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May 15, 2008

Unsanitary Water in Faith’s Pen Jamaica Threat To People Lives

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 [...]

May 12, 2008

Memories Of A Bajan Earthquake

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 [...]

May 12, 2008

Should Caricom Politicians Hold Dual Citizenship?

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 [...]

May 7, 2008

Cuban Refuses To Give Blogger Yoani Sanchez Visa To Collect Prize

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 [...]

May 7, 2008

Barbados Rihanna New Single ‘Take A Bow’ And Elle Magazine Photo Shoot

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.

 

May 2, 2008

Barbados Listed In TripAdvisor Top Choice World Destinations

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 [...]

April 28, 2008

Haiti’s New Prime Minister Named Amidst Food Crisis

Haiti on Sunday named a new prime minister two weeks after his predecessor was ousted over rocketing food and fuel prices that sparked violent demonstrations claiming several lives.
President Rene Preval chose Ericq Pierre, 63, a respected Haitian economist with the Inter-American Development Bank in Washington, to be the country’s prime minister, government sources told AFP.
Pierre, [...]

April 28, 2008

The Iraq Of The West Indies

While Haiti awaits the appointment of a new Prime Minister and its people yearning for the return of Aristide, we found this brief historical bio on the political misfotunes in Haiti by WorldNews.com Correspondent Dallas Darling.
Mr Darling is active in the Central American Peace Movement and currently works with Pastors For Peace in delivering humanitarian [...]

April 28, 2008

Saudi Blogger Farhan Freed From Prison

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 [...]

April 26, 2008

Barbadians Still Gambling Pay Cheques Away Despite Raising Cost Of Food Hikes

MY BOYFRIEND has always enjoyed betting on the horses and so on, but I am concerned that his gambling has now become an obsession.
Christine, a large amount of money has gone missing from our joint account, but whenever I tackle him about it he just changes the subject.
A friend of mine told me [...]

April 25, 2008

14 Million Stolen And Lost Travel Documents May Be Used By Terriorists To Disrupt Olympics Games!!!

With 14m stolen and lost travel documents in its database, Interpol will work with Chinese authories to implement a system for conducting checks at Beijing’s airport and other major border entries to prevent dangerous elements from entering China.
Head of Interpol Ronald Noble has warned that there is a “real possibility that the Beijing Olympics will [...]

April 25, 2008

Is The Lastest James Bond Film Cursed?

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 [...]

April 23, 2008

Weapons For Zimbabwe May Return To China

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 [...]

April 8, 2008

Passengers Can Now Use Cell Phones In Mid-Air

The European Commission [...]

March 24, 2008

Shoplifter Run With Meat, Leave Son Behind

A shoplifter looking to make a quick getaway from a Dutch supermarket after stealing a packet of meat left police a crucial piece of evidence — his 12-year-old son. In his haste the 45-year-old thief made a solo dash to his car, batting away a supermarket worker who had flung himself on the vehicles’ bonnet [...]