March 25, 2008

Cuba Locks Down Top Cuba Blog

        Cuba’s most popular blogger Yoani Sanchez said on Monday that Cuban authorities had blocked viewing of her blog and then allowed slow access to the website from Cuba.
Sanchez, whose critical “Generacion Y” blog received 1.2 million hits in February, said government censors had placed “filters” that delayed viewing of her Web page on a [...]

March 25, 2008

Grenada Deputy Minister Named In Bribery Case

With all the talk these days about accountability, integrity legislation in Barbados and forensic audits across the board on government projects under the former BLP government, we came across a rather interesting piece involving one of our Caribbean neighbours. According to press reports, Grenada Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Agriculture and Energy, Gregory Bowen, [...]

March 25, 2008

KFC Grilled Chicken Coming To Barbados?

Barbados health concious eaters will be very pleased to know that they can walk in KFC restaurants and have grilled chicken as an alternative to fried chicken.
That’s because if KFC grilled chicken becomes a hit in the US markets it may introduced the concept worldwide . The company is planning a series of TV ads [...]