Author: Clivette

Union calls out public servants in Barbados to mass protest

July 03, 2015 in Regional

[caption id="attachment_6420" align="alignleft" width="300"] NUPW president Akanni McDowall (left) and acting general secretary Roslyn Smith. (Photo: Barbados Today)[/caption] BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Friday July 3, 2015 – Thousands of Government workers across Barbados will take part in a mass protest on Monday, as the island’s biggest public sector...

‘FREAK’ Calls Beenie man, Popcaan

July 02, 2015 in Regional

[caption id="attachment_6411" align="alignleft" width="300"] (L-R) Popcaan and Beenie Man[/caption] DANCEHALL artistes Beenie Man and Popcaan are featured on the remix of British duo Krept and Konan's Freak of the Week single. The track -- which also features American R&B singer Jeremih -- was produced by California-based DJ...

Wimbledon burning

July 02, 2015 in Sports

[caption id="attachment_6408" align="alignleft" width="300"] Serbia's Novak Djokovic returns against Finland's Jarkko Nieminen during their men's singles second-round match on day three of the 2015 Wimbledon Championships at The All England Tennis Club in Wimbledon, London, yesterday & Russia's Maria Sharapova serves to Netherlands' Richel Hogenkamp...

US-Cuba ties: Washington and Havana announce embassies

July 02, 2015 in International

[caption id="attachment_6405" align="alignleft" width="300"] Mr. DeLaurentis (left) handed the letter to the Cuba's interim Foreign Minister Marcelino Medina (source: bbc)[/caption] The US and Cuba have agreed to reopen embassies in each other’s capitals, a major step in re-establishing diplomatic ties severed in 1961. Cuba said Havana and...