Today’s world is one filled with diverse peoples striving to cope with the demanding economic climate. While great emphasis is placed on rescuing countries straining under an ever increasing burden of debt, children all over the world, suffer quietly in an atmosphere of violence and abuse. Every year millions of children around the [...]
Violence against women and girls touches Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean just as it does every other part of the world. Gender-based violence is a global pandemic that cuts across all borders – ethnicity, race, socioeconomic status, and religion. It can threaten women and girls at any point in their life – from [...]
Caribbean author and New York resident Mario Picayo will (almost) follow the text of his popular and best-selling title “A Caribbean Journey from A to Y (Read and Discover What Happened to the Z)” as he travels from A (Anguilla and Antigua) to S (Saba, St. Thomas, St. John, St. Kitts, St. Vincent) on a [...]
Police are on the lookout for six masked men in connection with a violent robbery in Canefield during the early hours of Sunday morning.
Dressed in army fatigues and armed with pumps and other small arms, the masked men raided Rhona’s BBQ along the Canefield highway on Sunday morning and made off with an undisclosed sum [...]
The above caption indicates that the country is broken. Broken in many aspects and this can be construed as normal in the life cycle of a developing country particularly in this period of world history.
I am putting forward a number of possible and attainable ideas (strategies) that can help rebuild the Isle of Beauty. [...]
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, 6 December, 2011 – The Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) is deeply disappointed and surprised by the UK Government’s announcement on 6 December that it will continue to discriminate against the Caribbean in relation to the banding aspect of the Air Passenger Duty (APD) system.
In a 26-page document published today, the British government said [...]
Dominicans are being cautioned to be on the alert for a possible outbreak of gastroenteritis. The Ministry of Health last week issued a health bulletin informing the public of an increase in the reported cases of the illness.
Gastroenteritis is a condition that causes irritation and inflammation of the stomach and intestines. It is caused by [...]
Two outstanding Dominicans passed away last month, each evoking a disproportionately different kind of national response.
Pastor Horace John Lewis, evangelist extraordinaire and host of La Voix de Lévangile died with scarcely anyone, except for those most closely intimate with his legacy, shedding a tear or extending condolences to his bereaved family.
Legendary cadencelypso icon Jeff Joseph [...]
The Church’ has long been accused of deafening silence in the face of what some see as rampant government corruption and mismanagement of the economy. Up to this point however, its leaders have stoutly resisted calls to political activism but they may be about to break their code of silence.
If rumors about a [...]
The birth date of Jesus Christ has over decades created a great level of debate among Evangelicals and non- evangelicals creating doubt in the minds of people as to whether or not they should celebrate Christmas or even believe in it. Another question that seems to be a point of discussion is whether or not [...]
Temptatious of Natral Vybz Performs at Pepsi Rebel Salute 2011
Miss Dominica 2011:Swim Suit, Evening and Casual Wear
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