BoUiK BY TONI THORNE’S MARTHA’S SMILE INITIATIVE: Combining Youth And Creativity To Do Its Part To Heal The World

At a time where most depictions of society’s youth are negative, 22 year old entrepreneur Ms. Toni Thorne, CEO of BoUiK and graduate of the University of the West Indies Cave Hill, has assembled a small team with a fresh new approach to the fight against HIV/AIDS. Viewing social responsibility as a vital aspect of [...]

KARTEL SALUTES JAMAICA’S “LIGHTNING BOLT” – USAIN BOLT’S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP VICTORY IS FETED BY ‘GAZA’ EMPIRE LEADER VYBZ KARTEL

Jamaica’s sprinter Usain Bolt set a new world record of 19.19 secs today by winning 200 Meters at World Athletics Championships, this as new music from his homeland made in his honour.
Mouthing “Gaza Mi Seh” to television cameras during his usual pre-race antics, Olympic gold medalist and world record holder Usain Bolt hailed his favorite [...]

Launch of Barbados Poetry Book shows some have lesser sins – they cast first stones at Stone Gatherer

It was the first time this News-Blog has seen a book launch inclusive of active critique. We refer to the debut of Esther Phillips’ “The Stone Gatherer,” an inaugural session largely ignored by mainstream media… Robert Edison Sandiford mentioned how many first drafts of the collection were tested in the group sessions with Writers’ Ink, [...]

CRUZ-IN’ IN THE HILLS OF ST. ELIZABETH: BEENIE, TANYA, ANTHONY, AND PRESTIGE BRING BACK THE VIBES TO THE RURAL COMMUNITY OF JUNCTION

Junction, the once bustling business center of Jamaica’s second largest parish, will now be known as the area’s entertainment center when the ‘King of the Dancehall‘ Beenie Man, Dancehall’s ‘rebelution‘ leader Tanya Stephens, Lover’s Rock crooner Anthony Cruz, and Roots chanter Prestige cruise through St. Elizabeth’s rolling country-side for Cruz-in’ in Da Hills on December [...]

Film-maker Bongo Lights “Vexx” at Barbados Gov’t for lack of support in Visual Arts – Meanwhile plots new Fantasy with Andrew “Hit For Six” Pilgrim

(Attn – PG-13, Language) Not so long ago, this News-Blog highlighted how there seems to be a new yet not so recently made flick due from Bongo Lights of “Tek Dem Out” and “Vexx” fame…
Well, he appears to be living up to the title of his last feature, when we e-mailed him about “Life In [...]

Barbados-Based Regional website lists Online Drug Forum comments – Barbados is Marijuana-Friendly country, buying weed like going to shop

Caribbean 360, a Barbadian owned and operated regional website made a startling declaration which no other print nor electronic media nor even blog has picked up on… Caribbean 360 found a discussion forum which says ease of purchasing Ganja in Barbados is similar to a trip to either Walmart or Costco for sanctioned goods!
In a [...]

Tear Jerking US Miltary Dog Story just great work of fiction – Leading online myth-buster confirms tale is wagging dog

One of my pals from the Hope Sanctuary sent me the following, it is heart-rending and its original title said “Tissue Alert” which I took to mean some kind of biological threat. However, once I actually read it, then I understood they meant ‘sobs to rack your shoddy body.’But it seemed a little too well [...]

TRIDENT UPDATES – LOCAL ATTRACTION TO SHUT DOWN, ACTION-FIGURE MOVIE DOES WELL, ETC.

Barbados:

Ocean Park to close at the end of AugustTwo days for kadooment next year?What is the true economic value of Crop OverWild weather this week in BarbadosCamouflage gear in Bim

Region and World:

Massive Hurricane decimates parts of Asia

Business:

Outsourcing MarketingThe Tipping PointFriends as business partnersWhy businesses fail (continued)

Culture:

Brewsters Road: A Caribbean party icon?

Entertainment:

GI JoeWeedsWolverine 2Halo
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HEINEKEN JAMBOREE CLUB TOUR GETS A SPICY ADDITION – DANCEHALL’S FAVORITE VIXEN ‘RAMPS’ WITH IRIE JAMBOREE TOUR ON AUGUST 19TH

After a successful launch at Moment’s Night Club in Elmont, NY last week, the Heineken Irie Jamboree Club Tour picks up steam, adding Dancehall’s peppery vixen Spice to the second leg of the tour, which hits St. Alban’s hot-spot Queen of the Sea Restaurant and Lounge on Wednesday, August 19th.After attracting hundreds of patrons to [...]

THE HOPE SANCTUARY – ‘NEW’ CHARITY SHOP IN ST. GEORGE [s h a m e l e s s* p l u g]