HSV 2 “Swift“ receives Port Day Campers while everybody’s friendly neighborhood Bajan Reporter seems to have been too naughty? Full story up soon…

People who are new to True Blood the Series and have also read Charlaine Harris’ “Southern Vampire” series will realise these are two vastly different entities yet crafted in the same universe, each is a ‘What If?’ of the other, once you are aware of the twists in the tale (leave the shapeshifters alone), then […]

REACH Grenada has funded a second annual supply of printing paper and ink cartridges for St Andrew’s Parish schools to help maintain the good use being made of the state-of-the-art laptops, printer and photocopiers already purchased and successfully installed in eighteen schools by REACH Grenada in February 2009. This continued provision bears testament to REACH […]

Variety the Children’s Charity is once more partnering with Olympus Theatres to provide summer fun for those less fortunate. On Saturday, July 31st 2010, children who would normally find it a challenge (financially or physically) to go to the movies, will be afforded the opportunity to do so free of cost. Included in the outing are snacks […]

Jamaica lost main man Chris Gayle in the third over and Xavier Marshall in the fifth as they struggled to 42-2 at the halfway stage against Barbados in Semi-final 1 of the West Indies Cricket Board’s Caribbean T20 on Friday night at Queen’s Park Oval. Gayle, back in the team after recovering from a groin […]

Kittitian public & private sector officials reviewed ways of strengthening the sports tourism product, and capitalizing on the potential benefits as the Denzil Douglas administration seeks to enhance the Federation’s image in this sector. Last Thursday, Grassroots Basketball Advisor and Coach John Spezia met with Minister of Tourism Honourable Richard Skerritt, Minister of Education Honourable […]

Though great strides have been made since the deadly earthquake in Haiti, immediate problems continue to confront the relief and recovery process that threaten their success, the Pan American Development Foundation (PADF) told a key congressional subcommittee. “The title of this hearing, ‘The Crisis in Haiti: Are We Moving Fast Enough?,’ poses a question that […]

The Leader of the Opposition of Barbados – The Hon. Mia Amor Mottley, Q.C., M.P., has responded to what was said by Senator D’Arcy Boyce on CBC TV (July 29, 2010). Here is what she said: “Barbadians must ask why we are only now learning that the World Bank will not lend the country money […]

One thing I promise myself each Kadooment yet some crud always pops up and shoves it aside, but I vow, especially now, to go to Wadadah‘s Back To School fete where adults put on their alma mater‘s uniform and celebrate Crop Over – this is an institution which is now as significant as the one-time […]

Anyone born in the last 25 years is a part of “Generation T” (for technology). Yet right here in Barbados, not everyone has access to the wealth of knowledge that computers can bring. The Tech-Knowledge Trust, launched in earlier this year, is on a mission to help disadvantaged children across Barbados to gain access to […]

Starring: Robert Nolan and Jennifer Todoroff, Music by Damian Sanchez, Filmed and Directed by Rodney Smith, Sound Mix by Andre Philips, Written and Created by Andrew Stoute & Rodney Smith – See more at dominionseries.com

Barbados Free Press has a story about a Bajan in a rodeo, but the dorky site they sourced from Minnesota won’t give you details unless you BUY a subscription – HuffPo showed the error of those ways recently… So I was hoping to circumvent the roadblock by finding another site which had more data for […]

It started with a wow! The National Anthem performed by the tuk band, Pompasetters, was off the hook. Words cannot describe. Your mouth was left open and hanging in a good way. I need to hear the National Anthem in tuk again, Pompasetters. Kudos to Ronnie D and company the two pieces by the group […]

The Festival Art Gallery founders Arlette St Hill and Kathy Yearwood have taken their mobile art to Crop Over with an exhibition of works by Barbadian artists at the Norman Centre in Bridgetown. The opportunity to showcase Barbadian art in the heart of Bridgetown during Crop Over was made possible by the Management of Norman […]

As regular readers are aware by now, am thoroughly addicted to Sookie Stackhouse series at the moment, both tv and book, each is correct in its own right and author Charlaine Harris loves the divergence created by HBO writer Alan Ball. Both series look at how Japanese created blood substitute so potent that Vampires come […]

John Walcott‘s “Water Deity 4” in the 2D leg of The Crop Over Visual Arts Festival which runs daily between the hours of 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM daily. 3 Dimensional Works starts from July 30 – August 9th. An Evening of Interpretation through Dance will be held on Thursday, August 5th, 6-8.00 pm

ABOUT BEHIND THE VEIL Lawlessness and sectarian violence quickly engulfed Iraq after the fall of Saddam, leaving women especially vulnerable. Correspondent Anna Badkhen and photojournalist Mimi Chakarova visited a secret women’s shelter in Baghdad to meet with rape victims and war widows and document their stories. CIR’s Carrie Ching spoke to the reporters in their […]

If one believes the National Cultural Foundation, then Soca Royale at Bushy Park had security deployed only because Governmental VIP’s were there? “Security personnel were positioned strategically to guarantee the safety of patrons, officials and performers. The NCF employed various levels of security for this event. These included the Royal Barbados Police Force (uniformed and […]

Inception with Leonardo DiCaprio looks at dreams and how they can be warped and controlled and stolen or exchanged… Sun Tzu the Chinese philosopher once posed a riddle over what is identity using the avatars of man and butterfly, Inception challenges you are BOTH, while a Barbadian artist and writer wonders what if you’re NEITHER? […]

This is not the first time we heard of this Bajan restaurant in the USA, but since last we examined Cock’s (Yes, that’s the name of the place) it has gotten another review and more comprehensively – a group of Americans in New York with open minds and wider appetites… My law student girlfriend, who […]

Royal Navy Warship HMS MANCHESTER just arrived in Bridgetown for a 2 week period as part of her ongoing Disaster Relief and Counter Narcotics work within the Caribbean region. HMS MANCHESTER is working in the Caribbean Basin in order to provide disaster relief support to the British Overseas Territories as well as conduct counter narcotics operations. As […]

This what being an Ambassador is really like – while the crowd was quiet, VIP’s lost no chance in getting a keepsake of the Bajan Music icon