PAINT ME BARBADOS The island paradise of Barbados will be hosting an exciting art event in February 2010. This is a special Early Bird invitation to all ?en plein air? artists, art groups and communities, artists, arts aficionados, art workshop instructors and art suppliers to participate in this event which involve ?en plein air? excursions [...]

With Caribbean-American Heritage being the national theme for June, Caribbean celebrities are hitting the American mainstream in full force. On June 27th, Trinidad and Tobago’s beloved Soca star Bunji Garlin – known as the ‘Fire Man‘ for his blazing stage performances – is taking over the United States headquarters with Soca in Motion, a birthday [...]

Back in 1992, I decided to supplement my income by selling Amway products and inviting friends or family to be distributors. It did not work out then, I did not dedicate enough time and was easily frustrated (a combo of lack of transport, so called buddies who I allowed to demoralise myself, and even prospects [...]

The first ever geothermal conference in the Eastern Caribbean at the end of June is expected not only to attract at least 75 participants from international agencies but by extension would aid the tourism industry on Nevis. Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment in the Nevis Island Administration (NIA) Mr. [...]

Please click on image for larger representation and easier reading De Carla S. Applewhaite BA UWI Hons. MA Brad.Producer Tel. (246) 417-4780 Fax (246) 417-8903decarla.applewhaite@cavehill.uwi.edu Errol Barrow Centre for Creative ImaginationUniversity of the West IndiesCave Hill CampusSt. MichaelBarbadosBB11000

I saw the first episode of Royal Pains and wondered how they’re going to keep the medical MacGyver thing going… Then with episodes 2 & 3 I was pleasantly shown that’s wrong, this is a kind of humbler version of House – where Hank Lawson does detective work of figuring out the malady with the [...]

Barbados:Premier restaurant guru in unnatural death?Business caught flying our flag upside down. What should be done?Policeman shoots bystander. Opinions?Does Barbados need a sex camp?Swine-flu! Whats the big deal? Region and World:Pregnant man gives birth….againGirl allegedly falls asleep getting 53 tattos on the face when she wanted 3 Business:Myers Briggs Testing. What are you suited to [...]

Media who appeared at the Plantation Garden Theatre recently learned very quickly that Peter Boyce when he belonged to another comedy group was very much the Chief Inmate! Since forging his own way, Peter has created a new tent with not one but many drawing cards and a “bariffle” of Sponsors – Hennessy, Guinness, Banks [...]

Nevisian Health Minister Hensley Daniel continued to assure his fellow Nevisians that his Administration have measures in effect to safely guard against the transmission of the H1N1 (Swine Flu) virus on their island, but public cooperation was necessary. The Minister outlined the measures in place in a televised statement on Nevis Television ahead of the [...]

Phileas Fogg & Passepartout may have globally circumnavigated in 80 days, according to Jules Verne… But I did Bridgetown in 80 minutes and found almost as many interpretations of culture… According to reports from many pals, the opening of Tonya Wiles‘ Hide and Seek last week was spectacular!People that weekend crammed Zemicon Gallery on Hincks [...]

This massacre is a direct result of an abusive implementation of policies included in the US-Peru Free Trade Agreement, by Peru president Alan Garcia who used it as an instrument of corporate corruption and collusion in the genocide of the Indigenous peoples.The Peruvian government is presenting this tragedy as if it was caused by the [...]

R&B sensation Jazmine Sullivan will be rocking the Sumfest stage come Friday, July 24 when Summerfest Productions takes over Catherine Hall in Montego Bay for the 17th staging of the ?Greatest Reggae Show on Earth?, Reggae Sumfest. Johnny Gourzong, Executive Director of Summerfest Productions, says that he was excited that the 20-something year old songstress [...]

The new Barbados Children’s Environmental Action Awards (CEA) programme was announced today by the Graeme Hall Nature Sanctuary. To be awarded four times each year, the CEA Awards encourages and recognises children and children’s groups for their activities that directly preserve and protect terrestrial and marine natural habitats and parklands throughout Barbados for future generations. [...]

The Hope Sanctuary is going to take a spot at this boot sale. Please, please PLEASE !!!! Can you donate Books, Second hand clothes, Knick knacks – whatever, so the Sanctuary can raise funds to help needy pets!!!!! Let them know if you have anything you can part with and they’ll arrange pickup either by [...]

After being silent on the mixtape scene for quite a while Razz & Biggy has returned with their new mix CD, which some entertainment industry insiders have already said, is one of the best in the streets now. ?Razz & Biggy Mix 109? has been injected with some of the most infectious and hard hitting [...]

Dear Comrades: In order to keep you updated of what?s going on regarding our Cuban Five Heroes, herewith, I?m sending you the recent declaration of Ricardo Alarc?n, our President of the National Assembly. This struggle has to continue and we have to guarantee that they return home with their relatives, it is our responsibility to [...]

I want to thank Carla Springer in a rant on Facebook for inspiring me with this one… It’ll put me in a ton of hot water with a good few agencies for my daring to say so, but I am not doing it for me alone, I speak this on behalf of all voice or [...]

Singers Toni Braxton and Neyo are among the top performers added to “the world’s greatest showcase of reggae music,” Reggae Sumfest promoters revealed at a packed New York launch last night. Braxton has won six Grammy Awards and has sold over forty million records worldwide. Executive Director, Johnny Gourzong, made the disclosure to the media [...]

The penultimate leg of the Digicel Kick Start Clinics in the Caribbean concluded on Friday evening at the St. Mary?s Grounds, Port of Spain, with the Digicel Kick Start Clinics Under 17 team defeating a combined Pro League Under 17 side 3-2 in an exciting match. Digicel Kick Start Clinics Head Coach, John Barnes, said [...]

Tafue Lusama is a man with a mission – from a country in crisis. He is a proud Tuvaluan, and although his people (all 10,000 of them) contributed nothing to cause the current accelerating Global Climate Change, they are among the first and worst affected of humanity suffering from it. To state it plain and [...]

2009 is already halfway through… Proof of it as all the Crop Over news, controversies and music butting here and there. Imagine, no rag or flag waving – since you may be spreading Swine Flu! To be fair, a seminar I attended last month did imply depending on the severity of an H1N1 alert, there’s [...]

Music lovers will be treated to a special performance come Saturday, July 25, when both reggae royalty Damian ?Jnr Gong‘ Marley and rap luminary Nas take the stage together for International Night II at Reggae Sumfest. ?It’s not a Nas performance, and it’s not a Damian Marley performance, it’s going to be a Nas and [...]

Digicel announced details of their regional broadcast sponsorship of the FIFA World Cup 2010. Broadcast live, as live and on round-up programmes on terrestrial and cable TV across the Caribbean – football fans can watch up to 274 football matches over the next 13 months, starting with the FIFA Confederations Cup which kicks off on [...]

My thanks to Media-Imran (He used to supply all my Stanford Twenty-20 releases, intriguingly, that site is still running – BTW) for this tidbit from Kaieteur News recently… Guyana, as you know, is the land of giants. But you need not travel to the bush to see the giants. You can see them right in [...]