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The Hair Debate In Los Barbados III
2008-03-14 11:57:00 We found the submission by this BU commenter to be precise and insightful to the ‘hair’ debate. While most commenters have remained married to facil positions about freedom of expression etcetera, Yardbroom has successfully in our view encapsulated the debate of ‘non-traditional’ hairstyles in a deeper context-David Submitted by: Yardroom In most countries, the standards which are ... More About: Barbados , Debate , Hair
Prime David Thompson Goes To Washington To Meet President George Bush
2008-03-14 01:18:00 President Bush will welcome Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham of The Bahamas, Prime Minister David Thompson of Barbados, and Prime Minister Dean Barrow of Belize to the White House on March 20, 2008. The Bahamas, Barbados, and Belize are longstanding friends of the United States and countries with whom we share deep social and familial ties ... More About: President , Washington , George Bush , Meet
Angela & Gary Cole Respond To Anti-Semitic Charge
2008-03-14 00:31:00 Yes my mom may seem that there is an international conspiracy of wealthy Jews controlling the world. Yes you know but the Mossad did not burn your house, turn your partner into an animal, kill his friend, send agents to befriend you etc etc you know: you really don’t know my mothers world so I wont ... More About: Charge , Cole , Angela , Anti , Gary
Owen Arthur Infers Local Barbadian Engineers Are B-Class
2008-03-13 00:40:00 The late Prime Minister Owen Arthur was quoted in today’s news making a statement very critical of the level of contribution the local cadre of engineers made to the evaluative process concerning the Highway ‘flyover’ project. We find the comment by Arthur very interesting, it is the first time that we know of that a ... More About: Local , Engineers , Class
Anti-Semitic Blog Questioned on Barbados Underground (BU) Blog
2008-03-12 05:08:00 I went to the site that is recommended by your own, containing Gary and Angela Cole’s work, and I must say that much of it contains anti-Semitism. I will not express any opinion as to Angela’s/Gary’s sanity, but I will tell you that this work contains a large number of anti-Semitic things. Here’s a few examples: Help ... More About: Barbados , Blog , Anti , Underground , Anti-Semitic
Prime Minister David Thompson’s Day Of Reckoning On The Horizon
2008-03-11 01:07:00 The picture above shows the price of light crude as of 10 March 2008, 2.30PM settling at USD107.90. It is no secret that the onset of a recession in the US economy which is occurring against the volatility of oil prices in the world market should be of great concern to the Barbados government and ... More About: Prime Minister , David , Thompson , Minister , Prime
Washington Move To Ban British Flights Over US Air Space~Possible Implicati
2008-03-09 14:54:00 Washington seeks power to ban air travellers - even if they are only flying OVER the U.S. The US government is demanding the right to ban British air passengers from flying over America en route to other countries even when the flights will not land in the United States. Under anti-terrorism measures due to come into ... More About: Space , Washington , Flights , Move
T&T & Bajan ‘Lovefest’ Heats-up
2008-03-09 13:31:00 This blog was written in an airport soon after Prime Minister David Thompson intervened, at the very final hour a few weeks ago to avert a threatened national strike over a matter which many Barbadians feel was an ‘over reaction’ to a storm in a tea cup situation. This matter could backfire for Sir Roy ... More About: Bajan
International Women’s Day 2008
2008-03-08 18:57:00 from www.internationalwomensday.com Today is a special day, it is International Women ’s Day. It would be a very dumb man who would deny the importance of the woman to our existence. Never mine that today we live in a world that trivializes the existence of life. Procreation which is considered one of the ... More About: 2008
Condominiums In Barbados~ A Question Of Balance
2008-03-08 11:57:00 One of our commenters suggested this week that the issue of the proliferation of condominiums being built in Barbados should be placed under the microscope. Specifically the condos being built on the West Coast have all but obliterated the few windows to the sea which we were struggling to preserve. Reverend Andrew Hatch who has ... More About: Question , Balance , Condominiums
Free Movement Of People vs Securing Our Borders In The Caribbean
2008-03-08 11:52:00 The following letter was published on Caribbean net.news and we have reproduced unedited because we find it very relevant to the current debate in the Caribbean concerning free movement of people. Management of our borders continue to challenge our individual countries yet our leaders demonstrate a lack of will to deal with the problem. Perhaps their ... More About: People , Free , Borders , The Caribbean
Dame Billie Miller Wins 2008 UN Population Award
2008-03-08 00:41:00 Our thanks to Jennifer Maughan, who is the Programme Assistant at the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) for sending BU this Press Release which informs the world about the tremendous achievement attained by Dame Billie. BU congratulate you Dame Billie for your contribution at home and abroad! David - BU BARBADOS POLICY MAKER; FAMILY CARE INTERNATIONAL (FCI) ... More About: Award , Miller , Wins , 2008
The Hair Debate In Los Barbados II
2008-03-07 03:38:00 After reading the daily newspaper today we were struck by what many of us already know. In fact we have expressed our feelings on this matter as recent as February 26, 2008 when we blogged on the topic, The Hair Debate In Los Barbados . The pictures on the top ...
Barbados Sinking Under Pile Of Garbage
2008-03-07 01:23:00 We have forgotten how many tons of garbage Barbados is said to produce daily, but we know that it is a huge amount for an island the relative small size of Barbados. No doubt the tonnage of our garbage will continue to increase given our reliance on tourism, large numbers of tourists equal more garbage. ... More About: Garbage
Tsunami Preparedness In The Caribbean
2008-03-06 01:29:00 How many people know that there is the ever present possibility that the Caribbean can be affected by a tsunami? Barbadians over the years have contracted a false sense of security as complacency has taken root. Barbados experienced an earthquake recently which measured 5.3 on the Richter Scale and there was bedlam which followed. When ... More About: Tsunami , The Caribbean
Prime Minister David Thompson Attacks Squandermania Of Former Government
2008-03-05 06:26:00 Barbadians got to hear the new government at work in the House of Parliament yesterday. It was refreshing to witness the dissipation of the rhetoric featured last week which many claim was a hangover from the just concluded general election. The parliamentary session was conducted today against the backdrop of the news that the new ... More About: Government , Prime Minister , David , Thompson , Minister
Billionaires Love Barbados, Bahamas & Anguilla
2008-03-05 04:36:00 Members of the BU family may be interested to know that Barbados , Anguilla and the Bahamas are the top islands which are favourites with the world’s growing billionaire population. This result was contained in a report conducted by international real estate company, Savills. What does this increasing billionaire population like about Barbados and the other ... More About: Love , Billionaires
A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Competition…
2008-03-05 00:23:00 By Chris Halsall Published in the Barbados Advocate Business Monday 2008.03.03 CONSUMERS in Barbados who have been early adopters of new telephony offerings should be commended. Not only have they encouraged competition, but some have faced some strange challenges…Imagine that you have just activated your new service, using one of the new competitive providers. You call everyone ... More About: Funny , Competition , Thing
Obama Supporter In Mega-Inspirational Interview
2008-03-03 23:06:00 It is that time again, the eve of another Democratic primary in the United States. We came across the two Youtube videos below which highlight an interview with a Black man whose name is Derrick. His views have in recent weeks captured the undivided attention of anyone who has been fortunate to listen. In a ... More About: Inspirational , Interview , Obama , Mega
Barbados Police Force Being Hoodwinked By Sleazy Tourists
2008-03-03 01:34:00 We have been receiving emails querying the state of negotiations regarding the Royal Shop and Sandy Lane industrial disputes. BU readers may remember that a national strike was recently averted at the eleventh hour when as all Barbadians anticipated, the new Prime Minister David Thompson intervened. The reason offered and accepted by the union we ... More About: Barbados , Police , Force , Tourists , Hoodwinked
Lowdown Hoad Attacks Barbados Media
2008-03-02 13:06:00 Censorship has reduced the Barbadian media to a spineless, wishy-washy affair where adverse comment about certain untouchables is banned from print and talk outlets. Ezra Alleyne has written (and I hope he doesn’t mind being quoted): “Speaking as an attorney-at-law who . . . advises on the law of defamation on a daily basis . ... More About: Media , Barbados , Attacks
Armenia’s Media Freedom Under Threat
2008-03-02 13:04:00 Global Voices blog are reporting that the Republic of Armenia which was previously part of the Soviet Union, because of the current unrest, the country has declared a state of emergency. What the state of emergency means is all media, including blogging has been suspended. All dissemination of news will now flow from ‘official’ ... More About: Freedom , Media , Threat
Lowdown Hoad Attacks Barbados Media
2008-03-01 14:00:00 Censorship has reduced the Barbadian media to a spineless, wishy-washy affair where adverse comment about certain untouchables is banned from print and talk outlets. Ezra Alleyne has written (and I hope he doesn’t mind being quoted): “Speaking as an attorney-at-law who . . . advises on the law of defamation on a daily basis . ... More About: Media , Barbados , Attacks
Barbados Culture Gone Mad?
2008-02-29 09:58:00 We can’t decide if what Lil Ric does is smut or ‘we culture’. Please help us to finalize our opinion. Lil Ric has become very popular in Barbados , we are asking why. His program ‘Guinness Rush Hour’ is one of the most popular programs on 95.3 on the STARCOM Network. No doubt this program rakes ... More About: Culture
Thanks GoWEB
2008-02-29 09:57:00 GoWEB Blog A number of excellent articles by Barbados Underground made it into our Featured Articles this month. We were especially interested in the article “Barbados Light & Power: National Energy Policy Needed”. We believe that the administrators of this blog take their role very seriously. We believe that Barbados Underground is more than ...
The Economics Of The Best Of Barbados Programme.
2008-02-28 11:52:00 Submitted by Adrian Loveridge 28 February 2008 The Barbados Tourism Authority has brought back the Best of Barbados programme for summer 2008, which will run from 1st May until 15th July and then again from 1st September until 30th November. For periods other than September the incentive to purchase the package is a US$200 air credit per ... More About: Economics , Programme
Canada Discriminates Against Caribbean Applicants To Their Skilled Workers
2008-02-27 23:55:00 Canada Federal Skilled Worker (Professional) immigration applications are assessed on six factors. These selection factors are designed to indicate which applicants are likely to become economically established upon immigration to Canada. Each Canada Federal Skilled Worker (Professional) immigration selection factor is allotted a maximum number of points, and applicants must attain at least 67 points ... More About: Caribbean , Workers , Canada
Crop Over 2008 Under Threat
2008-02-27 10:01:00 Who gabby think he is…. I waiting to cuss he stink Who gabby think he is… Before you get all excited and telephone Gabby with the news that Boyce say he gun curse he, the opening you see above are lyrics from Gabby’s own calypso “Who Gabby think he is”. Which brings me to my point, Gabby seems ... More About: Crop , Threat , 2008
The Hair Debate In Los Barbados
2008-02-26 09:27:00 One interpretation saw five students being barred from classes at the Samuel Jackman Prescod Polytechnic (SJPP) last week for wearing locks. But, deputy principal Merton Forde said the students would be allowed back in school if they presented documents proving they were part of the Rastafari faith. “Generally the laws speak to people carrying themselves ... More About: Barbados , Debate , Hair
What Is Wrong With The Barbados Defence Force?
More articles from this author:2008-02-26 00:32:00 The Barbados Defence Force is the name given to the combined armed forces of Barbados. The BDF was established August 15th, 1979, and has responsibility for the territorial defence and internal security of the island. There are three main components of the BDF: Force Headquarters — provided administrative and logistical support for the entire force The Barbados Regiment ... More About: Wrong 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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