Abusive nurse in Barbados fired from Roseville Home

A paid helper seen abusing an elderly woman in a disturbing video on social media, has been fired and the matter reported to police. The owner of Roseville Home For The Elderly in Christ Church Pamela Hill told Barbados TODAY that she sacked Arielle King, as well as a cook who had witnessed the incident […]

I’m never going to marry a black man

I’m never going to marry a black man. Why would I want to? Why would I commit myself to a lifetime of disappointment and misery? I don’t need a man to ruin my life; I can do that on my own without his help and with much less drama. I’ve made up my mind to […]

Faithful Narissa Spencer killed by unlicensed driver

Dearly beloved Saints I don’t know if you are aware from Guyana news. But Narissa Spencer that served us on our mission trips in Guyana died last Thursday evening in a horrific and fatal  road traffic accident. It occurred as she was walking on the pavement/sidewalk to go teach an aerobic dance class. An 18 […]

Veteran Cricket commentator Tony Cozier has died

Cricket commentator Tony Cozier has died, at the age of 75. Cozier was a most familiar voice to cricket audiences the world over as well as at home in the West Indies. The West Indies Cricket Board confirmed his death, on Wednesday, in his native Barbados. A short statement on the board’s official Twitter feed read: “Tony Cozier the legendary […]

CARICOM Foreign Ministers discuss critical issues

CARICOM Ministers of Foreign Affairs met at the Nineteenth Meeting of the Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR) in Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines May 9-10,2016. The Ministers of Foreign Affairs Nineteenth Meeting of the Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR, followed on the heels of Sunday`s Organisaton of Caribbean States(OECS) Second […]

New energy needed in the Caribbean

The transformation of the energy sector in Caribbean countries is the key to improving the economies of all of them.  Sustainably cheaper energy supplies for tourism, manufacturing, transportation and agriculture would contribute significantly to reduced costs in each of these sectors, boosting their production and making them more competitive internationally. On the flip side of […]

All are invited to ASAA 60’s Spring Dance

Alleyne School Alumni Association (UK) and Friends Invite you to their 60’s SPRING DANCE Music by SK SOUNDS Prizes for the BEST OUTFITS, raffle prizes, Bajan food & drink Saturday 14th May at 8.00 pm – 1.00 am Pepper Pot Centre, 1 Thorpe Close, Ladbroke Grove, London W10 5XL TICKETS: £10 from Beverley 07879 407136 […]

All roads lead to Afro Hair & Beauty live 2016

Afro Hair & Beauty Live Europe’s foremost black hair, beauty and lifestyle show for savvy consumers is back! You are invited to join us over the spring bank holiday 29th & 30th may 2016 at business design centre 52 upper street London N1 0QH for the 35th edition of this leading event. Afro Hair & […]

A world according to Trump

Donald Trump’s Foreign Policy speech on April 27 did not once mention the Caribbean.   The Caribbean should be grateful or there might have been a price tag for his attention.  He did say, after all, that: “The countries we are defending must pay for the cost of this defense – and, if not, the US […]

Caribbean business networks target global Asian market

Caribbean Enterprise Network (CEN) in association with two of its members, the Archway Guesthouse, in the Lake District and CaribDirect Multi-Media are focusing on widening the global reach for other UK Caribbean Diaspora Businesses to follow cited CEN’s Chairman Devon Thomas. ‘We need to be creative, proactive and look outside our usual scope / markets […]