John McCain picked Sarah Palin as his Vice-Presidential candidate. Sarah Palin is from Alaska. Mrs Palin’s husband is a blue collar union worker for BP. She is tough on corruption and has taken a hard line against VECO. Here is a Reuters article on Forbes about Sarah Palin.
Barbados will be impacted whoever […]

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This is an old story involving an owner of Sandy Lane, but I don’t recall ever seeing it in the local papers. According to reports, wealthy money manager David Morrison was charged with assaulting a maid at Sandy Lane by the Royal Barbados Police Force. Mr Morrison subsequently settled with the maid. I noted that […]

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.We now have additional evidence supporting previous claims. The additional evidence is a letter from the Canadian High Commissioner stating that the Government of Barbados had offered Kingsland Estates Limited $22 […]

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Estwick Ebenezer Deane had many descendants. Here are some notables:

a former Barbados Senator
a medical doctor
a lawyer
a Barbados Scholar and Engineer
some prominent business persons

While they are known in Barbados, none of the above are world famous. Who is the one and only world famous […]

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Source: Caribbean today

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS – Lawmakers in St. Kitts and Nevis are expected to approve […]

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Jamaica’s recent performance in the Olympics is historic. Both the fastest man and the fastest women are Jamaican, making it the “World’s Fastest Nation“. Usain Bolt’s performance was spectacular! He won both the 100m and 200m. Shelly-Ann Fraser and Veronica Campbell-Brown won the 100m and the 200m respectively.

Congratulations Jamaica!
Update: Bolt helps Jamaica win 4×100 relay […]

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Here is the latest on Olint - a quote from PAUL HENRY in today’s Jamaica Observer, Thursday, August 21, 2008

DAVID Smith and his troubled foreign exchange outfit, Olint Investment Limited and Olint TCI, have […]

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Read entire story: Irish Times Wednesday, August 20, 2008

GREENCORE HAS dispensed with the services of its external auditors PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) following […]

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I was ribbed for omitting to mention two scandals in a recent post, PwC has other problems besides Nelson’s Canadian $500 million law suit! The omitted scandals were […]

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World Bank loans Barbados US$35 million for a “National Strategic Plan”

WASHINGTON, August 7, 2008 – The World Bank Board of Directors today approved a US$35 million loan to Barbados to support the implementation of the 2008-2013 National Strategic Plan for HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control. […]

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