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The news that Rakim Mayers was arrested last Wednesday in Los Angeles after vacationing in Barbados with his girlfriend Rihanna breathed life into a simmering concern many Barbadians have to her being named a national hero of Barbados last year.

Rakim Mayers aka A$AP Rocky – an American rapper – is charged with assault with a deadly weapon in a non fatal shooting. He was released on a $550,000 bond – see report A$AP Rocky Arrested at LAX. There is the saying all PR is good PR, the blogmaster is unsure local government officials will agree given the recent event.

Although it is the boyfriend of national hero Rihanna who has generated the PR for Barbados, Barbadians who disagreed with Prime Minister Mia Mottley declaring Rihanna a national hero are unsurprised at the report this week out of Los Angeles. Rihanna achieved billionaire status because she operates in a space that is characterized as a commercial culture. Therefore her deportment in public and social circle will display characteristics that clash with traditional expectations of what a national hero should represent. The conflict for many Barbadians does not mean Rihanna has not achieved phenomenal success, it boils down to how a conservative Barbados perceives what are the characteristics a national hero should possess. 

The blogmaster is ambivalent to Rihanna given national hero status. She has demonstrated extraordinary business acumen and talent as an entertainer in a ultra-competitive business. She has also done her part as a philanthropist. All the more incredible, she has achieved phenomenal success coming from a 2×3 island. She deserves the title of Phenon. That said many voicing disapproval of her appointment sees a conflict between behaviour required to support her business objectives and the valueset that should define a Barbadian boy and girl. 

It must be repeated the majority of Barbadians are proud of what Robyn Rihanna Fenty has achieved. Too often the concern many Barbadians have at her elevation to national hero status is conflated with irrelevant positions coloured by political and narrow interest.

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201 responses to “Rihanna, Barbadian Hero”

  1. angela cox Avatar
    angela cox

    John2April 24, 2022 11:11 AM

    Money can’t buy happiness? Then give away all of yours
    Xxcccc
    Actually I have already started doing such
    It doesn’t bother me to give as long as my moral compass remains in tack

    As a mother and having to see my daughter involved in such a situation
    I would be devastated not only for my daughter but also for the baby whose entire life span would be reminded of her father’s actions
    Hopefully the judge would be lieninent and order him to do community service work along with anger management classes
    The baby doesn’t deserve to be a hashtag for the rest of it’s life and branded

  2. Frank Avatar
    Frank

    as long as my moral compass remains in tack…
    Keep on tacking, maybe you’ll catch a downwind soon.

  3. David Avatar
    David

    Rihanna is a girl who grew up in Westbury Road.

  4. angela cox Avatar
    angela cox

    FrankApril 24, 2022 3:27 PM

    as long as my moral compass remains in tack…
    Keep on tacking, maybe you’ll catch a downwind soon.

    Xxxxx
    Don’t worry about my catching anything
    However I won’t worry about catching nothing from u

  5. Cuhdear Bajan Avatar
    Cuhdear Bajan

    @African Online Publishing Copyright ⓒ 2022. All Rights Reserved April 24, 2022 7:16 AM

    “…those hiding behind anonymous monikers…”

    African Online Publishing Copyright ⓒ 2022. All Rights Reserved is your real-real name then? Or are you too hiding too behind an anonymous moniker?

  6. David Avatar
    David

    Here we go again, anonymous commenters engaged in nonsense positions.

  7. John2 Avatar
    John2

    AC.

    You you got the man tried , convicted and awaiting sentenced already.
    Then u will come in here and talk about human rights .

  8. angela cox Avatar
    angela cox

    John2April 24, 2022 4:52 PM

    AC.

    You you got the man tried , convicted and awaiting sentenced already.
    Then u will come in here and talk about human rights
    Xxxx
    There is the court of public opinion where freedom of speech can be exercised
    Then there is the court of Justice
    where the wheels of justice cannot supersede a person’s right for a fair and speedy trial
    Given all.of the above asap Rocky was not denied any of his human rights

  9. John2 Avatar
    John2

    AC.

    You are full of (sh)it

    You are not talking about a court of public opinion when you say ‘I hope the judge will be lenient………,’

    You moral compass needs calibrating

  10. TLSN Avatar
    TLSN

    Rihanna is a young lady and should have been allowed to develop organically without Mia thrusting on her some dumb title. It’s a pity she was not advised by her associates to give the two finger sign to Mia when she suggested offering her the title.

    https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/apr/24/how-rihanna-changed-pregnancy-style-maternity-wear

  11. angela cox Avatar
    angela cox

    John2April 24, 2022 5:22 PM

    AC.

    You are full of (sh)it

    You are not talking about a court of public opinion when you say ‘I hope the judge will be lenient………,’

    You moral compass needs calibrating
    Xxxxxxxx
    In the court of public opinion all views ideas and opinions are welcome
    Such being the case the Constitution gives all an individuals such rights
    Anybody who is spewing shit. Is u and for all the wrong reasons

    Btw if asap was in a communist country
    He would have been still languishing in a jail
    Let that sink in

  12. David Avatar
    David

    So would Michael Carrington.

  13. John2 Avatar
    John2

    If if if

    If he was in a communist country he would not have had access to a gun so freely

  14. Sargeant Avatar
    Sargeant

    @David
    Does A$AP qualify for such loyalty? They are not married yet
    +++++++
    Surely, she can’t jettison him now, the song said it all she is in for the long haul, and you want the tabloids to have orgies of delight.

    The young man seems to be a magnet for trouble, there was that assault charge in Sweden and Trump had to intervene, later Trump was heard to complain that he never received so much as a “Thank you………”

  15. Donks, Gripe and Josh Avatar
    Donks, Gripe and Josh

    ++++US President Donald Trump has demanded that Sweden “give ASAP Rocky his freedom” in a series of tweets.

    The musician, real name Rakim Myers, has been charged with assault causing actual bodily harm in Stockholm. He will remain in custody until a trial takes place.

    Mr Trump said on Twitter that Sweden had “let our African American community down”.

    ASAP was arrested on 3 July following a fight that was captured on video.

    Two other men who were with them at the time have also been charged with assault. The musician says that his group was being followed by a group of men and he acted in self-defence.

    Donald Trump said last week that he had spoken to Swedish prime minister Stefan Lofven about ASAP’s case.

    Rapper ASAP Rocky charged with assault in Sweden
    Prison boss defends ASAP Rocky jail conditions
    However on Thursday the president wrote that he was “very disappointed” in Mr Lofven for being “unable to act” and urged him to “treat Americans fairly”.

    Give A$AP Rocky his FREEDOM. ++++

    ++++Rihanna attacks Donald Trump on his social networks and …
    https://webmediums.com/showbiz/rihanna-attacks…
    The famous pop singer, Rihanna, attacked the President of the United States, Donald Trum p, for a comment made on his social networks focused on the events in El Paso, Texas, where an armed person attacked innocents, leaving at least 20 dead and several people injured.

    Rihanna launches vile attack on Trump: ‘I’m trying to save …
    https://www.lifezette.com/2020/04/rihanna-launches…
    The pop singer Rihanna just launched a truly vile attack on President Donald Trump for, as she claims, not saving American lives when it comes to the coronavirus.

    Rihanna Disses Donald Trump For Playing Her Music At …

    Rihanna had some choice words after she discovered her song ‘Don’t Stop the Music’ was being played at a Trump rally! Read her epic response here!Rihanna was..++++

    Draw your own conclusions.

  16. NorthernObserver Avatar
    NorthernObserver

    I think Ms Fenty needs to jet off to Lake Zurich, and meet with TinaT. There they could record their duet version of “What’s Love Got to do with it”, for release at a later date.
    When Bad girl RiRi and Badboy A$AP Rocky offspring arrives….the name ?
    @David we need a name game closer to the arrival date…lol

  17. 555dubstreet Avatar
    555dubstreet

    If The Jesus came today
    Would he be a Soul Singer
    Would he run Social Media
    Would he reach the People

  18. Cuhdear Bajan Avatar
    Cuhdear Bajan

    @NorthernObserver April 24, 2022 11:47 PM “[when the] offspring arrives…the name ?
    we need a name game closer to the arrival date…lol”

    I “feel” that it is a boy so thay cam name “him” Nathaniel. And they can can call him Nate or Nathan. I was saving this for my own grandson, but it seems that I will never get one as are a mostly female family, 21 female, 17 male.

    I volunteer to be godmother to li’l Nate.

    Lol!

  19. Cuhdear Bajan Avatar
    Cuhdear Bajan

    @David April 24, 2022 3:33 PM “Rihanna is a girl who grew up in Westbury Road.”

    On the front page of today’s Nation a 12 year old BOY from Westbury Road/Rihanna Drive who rescued a 93 year old man who was in difficulties in the sea last week. At that time he was asked why he did what he did and his response was “It was the right thing to do” and “i did not want him to suffer”, today he is saying “it was not a big deal”

    In another thread David asked if good things happen in Barbados?

    I respond again

    YUP.

    Let us celebrate ALL of our wonderful children. Let us celebrate the parents, the schools and the society which is nurturing them.

    And of course another 12 year old, a girl this time, EARNED, not won 12 GOLD medals at last week’s Carifta swimming championships. A gold medal for every year of her life so far. She has her eyes set on the Olympics.

    Let us celebrate ALL of our wonderful people.

    It is written “a little child shall lead them.”

  20. David Avatar
    David

    @Simple Simon

    There are good and bad things happening in any situation that mankind is present, event on BU.

  21. David Avatar
    David

    Let’s be clear on heroes
    There is a need for increased transparency and public confidence in the entire honours system.
    THE WHO AND WHY of any additions to the rank of National Hero on this island is not a national talking point. However, widening an already expansive list might become the point at issue.
    The waters may be tested this week whether the public is in the mood for debate on any addition to the pantheon of these heroes. We have already been forewarned that the existing list of 11 exalted individuals may be expanded in time for the observation of National Heroes Day on April 28.
    At the same time, the Mia Amor Mottley administration should indicate whether there will be further additions to this elite group of Barbadians. There should also be a disclosure of the members of the committee that chooses a National Hero since the system must be credible and based on merit.
    There needs to be a clear rationale for adding more names to the list, given the prevailing lukewarm appeal amongst citizens to the occasion. Most Barbadians recognise Heroes Day as first and foremost the celebration of the birthday of the Barbados Labour Party’s revered leader The Right Excellent Sir Grantley Adams. It is a political balancing act, given the Democratic Labour Party had earlier established a holiday on January 21 to mark the birthday of its esteemed skipper, The Right Excellent Errol Barrow.
    The fanfare and attention given to the National Heroes were evident in the early years after
    their introduction in 1998. The day has virtually lost its appeal over the years and the prevailing COVID-19 pandemic will prevent any mass celebrations by the ruling administration at its East Coast stomping ground.
    The country is fortunate to have two living National Heroes in The Right Excellent Sir Garfield Sobers and the Right Excellent Robyn Rihanna Fenty.
    There should be an explanation of what, if any, special privileges these two extraordinary Barbadians are entitled to and what is expected of them, given their highest-ranking status among all other nationals.
    When the proposed constitutional review process starts, the system to confer national honours and awards, including how public officers are celebrated for doing “their day job”, should be on its agenda. The existing approach needs to be reviewed and revamped. Barbados needs an independent national honours commission with clear criteria outlining not only the National Hero category but all other awards.
    Provisions should also be made for a forfeiture committee within any commission to deal within set guidelines where recipients of any national awards breach stipulated regulations.
    These civic matters must not be shrouded in mystery and treated as being beyond the comprehension and interest of the ordinary citizen. The citizenry is neither foolish nor indifferent to what is happening with the conferment of national awards, even if there is no raging public debate.
    There is a need for increased transparency and public confidence in the entire honours system.

    Source: Nation

  22. African Online Publishing Copyright ⓒ 2022. All Rights Reserved Avatar
    African Online Publishing Copyright ⓒ 2022. All Rights Reserved

    “African Online Publishing Copyright ⓒ 2022. All Rights Reserved is your real-real name then? Or are you too hiding too behind an anonymous moniker?”

    my registered company name…, my photo, real name on websites…in the About sections…

    .BU is the only site I carried an anonymous name, until it got too old to continue…nothing to hide… …..operative word is was….

  23. Frank Avatar
    Frank

    TLSN. April 24, 2022 5:43 PM

    Rihanna is a young lady and should have been allowed to develop organically without Mia thrusting on her some dumb title. It’s a pity she was not advised by her associates to give the two finger sign to Mia when she suggested offering her the title.

    YOU ARE SO IGNORANT!!!!!

  24. 555dubstreet Avatar
    555dubstreet

    #Beyonce #BEALIVE #KINGRICHARD
    Be Alive (Original Song from the Motion Picture “King Richard”)

  25. angela cox Avatar
    angela cox

    The gift that keeps on giving Rhianna and her side kick boyfriend
    In the ghetto world an unmarried pregnant woman is called a” A Baby Momma” now that can be added to her many titles such as
    Businesss woman
    Hero and
    Baby momma

  26. John2 Avatar
    John2

    U forgot

    Billionaire

  27. Donna Avatar
    Donna

    Old female farts still hung up on a piece of paper from the government controlling one’s relationship.

    ASAP may be a multi-millionaire but Rihanna is a BILLIONAIRE.

    Maybe she is not yet ready to risk dividing her earnings.

  28. Cuhdear Bajan Avatar
    Cuhdear Bajan

    @angela cox April 25, 2022 9:46 AM “an unmarried pregnant woman is called a” A Baby Momma”

    So a married pregnant woman is called a baby daddy then?

    Stupse.

    All of us got here because our fathers and mothers fooped. My parents. Your parents. Me too. I haven’t heard of any virginal births in the last 2,000 years or so. So Rihanna did exactly what your mamma did. As we say in Barbados “ya mudda”

    Or to be more explicit “ya fadda fooped ya mudda”

    Stupssseee!!!

  29. angela cox Avatar
    angela cox

    Just another titled bestowed upon her from within the ghetto culture
    That you would not understand
    Cuhsear don’t get yuh nickers all tied up in knots

  30. Miller Avatar
    Miller

    @ TLSN April 24, 2022 5:43 PM

    TLSN, we have not (yet) heard you giving a ‘shout-out’ to one of (y)our own compatriots (by descent) who has recently made history in the world of Art.

    Have you read that Sonia Boyce has received recognition as the first black British woman to be so highly honoured by the international cognoscenti of the world of Art in Venice?

    We can only hope that the Bajan government shows some kind of recognition too.

    If any Prince Charlie or any other Johnny can receive Barbados’s highest honour designed for politically-painted Muttleys why not Sonia Boyce whose affinity with Barbados runs real deep.

  31. Cuhdear Bajan Avatar
    Cuhdear Bajan

    Sonia Boyce Wins Top Prize at Venice Biennale

    Boyce, the first Black woman to represent Britain at the Venice event, won the Golden Lion for her sound installation of five Black British female musicians singing a cappella.

    The artist Sonia Boyce won Britain the top prize at the Venice Art Biennale, the world’s longest-running and most high-profile international exhibition of contemporary art.

    “Feeling Her Way” — a sound installation of five Black British female musicians singing a cappella — took the Golden Lion for best national participation. Boyce is the first Black woman to represent Britain at the Venice event.

    Saturday’s other big prize, the Golden Lion for best artist in the Biennale’s central exhibition, was won by the American artist Simone Leigh for her “powerfully persuasive monumental sculptural opening to the Arsenale,” one of the two main exhibition sites. The artist presented her work “Brick House,” a 16-foot-tall bronze of a Black woman with cornrows and a dome-shaped torso that combines the forms of a skirt and a clay house. It was first seen on the High Line in New York in 2019. Leigh is also representing the United States at this year’s event, so she has a show of her own in the American Pavilion.

    “I have been around the block a few times, but this is probably the biggest commission I’ve ever done,” Boyce said in a telephone interview after the ceremony. “That was really a glorious challenge.”

    “The project at the center of the pavilion is about the question of collective remembering, and resisting the erasure of women’s voices within the British music system,” she added. “It’s not just me celebrating.”

    The Biennale’s five-person jury was steered this year by Adrienne Edwards, the director of curatorial affairs at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York and a curator of the 2022 Whitney Biennial.

    Thanks for reading The Times.

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    In announcing the awards, which were live-streamed on Saturday from Venice, Edwards said that Boyce offered “another reading of histories through the sonic.”

    “In working collaboratively with other Black women,” Edwards said, Boyce “unpacks a plenitude of silenced stories.”

    The Venice Biennale was founded in 1895 as an exhibition of new art from around the world. As the number of participating artists grew, other countries built pavilions for them, Belgium being the first in 1907.

    There are 80 national pavilions at this year’s event, which was originally planned for 2021 but was postponed by the coronavirus pandemic.

    The Biennale’s two-part central exhibition is curated each time by a different artistic director. This year’s director is the Italian-born Cecilia Alemani (the director and chief curator of New York’s High Line Art), who has taken the opportunity to reverse more than a century of male artistic domination and put on a show in which nine out of every 10 artists are women.

    At the awards ceremony on Saturday, the Silver Lion for promising young participant in the central exhibition went to the Lebanese artist Ali Cherri, who presented a multichannel video focusing on a seasonal brickmaker in Sudan whose story overlaps with that of the construction of a monumental dam.

    The jury — which also included Lorenzo Giusti, Julieta González, Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung and Susanne Pfeffer — gave out four additional awards.

    Special mentions for national participations went to France, represented by Zineb Sedira, an artist of Algerian descent, and to Uganda, represented by the artists Acaye Kerunen and Collin Sekajugo.

    Special mentions for artists went to Shuvinai Ashoona, who produces fantastical drawings that evoke her Inuit community and culture, and to Lynn Hershman Leeson, a San Francisco-based artist who works with technology and artificial intelligence.

    In March, Golden Lion awards for lifetime achievement were awarded to the artists Katharina Fritsch and Cecilia Vicuña.

    The Venice Biennale runs through Nov. 27.

    Source: New York Times

  32. Cuhdear Bajan Avatar
    Cuhdear Bajan

    https://obitmoments.com/obituary/thelma-e-padmore/101/
    Remembering Thelma Padmore

    In the mid 1950’s she joined a league of politicians and activists including Frederick “Sleepy” Smith, T.T. Lewis, and Errol Barrow, who were disaffected with the colonial government’s failure to win independence for the island, and later broke away to form the Democrat Labor Party under Barrow’s leadership. Padmore and Barrow became romantically involved around the time of his first election defeat as the head of the newly formed DLP. Later, in 1959 when her pregnancy threatened to derail Barrow’s political career in scandal, she quietly slipped out of the island and immigrated to England where she gave birth to their son in February 1960. Barrow would go on to lead the island to independence in 1966.

  33. John Avatar
    John

    Cuhdear BajanApril 26, 2022 8:49 PM

    https://obitmoments.com/obituary/thelma-e-padmore/101/
    Remembering Thelma Padmore

    In the mid 1950’s she joined a league of politicians and activists including Frederick “Sleepy” Smith, T.T. Lewis, and Errol Barrow, who were disaffected with the colonial government’s failure to win independence for the island, and later broke away to form the Democrat Labor Party under Barrow’s leadership. Padmore and Barrow became romantically involved around the time of his first election defeat as the head of the newly formed DLP. Later, in 1959 when her pregnancy threatened to derail Barrow’s political career in scandal, she quietly slipped out of the island and immigrated to England where she gave birth to their son in February 1960. Barrow would go on to lead the island to independence in 1966.

    +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

    Like your link don’t work no more!!!

    Somebody mussee redirected it.

    I always heard the big Barrow scandal was Mark Stokes who disappeared from the face of this earth in the 60’s because he had photos of the Dipper and his “Boys in the Band” as Angela Cole used to call them going the other way.

    Ok so I heard the saying “He was born in a storm and died in a gale” which was supposed to indicate how he died and what he was doing at the time when his maker called but the lasting image I have of him was that he went the other way.

  34. John Avatar
    John

    It back working.

    She is very clear!!

    She from up by you?

  35. John Avatar
    John

    Cuhdear BajanApril 25, 2022 7:06 PM

    @angela cox April 25, 2022 9:46 AM “an unmarried pregnant woman is called a” A Baby Momma”

    So a married pregnant woman is called a baby daddy then?

    +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

    .. the correct term I am told is “Birthing Person”

    It is supposed to be more gender inclusive.

    You are wedded to the past.

  36. Cuhdear Bajan Avatar
    Cuhdear Bajan

    Ya lost me there when you talk about making giving birth gender inclusive. Although I am sure that all women would be glad if you men took turns in giving birth.

    No I was not acquainted with Ms. Padmore.

  37. 555dubstreet Avatar
    555dubstreet

    What Ghetto does Rihanna live in?

    #Rihanna #ASAPRocky #HouseTour
    Rihanna & A$AP Rocky | House Tour | $15 Million Beverly Hills Mansion & More

  38. John Avatar
    John

    Cuhdear BajanApril 26, 2022 9:43 PM

    Ya lost me there when you talk about making giving birth gender inclusive. Although I am sure that all women would be glad if you men took turns in giving birth.

    No I was not acquainted with Ms. Padmore.

    ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

    Like I said, you are wedded to the past!!

    Ms. Padmore was born in Fairfield Land which would be down by Deacons Road, close to where she was baptised.

    Doubt it was St. St. Philip where my grandfather was born.

    Her father was a Tailor, most guys were back then and before, like my Great Grandfather in the generation before him.

    Her parents baptised her at James Street Methodist Church so the family was Methodist.

    Mother was a Herbert.

    https://imgur.com/vYUWdMF

  39. African Online Publishing Copyright ⓒ 2022. All Rights Reserved Avatar
    African Online Publishing Copyright ⓒ 2022. All Rights Reserved

    ” Sonia Boyce has received recognition as the first black British woman to be so highly honoured by the international cognoscenti of the world of Art in Venice?”

    Thanks for that piece of news Miller….just added the link to my site..

  40. angela cox Avatar
    angela cox

    Fenty LVMH Fenty stock high gain of 140fell to a,low 128 price yesterdayby
    Could this be the beginning of ripple effect

  41. David Avatar
    David

    The DOW fell 800 points yesterday. It is dishonest to single out a stock based on a one day performance.

  42. 555dubstreet Avatar
    555dubstreet

    Latest Social Media Poll Trending Results
    ⬆ Up Rihanna 😀😂👌❤️😍
    ⬇ Down Angela Cox 😀😂👌❤️😍


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CF7a76CnzHE

  43. angela cox Avatar
    angela cox

    DavidApril 27, 2022 10:05 AM

    The DOW fell 800 points yesterday. It is dishonest to single out a stock based on a one day performance
    Xxx
    This stock has been falling since revelations
    Friday it was about 131
    Yesterday 128
    Would take a look again to today
    Understandably stocks do fluctuate
    What u must understand the realities which comes along with a brand when negative press is applied

  44. Hants Avatar
    Hants

    https://www.nationnews.com/2022/04/26/three-wards-qeh-closed-temporarily-following-positive-covid-19-tests/

  45. 555dubstreet Avatar
    555dubstreet

    RIHANNA ANTI
    The ANTI World Tour Live (HD) | (Made In America Audio Version)
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4foZkDy9ef0
    00:00 – INTRO
    01:13 – STAY
    05:53 – LOVE THE WAY YOU LIE (PART II)
    07:30 – WOO
    10:13 – SEX WITH ME
    12:56 – BIRTHDAY CAKE
    15:00 – POUR IT UP
    16:30 – NUMB
    17:56 – BITCH BETTER HAVE MY MONEY
    22:02 – GOODNIGHT GOTHAM
    24:21 – CONSIDERATION
    26:58 – LIVE YOUR LIFE
    28:20 – RUN THIS TOWN
    29:59 – ALL OF THE LIGHTS
    31:07 – UMBRELLA
    32:58 – DESPERADO
    37:28 – MAN DOWN
    40:40 – RUDE BOY
    42:32 – WORK
    45:57 – TAKE CARE
    48:18 – WE FOUND LOVE
    50:30 – WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN
    54:34 – NEEDED ME
    57:35 – SAME OL’ MISTAKES
    1:01:40 – DIAMONDS
    1:06:04 – FOURFIVESECONDS
    1:09:04 – LOVE ON THE BRAIN
    1:12:50 KISS IT BETTER

  46. David Avatar
    David

    Rihanna, one of two living Barbados heroes along with Sir Garry Sobers.

    https://www.wrmf.com/rihanna-reminisces-of-being-crowned-national-hero-in-barbados-i-will-forever-cherish-these-memories/

  47. Hants Avatar
    Hants

    The Greatest

    “The director general of the World Health Organisation (WHO) yesterday congratulated Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley for leading the fight against dangerous diseases facing the globe, and for smaller countries to have better access to vaccines during the COVID-19 pandemic.”

    “The addition of the International Leader Award is an exciting moment for the BBPA, as it makes the Harry Jerome Awards a truly global endeavor,” said BBPA Interim President Ross Cadastre. “We are proud to honour Prime Minister Mia Mottley of Barbados as our first recipient of the HJA International Leader Award and look forward to celebrating international excellence on an ongoing basis in the future.”

  48. African Online Publishing Copyright ⓒ 2022. All Rights Reserved Avatar
    African Online Publishing Copyright ⓒ 2022. All Rights Reserved

    His people in Ethiopia don’t even like him and call him a fraud and sellout….can’t convince many people of anything…

  49. Sargeant Avatar
    Sargeant

    @Hants

    For a moment I thought you had gone AWOL, there was a discussion on the Fish Festival and I didn’t see any comment from you.

  50. African Online Publishing Copyright ⓒ 2022. All Rights Reserved Avatar
    African Online Publishing Copyright ⓒ 2022. All Rights Reserved

    And this is why people who were following this story knew to wait to see if the police found the matching gun that they claimed they were looking for..

    https://www.nydailynews.com/snyde/ny-guns-asap-rokcy-home-dont-match-weapon-used-shooting-rappper-rihanna-lapd-20220429-lrweoir3vvapbomscwjygn7ktm-story.html

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