Stories about Barbados from March, 2008
Barbados, Trinidad & Tobago: Liming
“While the term might have its origins in Trinidad, the pass time (and don't tell me it should be pastime) is truly Caribbean”: Living in Barbados is in the mood for a good lime.
Barbados: Rent vs. Buy
“I think it’s a relatively recent thing in Barbados for grown children to leave home and live on their own in a rented apartment/house,” writes Gallimaufry, as she links to an article “that busts the myths about renting vs. buying.”
Barbados: Archaic Laws
Barbados Free Press has heard of a woman “who was recently raped by her estranged husband – and our police say they are unable to lay charges because our laws are reflect a time when wives were owned by their husbands.”
Barbados, USA: Black President?
“Many Barbadians are in awe that a Black man in the year 2008 could be challenging for the presidency,” says Barbados Underground.
Barbados: Middle Class
Notes From The Margin has some thoughts on the Barbadian middle class…
Barbados: Easter Traditions
Living in Barbados blogs about Easter traditions in the Caribbean.
Barbados: Atlantic Storm
Notes From The Margin reports that Barbados has had one fatality because of “huge waves generated by an Atlantic storm.”
Barbados, UK: RIP Arthur C. Clarke
Barbadian bloggers Notes From The Margin and Pull! Push! acknowledge the passing of “noted science fiction writer and visionary” Arthur C. Clarke.
Barbados: Riding the Waves?
Blogging from Barbados, Notes From The Margin reports that Eastern Caribbean territories are bracing for large waves as a result of “a deep low pressure centre that spawned tornadoes and thunderstorms across the US earlier this week.”
Barbados: Jewish History
Gallimaufry is interested to find that Barbados has unearthed another piece of its Jewish history.
Barbados, Jamaica: Law and Order
Barbados Free Press weighs in on reports that an estimated 20 percent of Jamaica's murders are committed by police officers.
Barbados, USA: Spitzer
“From the time this Elliot Spitzer scandal broke I knew that I wanted to blog about it”: Barbadian blogger Jdid finally does.
Barbados, Dominica, USA: Congrats to Paterson
Barbadian blogger Cheese-on-bread! congratulates David Paterson on his imminent position as Governor of New York, saying: “He is the first black man (he’s also of Dominican heritage) to do so.”
Barbados: Proper Pork
Cheese-on-bread! properly defends Barbados’ “proper pork”.
Barbados: Blogging Blues
Barbados’ new government seems to have neglected its previously-active blog, which, according to Barbados Free Press, has left citizens feeling “as if we are waking up in the morning to find the DLP asking us, ‘What’s your name again, sweetheart?'”
Barbados, Venezuela: Petro Caribe
“We have often asked the question on this blog, ‘What is it that Chavez gets out of Petro Caribe?'”, writes Barbadian blogger Notes From The Margin: “Thankfully it seems that other people are asking the same question.”
Barbados: Lenten Fare
Barbadian blogger Tastes Like Home serves up some mouth-watering Lenten recipes.
Barbados: Promises Kept?
The new Prime Minister of Barbados is yet to implement his proposed Ministerial Code and has “made statements indicating that the promised ‘100 days’ deadline for integrity and freedom of information legislation may not happen” – Barbados Free Press says: “Should Prime Minister Thompson and the DLP Government continue down...
Barbados, USA: HIV Impact
Blogging from Barbados, Gallimaufry quotes AIDS activist Masimba Biriwasha on the potential impact of the Caribbean HIV/AIDS epidemic on the US.
Barbados: Neighbours at War?
“In case you haven’t noticed, a few of our neighbours are making noises that sound very much like war”: Barbados Free Press wonders whether the Venezuela/Ecuador/Colombia issue will have an impact on Barbados.
Barbados: Cannabis Abuse?
Gallimaufry was “taken aback” to discover that the US State Department's 2008 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report ranks Barbados as the second highest abuser of marijuana in the region.
