Stories about Barbados from April, 2008
Barbados: False Pride?
“Tourism has become the life blood of most of the Caribbean countries and it needs to be re-energized”: Living in Barbados wonders whether the region can be proud of its...
Caribbean: Food Shortages
“If music be the food of love, play on”, wrote Shakespeare, who could not possibly have anticipated the global food crisis the world is facing today. Rising food prices are...
Barbados: Economic Storm?
“The issue of the rising cost of living will no doubt remain firmly at the top of the national agenda in the coming weeks and months ahead,” writes Barbados Underground,...
Barbados, Jamaica: Up In Arms
“Twenty-eight years after Bob performed ‘Zimbabwe’, Robert Mugabe is still holding on desperately to power and it seems that he will use any tactic necessary to continue his dictatorship. Now...
Barbados: Rising Food Prices
Bajan Global Report takes a look at how rising food prices are affecting various Caribbean territories.
Jamaica, Barbados, Trinidad & Tobago: West Indian Writers
Jamaican litblogger Geoffrey Philp highlights three new books from West Indian writers.
Barbados, St. Lucia, Trinidad & Tobago: OECS Invite
Barbados Underground reports that St. Lucia's Prime Minister has invited Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago to join the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States and says: “We find the invitation to...
Barbados: Talking to the People
Barbados’ Prime Minister breaks the standard “Address to the Nation” mold, instead holding a “press conference” on radio and television – Living in Barbados asks: “A new approach to democracy?...
Haiti: PM Fired in No Confidence Vote
Both Upping The Anti and Bajan Global Report blog about the Haitian parliament passing a vote of no confidence against Prime Minister Jacques-Edouard Alexis, while Dying in Haiti posts a...
Barbados: Thoughts on Zimbabwe
“I have been struggling for a couple of weeks over how to express my feelings about the current non-outcome from Zimbabwe's presidential elections”: Living in Barbados finally blogs about it.
Barbados: Keith Barker Passes
Barbados Free Press acknowledges the passing of a “cricket legend”.
Barbados, Antigua & Barbuda: Crime Control
“It is hard to believe that this is a country which spent US54 million dollars to prepare for Cricket World Cup 2007. It just makes us shake our heads and...
Barbados: Banking Oligopoly?
“Has anyone else noticed how all the major bankers are lining up to tell us how the take over of RBTT by Royal Bank of Canada won’t affect competition in...
Barbados, Cuba: Blogger Wins Award
Bajan Global Report notes that “Yoani Sanchez has been awarded one of Spain’s top journalism awards…for her ’shrewdness’ in overcoming hurdles to freedom of expression in Cuba, her vivacious style...
Barbados: Taking Stock
Notes From The Margin wonders if the Barbados Stock Exchange is becoming irrelevant.
Barbados, U.S.A.: Thanks, Obama
Regardless of the eventual outcome of the US elections, Living in Barbados thinks that Barack Obama deserves kudos for doing “much to bring to the fore some of the fluff...
Barbados: Eye on Zimbabwe
“The handwriting is on the wall for sure”: Bajan Global Report is keeping an eye on developments in Zimbabwe.
Barbados: “Chefette” Sells
Barbados Free Press, Barbados Underground and Keltruth Corp. blog about the pros and cons of a multi-million dollar land deal.
Cuba, Barbados: Zimbabwe Elections
Both Child of the Revolution and Barbados Free Press have been following the recent developments in Zimbabwe…
