United States Claims #1 Spot For First Time as World's Top Country Brand Nov 6, 2009
- Canada Holds on to Second Spot and Australia Slips to Number Three - - Global Study Expanded to Cover Regional Rankings Including Asia Pacific, Sub-Sahara Africa and the Americas. This category remains one with tremendous potential not only for tourism but investment, trade and policy. (Canada Newswire)
SCLC set for change at top Oct 25, 2009
2:04 p.m. Saturday, October 24, 2009. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Metro)
Patients - and patience - in health care end game Oct 25, 2009
1:26 a.m. Sunday, October 25, 2009. The Associated Press. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- World)
Michelle Obama Arrives in Copenhagen for IOC Vote Oct 1, 2009
When she spotted Austin Sealy, an IOC member from Barbados, she shook his hand and said, "Good to see you." She knew about Hoevertsz's new job - something most people in Aruba probably aren't even aware of - and happily accepted a pin. When David Robinson, one of the original Dream Teamers and a member of the U.S. delegation here, went to introduce himself, she grinned and said, "I know who you are! Another Robinson. I tell people we're related.". (ABC 7 News, DC)
Reflections on race Jul 31, 2009
My belief in racial equality was strengthened when I became aware that the people of backward Haiti and progressive Barbados both had their roots in the Dahomey region of West Africa ... Barbados, which gained its independence from the British in 1966, is today a prosperous democracy of "Afro-Saxons.". (Christian Science Monitor)
The reluctant poster boy Jul 23, 2009
In fact, the single nomination for Man Gone Down came not from an American library but from the National Library Service of Barbados. The two most frequent nominations from American libraries were Diaz's novel and Michael Chabon's The Yiddish Policemen's Union. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Market Forecaster Jul 14, 2009
Decreases were reported for Jamaica (2,200 MT), Panama (1,300 MT), Barbados (1,200 MT), and Iran (1,100 MT). With a little more than a month into the start of a new marketing year, wheat sales are well behind last year s pace, which was poor also. (Midwest Bulls Eye, NE)
Geelong boy comes to the party Jul 5, 2009
In the process, he too has become a celebrity of sorts, with houses in England, Barbados and Australia, and an entourage of rock stars, soapie starlets and models. Lyons, a master of spin, remains at heart a conservative, who cannot quite shake the feeling that Victoria is not thriving under a Labor Government. (The Age, Australia -- Features)
Cruise ship with swine flu outbreak heads to Aruba Jun 18, 2009
The ship was denied permission to dock in Grenada and Barbados on Wednesday ... Passengers will receive a partial refund for not having made the planned port calls in Grenada and Barbados, she said. (Yahoo News -- Politics)
Caribbean cruise turned away over swine flu fears Jun 18, 2009
Tour operator Pullmantur said its ship Ocean Dream with 759 passengers and 400 crew members was denied permission to dock in Grenada and Barbados after informing authorities there that crew members had flu symptoms. The company said it later received confirmation that three crew members tested positive for swine flu. (Yahoo News)
View: Obama snubs Nigeria? Jun 16, 2009
Page last updated at 15:18 GMT, Friday, 12 June 2009 16:18 UK. African view: Obama snubs Nigeria. (BBC News -- Africa)
President Mills Should Look Into GIA Mar 30, 2009
Even when GIA made its maiden charter flight to Barbados on January 31, 2008, the passengers who were mostly students were abandoned for months before being rescued by the Kufour administration due to the severe embarrassment it was causing the then government. Unlike Ghana Airways which used to fly to the West Coast, South Africa , Europe and the United States , the GIA has become a one destination carrier. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Fighting talk Feb 25, 2009
Shontelle was raised in Christ Church and St James in Barbados ... The 23-year-old singer grew up in Barbados, where she represented her country as a swimmer before finding success as a musician ... Barbados was very laid back. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
