Tag Archives: West Coast

  1. Barbados Coast Guard quells blaze on West Coast – RBPF now probing cause

    On Sunday April 22, 2012, about 1.15 pm, RBPF received a report that a vessel was on fire at sea, off the west coast of Barbados. Personnel from the Barbados Coast Guard were dispatched to investigate the fire. From initial investigations, the yacht ‘Big Deal’ owned by Sidney Brooker of Frere Pilgrim, Christ Church was [...]

    April 22, 2012Crime, TravelNo comments
  2. #BARBADOS #WATER AUTHORITY – Pump Stoppage at #Warleigh Station

    The Barbados Water Authority informs residents of some St. Peter districts that it will cease pumping from its Warleigh station on Saturday, April 21st between 10:00 am and 2:00 pm. The shutdown is to allow the BWA to repair a leak and install a number of valves in the network connected to this facility. The [...]

    April 20, 2012TechnologyNo comments
  3. Ryerson University Alumni Reception & Information Night #ryerson #university #canada #colonyclub #barbados

    Tyler Forkes, Executive Director of Alumni Relations, looks forward to sharing news and updates about the many exciting initiatives taking place at Ryerson today. A representative from Undergraduate Admissions and Recruitment will also be at this event to speak with current applicants and prospective students.

    April 20, 2012Education, TravelNo comments
  4. #Barbadians still doing a ting as IRON MIC! continues this weekend at Thump Monkey! #adlib #barbados #comedy #improv #poetry #spokenword

    This week we are inviting master artists Dy Browne and Na La, also affectionately known as Ting and Ting, to come do them ting at we ting. Come experience light-hearted sketches and acts thick with talent from these two veterans. Also that night more action to entertain your eardrum as D.J Mainframe drops the recording [...]

    April 17, 2012Arts, MusicNo comments
  5. Don Small exhibition at Gallery of Caribbean Art: Sunday 22nd April, 5pm to 8pm #speightstown #barbados #art #painting

    Monday – Friday, 9.30am to 4.30pm and Saturday, 9.30am to 2.00pm www.artgallerycaribbean.com Call them; 246-419-0858

    April 11, 2012Galleries, Photo GalleryNo comments
  6. TRANSPORT BOARD OF #BARBADOS INTRODUCES A TRANSFER SYSTEM FOR SELECT ROUTES TO THE NORTH OF THE ISLAND #SPEIGHTSTOWN #VEHICULAR #TRANSIT

    Barbados’ Transport Board will be implementing a Hub and Spoke (transfer system) operating from the Speightstown Terminal. Effective April 15th, all passengers travelling to select locations in the north of the island, will be transported from the Princess Alice Terminal to the Speightstown Terminal on the Connelltown and Speightstown services ONLY. Persons will then transfer [...]

    April 4, 2012Events, TravelNo comments
  7. Spoken Word Poetry of Barbados – IRON MIC! returns to its weekly format at new home #barbados #spokenword #poetry #westcoast #thumpmonkey

    IRON MIC will feature special guests from UK based group urbanflo showcasing some visual art and spoken word from over and away. Also the Crowd Challenge returneth, so bring words, objects, anything! you believe can stump those mystical, magical, Mic Check minds… Still got the open mic, still got all de featured fellas, still got [...]

    April 2, 2012Controversy, Culture, Photo GalleryNo comments
  8. Barbados Polo – Deejay saved my Life? Gero makes Lion Castle roar! #barbadospolo #unitedkingdom #nissanbarbados #bulova #barkeeping #discotheque

    There’s not a problem that I can’t fix ‘Cause I can do it in the mix And if your man gives you trouble, just move out on a double And you don’t let it trouble your brain ‘Cause away goes trouble down the drain Indeep – Last Night A DJ Saved My Life Lyrics This [...]

    March 25, 2012PoloNo comments
  9. “BOB MARLEY: THE MAKING OF A LEGEND” #reggae #cinema #documentary #bobmarley #barbados – SAT 24th MARCH, 11:00 AM, LIMEGROVE CINEMA

    MAKING ITS CARIBBEAN PREMIERE IN BARBADOS! at LIMEGROVE CINEMA – SAT 24TH MARCH 11AM THE NEW DOCUMENTARY HIT ON THE FILM FESTIVAL CIRCUIT “BOB MARLEY: THE MAKING OF A LEGEND“ PRODUCED & DIRECTED BY ESTHER ANDERSON & GIAN GODOY (90 mins) Unique perspective on the Jamaica of young Bob Marley, including footage from the early [...]

    March 19, 2012Cinema, Music, Photo Gallery1 comment
  10. Barbados Polo – First Citizens Barbados Open, 15 March: Holders Hill

    Range Rover rolls to victory after sudden-death goal By Michael Phillips For the fourth straight day of play, yet another game was forced into sudden death in this year’s edition of the First Citizens Barbados 10-Goal Open Polo Tournament. Playing at the Holders Polo Ridge, Danny Atwell scored the tie-breaker for the Range Rover team [...]

    March 18, 2012Featured, Polo, Video GalleryNo comments
  11. Ellerton Gospel Hall: fea’s. Canadian soprano, Sarah-Jane MacCaull & Composer James McConnel – Sun. 25 March

    Great news for music lovers! It’s Holders Season from March 17 to 31, featuring nine different performances of a variety of musical styles in the elegant splendour of the original plantation house on Holders Hill. This as the Ellerton Gospel Hall developed a special relationship with the same Holders Season, and last year hosted two [...]

    March 17, 2012MusicNo comments
  12. First Citizens’ Barbados Open faces Major Challenge: Bruce Bayley in Accident; Possibly sidelined for Balance of Season, maybe longer

    Huge get well wishes to former Olympic Yachtsman, Insurance innovator and Polo enthusiast Bruce Bayley. In the first two minutes of play over the weekend, Bruce experienced the full force of those Weapons of Mass Destruction, the brawny sinews which are the triceps and biceps of Cheshire’s Oli Taylor – which this Online newspaper spoke to a few [...]

    March 14, 2012PoloNo comments
  13. You’re Excused while you Kiss the Sky: Channelling Pollock & Kahlo, Grenada raised Asher Mains infuses “Dreaducation” with Bob Marley’s lyrics

    “What she was not quite so successful in overcoming was her strenuous love/hate relationship with Rivera, which came to occupy her time and her life almost as much as her painting.” – Roland E. Zwick, IMDb.com on the late Frida Kahlo – critiquing the Salma Hayek film of 2002 “As romantic as it may sound, [...]

    March 14, 2012Culture, Review2 comments
  14. Sir Charles Williams celebrates 40th Birthday of Polo Team Player at Apes Hill, Barbados

    Sir Charles alias COW (initials: Chas. Othneil Wllms.) in cap and red shirt in the video, photo is separate item – here’s a taste of the Barbados Open’s After Party, next segment at Lion Castle 13/3/2012 – Pablo Crespin (who trained with Martin Aguirre) is full time staff at the former Waterhall stables, which is [...]

    March 13, 2012Polo, Video GalleryNo comments
  15. Polo in Barbados – First Citizens Open Tournament 2012 minus Clifton

    Stewart Gill of the CIBC First Caribbean team, Nicholas Mackie – head of Courtesy Garage, a Main Sponsor along with First Citizens Bank & Roddy Williams from The First Group with a deadly handicap of 5 (10 is best while 0 is essentially a beginner) address different aspects of the First Citizens Open Tournament which [...]

    March 8, 2012Polo, Video GalleryNo comments
  16. Repairs in St Andrew, St James & St Michael being conducted by Barbados Water Authority on March 6th, 2012

    The Barbados Water Authority revealed as of Tuesday 6th March they’re carrying out new repairs to the following areas affected by burst mains: • a 3-inch in Bawdens, St. Andrew • a 3-inch in Pillersdorf, St. Michael • a 4-inch in Pine Road, St. Michael and • investigating a suspected burst in Orchid Road, Sunset [...]

    March 6, 2012Business, TechnologyNo comments
  17. CIBC First Caribbean Come Away Winners Of Piper-Heidsieck 4 Goal Tournament

    It proved to be a very competitive tournament, but by the end of it all CIBC First Caribbean stood out as the class act in the recent Piper-Heidsieck 4 Goal Tournament hosted by the Lion Castle Polo Club. With eight teams entered and featuring a mixture of local, English and Argentinean players, the tournament saw [...]

    February 27, 2012PoloNo comments
  18. Sure’n Begorrah! ‘Tis St Patrick’s Day with Barbados’ Merrymen for The Ark: Fundraiser at Mahogany Ridge, March 17th

    If one recalls the erstwhile Lancaster Gallery, it’s a bit past there in same direction towards Apes Hill

    February 24, 2012Music, Photo GalleryNo comments
  19. PROSTATE MARKSMEN COMPLETE ATLANTIC ROW IN SUPPORT OF CHARITY WITH UK’S MARKS & SPENCER

    A team of four ex-Royal Marines are celebrating today after completing their Atlantic row challenge over the weekend, raising a phenomenal £120,000 for The Prostate Cancer Charity. On 14th December, the four-man boat, named HM&S Twiggy, departed the Canary Islands for Barbados. 65 days, 2604 miles and 2,880 boiled sweets later, the team arrived in [...]

    February 21, 2012SportsNo comments
  20. Theft & Drugs – Royal Barbados Police Force busy in Season of Love: Trio sentenced & close to 300 lbs of Cannabis seized

    An operation was conducted on the morning of Wednesday 15th February 2012 by the Police Drug Squad, assisted by the Barbados Coast Guard at Enterprise, Christ Church, where 246.4 lbs of cannabis concealed in 5 plastic containers and a fishing boat were seized. One Barbadian national was taken into custody. Investigations are continuing… In the meantime [...]

    February 18, 2012CrimeNo comments
  21. Former Tourism Minister Urges Barbados Labour Party Candidates to go to Work

    The Barbados Labour Party (BLP) riding of St James South was in for a rare treat when listening to the advice and experiences of Sir Richard “Johnny” Cheltenham, not only a former Tourism Minister under both the late Tom Adams but also with the current Opp. Leader Owen Arthur – he spoke recently at Queen’s [...]

    February 17, 2012Featured, Political, Video GalleryNo comments
  22. Altman Real Estate Company Inks Agreement with Global Real Estate Company

    A local real estate group with regional reach has formed a partnership with one of the world’s leading real estate brands, Savills plc. Altman Real Estate Group, a leader in luxury real estate for more than 30 years, is now an international associate of Savills. The global real estate services provider has a network of [...]

    February 16, 2012BusinessNo comments
  23. Popular Beverage Piper-Heidsieck Celebrates The Month Of Love With Expo Patrons

    The month of love will be that much more enjoyable for the three winners of the Piper-Heidsieck Champagne promotion ran at the recently held Girlfriend’s Expo. Piper-Heidsieck, one of premium brands distributed locally by Mount Gay Distilleries Limited, was well represented at the February 4 – 5, 2011 Expo held at the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford [...]

    February 15, 2012BusinessNo comments
  24. This March at Gallery of Caribbean Art, Speightstown: Asher Mains, Wings to Fly

    Sitting in his studio/loft in Deep Ellum, the well known enclave for artists in Dallas, Texas, one would surmise that Asher Mains is the perfect prototype for a North American, urban artist. Small sculptures in porcelain and clay of the human figure sit in a line atop the half wall, stencils on paper and canvas [...]

    February 14, 2012Education, Featured, Painting, TravelNo comments
  25. St James North Run Off: Edmund Hinkson wins Barbados Labour Party riding

    There were easily 2,000 adherents to the BLP’s gathering at St Alban’s over the weekend, who attended a heretofore unknown Run Off to establish a Candidate for a previously blooded MP in the House Of Assembly. Rawle Eastmond, St James North (SJN) MP, decided not to resume his nomination for a seat he held in [...]

    February 6, 2012Controversy, Editorial, Video Gallery9 comments