Black History Month Films at EBCCI – Final Screenings

The University of the West Indies – Cave Hill CampusErrol Barrow Centre for Creative Imagination (EBCCI)in collaboration withU.S. Embassy – Bridgetown
presents
Black History Month – February 2008
FINAL Film Screenings at the EBCCI CinematequeThese film screenings will be held during the month of February and a new schedule will be announced each week. Please [...]

MAGNUM KINGS & QUEENS OF DANCEHALL GIVES POWER TO THE POEPLE

Jamaicans have an acute sense of what constitutes quality and in an artiste. In every noock and cranny of Jamaica dancehall is the heartbeat of the people and Jamaicans know what constitutes quality music. Magnum Kings & Queens of Dancehall gives power to the people by allowing them to vote for who they think [...]

When does the Royal Barbados Police Force acknowledge carjackings? When there’s a fatality while we have a travel advisory on?

For all of the political agenda B’dos Free Press may fling here and there every now and again, they do have some intriguing stories of true newsworthy attention, but then again, some areas within the mainstream media are under direct orders not to acknowledge this side of the world, no matter how juicy the story [...]

BARBADIAN POLYCLINIC PHARMACIES CLOSED FOR ONE DAY – STOCKTAKING SCHEDULE

Several polyclinic pharmacies, operating under the aegis of the Barbados Drug Service (B.D.S), will close for one day ONLY next month, to carry out their annual stocktaking. The Ministry of Health apologises for any inconvenience caused.The pharmacies at the Ladymeade Reference Unit and St. Thomas Out-patient Clinic will be the first to close on Monday, [...]

If you can’t get enough doggie, do we have an offer for all you Bajans who want bare doggie…

The Hope Sanctuary: 266-0986

OTHER WAYS TO HELP:

‘3 of these dogs are being kennelled as we do not have any room at The Hope – would you please help with the financial cost to kennel them for longer until we find them a home?’

Also if that’s too much doggie, you can always [...]

IRON SHARPEN IRON BRINGS BACK SPOKEN-WORD MASTER HERU TO SPIRIT BOND THIS WEEKEND

Echoes of the Ancestors was an outstanding production punctuated with a full standing ovation. So what do you do when the people can’t get enough and pining for more? Deliver the encore!
{Ed’s Note: Day-job has been hectic, but a review of Echoes will be forthcoming, that’s a promise!}
“Poetry As Prophecy” featuring Heru and an Open [...]

DEFENCE FORCE GETS MILITARY MIGHT BOOSTED BY BEIJING – MILITARY TO MILITARY GIFT OF CLOSE TO $1 MIL. BDS, AS BAJAN SOLDIERS LEARN KUNG FU

Military aid valued at some BDS$840,000 was handed over to the Barbados Defence Force (BDF) by Chinese Ambassador, Liu Huanxing, via the Chinese Army.The donation, which included computer equipment, audio visual aids such as presentation projectors with the latest technology, disaster equipment, power generators on trailers, tents, equipment for the mess hall and other items, [...]

LIBRARY SERVICE HOSTS PANEL DISCUSSION TOMORROW

In celebration of Black History Month, the National Library Service will host a panel discussion this coming Friday, February 29, at the St. Leonard’s Church Hall, Westbury Road, St. Michael.Entitled “Blacks in Business: Past, Present and Future”, the presentation starts at 7:00 p.m.Panelists are: Historian, Dr. Henderson Carter; Deputy Director of the Commission for Pan [...]

JAMAICAN SCHOOL TOUR CONTINUES TO MAKE A POSITIVE IMPACT: Entertainers help make their former school environment more wholesome

The No Joke Entertainment and VP Records “Education is No Joke” School tour continued to blaze a trail last week with some of Jamaica’s top entertainers visiting their Alma Maters.The main aim of the “Education Is No Joke” school tour is to sensitize students as to the importance of a good education and motivate them [...]

Lancaster Art Gallery – Yoga, more space & Boscoe Holder

January was the first time I visited Lancaster House, and now in February so much more has been done! Most of the walls rather than being green alone as before, now some are in shades of ochre or a rich maroon bordering on vermilion, all at the direction of their creative curator Roger Chubb.The west [...]