which many from our mushrooming middle class who feel that by earning $150,000 per annum, and they can afford to build ...
Barbados Prepares To ‘Weather’ Economic Storm
2008-04-25 11:43:00 We are living in difficult times. One of my more-.perceptive friends recently described our Island as a “motorized ghetto”, where the smell of diesel and gasoline fumes, and the ever-present vehicular pollution add a peculiar resonance to the ambience of this Rock that we call home. We have become so smug in our belief ...
Barbados Daybed
2008-04-24 19:25:00 Offices in large cities these days tend toward design schemes that are simple yet striking. They like straight lines and dark, deep colors. If you like the look of offices with that modern touch, then the Barbados Daybed is the perfect bed for you. This bed is unlike any other daybed that the Lifestyle Solutions ...
A splendid Barbados property ? a Suzy Hoodless masterpiece
2008-04-23 20:17:00 Photography courtesy Suzy HoodlessArticle by MACO Caribbean Living Writer - Sarah VenableRegarding theatre, a cynical critic once observed that it is only called experimental when the experiment fails. Could the same be said of interior design and decoration? Not in this case, where English design consultant Suzy Hoodless brings her bold new vision to a Caribbean home, and succeeds wildly. She has done it before, with two estates in Scotland, a ski lodge, The Hospital in Covent Garden and private residences in West London and the counties. Before shifting careers about 10 years ago, Hoodless honed a related set of skills as interiors editor for the avant-trend lifestyle magazine, Wallpaper. In that capacity, she travelled the globe, creating interiors, styling shoots, and researching and reporting new trends, designs and designers.Having observed the scope of design possibilities and assembling a network of international suppliers, she now puts it all together in startling ways.To r...
Barbados Coastline Faces Renewed Onslaught From British Investors
2008-04-23 07:58:00 Last month BU highlighted the story of the action which the Spanish government is taking to protect its coastline, The Costa Del Sol. It was reported that the Spanish government has taken the surprising decision to confiscate and demolish luxury homes built within 550 yards of the beach. Unlike Barbados where many ...
Barbados Under African Snail Attack
2008-04-23 02:24:00 Submitted by Commenter, Saski This is a serious problem that has been going on for such a long time and no-one seems to be taking it very seriously. Barbados has now got infested with these snails and except for the concern of a few, they go by unnoticed. The Government issues snail pellets but these, have ...
Barbados Reaches The Crossroads
2008-04-17 07:44:00 Prime Minister David Thompson Opposition Leader Mia Mottley The country has been catapulted into a period of debate which the recent policy action by the government of raising petroleum prices has triggered. We expect that against the ...
Lando To CONCACAF Nations: ?You Guys Suck?
2008-04-17 06:08:00 Well that wasn’t a direct quote, but that was the jist of it. USA & Galaxy star Landon Donovan isn’t a huge fan of the CONCACAF’s four-tiered system to determine which countries will ultimately represent the region at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. “It doesn’t seem fair that we have to play a home-and-home ...
By: Try Gol
A Short History Of Barbados Resorts
2008-04-16 07:00:00 The summer period, although approaching late, is approaching and the buzzing feeling of travelling on holiday and working on that beach perfect body. One of the more popular destinations are the Barbados resorts, which always caters for sun, sand, blue sea, blue sky and plenty of activities to keep us all entertained. Apart from the ...
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Barbados & Trinidad Invited To Join Organization Of Eastern Caribbean S
2008-04-15 07:16:00 It was reported on the BBC website today that Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago have been invited to join the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) by Prime Minister of St. Lucia Stephenson King. The invitation is seen as a counter to Patrick Manning’s, Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago offer for Grenada, St. Lucia ...
Anglican Church In Barbados Losing Touch
2008-04-13 07:27:00 We have declared several times over the life of BU that we know little about religion and the issues which are attached to it. This is despite Bush tea goading us to blog on the subject from time to time. Don’t get us wrong! We believe in the one and only and give thanks as ...
Nude Beaches In Barbados …
2008-04-12 07:25:00 Since we posted this blog awhile back it has been receiving hits galore. Believe it or not the top searches on the Internet which stumbled on Barbados Underground blog were ‘homosexuality’ and ‘nude beaches’. This little BU statistic provoked a little thinking which pushed us to ask, why not? Why can’t we have a ...
Barbados Light & Power Ready To Work With Government To Develop Viable
2008-04-11 02:29:00 In the face of rising oil prices which world citizens can expect to impact negatively on global economies, BU was driven by desperation to ask the Barbados Light & Power (BL&P) the hard questions. Here are the questions which Barbados Underground posed to Chief Marketing Manager Stephen Worme of Barbados Light & Power Co Ltd: BU ...
Joss Stone in a Bikini on a Boat in Barbados
2008-04-06 18:27:00 Joss Stone in a bikini Celebrity Gossip, Celebrity News, Celebrity Photos
Barbados Underground Is One Year Old
2008-04-05 15:14:00 There is a lot that we were tempted to write about today but decided instead to say THANK YOU to all the PEOPLE in the BU family and beyond who have made this journey possible up to now. David, on behalf of the BU household
The Merricks Resort Barbados
2008-04-05 00:22:00 The Caribbean island nation of Barbados has been one of the most popular destinations for travelers and international home buyers for years. The small country in the southeast Caribbean has a stable government, low crime and some of the best beaches anywhere, as well as plenty to see and do. As a result, investors and holiday seekers have been flocking here, with the west coast the preferred destination. As the west coast of Barbados has become more developed and extremely expensive, developers and investors have turned eastward for less expensive but still spectacular property
Ice Hockey In Barbados: The Ultimate Sens Army Hockey Road Trip - Lands in
2008-04-03 05:34:00 Operation Barbados, the ultimate Sens Army hockey road trip, landed Tuesday in sunny Bridgetown, Barbados, to begin a four-day hockey experience.Team owner Eugene Melnyk personally welcomed 200 Senators fans as they prepared to watch tonight's Sens game at Bert's Bar, the island's hottest sports bar and restaurant. The trip marks the largest contingent of Ottawa Senators fans to invade Barbados.All trip participants will join Melnyk for two televised Sens games at Bert's. The Senators hosted the Montreal Canadiens on Tuesday before they set off to Toronto to take on the Maple Leafs tomorrow Thursday 2nd.Special thanks are bestowed upon air carrier Zoom Airlines in addition to the Barbados High Commission in Canada. In conjunction with Zoom, the Commission arranged for medical equipment and supplies to be shipped on the Operation Barbados flight for future use at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Barbados's largest medical facility.
By: Bajan Reporter
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
UK comedian's widow passes away here in Barbados - this as late comic's ima
2008-03-30 15:15:00 My first taste of Bob Monkhouse was at the Lone Star Restaurant when it debuted in 1997, he was quite hilarious but also ill I did not know - he passed on not long after...Now it seems his wife of 35 years has decided to join him -Jackie Monkhouse, 71, was found by her maid at her home in Barbados.Monkhouse's agent of 38 years, Peter Prichard, said: "It's a case of somebody dying in their sleep. It's a shock for all her friends. There was no reason to believe she was ill."She divided her time between the Monkhouses' property in the Sugar Hill area of the island and their home near Dunstable, Bedfordshire.She started in life as his secretary and became extremely supportive of him even before she knew the late comic would leave us five years ago -Friends said she never fully recovered from Monkhouse's death from prostate cancer in 2003.She was his secretary and they married in 1973 after he split from first wife Elizabeth.Monkhouse died aged 75 after being one of Britain's top c...
By: Bajan Reporter
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 ...
Barbados branch of US Embassy enables video group to trace life of US State
2008-03-30 00:48:00 President of a United Sates based production company Manifold Production Inc. Mr. Michael Park and his wife Gina, spent a day in Nevis on a fact finding mission earlier this week in preparation for a documentary on the early life of Alexander Hamilton, who was born in Nevis and spent his formative years on the island. In an interview with the Department of Information, Mr. Park explained that the 90 minute documentary would be filmed in 2009 and aired on Public Broadcast Service (PBS) in 2010. “We are making a 90 minute documentary about Hamilton for PBS and as part of the documentary we want to talk about his formative years in Nevis. It was here the first years of his life that he became educated that the foundations of his brilliant career were laid and we are looking to find a way to put that in a documentary. So we are here exploring the island, looking for scenes that would reveal what Hamilton’s life in Nevis was like. It will be filmed next year and maybe s...
By: Bajan Reporter
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 ... |
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