NOW (and women in general), where are you on the Banks Girl issue?

 
Where, if I may be so bold as to ask, does the NOW (National Organization of Women) and women in general, stand with regards to the whole Banks Girl issue? Are those not scantily clad women in the background partaking of the whole, sordid (and tasty) cholocate affair as well?
Are these group of women not contributing to the whole [...]

Say it ain’t so, Chefette, say it ain’t so

Saw this in my inbox the other day and read about it on Barbados Underground:
Yes, I know it’s long and yes, you’ve probably read it already. But the message I received in my inbox differs slightly from the one that BU posted. Have I stopped eating at Chefette? No, I have not and will not either. [...]

Chefette at the GAIA

For the folks out there who weren’t aware, Chefette is our version of McDonald’s. That said, Chefette recently announced the opening of its 14th location, situated at the Grantley Adams International Airport (GAIA).
I’m interested in two things: First, the breakfast menu. I know it’s an airport and I realize that flights are coming and going [...]

ABC + 123 = 0

UPDATED: Okay, I finished the post. Better late than never
I’ve heard it myself over the years and I’ve also repeated it to visitors: Barbados boasts one of the highest rates of literacy (or should that read one of the highest literacy rates?) in the world. Is this still the case, can our island still afford [...]

True or False?

Anyone heard about this? It showed up in my e-mail earlier today and I’m not sure if this really happened. (I removed the sender’s name which appeared at the bottom of the e-mail):
“A disturbing thing happened last Saturday morning to some young people I know that I want to share with you. Hopefully you will pass [...]

An Inconvenient Truth now showing(?) in Barbados

I wasn’t even aware. No mention of it (unless I missed it) in the print media. Nothing major on BFP or BU. I think. I found out while watching the CBC Evening News tonight. Something that I don’t do often. Not because CBC’s coverage of the news is exciting or extremely informative or sensational or [...]

M.I.A: The Bystander? NOT!

On June 1st, 2007 at 3:07 pm, passin thru commented:
Where are you Bystander?
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Hello passin thru,
I am here. I haven’t gone anywhere. Unfortunately, the last few weeks have been a bit busy what with final exams (long completed), as well as one or two (recently completed) special projects at work.
And on June 4th, 2007 at 8:55 pm [...]

TAKEOVER of Barbados Shipping & Trading by Trinidad giant, Neal & Massy

UPDATED: Replaced the words SOLD OUT with TAKEOVER 
Maybe it’s just me. Maybe I’m just imagining things or just crying wolf, but I think The Nation newspaper got it wrong when they printed “BS&T  Mega Deal” across their front page today.
“Barbados Shipping & Trading (BS&T), the country’s biggest conglomerate, is planning to merge with energy and industrial giant Neal & [...]

Nurses in Barbados

“UNDER SIEGE.” This is the headline that The Nation newspaper splashed across their back page in today’s print edition (don’t bother checking their website, the story isn’t there.) It desribes the disgusting situation that currently exists for nurses in Barbados. Nurses, folks, nurses. The people that look after us, our familes, our relatives and our [...]

Random thoughts

Soon. My days are numbered, slowly dwindling. Like the last remaining grains of sand falling through the hourglass that is time. It is my last semester at BCC and final exams are just around the corner. Soon. UWI. Now it feels as if I haven’t posted an entry in ages, but my responsibilities in the off-line world [...]

Thoughts on cricket, the W.I. team and Brian Lara

I am not a cricket fan. There. I said it and now the whole world knows it. Maybe that’s a good thing right now. Maybe an impartial observer, or better yet, a bystander like me, can take a look in from the outside and offer one or two thoughts on the game, the W.I. team and [...]

Why ‘green,’ not black, white nor polka-dot-pink, should matter when serving customers

Originally found via this BFP post. It seems that the folks over at the Living in Barbados blog are wondering why it is that in some establishments in Barbados, white customers receive far better treatment than their fellow black customers. 
Many of the BFP readers (I really like those BFP readers) offered up several reasons, and also mentioned by name, several Barbadian companies where [...]

KFC, Warrens

Thank you, God (Santa, The Great Pumpkin, or whoever is in charge up there.) Before finding out that KFC was setting up shop in Warrens, I watched and wondered as to which corporate entity was erecting a building on the left, just before the Shell station at Warrens (or after, on your right, depending on your approach) and across [...]