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Virgin Atlantic confident with additional flights to Barbados planned.

Virgin Atlantic is adding flights to the Caribbean from next year in a further sign of airlines’ confidence of a recovery in the recession-hit industry.

From October 2011, Virgin Atlantic is boosting its Caribbean capacity by 20 per cent to nearly 22,000 weekly seats, with extra flights to Barbados, Cuba, Tobago and Grenada.

via Virgin Atlantic’s growth plans signal uplift in airline industry confidence – Business News, Business – The Independent.

The Barbados economy is still sound and its safety net effectively strengthened and the medium term fiscal strategy targets are by and large being met. Prime Minister David Thompson gave this assurance on Thursday during an address to the nation.

via Caribbean Net News: Barbados economy is sound, says PM.

The Wilkie family are in need of your help…

To find out more on Denis’s condition and how to make a donation, please click the following to The Denis Wilkie Fund Facebook page.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados BGIS — Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will travel to Peru, Ecuador, Colombia and Barbados from June 6-10 to participate in the General Assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS) and consult with our regional partners on issues of shared interest.

Clinton is scheduled to visit Barbados June 9-10, 2010, where she will meet with Caribbean foreign ministers and government leaders.

via Caribbean Net News: US Secretary of State Clinton to visit Barbados for multi-lateral meetings.

Uncommon Caribbean is fast-becoming one of my favourite blogs.

Today’s busy modern lifestyles often relegate breakfast to an afterthought. What’d you grab this morning while rushing out the door to catch the train, or beat traffic? Cereal bar? Banana? Bagel? Whatever it was, it’s unlikely to have had the spice and flavor of Saltfish Buljol.

Growing up with Trini parents, I often awoke to the smell of Buljol, especially on weekends when we had more time to ease into the day (prep time is about 45 minutes). You won’t need much coffee with this special treat either, as it packs enough hot pepper to wake even the groggiest souls.

via Taste of the Caribbean: Saltfish Buljol « Uncommon Caribbean.

Rihanna is doing well after being hospitalized Monday night in Switzerland and will continue the European leg of her “Last Girl on Earth” tour.

The Barbados beauty, 22, was taken to a private clinic in Zurich after she completed a concert, to receive treatment for an injured rib.

via Rihanna Released From Zurich Hospital | TheCelebrityCafe.com.

Hopes that flights in and out of the UK could recommence soon were dashed today when it was decided that the flights ban would stay in place until at least 1am tomorrow.

Making the ruling, air traffic control company Nats said conditions around the movement of the layers of the volcanic ash cloud over the UK “remained dynamic”.

via Ash cloud flight ban extended to Tuesday – Home News, UK – The Independent.

Is Melnichenko preparing to sell his floating nookie room?

Russian billionaires tend to be discreet about their private lives, especially when it comes to beautiful women and bedrooms with padded walls. Yet the doors unexpectedly swung open last week on the innermost boudoir of one of Moscow’s biggest spenders. His employees call it “the nookie room”.

In a rare glimpse of nautical naughtiness on board a £195m megayacht, the owner of one of the world’s most exotic playthings has bared his secrets — or at least some of them — to public gaze.

via Welcome to my floating nookie room – Times Online.

Check out BFP’s caption competition for the recent alleged incident at parliament… Do any of our readers know what happened?

Did Barbados Government Minister David Estwick threaten Opposition member with a gun in Parliament? something happened between David Estwick and Dale Marshall and the public deserves to know the truth.

Marshall made a statement to the police on Saturday and told the Nation that Estwick was “brandishing a gun at me.”

via What did Barbados Government Minister David Estwick say to former Attorney General Dale Marshall? « Barbados Free Press.

In the last week Barbados Free Press received several emails and comments from different (anonymous or unconfirmed) readers claiming that one of the bus drivers of the April 6, 2010 Market Hill bus vs bus accident had been out drinking the night before and may have still been hung over at the time of the accident.

via Driver in Barbados mass casualty bus accident “hung over and smelled of drink” ? « Barbados Free Press.