Stories about Barbados from October, 2007
Barbados: Answering the Call
Living in Barbados hears the call of ancestral voices…
Barbados, Puerto Rico: Global Warming
My Barbados Blog refers to reports from the recent Caribbean Tourism Organization meeting in Puerto Rico to emphasize that the Caribbean would do well to anticipate the effects of global warming.
Trinidad & Tobago, Barbados: Song for Burma
The Bajan Reporter discovers a wonderful new song recorded by Trinidad and Tobago calypsonian David Rudder in support of the people of Burma.
Barbados: Blogging at the IMF
The International Monetary Fund has a blog – and Living in Barbados thinks that “this recent step into the blogosphere, and its subcategory the econoblogsphere will be interesting to watch.”
Barbados: Gullah Gullah Island
Gallimaufry finds similarities between the language of the Gullah people and the way Barbadians speak: “I am reminded that something as commonplace as the way we talk is, even without our conscious knowledge, powerfully denotive of our national African heritage.”
Barbados, Dominica: Journalist Sued
“It all started when The Times published an article asking how it was that the Prime Minister acquired a million dollars worth of real estate on his politician’s salary”: Barbados Free Press reports that the editor of a Dominica newspaper is being sued by the island's Prime Minister.
Barbados: Regional Air Fares
Notes From The Margin has heard talk about lowering the cost of regional air travel several times over – and this time, he's not holding his breath.
Barbados: New TV Licenses?
Election season promises in Barbados have included talk of new TV stations – Notes From The Margin suspects “the politicians may well find that by the time they are ready to grant a TV license, no one may want one any more.”
Barbados: Arresting the Spread of HIV-AIDS
Barbados Underground thinks that the powers-that-be have failed the country with regard to stemming the spread of HIV-AIDS.
Barbados, Trinidad & Toabgo: RIP Alleyne
West Indies Cricket Blog mourns the sudden passing of cricket stalwart Stephen Alleyne.
Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago: Caribbean scientists
Barbadian Titilayo discovers a Trinidadian website on Caribbean Icons in Science, Technology and Innovation.
Barbados: Blank search warrants?
Have Barbados police been using “blank, pre-signed search warrants” to raid the houses of citizens? Barbados Free Press examines the evidence.
Barbados: Photo tour
Cheese-on-bread! posts a photographic tour of central and eastern Barbados.
Barbados: “Oedipal complainers”?
Barbados Free Press comments on an op-ed piece written by Barbados's commissioner for Pan-African affairs, who suggests that Barbadians are “Oedipal complainers”.
Barbados: Visiting the Concorde
Notes from the Margin reports on a visit to the decommissioned Concorde supersonic jet preserved at the Barbados airport (there were once weekly Concorde flights between London and Barbados).
Barbados: Email snooping?
Is the Barbados government reading citizens’ emails looking for evidence of opposition? Barbados Free Press thinks so.
UK, Caribbean: Cuisine questions
Why isn't Caribbean food more popular in the UK, wonders Can Cook, Must Cook. She responds to online commentary.
Barbados, St. Lucia, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago: Year of elections
2007 has been a great year for politics junkies in the Caribbean, says Caribbean Lionesse, with elections in St. Lucia, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, and probably Barbados. She offers a concise analysis.
Barbados: Big banks vs small ones
Notes from the Margin reacts to news that a major regional Caribbean bank has been bought by a much bigger Canadian bank.
Barbados: Recycling problems
Living in Barbados describes the difficulties of trying to recycle household waste in a small island with limited landfill capacity.
