Comments on: Nation Newspaper And Voice Of Barbados Maybe Shortchanging Bajans

By: Me

Me — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 15:02:13 +0000

VOB has once again scrapped the Rate Card and raised advertising rates. The lack of a rate card makes it hard to document the new rates

By: Barbados Media Turns Blind Eye To Prime Minister being Sued In Canada « Barbados Underground - bringing the news to the people

Mon, 08 Sep 2008 01:28:41 +0000

[...] upwards. We also recall that that early in 2008 advertising rates and the cost of the newspaper increased. We also remember that the Nation refused to print several stories scooped by the blogs, the most [...]

By: hazel eastmond

hazel eastmond — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 20:26:22 +0000

i find it to be alright, there is more that can be published, especially when you read an article and then it tells you to refer to page whatever. like that is a little on the silly side when you dont get that page online.

By: Barbados » Blog Archive » Nation Newspaper And Voice Of Barbados Maybe Shortchanging Bajans

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:02:06 +0000

[...] Nation Newspaper And Voice Of Barbados Maybe Shortchanging Bajans A very small article appeared in the Sunday Sun today (29 June 2008) on page 3A at the bottom of the page. It served to notify Barbadians that as at 04 July 2008 the price of the Weekend Nation will be increased from $2.00 to $2.25 and … [...]

By: anotherview

anotherview — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 03:04:28 +0000

BU did you read the nation editorial today? The head at BICO said that to increase prices should be the last thing companies do. Wonder if the Nation understands the point.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 11:08:24 +0000

http://barbadosfreepress.wordpress.com/2008/07/01/nation-news-exclusive-mango-tree-crashes-into-yard/#comments

BFP takes a freebie at the Nation. But don’t they need to highlight these matters as well?

By: The scout

The scout — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 23:48:56 +0000

Before the Nation talk about raising their price, they need to raise the quality of their reporting and the sentencing and structuring of the sentences. Once you could have told your young child to read the newspaper today it seems that they write words and put a fullstop anywhere if the sentence is too long. Then they start the next sentence with “buy,and”and there don’t seem to be a proof reader; words spelt wrong and simple mistakes that you expect from children in infants. Come on Nation deal with the quality before you deal with price.

By: David

David — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:50:41 +0000

The only passion we hear coming from the staff is from Dennis Johnson but he is old school and may not be able to see the benefit of the online.

By: Online

Online — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:57:53 +0000

VOB website is a joke. Before you could access news there easily . Now when you hit the months listed you get nothing.

By: JC

JC — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:11:57 +0000

Anon I am like Negro man and Adrian Hinds, I hardly listen to any discussion that is on VOB I find that thier comments are very distatsteful and disrepectful. To the bajan public, I remember when Wickam and Faria said the most horrendous things about bajans!

Shameful Lot!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 12:30:20 +0000

There is so much going wrong with the Nation newspaper and VOB at this time that time and space cannot allow it to be told.

Since harold hoyte left and even before then – but mainly since his departure the nation has declined to a meaningless rag which should be given away free.

I predict there will be massive layoffs with that nation company within the next couple of years as less and less people buy that newspaper.

Then VOB.What does VOB stand for – ‘VOICE OF BARBADOS’.

But is it really the voice of the people of barbados or the voice of corporate barbados,the voice of guyanese sympathiser like mike brown and vic fernandes?

Is it not the voice of the BLP politicians and their yardfowls?

Since vic fernandes took over at the helm of VOB the quality of staff,programmes etc at that radio station has declined considerably – because as you well know Vic is only concerned about ‘Numero Uno’ – the Big man himself.

But matters got worse when they brought in that character Mike Browne – where did they pick up that reject from?

What does he know about radio or about programming?

He according to Barbados Underground – is the hatchet man for Vic Fernandes.

Well it seem like the hatchet man now has David Ellis sidelined to the point where he mike browne seems to be charge of news and current affairs and the call in shows.

But if that is not eneough in steps one Stetson Babb – another reject – who is now advertised with some strange title of associate director of news and current affairs.

David ellis has been emasculated – if he wasn’t already so.I can hardly recognise the David Ellis of old with this new David ellis.

Yet with all of these changes the standards down at the river continue to decline – so tell me who is pocketiing all these financial rewards from getting cheap,low quality staff and bare bone projects – is it vic – the rich market vendor?

People,this country and the important pillars in this society are in a complete mess.

God help us all.

By: caller

caller — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 09:39:02 +0000

BU vob dont have any respect for us. Have you noticed how long they have had a problem with the phones? The moderator and the callers got to be shouting at one another.

no respect!

By: Banned Again from BFP

Banned Again from BFP — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 04:11:39 +0000

These increases across the board have little to do with oil increases. What all business strategists in Barbados know, from the BL&P to the Nation to Chickmont to Super Centre, is that the Barbados dollar has been significantly devalued over the past five years and this devaluation will continue for some time into the future as the USD continues to plunge against the world standard of worth, Gold. But dey ain’ sayin nuttin’, no one is, all that will happen is that the average normal person in the street will continue to blame oil prices. The truth is so mush worse.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 03:02:51 +0000

I will be leaving the paper right there. I can read it online or make a borrow at work.