D I S C O V E R Y – Who is Barbadian Musician George Gill? He makes the rounds of Australasia?

The popular adage goes you can find a Bajan everywhere – try Fiji as well as Australia and you may unearth George Gill… His first real sighting was in The Age in November last year -

…busker and co-host of Bondi Junction’s Busk-Off, says the best busking moments for him come “every time that you get [...]

Barbadian Calypsonian given short shrift as Short Shirt caps Crown in St John’s (Follow-Up)

Over the weekend, Barbados’ own Mighty Gabby went to compete in Antigua for a 50+ contest of performers and could as well stayed home, not as he may be too old as I joked, but rather that an Antiguan won… As Iago the parrot in the Disney cartoon Aladdin screamed; “Why am I not surprised?” [...]

Barbadian & Trinidadian Poetry laid before a very appreciative audience in Fontabelle: They hunger for more

Adrian “Amenyama” Green is a poet with a purpose. His talent for verse was dormant until it was ignited by a burning passion to see Africans at home and abroad in particular, and the world in general, embrace the power of Afrakanity.
With the poetic fire lit, he has used every opportunity to spread the Gospel [...]

M I L E S T O N E – 400th Post: Barbadians need to respect Handicap Parking spots

This is a momentous occasion, started late December and now we are at late July and Four Hundred posts later, so in my view this entry needs a pithy matter -
If I am wrong and it can be proven, I am willing to update or delete this entry, let me know via bajan.reporter@gmail.com…
But do these [...]

Barbados Crop Over persists – Grand Salle Entertainment & New Assembly Point for 3 Trinis Mud Band (Shameless Plug)

Despite all that has happened, the NCF is of the view the show must go on -The next day is when the Point Fortin Engine Room Band will be jamming!
To make up for the slightly shorter route they’ll go all the way to Brighton Rd and on to Weisers for swimming and breakfast!
Last chance to [...]

Online Florida Daily disses Barbados: claims athlete earns our first ever medal – period! Poor Oba & Wedderburn, Barry Forde, etc.

Bradley Ally had the weight of a country on his shoulders as the eyes of Barbados watched intently as he competed in the XV Pan American Games that end today in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
The Pine Crest School club swimmer came through with flying colors.
Ally, 21, who has lived and trained in South Florida since [...]

Rissi Palmer – All-New Country Girl set to blaze own trail like Charley Pride

In the Caribbean, many of us adore Country & Western music, do you recall the St Lucian who even went so far as to dress up as a cowboy in the first Digicel Rising Stars? I was too young when Charley Pride inaugurated black stars into the pantheon of C&W music in Nashville during the [...]

NC-17, w a r n i n g (ADULT) – WHY YOU SHOULDN’T WEAR A RING WHILE PLAYING A SPORT

I have a few comments this entry, moreso? Let the photos speak as I have next to no appetite at the moment, as a married man I am proud to sport my ring but after this? I will wear it with caution!
Man, they say “‘Til death do us part” – but this is ridiculous!
Try carrying [...]

Former South Coast Hotel to become rented Office Space and Restaurant up to 2012 – The View, if highly successful, may run longer

If you were looking for quiz night at Players? Forget it! The name Fat Boyz may soon be removed too, it’s under new management now… Remember when we spoke of various things developing on the South Coast recently? Now we can confirm certain rumours from the last report…The place on the ground floor of what [...]

NC-17, Warning – adults:When you see a knife at a fete, run or you have a gun? Use it!

Got an e-mail where a defending claim was made about US police -

The photos are of an officer trained in hand-to-hand combat.
The officer figured, due to his size and fighting skills, he could disarm a knife wielding aggressor.Here is why I am forwarding these on.To all the idiots out there who always say, “Why did [...]