I was shock to heard of the passing of broadcaster and sport journalist Terry Mayers. I first heard of his hospitalization a last week from a worker of ours who is an asthmatic himself.
Thought I don’t know him personally, the few times that he did came to our business place I found him to be down [...]
Did I heard on the CBC NEWS TV 8 last night that the Prime Minister at a forum held recently at Sherbourne Centre said that Barbados was not for sale to the highest bidder?.
That brings me to an interesting email I received from Bajan Reporter. It seems that Ian is taking some French lessons and wants to [...]
Dual Citizenship: the status of an individual who is a citizen of two or more nations.
Anyone following Caribbean politics would of known by now of Danville Walker resignation as head of Jamaica director of elections over the matter of his US citizenship. He held that position for 11 years. Whether he knew it or not members [...]
Emine Yaman lies in bed, her legs rigid, her feet prone to sores and swelling. Paralyzed by a bullet her husband fired into her chest, she is the face of domestic violence in a country still struggling to discard long-held cultural practices that denigrate women.
She wears diapers and reaches for a knotted sheet hanging [...]
The Church of Scientology has lost its grip on James Packer.
The billionaire’s closest friends have revealed that he has quietly distanced himself from Scientology, labelled a cult by some former members, as it faces international controversy about its anti-psychiatry stance.
Members of Mr Packer’s inner circle have confirmed that the billionaire, who had ranked as Scientology’s [...]
Prince William is to fight in the war against South American drug cartels.
The Household Cavalry officer will join Royal Navy patrols to catch cocaine smugglers in the Caribbean.
Both Clarence House and Armed Forces chiefs want William, 25, to gain experience as an officer in all three services and he will soon [...]
Cuban authorities have refused to give a travel visa to Cuban blogger Yoani Sanchez so she can receive one of Spain’s top journalism awards in Madrid on Wednesday, said Spanish newspaper El Pais which hands out the awards annually.
Last month the newspaper announced it has awarded 32-year-old [...]
Barbados Rihanna continues to rock the world with her music.
Click here to watch to her video ‘Take A Bow’.
Rihanna will be featured on the June cover of Elle Magazine. Just one of her many magazine shoots.
Click here.
Nelson Mandela still needs special permission to visit the States all because the Nobel Peace Prize Winner is blacklisted on US terrorist watch lists.
18 years onwards since his release from prison, commom sense finally prevail when at a Senate hearing Tuesday 9th April, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice “urged lawmakers…………..to make sure the legislation was passed” to remove [...]
A 17-year-old Iraqi girl was murdered by her father in an honour killing after falling in love with a British soldier she met while working on an aid programme in Basra, it has been claimed.
Rand Abdel-Qader was stamped upon, suffocated and stabbed by her father, then given an unceremonious burial to emphasise her disgrace. [...]
Saudi Arabia’s most popular blogger was released Saturday after serving four months in prison without charge.
The blogger, Fouad al-Farhan, 33, was detained Dec. 10 after authorities warned him about his online support of an activist group. At the time of his arrest, the Interior Ministry said only that his violations were not related to [...]
TimesOnline have an article on the filming of the 007 Quantum Of Solace in northern Italy, where in the space of a week, 3 accidents were recorded.
The destruction of 007’s Aston Martin by a stuntman which skidded off a wet road, smashed through a guardrail and ended up in a lake.
Another stutman man suffered head [...]
Barbadian entrepreneur Handel Callender is in the right place at the right time. With raising energy prices worldwide having a negative impact locally, the Barbadian who operates a biodiesel company, Native Sun NRG, have seen his vision to expand the one man operation taken off. Native Sun NRG is being bought over by a US [...]
It is interesting to see how quickly the opposition have embrace the idea of the renaming of Sherbourne Centre even suggesting that the Prime Minister’s official residence be removed to accommodate ” a proper hotel’ according to MP Ronald Toppin in the Nation newspaper.
Ilaro Court which the BLP party have a love affair [...]
Last week we posted an article on a Chinese arms ship destined to Zimbabwe loaded with 77 tonnes of ammunition which included AK47’s and grenades. The ship was subsequently bar by a judge from unloading the weapons at the South African port of Durban to cross the country to landlocked Zimbabwe. The ship went [...]
