This was the most stirring rendition in Photography, an excellent commentary against a global evil.

This a relative of popular Bajan author Orlando Marville – whose own cousin is Leah Marville, the former Beauty Queen… Bernardine had herself immortalised by master sculptor Karl Broodhagen when she was younger, this was taken at Queen’s Park earlier this month.

Taken at Kensington Oval. here’s Gorg, Anderson “Blood” Armstrong, Khiomal Nurse and Nahtalee in background…

Just when you feel you you know 98% of the Universe, that’s when the other 2% proves it’s a next 101% for you to assimilate. As a Bajan constable doffs cap and quaffs beverage, if he’d look above he’d see a mischievous 24 party-goer taking revelry to new heights…

What is Crop Over anymore? We have no real sugar industry to shout about anyway – from the time Errol Barrow opened his yap when winning 1987 elections and went on about being no satellites to any cowboys (meaning Reagan) then the USA stopped importing sugar from Barbados like before, then Tate & Lyle ate away at [...]

Rihanna, for all of her sluttiness, is a Bajan export – even if she hardly relays that info now, perhaps to our intense relief… The Merry Men, Spice & Co, Square One, Krosfyah, Alison Hinds and Li’l Rick are all well known exporters of Barbadian music – be it the Super Bowl, Toronto’s Caribana, USA’s [...]

Bajans did not know it, but Technical Delegate Yue Yan and Sports Director Olaf Veltman from the International Amateur Boxing Association (AIBA) visited a number of hotels and facilities in the country to verify we can handle the flood for when the Women’s World Boxing Championships happen in September… Luckily, we met the requirements with regards to [...]

Usually after the Winter season for Tourism, art in Barbados is scarcer than locating a mythical winner for the current Super Lotto with its ever-climbing jackpot (It was last at $9-mil. plus, oh babies!)… This Crop Over, however, finds art overloading the culture-meter and both within and without from the City environs! Starting from the outer bands of Bridgetown [...]

Grace, Libby’s and Goya Corned Beef sold in St. Kitts and Nevis have been pronounced safe to consume. The products were pulled from the shelves last month after the animal drug, Ivermectin had been found in samples of the product manufactured by Brazilian firm SIF 337. The Consumer Affairs Department via the St. Kitts and [...]

I tend to think CSI on television is a bit overpopulated with all of its tightly bound versions, did you ever see David Letterman’s spoof on CSI? He added more versions and every one starts about a dead body discovered… Well, reel life compared with Real Life is quite a bit different! One of the [...]

UPDATE: Stephen Moyer appeared on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno on July 17, 2010 and spoke about The Battle of the Fang TRUE BLOOD FANS HAVE ALREADY RAISED OVER $14,000! True Blood fans come together in a contest to benefit charities chosen by Stephen Moyer and Alexander Skarsgård (Bill Compton and Eric Northman in HBO’S True [...]

With a decade long tradition of bringing the best of the Caribbean to the Garden State, the New Jersey International Reggae Fest has captured Roots Reggae’s fearless but humble shining soldier to celebrate their 10th Anniversary on August 15th. Rastafarian singer and songwriter Tarrus Riley‘s conscious and inspiring messages have helped reenergize Roots Reggae and [...]

Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology of North Carolina University Dr. Scott Fitzpatrick described the excavation site of a Pre Columbian Amerindian settlement at Coconut Walk, as one which held untold stories of Nevis’ history. The Professor made the disclosure in after his visit to the site which is under investigation by [...]

If you’re familiar with science fiction, and even more so Star Trek, then the once bad-guys and now bad-asses, the Klingons had an axiom of “Focus on but one target (wa’ DoSneHyIbuS)” and that’s just what nine calypsonians will do on July 30, deliver 2 songs focussing on one target of victory – the near [...]

ANONYMOUS PROLOGUE – SUBMITTED WITH STATEMENT You would recall that in its 2008 manifesto, the Democratic Labour Party gave a commitment that it would treasure this country’s seniors in their golden years and further stated that it is committed to caring for all Barbadians in their senior years. Members of the Barbados Association of Retired [...]

Why do Caribbean people allow their leaders to to frustrate the course of regional unity? This query was posed by Barbados’ Minister of Agriculture, Senator Haynesley Benn, a former graduate of UWI’s Cave Hill Executive Master’s of Business Administration – he delivered the commencement address for the grads of Cohort 5 at the Cave Hill School [...]

Slinger Francisco is the most famous Grenadian-born of Trinidad & Tobago. Everybody knows him better as the Mighty Sparrow, he was due to come to Barbados about a fortnight ago, but complications related to his diabetes prevented him from reaching our shores. Spurring even further grist for rumor mills was when “Birdy,” as he is [...]

International reggae artiste, Jah Cure and his An.Ti.Dote Band are Sumfest ready. The artiste who is scheduled to perform on International Night 1, alongside the likes of Etana, Queen Ifrika and Hezron, has been busy rehearsing his set and is fine-tuning his slew of hits specially for the Sumfest Stage. Jah Cure, who recently returned [...]

Michael Franti & Spearhead will spread some sunshine this fall when they embark on “The Sound of Sunshine Tour” across North America in support of Franti’s upcoming album, THE SOUND OF SUNSHINE, to be released September 21st through Capitol Records/Boo Boo Wax. The album’s title track and first single, “The Sound of Sunshine”, just hit [...]

These 2 small male neutered dogs were found on 13 July 2010 up Maxwell Hill, close to Top Rock Roundabout They were extremely scared and nervous as you can see by the poster, the photo of them on the poster was taken on 14 July 2010. John Tempro came to their rescue and they are [...]

Answering the plea from thousands of Bajans, Alan Sheppard has come back for Crop Over! The same posse who wowed the Globe Drive In will be assembled again, minus party poopers Dean Straker & Roger Foster, who stated they will not be performing again… It’s just 4 days before our second ever 24 Hour Soca [...]

Are you the next Walcott? Naipaul? Lamming? C.L.R. James? Olive Senior? Then you need to prepare for the 7th Caribbean Creative Writers’ Residential Workshop sponsored by THE CROPPER FOUNDATION, and organised in partnership with the Department of Creative and Festival Arts, and the Department of Liberal Arts, The University of the West Indies, St Augustine, [...]

Essex born actor Stephen Moyer, star of the HBO hit series True Blood created by Alan Ball, has lent his name to the “Stephen Moyer Kids Theatre Fund” founded by Brentwood Theatre in Essex.  Mr. Moyer became patron of the theatre in 2007.   Since then, numerous fans from all over the world have not only made generous [...]

Digicel just launched the Digicel Kick Start Clinics 2010, once again featuring former England and Liverpool legend, John Barnes, as Head Coach. Kicking off on July 20th in Trinidad & Tobago, before moving on to Panama, El Salvador and Honduras, the third Digicel Kick Start Clinics will see 100 talented young footballers receive expert coaching [...]

The devastating earthquake in Haiti six months ago, and the Tivoli Gardens Crisis in Jamaica provided real life experiences for Captain Kayode Sutton of the St. Kitts and Nevis Defence Force (SKNDF) who recently returned to the Federation from an extensive regional training exercise. Captain Sutton attended the five month Caribbean Junior Command and Staff [...]