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Jamaican rides soca wave for T&T Carnival
jamaicanview reggae musicwww | December 18th 2009
Jamaican rides soca wave for T&T Carnival In February, 2009 he came to Trinidad to experience the season of soca and mas. Little did he know that he’d meet a rising soca star who would recognise his budding talent and a collaboration would em read more
Kingston in Kingston
jamaicanview reggae musicwww | December 18th 2009
Kingston in Kingston It will be the first time that international reggae-influenced recording artiste Sean Kingston will be performing in Kingston, and by all indications he intends to make his premier in Jamaica’s capital one to remember. Wit read more
Cash Flow Problems In Government, Printing Problems At The Nation…
Barbados Underground | December 18th 2009 by Barbados Underground
The recent announcement to postpone the payment of salaries to civil servants on the eve of Christmas has to be viewed as insensitive by the government. Bear in mind there is precedent for paying salaries early at Christmas time. There is the recessi read more
Tourism: Another Look
Barbados Underground | December 17th 2009 by Barbados Underground
Submitted by Looking Glass Faith in the automatic forces that push tourism and the economy requires a large does of optimism. Perhaps we should look beyond our own optimism and preferences to the context in which those opinions have meaning. First Ma read more
For reggae icon Buju Banton, a cloudy future
Jamaican View | December 15th 2009
For reggae icon Buju Banton, a cloudy future Internationally known reggae star. Gay basher. Grammy nominee. And now accused drug trafficker. As news of the drug arrest of Jamaican artist Buju Banton rocked the reggae world and burned up U.S. urban b read more
Water Service Cut To Graeme Hall Sanctuary
Barbados Underground | December 15th 2009 by Barbados Underground
Submitted by Graeme Hall Nature Sanctuary [Christ Church, BARBADOS Dec. 15, 2009] The Barbados Water Authority (BWA) cut water service to the Graeme Hall Nature Sanctuary last week without warning, sending Sanctuary workers scrambling to implement th read more
Cocaine case against reggae star laid out
Jamaican View | December 14th 2009
Cocaine case against reggae star laid out It was Tuesday afternoon when the silver Land Rover with the tag “Jah One” pulled up to La Tropicana de Havana restaurant in Sarasota, according to federal and local law enforcement agents who we read more
Time To Audit Attorneys’ Client Accounts
Barbados Underground | December 13th 2009 by Barbados Underground
The problems which the public has had with lawyers and the PSV sector over the many years may have something in common. The policymakers have continued to demonstrate an aversion to imposing controls to address the problems which have perennially pla read more
Barbados And OECS Corporate Performance And Outlook Report
Barbados Underground | December 12th 2009 by Barbados Underground
The following study was recently completed by the UWI, Cave Hill Introduction and Background We are pleased to introduce the “Barbados and OECS Corporate Performance and Outlook Report” published by the Department of Management Studies at UWI, C read more
Fourth Estate Surrender
Barbados Underground | December 11th 2009 by Barbados Underground
Recently Mr. Richard Cox, Head of News and Current Affairs at the Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) passed away. Last week BU learned that veteran Nation newspaper journalist Albert Brandford was put out to pasture and is currently freelancing read more
Rototom Sunsplash to relocate for 2010
Jamaican View | December 7th 2009
Rototom Sunsplash to relocate for 2010 After 16 years, of being held in Osoppo, Italy, Rototom Sunsplash is being forced to relocate to a new venue in Spain next year. Rototom is a large European reggae festival which has taken place in Rivellino Pa read more
Top 25 Reggae albums of the decade
Jamaican View | December 7th 2009
Top 25 Reggae albums of the decade - JamaicaObserver.com The top 25 reggae albums for this decade — which ends December — was dominated by Shaggy but other dancehall artistes ranked highly, according to a list compiled by Splash. Topping the lis read more
Hartley Henry Political Strategist-at-Large, Under Attack In Domi…
Barbados Underground | December 6th 2009 by Barbados Underground
Submitted by BU Source This advisor to the Prime Ministers of Barbados and Dominica considers himself to be the consummate political strategist, the indispensable darling of labour parties in the region… But there is much beneath the flash and das read more
Count The Cost!
Barbados Underground | December 5th 2009 by Barbados Underground
You cannot legislate the poor into freedom by legislating the wealthy out of freedom. What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving. The government cannot give to anybody anything that the government doe read more
Barbados Tourism Officials Smiling
Barbados Underground | December 3rd 2009 by Barbados Underground
These are times when the news both local and international is inundated with doom and gloom, obviously to do with the global recession. It was a refreshing change yesterday to hear Minister of Tourism Richard Sealy celebrating the occasion of Air read more
Auditor General Special Report Slams Management Of The ABC Highwa…
Barbados Underground | December 3rd 2009 by Barbados Underground
The Special Audit Barbados Road Network Infrastructure Improvement Project Report has been updated on the Barbados Auditor General’s website. The report gives an unflattering summary of how one of the largest capital projects (ABC Highway Project) read more
Jamaica: Cool in the Caribbean
jamaicanview reggae musicwww | December 2nd 2009
Jamaica: Cool in the Caribbean “No other island in the Caribbean is as beautiful or as productive,” said Grace Elmore from behind the bar at Richmond Hill Inn, a colonial lookout-cum-eyrie owned by her family since the 1960s. It rises hi read more
Ele wants $5m to clash with Flippa
jamaicanview reggae musicwww | December 2nd 2009
Ele wants $5m to clash with Flippa Elephant Man says he is willing to clash Flippa Mafia at Sting if promoter Isaiah Laing is willing to pay him $5 million. At the launch of Sting on Tuesday night, Laing said Elephant Man was running from a lyrical read more
Bajan Economy Not Doing Well
Barbados Underground | December 1st 2009 by Barbados Underground
Submitted by Looking Glass In economics the standard ways of measuring, assessing and rating can and do lead to unintended consequences. Countries differ substantially in terms of human and natural resources, capabilities and position in the global m read more
Don’t Give Jagdeo Another Cent!
Barbados Underground | December 1st 2009 by Barbados Underground
Submitted by Caribbean Guyana Institute for Democracy NEW YORK: Corruption in the Guyana government is again coming into sharp focus as the Commonwealth Heads of Government conclude their meeting in Trinidad and Tobago. The New York based Caribbean read more
Did Opposition Members Walk Out Of The National Independence Prog…
Barbados Underground | November 30th 2009 by Barbados Underground
Submitted by DLP Source The two of the most uncouth people known to the Barbadian people, in Mottley and Forde reportedly walked out of the last evenings National Independence Celebration event, this event is a National event and good manners wou read more
43 Not Out But The Pitch Is Starting To Take Spin
Barbados Underground | November 29th 2009 by Barbados Underground
For many Barbadians 2009 will be defined by that moment when Ryan Brathwaite won the gold medal at the World Championships. It was the first time Barbados had achieved such a result on the world stage. Its significance months later has not entirely s read more
$901,659.15
Barbados Underground | November 29th 2009 by Barbados Underground
What would almost ONE million Dollars be doing in an ESCHEATED ‘checking’ account (# 01283012) under the name of the Ministry of Finance Poverty Alleviation Grant? See page 46a Sunday Sun 29th November 2009 where the Barbados National Bank Inc, read more
Ronald ‘Suki’ King, We Salute You!
Barbados Underground | November 28th 2009 by Barbados Underground
It is the month of Independence and many Barbadians will be encouraged to reflect on what mirror image we have of ourselves. A reading of BU blogs might suggest Barbadians should be concerned about the lack of leadership emanating from almost every f read more
Toots brings authentic sounds to Tahoe
jamaicanview reggae musicwww | November 27th 2009
Toots brings authentic sounds to Tahoe Calling Toots Hibbert’s music old-school reggae would be an understatement. He the inventor. Toots and the Maytals 1968 song “Do the Reggay,” was the first time the word defining the style of music was us read more
Jah Works just keeps going on
jamaicanview reggae musicwww | November 27th 2009
Jah Works just keeps going on Keeping a band together for more than a decade is no easy feat - especially if the band is full time. But for the past 15 years, the members of Baltimore reggae group Jah Works have made a living by grinding out gigs ar read more
Is Jamaica losing reggae?
jamaicanview reggae musicwww | November 26th 2009
Is Jamaica losing reggae? Few Jamaicans chart in Japan, US and Europe signalling, as pundits suggest, that international reggae doesn’t need Jamaica. The charts in Japan, Germany, Switzerland and New Zealand, up to yesterday, had only one Jama read more
Ky-Mani Marley gets personal in autobiography
jamaicanview reggae musicwww | November 26th 2009
Ky-Mani Marley gets personal in autobiography Although he is the son of music royalty, Ky-Mani Marley says life has not always been a bed of roses. The 33-year-old singer/actor tells his story in Dear Dad, his autobiography to be released February 6 read more
We Support Paradise FM
Barbados Underground | November 26th 2009 by Barbados Underground
Recently there was an exchange on a BU blog which debated the merits and demerits of issuing a TV license to the Starcom Network. Perhaps there is another debate which Barbadians need to have as it relates to the tedium an applicant to the Barbados B read more
HUMILITY AND SINCERITY…Just What The Doctor Ordered
Barbados Underground | November 25th 2009 by Barbados Underground
It is amazing what a little humility and sincerity in public life can do. Even before and without the predictable gloom and doom intervention of the Leader of the Opposition, Barbadians were, quite understandably, concerned about the so-called Standa read more
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