Stories about Barbados from June, 2007
Barbados, Jamaica: Irving Youngest to Fly Solo Around the World
Barbados Free Press celebrates the outstanding achievement of Jamaican-born Barington Irving, who has become the youngest pilot and the first black person to fly solo around the world – and...
Barbados, Dominica, Antigua & Barbuda: Deported Journalist Recounts Events
The CARICOM journalist that was recently deported from Antigua and Barbuda tells his tale to Barbados Free Press.
If Bloggers attended the Conference on the Caribbean…
This past week (June 18-21) leaders of CARICOM met with President George W. Bush and other top U.S. government officials in Washington as part of the Conference on the Caribbean....
Barbados, Jamaica: Flight Record
“Gotta love this guy because he is almost THE poster child for ‘I can do anything if I put my mind to it.'” Barbados Free Press applauds the efforts of...
Barbados: Philanthropist Moves On
A philanthropist who poured millions into the Graeme Hall Nature Sanctuary is pulling out of Barbados because of the government's failure to formalize its support for environmental preservation initiatives. Barbados...
Barbados: CARICOM Meets With Bush
CARICOM leaders are meeting with US President George Bush as part of the Conference on the Caribbean – Barbados Free Press wants to know why their island's print and broadcast...
Barbados: Drilling for Oil
Twenty-five companies are in a bid to drill for oil off the coast of Barbados. Barbados Free Press puts forward its opinion about which firms should be disqualified based on...
Guyana, Barbados: Living Legends
Living Guyana laments the fact that the majority of Guyanese cricketing heroes choose to live elsewhere.
Barbados: Accountability in Construction Sector
“Recently Barbadians witnessed the sanitizing of a ‘list’ of 300 companies which were previously approved by government to benefit from building contracts.” Barbados Underground wonders whether the inefficiencies of the...
Barbados, Trinidad & Tobago: Globalization
As Caribbean nations deal with the challenges of globalization, Barbados Underground is “not convinced that we are headed in the right direction. The sad reality is that globalization by its...
Barbados, Antigua: CARICOM Journalists Deported
In the wake of the deportation of two CARICOM journalists from Antigua, Barbados Free Press writes: “Many Caribbean governments carry a veneer of civilized behaviour and adherence to democratic principles...
Barbados, Jamaica: Police Dropped the Ball
In response to the news that the former Pakistan cricket coach died of natural causes, Barbados Underground “has found the handling of the Woolmer case to be highly incompetent given...
Barbados: Mercury Alert
Barbados Free Press is all for saving electricity – but believes that consumers should be educated about the potential risks of using Compact Florescent Lamps: “The problem is mercury –...
Trinidad & Tobago, Barbados: West Indies Decline
West Indies Cricket Blog quotes Sir Gary Sobers and former England captain Mike Arthurton on the decline of West Indies cricket.
Barbados, Trinidad & Tobago: Caribbean Film
“Much of local and Caribbean cinema remains inaccessible to the majority of Caribbean people. Somehow they figure that we would rather see failed American sitcoms than our own people on...
Barbados: Government Responds to Police/Media Clash
In response to government statements following a police/media clash outside Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Barbados Free Press writes: “Journalists are not ‘ordinary citizens’ when they are covering public events. A free...
Barbados, Trinidad & Tobago: UK Travel Advisory
In response to the UK issuing a travel advisory about Trinidad and Tobago in the wake of the JFK terror plot, Bajan Reporter says: “I am not saying that anywhere...
Barbados: Caribbean Vacation?
Barbados Free Press quotes the Caribbean Tourism Organisation's Secretary-General to make the point that since US citizens are required to have passports for air travel, the Caribbean is no longer...
Barbados, Suriname: New Amazon Species
Gallimaufry reports on a study conducted by scientists from Conservation International, which found that there are “a couple dozen new species in the Surinamese highlands.”
Barbados: CWC Hurt Barbados Tourism
Barbados Free Press reports that the recently-concluded Cricket World Cup has hurt Barbados tourism revenues.
