Imagine going to your favourite lunch spot to have some good ‘ole bajan rice & stew with finger licking baked chicken or just to grab a quick bite to quell the hungry pangs until you get home to eat.
Imagine between now and the next couple of hours you start to experience stomach cramps, diarrhoea and [...]
About two weeks ago we reported on a showdown between Jamaica And Guyana where Jamaica was looking a the possibilty of importing rice from the US because Guyana was having difficulities meet their quota under an agreement between the two.
Jamaica’s Minister of Industry, Commerce and Investment, Karl Samuda response back then was,
“We will not place consumers [...]
On Thursday 29th 2007 Barbados experience a 5.0 earthquake that was felt as far as Peurto Rico in the North to Venezuela in the South. For some it was a frightening experience. A wake up call. One house in St.George was extensively damage at the base. For days Barbadians traded stories on What, Where, When, Why and How. Experts and ordinary [...]
Heavy rain and wrecked roads hampered efforts to reach areas hardest-hit by China’s worst earthquake in three decades today, as the death toll rose to nearly 10,000.
State media reports indicated that the number of dead was likely to soar, with Xinhua news agency saying 10,000 people remained buried in the Mianzhu area of Sichuan province [...]
The response to this natural disaster was a welcome change compared to the slowness of the Myanmar [Burma] government in responding to the aftermath of the destruction caused by the cyclone in their country. According to Christian Broadcasting Network
India’s meteorological department said Wednesday [7th May] that it had warned Myanmar of the storm two days [...]
The Crop Over season is here. Officially it started on Friday night in the NCF [National Cultural Foundation] car part with the first of 11 calvacades design to get patrons into the festive mood early and to introduce especially any up and coming young singers.
WHAT!!!. Not a squeak of controversy this year!!!.
Maybe it had to [...]
Thursday afternoon 29th November 2007 was just like any typical day in Bim. Near cloudless sunny skies. Vibrant green colour captivating ones eyes from nature’s tree tops. A picture perfect day. The kind of day that will send someone to the beach.
The next day was Independence Day and business had slow to a crawl since Bajans were [...]
Less than three months before the Chinese capital is expected to be full of hundreds of thousands of foreign visitors for the Summer Olympics in August, China has been hit with a massive earthquake with injuries and deaths including children, workers and possible hospital patients and staff. Rain was also predicted for the disaster area.
More than [...]
This report from chinaview.cn
David Thompson, prime minister of Barbados in central America, arrived in Beijing on Monday, kicking off a four-day official visit to China as a guest of Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao.
During his stay in Beijing, Thompson will meet Wu Bangguo, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, China’s [...]
This article is sure going to raise a few eyebrows in the international community. Every since the surging global food crisis with millions around the world starving, the UN has been appealing to donors to contribute to its needy fund to feed the poor [who have been hit the hardest], one would have gotten the [...]
No sooner had the ink dry on the previous post where pointed questions where asked about our security of rice here on this island than when I was inform that today’s Sunday Sun have reported that some supermarkets have started to limit the amount of rice customers could purchase. Well it was bound to happen sooner [...]
Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “In my dreams I saw [seven heads] of grain, full and good, growing on a single stalk. after them, seven others sprouted - withered and thin and sorched by the east wind. The thin heads of grain swallowed up the [seven] good heads……….”. Then Joseph said to Pharaoh,”God has revealed [...]
As we took a look around the blogsphere we came across two interesting blogs on the issue of food crisis here in the Caribbean.
But first we have to ask a few questions. Is telling your citizens that there is no food crisis a way to avoid panic amongst the population [...]
This is our 100th post and what better way to celebrate in style than to crown our post with fantastic news on Barbados being in the top 10 of must see destinations.
It is often said that word of mouth is the best form of advertising. Here’s why. Barbados has been chosen by travellers [...]
