Last night, CBC claimed trouble is brewing at Sandy Lane – and the Barbados Workers Union is not at all copacetic with certain changes made at the now-Irish owned hospitality establishment… A quick check with CatererSearch shows there’s a British manager heading the west coast hotel popular with performers and celebrities. But the BWU is [...]

It is always weird when News lands right on your own back yard… Rather in this case behind where my day-job is… According to the Met Office last night had – “A weak surface trough is affecting the island” and this morning? “Weak unstable conditions affecting the island“ The system that ruptured the roof of [...]

I am glad for ex-CBC General Manager Austin “Tom” Clarke’s success in Literature & Theatre, what I want to know is why a book he wrote about Bim, now transformed into a play, runs over in Ottawa, then it’s shipped over to play here? “Toronto’s Obsidian Theatre Company and Barbados-based Frank Collymore Hall will present [...]

Remember when it was shown that not just Brits and Ozzies are wooed to get here to see Mello and fans go nuts between March and April? There’s more… According to NDTV – “The Barbados Tourism Authority is making all efforts to woo the Indian cricket fans to the island nation for the 2007 Cricket [...]

Uh, who is Ann Baker? I dunno, I may seem hostile, but ask Hostel-Bookers… “Ann Baker, a legendary jazz performer, will be performing again at Garfield Sobers in what is possibly the blockbuster show of the festival.” Now, I have heard of ANITA Baker, but where is Garfield Sobers? Ain’t that a baseball player? As [...]

According to the Antigua Sun‘s Nikisha Smith; ” Senator Lenworth Johnson… [says] the Small Business Development Act … should be ready to be sent to [Antigua's] Parliament by the end of February. “[The Senator also noted] … he based it on the Barbados model of the initiative.“ The St John’s reporter added – “Like the [...]

According to EuroSport? Paul Ifill left Sheffield United and joined Crystal Palace for what in Bajan currency is about just over two million dollars!“The Barbadian was placed on [a] transfer list in December after failing to regularly feature in Paul Jewell’s plans, and follows Ade Akinbiyi and David Unsworth out of Bramall Lane.” So Crystal [...]

So, I have heard that the breweries here have been stockpiling their inventory since about September last year to be ready for the Brits and the Ozzies (when the Barmy Army was here last time we ran out of foamy) – at the risk of sounding racist; are we going to stock up on geera [...]

Robyn Fenty came back to her homeland to catch up on old times with her schoolfriends – pretty pedantic bullshit as news goes, huh? As one of my former supervisors at CBC would say, “That’s not SEXY enough” – so how about? Rihanna Goes Wild in Barbados Is that SEXY enough? No, oh, let’s see [...]

Barbados is one of 30 boats expected to duke it out over by Grenada in late January and it was a Bajan who won last year! “All eyes will be on the Barbadian anglers as it was Adrien Johnson, aboard the Legacy out of Barbados, who caught the record-breaking marlin last year.“ Even Bajan cuisine [...]

There is no jet-set in Barbados, especially since the Concorde is on ice, but accrding to the Times-Online, there is a platinum coast of Barbados? “For the point about villa life, especially on Barbados, is that you don?t just rent the villa ? you rent the lifestyle. Ajmal?s glamorous friends might not come as part [...]

In a Reuters report from the MidEast, concerns were expressed as to if Barbados can really make the deadline for CWC 2007… “With just over three months to go before the start of the 2007 cricket World Cup, much of Barbados is scarred by building cranes, road detours and construction sites.“ Obviously the man has [...]

Early last month, the Barbados Surfing Association held elections and they chose the following to be their Executive Committee: President ? Mr. Andrew Lewis; Vice-President ? Mr. Jason Kistoo; Secretary ? Mrs. Margot Tuach and Treasurer ? Mrs. Rachel Roett… But what intrigued me is they have a website;- “The BSA?s website www.bsasurf.net will continue [...]

Happy New Year! I saw very few nightclubs were populated, but quite a few churches had capacity… Meanwhile, one bar here is looking to heat up with ice in March! Over in Canada – there’s a millionaire who is making sure some of his countrymen never forget our gem of the Caribbean sea, there’s a [...]