TIFF Co-director Cameron Bailey who is Barbadian-Canadian, speaking at the Launch of CaribbeanTales Worldwide Distribution, flanked by Trinidadian filmmaker and CTWD Founder/CEO Frances-Anne Solomon, and Dr Keith Nurse CTWD Board Chair. Some of the filmmakers present included Mary Wells of Jamaica, Tony Hall of Trinidad and Tobago, Sharon Lewis of Toronto, and Allison Saunders of [...]

Jamaican-Canadian Producer and Actor Tonya Lee Williams, with Barbadian Filmmaker and Director of the Bridgetown Film festival Mahmood Patel (left) and Rubadiri Victor, artist and filmmaker from Trinidad (right). Caribbean filmmakers descended on Toronto in numbers for the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) held at various venues around Toronto from September 9th to 19th. These [...]

Barbadian filmmaker and producer Penelope Hynam, with CTWD Director Dr Terrence Farrell, and CTWD Board Chair Dr Keith Nurse.

Complemented by the fact that ‘our Leader – The Hon. Mia Amor Mottley, Q.C., M.P., is saying something new; something relevant; something better and something more progressive – that will definitely take Barbados forward,’ when our Nomination and Candidate Selection Process is complete, we would have put together: “A Dynamic, United, Competent and Disciplined Team” [...]

Just like the 9/11 first responders’ health care bill that was “snatched from the jaws of victory” by the Senate, another seemingly popular bill can’t become a law. The problem lies with both Republicans and Democrats acting like a**holes, as Stewart so artfully put it, beginning with Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin (D-Mich) [...]

After months of voting, the top sixteen dropped to ten, and then five and then two, which became one on Sunday night. After a two hour performance show with an all Rising Stars cast line up and few collaborations with popular artistes such as Cherine Anderson, Turbulence and Khago, the final two contestants realised that [...]

You’d recall we carried a couple of flyers concerning a movie and seminar at the Olympus Theatres (no longer owned by Phil Harden – a check on Facebook suggests it’s now under CEO John Morgan), and therefore it’s only natural to want to know WHO is the next Barbados actor or actress to go to [...]

The second T20 Masters Tournament for cricketers 35 and over is all laced up and raring to swing by the end of this October and into early November, now rebranded as the Clobi Cup World Masters Tournament it has drawn many co-sponsors including Banks Beer, Virgin Atlantic and Digicel. CLOBI is Cricket Legends of Barbados [...]

On behalf of Our Tribe: We cannot sit still and be quiet anymore in a situation that urges action. These photos were taken by a photographer who cannot be identified because his life is at risk. This is a genocide that is happening in Brazil, in a state ruled by President Lula’s political party (PT)*. [...]

Televisions, stereo sets, digital video discs [DVD], air-condition units, speakers and refrigerators are among items recently recovered by members of the Royal St. Christopher and Nevis Police Force following what has been described as “a spate of burglaries on Nevis.” Sergeant Alanzo Carty of the Nevis division of the federation’s Police Force, in an interview [...]

In the Charter of this United Nations, our countries pledged to work for “the promotion of the economic and social advancement of all peoples.” In the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, we recognized the inherent dignity and rights of every individual, including the right to a decent standard of living. And a decade ago, at [...]

Tonight in the Careenage Bar of The Hilton Hotel stars one of our “freshest” R&B and soul artistes, Wesu Wallace. Some of you may have heard his new single “So Fresh” in rotation on Love 104.1 FM so come out and hear him LIVE tonight from 7:30pm – 10:30pm. There is no admission and tonight [...]

Made it my business to check back with Police concerning that frightening incident in the City where Mob rule prevailed. It is not looking good for the man who was tied to the post… Forty-eight year old Rawle Harlon Gibbs of Spruce Street in the City has been charged with rape of a Minor, Police [...]

Royal Fidelity is a subsidiary of RBC which operates with Fidelity Merchant Bank in much the same way Barclays and CIBC are First Caribbean in the West Indies. They have decided to create an opportunity to respect the people who made them able to count numbers so well – teachers. The Royal Fidelity National Distinguished Teachers’ Awards [...]

This little dog is either lost or abandoned and urgently needs a foster home or a permanent home. He was a bit disoriented when first found but seems to have caught himself for the most part and and appears to be in good condition. He is not a young dog but is very social with [...]

{EDITOR’S NOTE: It seems that the ruling DLP did assist this time around in the Barbados Clean Up, was it because they were ridiculed last year for absence or was it to seek advance Brownie points ahead of the CADRES poll? Were the MPs’ motives altruistic or establishing succession rights?} Residents of the Nightengale Children’s [...]

Leader of the Opposition of Barbados – The Hon. Mia Amor Mottley, Q.C., M.P., has accepted an invitation from the Chamber of Commerce and Industry to deliver the Feature Address at the Chamber’s Luncheon next Wednesday, September 29th 2010 at Hilton Barbados, Needham’s Point, St. Michael. It is expected that Miss Mottley will speak on [...]

BARP’s 3rd annual Elders Appreciation Day Fun Fair this Saturday 25th September in the grounds of The Girl Guides Headquarters at Pax Hill, Belmont Road, This Event is designed to recognise the contributions the Elderly persons have made to the community, our theme this year is “Protect, Serve, Connect”. This event promises to be the [...]

VP Records teams up with Wax Poetics Magazine to celebrate the launch of their reggae-oriented edition, Reggae Issue 43, available statewide immediately. The New York City celebration takes place at the Happy Ending Lounge on Thursday, September 23, and the Washington, D.C. soiree happens at Patty Boom Boom on Wednesday, September 29, 2010. VP Records [...]

COMMANDER D’ORIENT: I grew up next door to the ‘Hastings Bath‘! It used to belong to the Chandlers, the house is still there, I believe it’s the Scrabble headquarters – but the ‘bath‘ – meaning the bridge and the house at the end… is long gone!

Late Tuesday afternoon, the BWA completed repairing the main at Roebuck Street, the City. The water is being turned on gradually to allow the pressure in the main to build up slowly. No further leaks have been seen. Again the Authority apologises to its customers for the interruptions in service and thanks them for their [...]

Promotional Minisode #5 of the Dominion Web Series; Starring: Sean Michael Field, BJ Jeroy, Aaron Peever; Music by Justin Durban; Dominion Theme Music by Damian Sanchez; Sound Mixing by Andre Philips Written by Andrew Stoute and Rodney Smith Directed, Filmed and Edited by Rodney Smith Follow them on facebook!!

{EDITOR’S NOTE – Maybe I am insane, maybe there’s something I’m missing… If so, Digicel has it wrong too – otherwise when dealing with Haiti why is the Irish-based Mobile company concentrating on schools, mobile money services and other ways to help Haitians, so really… Is Tourism gonna save Haiti now? Is anyone going to [...]

18 YOUNG PEOPLE from 10 nations head to Haiti next month to be a part of the relief work that continues in that nation following the earthquake devastation of January this year. The team, led by Barbadian missionaries Janelle Noel and Laura Applewhite along with Haitian missionary Daniel Noel will focus its efforts in the [...]