Nomination Day for St John is January 5th and the By-Election is 20th January, the day before Errol Barrow Day (Say – isn’t EWB the Original MP who operated in that constituency? H’mmm – MUST be coincidence right?), yet just now the Environment Minister was laid low by a pulmonary embolism in his lung. (Do […]

Those who may have missed the two tourism town hall meetings held this year will have an opportunity to share their views on the future of the industry in January. The first meeting will be held on Wednesday, January 12, 2011, at Solidarity House, Harmony Hall, St. Michael. Members of the disabled community are specially […]

Mixpak Records is set to push the boundaries of Jamaica’s singles-driven culture, with an expansive concept album that weds Jamaica’s reigning Dancehall champion with one of New York’s most innovative producers. Over the past six months, Dancehall superstar Vybz Kartel has been in the studio with prized Brooklyn producer Dre Skull, forging a futuristic new […]

14 wind turbines manufactured by the Spanish company, Vestas, for the Quilvio Cabrera and Los Cocos wind generation farm located along the Pedernales coast in the southwest arrived over last weekend to Pedernales port. They will be installed at Santo Domingo’s first wind power plant located in Juancho, Pedernales. The plant is expected to produce […]

After combing the hills of Jamaica, the ocean lapped shores of the Pacific, the wide open spaces of North America and the far reaches of Europe, Dread and Alive has unearthed a treasure trove of tunes. From roots and culture to dub and spoken word, this is just the beginning of a musical voyage to […]

A British couple who was viciously attacked in Tobago last year…beaten, chopped by a bandit, have threatened to make others boycott Tobago. And THEN FURTHER attacked by our Health care system {the wife even claims a nurse threatened her refuse her sister’s visit and generally treated her with scorn}… And THEN FURTHER degraded by our […]

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Bajan Reporter was not around long enough to have a ten year retrospective, what I can do is look back at what were the main hot buttons for 2008 and 2009 (BR started as a blog 23/12/2006, so there was no year-ender for 2006 or 2007)… Years in Review here have different connotations than what folk may […]

Thanks to regular reader and blogging commentator John DaSilva for this tip from the Daily Mail;- “…{freezing} temperatures {in the UK} aren’t currently bothering the members of Take That. The group have jetted out to Barbados to perform a New Year’s Eve show for record company exec Lucian Grainge – in exchange for an all-expenses […]

Joe LaFleur, Chief Geologist for West Indies Power (WIP), and his co-author, Dr. Skip Hoag, were honored, on December 13th. 2010, with the “Best Presentation Award” in the Exploration session of this year’s Annual Meeting of the Geothermal Resource Council (GRC). The presentation titled “Geothermal Exploration Drilling on Nevis: A Caribbean Success Story” describes the […]

Dear Editor, I feel compelled to write a few lines about my experiences this morning (Tuesday 28th December 2010) for I feel that a reader may glean something of benefit from what I have to say. I took my 14 year-old son to the outpatient clinic of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital at 8:00 am, 3 […]

RE: WANTED 19 YEAR OLD FROM REGENT HILL The Royal Barbados Police Force is seeking the assistance of the public in locating a man wanted for questioning in connection with a number of serious criminal matters. He is Aaron Idamar ROBERTS, 19 years old, of #28 Regent Hill, Pinelands, St. Michael. The subject is about […]

Release Date: 8 April 2011 Genre: Adventure | Comedy | Fantasy Cast: Danny McBride, Zooey Deschane, James Franco, Natalie Portman, Damian Lewis Director: David Gordon Green Writers: Danny McBride, Ben Best MPAA: R Studio: Universal Pictures Plot: When Prince Fabious’s bride is kidnapped, he goes on a quest to rescue her… accompanied by his lazy […]

Usually this feature is halfway through the year or close to Christmas time… The year, which has been a glider on a thermal in a narrow mountain pass so far, did not allow for me to do what I usually do so if there are any late-shoppers or Grinches & Ebenezers with last minute Epiphanies out there? […]

2010 in all of its battered and bludgeoned façade will soon retreat into the shadows of history, while 2011 is just a sparkle in the eye of most folks, that sparkle – however – may be that of a Knuckle Duster waiting to cold-cock you as the full import of Value Added Tax/VAT lurks to assault Bajans […]

KickStart Football Club in association with the Variety Club of Barbados held a fund raiser for the month of December called “Christmas for the Children.” KickStart FC has had a great year and the Club and players have been truly blessed so they felt that they needed to give something back. The Fundraiser was three […]

“We need to continue to work together“, a quote from Andrea Montilla of the OAS – as she explained the on-going process in the Draft Declaration of the Americas (which some say COULD be stronger than the UN Declaration – IF the USA joins the rest of the 34 member OAS community and supports instead […]

It even features a surprise cameo from a muppet version of who we imagine is Sheriff Bud Dearborne. Priceless. A sneak peek at True Mud. Sesame Street is a production of Sesame Workshop, a nonprofit educational organization which also produces Pinky Dinky Doo, The Electric Company, and other programs for children around the world.

On Sunday, December 26th, the Barbados Water Authority sustained a burst on a major 15-inch main near the Hampton Pumping Station in St. Philip. Repairs to that main were completed by 6 p.m on Sunday and water returned to the main. Affected areas in St. Philip gradually received water over the next few hours. The […]

Tickets available at Wine World.

It was the Christmas of 1981 when Audrey & Geddes Corrie of the middle class Highgate Gardens neighborhood in Wildey, St. Michael decided to give Christmas presents to the children of Wellington Street in the city of Bridgetown. Previously the Corrie’s used to take presents to the Nightingale & Sterling Children’s homes, this was done […]

The nonimmigrant visa application (DS-160) is now available electronically. All applicants are required to submit the application online, as we will no longer accept the old paper form (DS-156). Once you follow the instructions below the process should be fairly easy. First, get your information ready. You will need your passport, work address and phone […]

This is an article submitted to a 1999 Louisville Sentinel contest to find out who had the wildest Christmas dinners. It won first prize. As a joke, my brother Jay used to hang a pair of panty hose over his fireplace before Christmas. He said all he wanted was for Santa to fill them. What […]

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