Friday 3rd July, 2009
Intimations of ethnic cleansing
Barbados Advocate... (The following is an open letter to Sir Shridath Ramphal) Dear Sir: I had the opportunity to read the speech you delivered on 2009 in...
Lots to celebrate as Celebration Time tent opens
Barbados AdvocateBy Allison Ramsay IT was a night filled with entertainment for the opening of a new tent, Celebration Time. There were several crowd...
Drunken Winehouse banned from swimming by Caribbean resort staff
Barbados News.NetLondon, : Staff at the luxury Caribbean resort have banned troubled singer Amy Winehouse from swimming in their pool, as she does so after marathon boozing sessions.
Umps need to step up
CaribseekWeekendsport introduces Hot Spot, a weekly feature in which our team of writers will focus on a hot sports issue. - Time wasting, Sledging, umpiring errors, acts of indiscipline and...
Mum charged with theft
Daily NationBody: Poster: Enter text seen above: 0 comment found! Mum charged with theft : 7/3/2009 If it were me she would have gotten the weekend to ponder the error of her ways. All this...
230 cases of loud music on PSVs
CaribseekActing commissioner of police Bertie Hinds said the Royal Barbados Police Force has recorded over 230 cases of loud music on public service vehicles (PSVs) so far this year. However...
Excellent opportunity to take region forward
Barbados AdvocateBy Nadia Alleyne Maybe I am too much of a glass half full person to see the really negative side of a situation. This positive attitude has served...
Not all deportees' passports stamped
CaribseekPrime Minister of Barbados David Thompson told regional journalists here on Wednesday that Barbados' Immigration Department had avoided stamping some passports with deportation orders...
Take care with your medication
Barbados AdvocateThe circumstances surrounding the death of former superstar and King of Pop, Michael Jackson, has once again thrust the issue of the abuse of prescription...
Still out to fake money
CaribseekLast year Susan Wilbourne had the most terrifying experience of her life. She was on vacation in Canada and out shopping when a cashier at a store informed her that the Canadian $100...
UWI takes Tertiary Team chess championship
Barbados AdvocateIn another whirlwind week of chess in Barbados, the University of the West Indies has won the 2009 United Insurance Tertiary Team Chess Championship....
Culinary team wins silver
CaribseekThe Barbados Culinary Team won silver at the Taste Of The Caribbean Competition held recently in Puerto Rico, and the Barbados Hotel & Tourism Authority is hailing the success...
Job a dream landing
CaribseekFor someone who works in one of the most stressful jobs in the world, Tracia Smith always has a smile on her face. Her job as an air traffic controller is right up there with...
Illegal migrants 'have rights'
CaribseekAuniverity Law lecturer says illegal immigrants have rights under the Constitution. "The constitutional rights of a country are not limited to citizens," says Jeff Cumberbatch of the...
More eating at Salvation Army
Daily NationHas BEEN a dramatic increase in the numbers of people getting daily meals at the Salvation Army.And the deputy chairman of its advisory board, Paul Bernstein, saids he believed...
Two more cases of H1N1
Daily Nation... females three and 18 years old - are reported to be recovering well under home isolation. The Ministry of Health...
LIME speaks out on shooting
Daily NationTelecommunications COMPANY LIME has sought to clear the air on the shooting that occurred at last Friday's popular Pork Lime in Wildey, St Michael. In a statement issued to the Press this week, LIME...
GG's wife passes on
Daily NationLady HUSBANDS, wife of Governor General Sir Clifford Husbands, has died.Her brother Fred Parris and the Government Information Service confirmed that she died yesterday morning at the Queen Elizabeth...
Final will be all-Williams affair
Daily NationVenus and Serena Williams won in contrasting fashion yesterday to set up their fourth all-sister Wimbledon final and eighth meeting in a Grand Slam title match.Two-time champion Serena...
Trinis break Bajan yoke
Daily NationTortolabarbados' 13-year hold over Trinidad and Tobago at the Caribbean Basketball Championships has come to an abrupt end.But that's not the only thing the twin-island republic...
Fewer overseas teams for Sobers Tourney
Daily NationThere has been a decline in the number of overseas teams participating in the Garfield Sobers International Schools Cricket Tournament due to the global economic crisis.Chairman of the organising...
US$195m water project will boost supply
Daily NationWater supply problems that have plagued large sections of the Corporate Area for decades might soon be a relic of the past, with the roll-out of a US$195-million (J$17-billion) megawater...
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