Ambassador Rihanna Exposed At Reggae Concert

Ambassador Rihanna did a cameo at Reggae On The Hill last week during Beenie Man’s performance. For BU family members who don’t have the ear to understand what he is singing in the video here is the hook line  Me no have fancy car, but me no give you no scar. From reports Rihanna lingered on stage for a little while and then scuttled with her tail between her legs.

The dignity of Ambassador Rihanna exposed by what some people would call a thug in Beenie Man. It is no secret that many of the dancehall/dub artistes who frequent Barbados are very well known to court rooms around the world. We thought it laughable that several of the dancehall/reggae artistes who performed at Farley Hill last week complained about the treatment meted out by the Royal Barbados Police Force. Did they believe that our police force is clueless? People get ‘high’ just walking through the crowd at one of these shows!

Sorry guys but we give the police the benefit of the doubt on this one.

Guyanese Welcome In Barbados Says Union Head Sir Leroy Trotman

Submitted by Guyana Consul Norman Faria

Sir Roy Trotman - General Secretary of BWU

The Consulate is deeply honoured and pleased to be once again assisting Guyanese workers to show friendship and solidarity with the Barbadian people and government in this most significant celebration of the struggles of working peoples around the world.

This year’s participation of Guyanese one again comes against the backdrop of  democratic minded peoples, their organisations  and their governments, facing challenges following recent  financial and other economic downturns starting in  the US economy. The repercussions from this meltdown are already being felt, as reported, here in Barbados and other regional countries and worldwide.

As is natural and historically worldwide,  the organisations of working peoples and their allies will support the just actions, including those of their governments and the private sector, to safeguard their interests and the hard fought for achievements  as a whole.

Guyanese contract workers, those on work permits, are participating in the  annual May Day activity in Barbados once again. This is being done to symbolically show friendship and solidarity with the Bajan people and their government in these challenging times  .  By working together, we can achieve a  just and lasting solution to the reported difficulties. We can continue on the good road of progress and democracy traditionally found in Barbadian  society.

Educating The Whole Being

Creativity expert Sir Ken Robinson challenges the way we’re educating our children. He champions a radical rethink of our school systems, to cultivate creativity and acknowledge multiple types… Full bio and more links

Minister Ronald Jones has attracted heavy criticism since assuming the office of Minister of Education. His boar hog in a kitchen garden style is felt by many including BU, as not appropriate to this critical ministry. The much discussed 11-Plus Common Entrance examination is to be written next week and no doubt the perennial discussion about the relevance of the 11-Plus will surface in the media and talk shows.

Despite the above we have to give Jack his jacket. The recent National Summit on education appears to have been the brain child of Minister Jones and Principal of the UWI Cave Hill Sir Hillary Beckles. These are two men the BU family have raked over the coals. We are pleased to hear at long last a public discourse by some key stakeholders in the educational sector.

Shall We Dance?

Hartley Henry - DLP Political Strategist

Ouch! Don’t know about you, but the economic storm clouds are beginning to scare me. The 6:30 radio news a few mornings ago gave me an instant headache. It spoke of public servants striking in St. Lucia for higher salaries and the government making clear that more pay would trigger a cut in employment.  Then up to Jamaica the newscaster went and told us of Bruce Golding’s decision to cut MP salaries and forewarn of steep increases in taxes.

Just when I thought it couldn’t get worse, he relayed the dreaded news of 100 plus workers at the Marriott in St. Kitts being sent home and of the Central Bank Governor of Trinidad AND Tobago warning that the bubble there is about to burst and the entire population will be called into action to stave off the menacing effects of a serious downturn in revenues.

Of course it can be said that Turks and Caicos, under Michael Misick, brought its current economic troubles upon itself, but the wailing of finance officials signal to all and sundry that we have passed the stage of an economic hurricane “Watch”. We have skipped the “Warning” and are at the stage of an “Advisory”.