An agreement has just been finalised with Mr. Owen Bethel, President and Managing Director of the Montague Group and founder of ISLANDS OF THE WORLD FASHION WEEK for the Martha’s Smile – Live Up Collection to be showcased at ISFW 2009! The collection will make its presence on the catwalk which was also graced by [...]

Dramaworks (Barbados) Ltd., the new theatrical company founded in 2008 by the well-known actor and director Patrick Foster, is reaching new heights with its upcoming tour of Caribbean islands. Its production of the acclaimed Derek Walcott play “Pantomime” was such a critical success during its Barbados run in March 2009 that the idea of taking [...]

Trevor Rhone will go down in history as one of the driving forces behind pop-culture fascination with Jamaican music and language. As a co-writer of the groundbreaking 1972 film The Harder They Come, he introduced the American mainstream to the real Jamaica — focusing on the everyday lives of ordinary Jamaicans in their native language, [...]

Yes ? Christmas is around the corner once again! This year, through the sales of our Christmas cards, we hope to be able to make a significant donation towards the purchase of a new incubator, valued at approximately BS$ 24,000.00, for the Neonatal Unit at the QEH Check out the designs below, print out the [...]

Major League BaseballESPN College FootballSportsCenterSportsNationThe Tour Championship Friday, 9/256:00am Mike and Mike in the Morning – Live10:00am ESPN First Take – Live12:00pm SportsCenter – Live1:00pm SportsCenter – Live2:00pm SportsCenter – Live5:00pm Around the Horn5:30pm Pardon the Interruption7:00pm ESPN Friday Night: Boston Red Sox vs New York Yankees – Live Saturday, 9/2610:00am College Gameday – Live12:00pm [...]

It will be a day of fun and excitement when The Barbados Association of Retired Persons (BARP) presents their annual Elders Appreciation Day on Saturday September 26, 2009 at Girls Guides headquarters Belmont Road The theme for the event is “Bridging the Gap” and to do this BARP is having a fun fair which incorporates [...]

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By Tyrone D. Taborn You may not have heard of Dr. Mark Dean. And you aren’t alone. But almost everything in your life has been affected by his work. See, Dr. Mark Dean is a Ph.D. from Stanford University. He is in the National Hall of Inventors. He has more than 30 patents pending. He [...]

For the past 11 years Jamaican singer/songwriter and producer Carlene Davis, whose stellar career spans four decades and includes several chart topping hits, has exclusively used her wealth of musical gifts to instruct in the way of the Lord. On her VP Records debut CD, TRUE WORSHIP, which will be released on October 6, Carlene [...]

Living Water Community is a charitable organization within the Roman Catholic Church which reaches out to the homeless, imprisoned, sick, elderly and families in need. They also offer counseling, religious education and spiritual support through their prayer meetings. Living Water is preparing to build a Pastoral Centre where they can better meet the needs of [...]

Haitian super group Lakol announces their return to the music scene. Lakol 2K10 will reunite original founding members and brothers, Vladimir and Stanley Toussaint and feature a stellar line up of fresh faces including acclaimed Gospel and R?n?B bass player, Marc ?Sexy Beef? Celestin Jr. The driving force behind the new Lakol is iconic lead [...]

Everyone knows Hollis Urban Liverpool as “Chalkdust,” the nickname due to his other profession, an oversimplification of being a schoolteacher… that of a Professor at the University of Trinidad & Tobago, he does not even say he writes songs, he composes ‘academic papers‘ as the twin-island academic refers to it. The Errol Barrow Centre called [...]

Russia is considering opening a full embassy in the Dominican Republic, according to a joint statement issued by the governments of the DR and the Russian Federation following the 7-11 September visit by Foreign Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso to Russia last week. The Ministers noted the positive dynamics in bilateral political, economic and trade ties [...]

As consistent readers would be aware I have a few beefs with Governments of both parties… When we were under the BLP, it was the relocation of Emmerton residents without a by-your-leave or a Town Hall in Strathclyde… With this regime, there are two matters – the deafening silence by the Environment Ministry over the [...]

Submissions Invited For the 2010 Edition – Images of Black Women Film Festival which are Now Open! They’re looking for SHORT FILMS of any genre to take part to our annual competition to support emerging film makers. Cash Prizes for 1st & 2nd winners For eligibility criterion and to find out how to submit your [...]

LIME, one of the Caribbean’s telecoms providers, and MoreMagic Solutions, a leading mobile payment solutions provider, announced friends and family of LIME customers, living outside the Caribbean, are now able to purchase TopUps and transfer the airtime to LIME phones, at Western Union Agent locations throughout the United States. C&W is connected to the MoreMagic [...]

Champion hurdler Ryan Brathwaite returns to Barbados in a sea of cheers & greetings, here are some moments of him passing through Bridgetown, captured by Bajan film-maker Bongo Lights in this specially prepared video.

Many Haitian readers may be aware of the situation which transpired on Saturday, September 12, 2009 at the Ramada Hotel in Sunny Isles. For those of you who are not, a Cocktail glass was thrown onto the stage as T-Vice was finishing up their set and hit Roberto on the head. Immediately 911 were dispatched, [...]

Received the following e-mail from a former Starcom stable-mate who’s had enough of shoddy products and service in Barbados and wants action, not lip-service;- It’s time to cut the talk and get involved. The only way that consumers will get their rights is for consumers themselves to get up and to do something about it. [...]

Jamaicans have been clamouring for top quality family oriented entertainment and now those calls have been answered. NewComm in association with some of Jamaica’s most respected companies has partnered to bring the gripping, nail biting TV game show Digicel Deal or No Deal to Jamaica’s number 1 TV station TVJ.Part game show, part psychological thriller, [...]

The freshest, hippest, NIFCA award winning-est!!! The next generation of Barbadian writing talent will be featured at this month?s installment of the National Cultural Foundation?s Read-IN! This free event will be a great way to kick back and spend an enthralling September Sunday evening. Come out and meet these young writers, show your support and [...]

Jiten Yumnam was arrested recently and his whereabouts are yet to be ascertained. Gov’t is unwilling to share too much information as per my journalist friends based in his home town Imphal. I am attaching a release I made and did not use my name deliberately due to security concerns {NB – Not Damon, another [...]

SOCA-NEWS Invites you to The Second Annual Soca Music Awards Sunday 27th September 2009 @ Holiday Inn London ? Bloomsbury Coram Street, London, WC1N 1HT Tickets are ?40 in advance with limited tickets at ?25 Your ticket price includes a mouth watering Caribbean buffet And a Cockspur Rum reception on arrival To purchase tickets visit [...]

I’d like to thank one of the vigilant crew at the Hope Sanctuary for this fascinating bit of medical technology… Imagine using what a cop normally uses to bust drunk drivers, only the perpetrator is not human… Israel science has developed a breathalyser with an 86% accurate means to detect cancer in the lungs, according [...]