Stories about Barbados from October, 2008
Barbados: MSM & Democracy
Barbados Underground says that “the current fast food diet of journalism being served up by the local media” poses a threat to the country's democracy.
Barbados, U.S.A.: Behind Barack
Barbados Underground says that most Caribbean people support Barack Obama for U.S. President.
Barbados, Trinidad & Tobago: Bad Publicity
As news surfaces of another tourist attack in Tobago, Bajan Global Report says: “Whether minor or major, we just can’t afford the publicity on tourist attacks. As guests in our...
Barbados: Retail Prices
Barbados Underground thinks that consumers are being taken for a ride by retailers: “The time for bold strategies to tackle the issue of providing reasonably priced food to our PEOPLE...
Barbados, U.S.A.: Ordinary Joes?
Barbadian bloggers Doan Mind Me and Living in Barbados share a few observations about the final US Presidential debate.
Barbados: Blogging Politics
Barbados Underground predicts that “the Internet ‘will’ have a greater impact on the next Barbados General Election than it did on the last.”
Barbados: Finanical Fallout?
Living in Barbados suggests that “once all the financial dust has started to settle there will be a very different world of international finance, with most of the world's major...
Barbados: Bail Out
Living in Barbados says that “while governments in the US and Europe were working on details of how to bail out banks and other financial institutions, people in Barbados were...
Barbados, Trinidad & Tobago: Double Murder
Barbados Free Press says that the horrific double murder in Tobago “rings all too familiar with the recent events in Antigua. Barbados authorities must ensure that crime in Barbados is...
Barbados, U.S.A.: Being Presidential
Barbadian diaspora blogger Jdid weighs in on the “town hall-style” US Presidential debate: “Obama has shown himself to be presidential material just by his cool manner…I'm speaking about his grace...
Barbados: Draft Freedom of Information Bill
The government distributes the draft Freedom of Information Bill for feedback, prompting Barbados Underground to encourage citizens to read it and make suggestions: “This is what democracy is about, PEOPLE...
Barbados, U.S.A.: Sorry, I Misspoke
Living in Barbados has a chuckle at the incorrect grammar being used in the media in recent weeks.
Barbados, U.S.A.: Moderating the Debate
“I said to myself, ‘That sounds like a Bajan name!”: Keltruth Corp discovers that the moderator of tonight's US Vice-Presidential debate has Barbadian roots, while Barbados Underground notes: “There are...
Barbados: Integrity Act
Barbados Underground gives an update on the drafting of “the long awaited Integrity and Freedom of Information Act”.
