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Barbados Underground- Barbados No Longer Considered A Godly Country, Despite Having Many ChurchesOur rabid some may say fanatical religious constituents have been starved recently. We crave their understanding given our prioritization of other matters. Some of our learned religious crew have suggested that it is mandatory for the ordinary man to be equipped with a top of the drawer religious concordance if they want to accurately divide the [...]
- Indebtedness: No End In SightSubmitted by Looking Glass “Barbados Face Bankruptcy, the prospect of paying for a range of services which are not free…and even ending up with a banana republic…..the Government pushed into a position of bankruptcy with its heavy borrowing.” (Dr’ Estwick; Nation 4/22/06) He was also quoted as saying that the national debt moved from $1bn to [...]
- Glendairy Prison To Go Under The MicroscopeNational Geographic’s award-winning “Locked Up Abroad” TV series will feature an episode documenting a true-life tale of a tourist (Zara Whittaker) being arrested and imprisoned in Barbados. No info yet on what the specific circumstances are, but it could be interesting. Watch on National Geographic channel at 10pm EDT on Wednesday 22 July. […]
- A View From The Other SideSubmitted by Damian, Dominican BU family member We definitely need more websites like these in the region and I’m appreciative but not at all surprised that the only one has its genesis deeply rooted in Barbados. I’m from Dominica. For example, and the difference between us is not only our physical environment, the geology of the [...]
- The Children Are Our FutureThe deck seems to be stacked against Minister of Education Ronald Jones who we have previously suggested is unsuited for the job, parents and all the other stakeholders as we attempt to arrest the counter-culture which has taken root in our society. Yesterday afternoon we listened with interest to VOB moderator Mark Forde passionately expressing [...]
- CGID Submits PictureSubmitted by Jevon Suralie/CGID Director of Communications For the benefit of your subscribers, I suggest that you post the attached photos of some of the CGID Board Members with then Leader of the British House of Lords, Baroness Valerie Amos and Prime Minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Dr. Ralph Gonsalves. This will demonstrate how [...]
- Are We Being Served?The caller was adamant that it was the Leader of the Opposition who was behind a recent criticism of me that was carried in the political gossip column of the other publication. He insisted that the concern about my absence from the country was consistent with laments that had emanated from the Leader of the Opposition [...]
- CGID Condemns Arrest Of Lewis, Benschop and Witter As Political ThuggerySubmitted by CGID NEW YORK: The New York based Caribbean Guyana Institute for Democracy (CGID) has harshly condemned the July 15, arrest of Lincoln Lewis, General Secretary of the Caribbean Congress of Labor; Norris Witter, General Secretary of the Guyana Trades Union Congress as well as journalist and former political, Mark Benschop, by the Guyana [...]
- CCL General Secretary Lincoln Lewis, Norris Witter And Mark Benshcop Arrested For Human Rights Protest In GuyanaSubmitted by Edward, Guyanese Family Member Today July 15 2009 Mark Benshcop, Lincoln Lewis and Norris Witter have been arrested by the Guyana Police for staging a three man protest in front of Police Headquarters Eveleary. They are currently being processed by the police as I write this. Their protest is intended to bring attention to [...]
- Prime Minister Bruce Golding Of Jamaica Stands “Firm” On The Death Penalty, Should Barbados Follow His Lead?Submitted by Yardbroom “The International Federation For Human Rights (FIDH) welcomed the Caribbean Court Of Justice first death penalty ruling given on Nov 8, 2006, which dismissed an appeal by the Barbados Government seeking to restore execution orders for two convicted murderers. The case was largely perceived as a test case of the new court […]
- The Darkest Day In West Indies CricketThe West Indies cricket test team was beaten by the Bangladeshis today. The significance of this result of being beaten by a team ranked last in the ICC Rankings is yet to needle its way into the psyche of the depraved West Indian cricket fan. The West Cricket team represents one of the few regional entities [...]
- PNCR’s August Election For Leader Must Be Supervised By An Independent ObserverThe June 28, 2009 election for chairman of Guyana’s opposition People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) Georgetown District, has been sullied by credible allegations of fraud. The party said that Ms. Volda Lawrence, a party vice chairman and supporter of party leader, Robert Corbin, in the ongoing leadership crisis, allegedly beat then chairman, Aubrey Nort […]
- Down By The BoardwalkLink submitted by Living in Barbados Blog The recently constructed Boardwalk on the South coast which stretches from Accra Beach for about half mile towards Bridgetown has been well received by locals and tourists alike. This week it was reported in the news that the Segway Scooters donated to the Royal Barbados Police Force have been [...]
- Sluice Gate Failures Cause Environmental Problems At Graeme HallSubmitted by Graeme Hall Nature Sanctuary [Bridgetown, BARBADOS] Low water levels caused by an inoperative government-owned sluice gate at Worthing Beach continue to cause mosquito infestations at Graeme Hall Nature Sanctuary, according to Sanctuary officials. “The water either drains completely or is stopped up,” said Stuart Heaslet, representative for the […]
- What Is The Song And Dance About The Hike In Water Rates?Two separate but yet related matters sparked my attention this past week. First, there was the predictable hue and cry from “professional opposers” to the increase in water rates. Second, there was Barrack Jagdeo swiping and getting clean bowled by his fellow countrymen. It is clear to me that if water rates had been increased by [...]
- Sewage Operations Threaten Graeme Hall Nature Sanctuary And WetlandsSubmitted by Greame Hall Nature Sanctuary [Bridgetown, BARBADOS] According to officials at Graeme Hall Nature Sanctuary, the emergency sewage pipe and outfall from the South Coast Sewerage Treatment Plant facility to the sea has been effectively abandoned and is not operational, threatening the biodiversity and operation of the Sanctuary and Graeme Hall we […]
- Time To Ask The Hard Questions About CSMESubmitted as a comment by Ecoanalyst Let us stop making this a political football that aims at revising history and making the BLP blameless for the present situation…. It is not a question of political blame BLP vs. DLP, but rather the political parties reflecting the majority will of the people. We still have to decide [...]
- Time To Transform The Sugar IndustrySubmitted by Ready-Done Sugar cane was king in Barbados from the beginning, however the preferential treatment sugar received is no longer a reality, but the industry’s infrastructure is still present, still no one with the authority seems to want to make a definitive decision as to how to progress the sugar cane industry. The value is [...]
- Free Movement Of Persons In CaricomSubmitted by the Caribbean Guyana Institute for Democracy Heads of Government re-affirmed the goal of free movement of persons as expressed in Article 45 of the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas and that free movement is an essential element of the CSME, but given the current global economic and financial crisis, its full implementation at this point [...]
- Rihanna, What Are You Doing!?!Oh Rihanna our once beautiful and unspoilt. How are you? Are you feeling fine? Is this what you want? If we were to jot your current circumstance as an equation would it reflect at the output, I am Happy? See the write-up on Rihanna’a most recent wardrobe malfunction. How are Barbadians feeling about Rihanna the [...]
- Barbados No Longer Considered A Godly Country, Despite Having Many Churches
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