In the true spirit of the giving season, Rihanna donated $1.75 million dollars to a Barbados Hospital on behalf of her grandmother, who passed away earlier this year. The radiotherapy department at Queen Elizabeth Hospital will soon be renamed after Clara Braithwaite, or as Rihanna knew her, Gran Gran Dolly. Rihanna’s donation helped the hospital [...]
Rihanna Donates $1.75M to Barbados Hospital on Behalf of Her Grandmother
December 23, 2012 | Posted by
Barbados Takes Lead in Fight For Reparations for Slavery in the Caribbean
November 6, 2012 | Posted by
Bridgetown, Barbados – The Barbados government has established a 12-member Reparations Task Force that would be responsible for sustaining the local, regional and international momentum for reparations. It will also conceptualize and articulate strategies, frameworks and projects to accept and manage financial and other resources. “They will also further the research and publication of works [...]
Bajans Urged to Grow Own Food As Crisis Looms in Wake of U.S. Drought
September 11, 2012 | Posted by
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – As the possibility of another food crisis looms in the wake of the worst drought faced by the United States in 56 years, the Ministry of Agriculture, Food, Fisheries and Water Resource Management is urging Barbadians to produce as much of their own food as possible. A statement from the ministry is [...]
Barbados to Host African Diaspora Heritage Trail Conference
August 13, 2012 | Posted by
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) – Barbados will host the 8th Annual African Diaspora Heritage Trail (ADHT) conference here next month. The September 17-19 conference, expected to be attended by approximately 400 members of the African Diaspora will be held under the theme “Our Freedom, Our Identity: Uncover, Recover, Discover”. The organisers said the primary goal is [...]
Trinidad & Tobago Doesn’t Think Barbados’ Downgrading will Affect Trade
July 20, 2012 | Posted by
Trinidad & Tobago manufacturers are not worried that trade will be affected between Barbados and this country following a downgrade of Barbados’ foreign and local-currency sovereign ratings. On Tuesday US-based ratings services Standard & Poor’s lowered its long-term foreign- and local-currency sovereign credit ratings on Barbados to “BB+” from “BBB-”. At the same time, Standard [...]
Moody’s Credit Opinion on Barbados Remains Negative
July 16, 2012 | Posted by
Moodys said that the Baa3 local and foreign currency bond ratings reflect the islands medium economic strength, high institutional strength, low government financial strength, and medium susceptibility to event risk. Moody’s opinion on Barbados’ credit rating remains unchanged since June 2011. Barbados’ ratings have a negative outlook. The negative outlook reflects Moody’s view that even [...]
Rihanna Takes a Break from Mourning to Let Her Hair Down in Barbados
July 13, 2012 | Posted by
She’s been seen looking distraught and forlorn in recent weeks as she mourned her late grandmother who passed away earlier this month. So fans will no doubt be thrilled to see that Rihanna has been letting her hair down and enjoying herself in Barbados. The 24-year-old singer was seen smiling and laughing away as she enjoyed [...]
Rihanna Pictured Smoking ‘Suspicious’ Cigarette on Barbados Beach
July 12, 2012 | Posted by
Rihanna stayed in Barbados after her grandmother’s funeral—and was photographed on her native island by paparazzi smoking a “suspicious” cigarette that the gossip columns have concluded was a “blunt.” Even when she’s relaxing by the beach just days after her grandmother’s funeral, this girl can’t seem to avoid trouble. The British-based Daily Mail ran a [...]
Cultural Tourism in Cards for Barbados
June 25, 2012 | Posted by
Barbados is looking to cultural heritage tourism as it seeks to diversify its visitor attractions. Minister of Tourism and acting Prime Minister Richard Sealy said on Friday the island had joined a number of tourism destinations across the globe that are now targeting this niche market which is already providing business for the island. He [...]
Legendary West Indies Cricketer Wes Hall Knighted
June 18, 2012 | Posted by
Bridgetown (Barbados): Wes Hall, the legendary West Indies fast bowler, who inspired successive generations of great Caribbean pace men, has been knighted in the Queen`s Birthday honors list. The government announced here Saturday that the 74-year-old, who went on to head the West Indies Cricket Board and also become a colorful figure and speaker in [...]
