The 18th edition of Muhtadi International Drumming Festival (MIDF) will be held at Woodbine Park in Toronto on the weekend. The two-day festival (June 3-4) is multicultural extravaganza that showcases 30 plus performers/groups playing an eclectic array of drums, music and dance from many nations. One of the themes of this year’s festival is “Canada […]
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Nikki Beach Worldwide, a luxury lifestyle and hospitality brand, is opening its 14th property – this time in Barbados. The luxury beach club property, which is expected to open its doors for business by year-end, will be the first of its kind for the island, founder and owner of Nikki Beach Worldwide […]
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados — Caribbean tourism broke new ground in 2016, surpassing 29 million arrivals for the first time ever, and once again growing faster than the global average. “Despite political, security and economic uncertainties and challenges in our main source markets, tourist arrivals to the Caribbean increased by 4.2 per cent in 2016, better than […]
When we watched television from outside someone’s window Addressing Barbadians at a gala in Toronto on Saturday to mark Barbados’ 50th anniversary of Independence, Haynesley L. Benn, Consul General of Barbados in Toronto, recalled the time when the Union Jack was lowered for the last time in his native country. It was a time when […]
By Dr. Shane Drakes Low back pain is an extremely common condition with some studies showing that 80 per cent of people have had at least one episode of low back pain during their lifetime. While most episodes of pain eventually resolve, in a small percentage of people, it becomes chronic. This is a major […]
“Errol Barrow: Freedom Fighter,” a full-length feature film on the life of the former prime minister of Barbados who led his country to political independence in 1966, will have its world premiere at the Innis Town Hall cinema, University of Toronto, on November 12. This docudrama stars Adrian Holmes, a Canadian of Barbadian heritage, and […]
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – A delegation from the Central Bank of Barbados (CBB) has ended a visit to Canada discussing the “encouraging prospects” for Canadian banks operating in Barbados. A CBB statement said that the delegation headed by Governor Dr. Delisle Worrell ‘in discussions with bankers and officials…expressed confidence in the future of our international business […]
As Barbados marks the 50th anniversary of its independence this year, its heroes are being honoured. Barbados Prime Minister Freundel Stuart spoke of several of them on Saturday in his keynote address at the ninth annual Errol Barrow Memorial dinner at the Markham Convention Centre in Toronto. He noted that 2016 is an important year […]
By Gerald V. Paul Barbados Prime Minister Freundel Stuart says the current standards of governance of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) are undesirable and the Board is doing much to undermine the integrity of West Indies cricket. But he is not in favour of scrapping the Board. “Scrap the West Indies Cricket Board? What […]
