Can it be said about the most recent reshuffle – that the DLP is acting in the national interest? Or – is it acting in its own self-interest and survival? Secondly, why are we having these stopgap measures when clearly the country deserves better and can do better?

Prime Minister David Thompson continues to avoid cameras for a national broadcast Thursday evening, his reasoning is that Bajans need to concentrate on the message and not the messenger as he delivered his verdict on his colleagues with a third Cabinet reshuffle in as many years (Four – If you include Freundel Stuart’s temporary addition of Adriel Brathwaite), more […]

The basketball teams of Combermere Secondary School here in Barbados will now be known as “KFC Combermere” following the decision by KFC to become the teams’ official sponsor. Having begun a relationship in 2009, KFC has been keen on increasing its assistance to both the Under-16 and Under-19 boys squads, as well as the girls […]

Barbados’ Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Joseph Goddard, presented his credentials to United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki Moon, in a short ceremony at United Nations headquarters in New York. Following the ceremony, Ambassador Goddard and Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon exchanged pleasantries and held brief discussions on matters of mutual interest. Witnessing the ceremony were […]

Opposition Leader of Barbados & Political Leader of the BLP – Hon. Mia Amor Mottley, Q.C., M.P. (seen above with BCCI’s Sr Vice President, Lalu Vaswani – you can click on Ms Mottley’s name for a copy of her speech or see below), delivered what was essentially her Manifesto as the Feature Address at a […]

Classic Artists could not claim to have a complete series on rock legends and their mark on the world of music without this film, the final word on guitar virtuoso Jimi Hendrix. Rather than drudging up scandal and outworn hypothesis about Jimi’s lifestyle and ultimate death, this Classic Artists film looks at Hendrix the master […]

Women are still significantly underrepresented and misrepresented in news media coverage, according to Global Media Monitoring Project research in 108 countries coordinated by the World Association for Christian Communication, despite significant change since the project began 15 years ago. 76% of the people heard or read about in the world’s news are male. The world […]

The Barbados Association of Retired Persons (BARP) presented a framed Gordon Brooks photograph of 110 year old James Sisnett to the ‘super-centenarian’ himself at a special ceremony recently. The taking and presentation of the photograph was the idea of Jean Springer, Chairperson of the BARP Membership Committee, who felt it would be an appropriate way […]

Starring: Sean Michael Field, Paul Nicholls, James Dalzell Music by Justin Durban Dominion Theme Music by Damian Sanchez Sound Mixing by Andre Philips Written by Andrew Stoute and Rodney Smith

Dominion webseries from Flyin’ Monkey Films has ended the promotional 12 episode run of their “minisodes”. These minisodes were 1 minute shorts set in the world of Dominion and followed a number of storylines that culminated in the revelation of one of the major characters and revealed an ongoing plot that will play into the […]

HBO Latin America announced that the new, highly anticipated drama series, Boardwalk Empire, will premiere in the Caribbean on Sunday, October 3, 2010. Created by the Emmy®-winning writer of “The Sopranos“, Terence Winter, and produced and directed by the widely acclaimed Martin Scorsese, this roaring ’20s drama takes place at the dawn of Prohibition, when […]

In the midst of performances, planning and conceptualizing their 2011 artistic ventures, Rapso super group 3 Canal made an appearance in the new Trinbago film “Seventeen Colours and a Sitar” (Rapso is a Trinidadian musical genre which blends calypso and rap) The renowned trio of Wendell Manwarren, Roger Roberts and Stanton Kewley expressed joy at […]

The Barbados Water Authority informs the public that it has today Tuesday 28th September sustained a number of burst mains and is presently carrying out repairs. These include a 4-inch burst in Long Bay Development, St. Philip, a 6-inch in Shermans, St. Peter and a 3-inch in Bawdens, St. Andrew which are affecting the immediate surrounding […]

Close to 1,000 people came to appreciate or be appreciated at the 3rd Annual Barbados Association of Retired Persons (BARP) Elders Appreciation Day Fun Fair at Pax Hill last weekend. The day was filled with entertainment for all both on stage and off. Performances by artistes including The Mighty Grynner, Tony Grazettes, Clement Maloney, Jennifer […]

Not so long ago, NISE had a survey about manners and it was noted that, “…adults were not consistently doing what was right and setting good examples for {young people} to follow.” I had a reminder today this is very true. Another digression before the main story is approached, when making comments at Free Press […]

As the Caribbean film industry continues to grow it has become more evident that the region has a new platform to expose its culture and to create more opportunities and income for its inhabitants. This creative sector is sustained through the diligence of several creative and technical talents. One such hard-working individual is cinematographer Reginald […]

The Barbados Water Authority informs the public that pumping from its Golden Ridge Station has been affected between yesterday and today Monday, September 27 because of low reservoir levels. This has caused residents in Horse Hill, Suriname, Hackleton’s Cliff, Lammings, Sugar Hill and surrounding areas in St. Joseph to suffer low pressure or water outages […]

Although former prime minister Owen Arthur may talk a good game, the reality is that he get lots wrong. His address to the Barbados International Business Association was, in certain parts, a damning indictment of his own time in power. A poor cultural work ethic; lack of proper education; our lack of competitiveness; and, most of […]

Dr DeLisle Worrell, to my recollection, is the first Central Bank Governor to embrace the Internet for Barbados and this was only last year. He made a quarterly presentation as an online video and made sure consistent and regular releases were made available for the Bajan public via the the Central Bank’s website. He also has his own views […]

The League of Young Socialists (LYS), the youth arm of the Barbados Labour Party, met recently at Harrison College, Roebuck Street. The meeting mainly focussed on a restrategisation of the junior branch, however one of the LYS was seeking to understand the multitude of figures posed in the print media which outlined a survey done by CADRES, […]

The recent criminal City tragedy where six Bajan women lost their lives to an unusual armed robbery shows an extraordinary breakdown where a Community assists in developing the character of its young people – it may take a village to raise a child, but who polices the Village? This was one of the points raised […]

Appearances in Media is the wallpaper, with corners in Tribute to Commentators – here? Donna Symmonds