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Baxojayz - Centricity (Free subscription) | yesterday
One thing I've noticed when traveling in the Caribbean, each island has it's own home grown local beer. In Barbados the local beer was called Banks. The tag line for this beer is Banks: EXACTLY! Exactly what though? It's a regular beer, not dark or red. Not strong or mild. It has good color, and flavor. It has two distinct positive attributes: Cheaper than soda. 4.7% alcohol. Needless to say, I drank...
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Virgin Islands Daily News (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
TORTOLA - Fabric, jewelry, dolls and quilts made in the British Virgin Islands were on display during the 15th Caribbean Gift and Craft Show, which ended in Barbados on Sunday.
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Cuba Journal (Free subscription) | yesterday
In Memoriam Guyana's Honorary Consul Norman Faria lays a wreath at the foot of the Paynes Bay monument, while a group, including Cuban Ambassador to Barbados, Pedro Garcia Roque (second from left), and Ambassador of Venezuela to Barbados, Juan Carlos Valdez (third from left), looks on. Nation News, Barbados CUBANS, VENEZUELANS and Guyanese joined Barbadians yesterday to mark the 32nd anniversary of...
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NY Daily News (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
Former "American Idol" contestant LaKisha Jones has tied the knot. The Flint, Mich., native married financial advisor Larry Davis at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel on Sunday. The couple will honeymoon in Barbados.
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Tastes Like Home (Free subscription) | 04/10/2008
Here in Barbados, the ability to make a “proper” dish of Macaroni Pie is testament to your ability to cook and some say it even makes you eligible to be a good wife! You may think I'm joking but macaroni pie-making is a serious matter in these parts. Click here to read the rest of the column and find out if I'd make good wife material (lol) The pasta of choice for Macaroni Pie is Bucatini but I prefer...
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Innovative News (Free subscription) | 04/10/2008
Each year the Champion of the Earth Award honors people all over the world for their efforts in sustainable development. One of the Champions of the Earth 2008 is Senator Elizabeth Thompson, Minister of Energy and The Environment in Barbados. She has played a key role in environmental awareness and protection across the Caribbean region. Her work [...]
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Trinidad Express (Free subscription) | 04/10/2008
Flavorite assures product safeIce-cream taken off shelves in BarbadosAretha Welch awelch@trinidadexpress.com LOCAL ice-cream manufacturer, Flavorite, is assuring that its product is safe even though some of its flavours have been taken off the shelves in neighbouring Barbados. Flavorite chief executive officer Godfrey Bain told the Express, "Our ice-cream is in fact not contaminated and is safe for...
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The Street (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
The Caribbean island offers visitors beautiful seascapes, rich history and lots of rum.
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Caribbean 360 (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
The World Trade Organisation (WTO) has questioned the anti-competitive nature of Barbados' 100% Bajan buy local campaign.
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Cricinfo (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
Emmerson Trotman, the former Barbados batsman, has been appointed as a coach at the Barbados Cricket Association (BCA). He was coach of the Netherlands national team until 2004 and helped them qualify for the 2003 World Cup in South Africa during his eight-year term.
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PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
Tonight's Palin/Biden Vice Presidential Debate will be moderated by
Barbadian descendent Gwen Ifill
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Oct. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- With elections right
around the corner, US visitors to Barbados have been amazed to discover the
many links between past and present US presidential candidates and
Barbados. With tonight's Vice Presidential Debate being led by Gwen Ifill,
who is of Barbadian...
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Baxojayz - Centricity (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
These are pics we took on the beach in Barbados. We noticed a fuss in the water and went to have a look. There was a hatchling trying to battle the harsh waves to head out to deeper water. When these pics were taken the little guy was terribly weak. The sad fact is that one in one thousand turtle eggs yields an adult that can reproduce. This appears to be a hawksbill sea turtle still with his egg...
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Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
“I said to myself, ‘That sounds like a Bajan name!”: Keltruth Corp discovers that the moderator of tonight's US Vice-Presidential debate has Barbadian roots, while Barbados Underground notes: “There are some who are trying to muddy the pristine reputation of Gwen Ifill, the Black PBS moderator of the upcoming debate. The fact that she [...]
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Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | 01/10/2008
Barbados Underground gives an update on the drafting of “the long awaited Integrity and Freedom of Information Act”.
