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Plans To Build Another Marina In St. Peter Quietly Taking Root
2008-06-10 00:23:00 Heywoods Beach, St. Peter Being Prepared For Marina Development? Submitted by BU Family Member The BU family has been held extremely busy in recent weeks. It might explain our erratic scheduling of blogs on BU. We have not had a chance to read today’s news in print but received a note from our reliable source who corresponds ... More About: Plans , Build , St Peter , Root
Family Unit Maybe Under Threat: Barbados Government To Lower Age Of Consent
2008-06-08 13:24:00 Image Source: Nation Newspaper The recent announcement by the government that they intend to lower the age of consent from eighteen years old to sixteen has caused many Barbadians to flicker eye-brows. The decision if promulgated will see sixteen year olds being able to seek medical attention without the consent of their parents. While the BU ... More About: Family , Government , Barbados , Lower , Threat
Lowdown Hoad The Philosopher Says, We Are Family
2008-06-07 23:20:00 It has been awhile since we have featured our favourite columnist Richard ‘Lowdown’ Hoad. In his latest column he gets down-right philosophical. Did we detect some frustration as he wishes for a reality that will never be? We hope that our main man Lowdown knows that there is a price which mankind and mankind ... More About: Family , Philosopher
Public Service Vehicles Continue to Cause Mayhem On Barbados Roads
2008-06-06 04:50:00 Image Source Nation Newspaper Yesterday 75 year old Gusfield “Gus” Joseph formerly of Foul Bay, St. Philip was killed in a smash-up with minibus B76, reported to be driven by Bernard Atkins, 34, of Maxwell Hill, Christ Church. Based on what we have heard and read, Mr. Joseph was a naturalized Barbadian citizen who has made ... More About: Barbados , Public Service , Public , Service , Vehicles
Dah Cyan Happen Here
2008-06-06 02:07:00 The local newspaper which Barbadians have supported over the years but which has failed the PEOPLE more and more of late is at it again. In today’s version the newspaper was encouraged to print the story that the Holetown Beach is scheduled for a $5.5 million beach upgrade. The reason given for the upgrade by ...
Primary Comes Before Secondary ~ Educational System Failing Our Infants
2008-06-04 07:46:00 The educational system of Barbados was placed under the microscope by erudite BU family member Bush tea, when he submitted a thought provoking analysis rebutting the call by Peter Wickham et al to abolish the 11 plus examination on May 15, 2008. We are sure that the elevated discussion which ensued would have benefited readers ... More About: System , Educational , Infants , Primary
Senator Barack Obama, We Congratulate You!
2008-06-04 07:41:00 The BU household offers profuse congratulations to presumptive Democratic Party nominee to run for President of the United States. Although his opponent Senator Hillary Clinton has not followed the script and cleared the stage for the first African American presidential nominee to take the spotlight, we understand her disappointment. It has been a long ... More About: Barack Obama , Barack , Obama
Mia Mottley Through The Years
2008-06-03 06:20:00 Personally, I think considering that is now established that women are outstripping men professionally, academically and financially, we can finally finish with this foolishness of trying to look like one of the guys to be taken seriously. It is just fine to look like a woman and embrace style and attractive cuts and colours because ... More About: Years
Call For Terry Mayers Annual Memorial Day To Heighten Asthma Awareness In B
2008-06-02 01:49:00 The untimely death of freelance journalist Terry Mayers which was triggered by a violent asthma attack should serve to raise the national discussion about asthma. The increasing numbers of people who suffer from the condition has made asthma a household word. How many of us are educated to what is the condition? Asthma is a chronic condition ... More About: Awareness , Memorial Day , Call , Memorial
Not Too Late For Barbados To Enact Alternative Energy Plan, Media Must Awak
2008-05-31 04:45:00 Source: Wikipedia:Brent Spot … the days of being able to ‘choose’ the most economic solutions are about to end. (Crude now $128.88 per barrel) Common sense now dictates that countries and individuals are best advised to seek energy options that are under their political control. Our world is just one major terrorist (or critical natural) event- ... More About: Media , Barbados , Energy , Alternative , Alternative Energy
Guyana Officials Fingered In Criminal Purging
2008-05-29 04:12:00 Private hit squad founder Shaheed Roger Khan is to be investigated at home for nearly 200 murders he allegedly committed during a five-year killing spree at the height of his operations in Guyana . We find it interesting that that the online newspaper Caribbean360.com would be carrying a story of a Guyanese named Shaheed Roger Khan, ... More About: Criminal
We Shall Overcome
2008-05-29 02:51:00 Dear BU Family We blog with a heavy heart tonight. We have long ago accepted the reality as to why we committed to start Barbados Underground (BU) in 2007. In the heat of the last general election we came face to face with the sacrifice we will have to make if we are to continue BU. ... More About: Overcome
Is Grantley Adams International Airport Now The Most Expensive To Use In Th
2008-05-29 00:21:00 Book one month in advance and the cheapest fare with LIAT to St. Kitts from Barbados is US$145 each way (US$290 return), but then add on the additional charges to the single sector. US$21.75 Sales tax US$15 Passenger Facility Tax US$27.50 Airport Development tax US$2.50 Airport Authority tax US$18.75 Fuel and Insurance surcharge Total US$85.50 Therefore Government is collecting a massive ... More About: International , Adams , Most Expensive
Mia Mottley Swimming Against Historical Tide
2008-05-28 11:52:00 The BU household was engaged in an animated conversation at the dinner table last night. We will not bother the BU family with all the details, but we felt there was a point made which provoked some passionate responses which we would share. Many of us have observed that most leaders of countries are preoccupied with ... More About: Swimming , Historical , Tide
Sir Richard Cheltenham’s Vanishing Act In The Jippy Doyle Affair
2008-05-27 11:34:00 Our tireless local media has been reporting for the last seven years about the routine adjournments of a rape case which sees the charismatic and popular Pastor Jippy Doyle at the centre. BU family members who are not familiar with this case can have a quick read. In a nutshell Pastor Jippy Doyle has been ... More About: Richard , Vanishing , Affair
Houses Built On Sandy Ground Cannot Stand ~ Where Is Our Building Code?
2008-05-26 12:22:00 A new DLP administration will commit to providing incentives to new and existing small and medium size players to come into the sector. We will honour a previous commitment to ensure that at least 40% of all government’s procurement requests for goods and services are reserved for sourcing from small and medium size enterprises. Source: DLP ... More About: Building , Houses , Ground , Code , Stand
Comments Policy
2008-05-26 01:56:00 We have received tons of email and comments in recent days regarding how some BU family members feel about the tone of some of the comments being posted. We fully expect that given some of the topics which we have attempted to deal with that comments may sometimes straddle certain ’standards’ set by some. We ... More About: Comments , Policy
Of Men, Their Egos and The True Nature of Development
2008-05-24 22:20:00 Ian Walcott, (B. Sc., M.A., M.Sc.) lectures and consults with leading local and regional companies in the discipline of Project Management. He is one of the founding members of the Barbados Chapter of the Project Management Institute. Mr. Walcott was also instrumental in conceptualizing the Caribbean & Latin American Conference on Project Management which has become ... More About: Nature , Development , True
Terry Mayers Remembered, May He Rest In Peace
2008-05-24 03:04:00 Over the past weeks and months the BU family would have read the repeating theme of family, family and family. We did not known Terry Mayers very well but we had reason to interact with him on a few occasions. His unswerving commitment to his profession and family stood out on all occasions. They say that ... More About: Peace , Rest In Peace , Rest
Barbadians Continue To Voice Disgust At The Carnage Taking Place On The Wes
2008-05-23 22:37:00 Submitted by Sundowner The Sands Hotel - described by BU commenter as a monstrosity! I’m constantly hearing comments from tourists and residents alike regarding the construction on the Island, especially The Sands (see pics above), its too large for its spot and overwhelming from both the road and the beach, I’ve heard it described as a monstrosity/ugly/hideous…….no t ... More About: Voice , Place , Disgust , Taking , Carnage
High Octane West Coast Development May Sabotage Barbados Economy
2008-05-23 01:53:00 The BU household will hold former Prime Minister Owen Arthur and Minister of Tourism Noel ‘Barney’ Lynch guilty of permanently disfiguring the West Coast of Barbados . We will stretch it further and state that it will be the legacy of the former Barbados Labour Party government. It has become an every day occurrence to ... More About: Economy , Development
Homosexual Agenda Gaining Ground In Barbados
2008-05-22 12:33:00 In contrast to earlier times, our state now recognizes that an individual’s capacity to establish a loving and long-term committed relationship with another person and responsibly to care for and raise children does not depend upon the individual’s sexual orientation,” George wrote for the majority in ringing language that delighted gay rights activists. Source: MSNBC It seems ... More About: Barbados , Ground , Agenda , Gaining , Homosexual agenda
Clive Lloyd Shames The Caribbean
2008-05-21 08:15:00 The right image shows one of the icons of West Indies cricket, former West Indies cricket captain Clive Lloyd with his wife when things were good. Based on media reports he is in the midst of a messy divorce which involves Bertha Joseph seen in the image on the left. Why have we focused ... More About: Caribbean , The Caribbean
The Hour Of Decision For The Labour Rights Movement In Barbados
2008-05-21 07:18:00 In anticipation of the rising cost of living, Sir Roy Trotman the venerable head of the Barbados Workers Union (BWU) has signaled that he will be expecting double digit wage settlements on behalf of his workers. He made his expectation known at the recent May Day celebration held at Browne’s beach in St. ... More About: Rights , Labour , Decision , Hour
Queen Elizabeth Hospital Wailing In Pain
2008-05-20 12:44:00 On May 16, 2008 BU featured Chris Halsall’s submission which questioned what he viewed as a few inaccuracies printed in the Advocate newspaper. Although he conceded on one point he has remained steadfast on the other points that he raised. At the prompting of a BU family member, and in the same vain as Chris ... More About: Queen Elizabeth , Hospital , Pain , Queen , Elizabeth
Are Caribbean Government’s Really Serious About Growing Intra Regional Tr
2008-05-20 00:21:00 Attempting to practice what I preach, I have just returned from a week on St. Lucia. It wasn’t all pleasure. I managed to visit over 40 hotels including witness at first-hand the current progress of the new Raffles, Ritz-Carlton, Cap Maison, Landings and Westin Le Paradis Hotel and property developments and the expansion of Rodney ... More About: Caribbean , Regional , Growing
Opera Telecom, Cable & Wireless Limited, Fair Trading Commission And Fo
2008-05-20 00:21:00 Does the BU family remember the issue of Opera Telecom which was ‘flogged’ by Adrian Loveridge in the Bajan blogosphere a few months back? Back then the Nation newspaper and the Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) advertised a game of chance called Lucky Numbers which was sponsored by Opera Telecom. Despite repeated calls to the ... More About: Wireless , Trading , Fair
Solar Energy In Barbados, Barbadians Being Short Changed
2008-05-18 00:24:00 The following was submitted by a member of the BU family. We have published with minor edits in the interest of creating greater public awareness on the importance for all stakeholders in Barbados to pursue a sustainable energy strategy. We are sure that Keith Headley (the son of the late Oliver Headley, solar energy pioneer), ... More About: Energy , Solar , Solar energy , Short
Chris Halsall’s Open Letter To Barbados Media Houses
2008-05-17 01:17:00 Dir sirs. This is an open letter to the Barbados Advocate, and others. This may be distributed and/or reprinted by anyone who receives it. I do hope and expect that the errors and corrections noted below will appear in the Advocate. On page 14 of the Barbados Advocate, dated 2008.05.14 an article penned by one Kerrie Bynoe ... More About: Media , Houses , Open , Letter
Should We Hire Peter Wickham As A Consultant In Education?
More articles from this author:2008-05-16 03:49:00 Submitted by Bush tea It seems that Barbados’s resident expert on everything from homosexuality, to God and now China has turned his attention to the 11 plus exam and specifically to its abolition. It seems that every day now, Wickham has been using his VOB provided call-in platform to insult and down cry the process used ... More About: Education , Hire , Consultant , Peter 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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