New Romantic Comedy with popular Barbadian calypsonian came from pen of Bajan Dancer & Detective Author

Anyone who knows Anderson Armstrong knows he as a long history for such a young fellow – he has worked at No 1 Record Shop on Independence Square; a Teen Talent competitor in Richard Stoute’s landmark showcase for culling young local performers; the lead male vocalist in Square One and now… Actor?
Yup, he appears in [...]

Literary Detective Character is from Barbados

You ever hear of Tim Smith? Me neither, but when I surfed cyberspace to see what Bajan things or events were happening this leapt at me -
“He’s as cool as a Pina Colada on a Key West beach, he’s the kind of guy your mother wouldn’t let you play with and he’s every bad guy’s [...]

Barbadian performer goes straight to cyberspace with their music video – Tempo & VH1 lose to Internet

YouTube is a direct video website that is now a part of Google family and you’d be surprised how many Bajans are taking advantage of its purpose – this same site is the biggest competitor for MTV and its subsidiary Tempo…
No wonder, many artists are now skipping their own managers as well as tv networks [...]

Bragging: Internationally acclaimed journal popular on all seven seas, LOL

**Update: see list**
It has been two months that this News Blog has been running and it has pulled anywhere between 110 to 120 readers a day! But thanks to Site Meter, I know where they originate for the most part…
Barbados (primary fan base) – St George, St Michael, Bridgetown, etc.China – Fujian, Beijing, GuangzhouNetherlandsTurkeyAustralia*Thailand*PhilippinesMalaysiaIrelandGermanyUK – [...]

(Shameless Plug) Canadian University lecturer praises Bajan author for “Tree Of Youth” collection

In April last year, a mutual friend of my mother’s and myself hosted a Book Launch at Pelican Gallery in the City… This was “Tree Of Youth” and the author/friend is Robert Edison Sandiford.
Robert is a man of many talents – he has his own erotic graphic novel, a regular reviewer for Antigonish, as well [...]

(NSFW?) Did he or didn’t he? Look what Oba’s getting! No wonder the born-again thing went thru de Eddoes…

CBC-News actually initiated a story that for days on the Internet had everyone pondering its veracity – that Marion Jones from the USA would soon become Mrs. Obadele Thompson; in fact when I saw the item, I went on Obadele’s website and used the Contact Us section to send a quick note to his father, [...]

Barbados Free Press locates a snag in CWC 2007: “Terrorists” from Delhi, sanctioned by BTA Head

Over the years, the Tourism Authority has come under fire for many things – ex-president Earlyn Shuffler’s salary as well as the “Dream Team” of Tom Hill & Errol Griffith (who each stayed a year then split); their treatment of Hugh Foster & Calvin Hope when restructuring as well as numerous little marketing glitches (eg: [...]

(Shameless Plug) Marine Stewardship Pilot Project

The Barbados Marine Trust
Seeks to fill positions in marine stewardship for a 12 month pilot project that focuses on educating the general public on the handling of Barbados’s marine resources. The project shall take place in Carlisle Bay and begins officially on February. Candidates will be PAID and should care for…

- the environment [...]

Barbados’ sunny ways attract Bermuda’s attention: James Husbands may not only export to Nigeria

If you live in St John or St Joseph and you take an early morning bath, you know you usually end up with no gonads for the chill-factor (experienced it myself, in early 90’s and never wanted to go through it again, either). Obviously, Solar Dynamics would make a lot of money in these areas [...]

Hoe led down Garden Path: Canadian Reviewers prune Clarke’s Book-Turned-Play

For all of the fanfare and hullabaloo – Austin “Tom” Clarke’s “Polished Hoe” hit a rock by way of Canadian Reviewers… This is some of what Canoe had to say -
“Part of the problem here is in the performances, for despite [Tony] Thompson’s formidable presence there is no depth to back it up, and while [...]