Archive for June 27th, 2009
IT’S OLDIES GOLDIES NIGHT IN MOON TOWN, ST. LUCY, BARBADOS… THE PLACE WHERE DREAMS COME THROUGH !!EVERYTHING UNDER ONE ROOF IN MOON TOWN, ST. LUCY, BARBADOS
Saturday, June 27th, 2009
SATURDAY’S SPECIAL:
Saturday, June 27th, 2009CORN MEAL COU COU; VEGETABLE CHOWMEIN;
RICE AND PEAS; SALT FISH RICE;
MACARONI PIE; GRILLED POTATOES
BAKED CHICKEN; FRIED AND GRILLED FISH
BBQ SPARERIBS; PUDDING AND SOUSE
FRIED POT FISH; STEAMED VEGS; SALAD
JACKSON MANIA
Saturday, June 27th, 2009
Fans watching TV clips of Michael Jackson at a store in Norman Centre, Bridgetown, yesterday. (DD)
Published on: 6/27/2009.
by CAROL-ANN TUDOR
ON EVERY STREET CORNER, inside stores, workplaces and rum shops, on the blocks and beaches across Barbados yesterday, pop star Michael Jackson’s sudden passing was the hot topic.
As his music heated up the airwaves and fans discussed his life and concluded that he was a star “gone too soon”, many of those who spoke with the SATURDAY SUN remembered the 50-year-old musical legend, who died on Thursday after collapsing at his home in Los Angeles, as the greatest entertainer of all time.
Over in Hindsbury Road, St Michael, a heated debated ensued over the former child star, who was known for his popular songs Beat It, Ben, Billy Jean, Heal The World, Gone Too Soon and lots more.
With laptop in hand, Ainsley Gibson sought to bring the heated discussion to an end, as he downloaded a history on Jackson, while the pop star’s hits blazed from his laptop.
For “Suzie Wong”, an avid fan, and one of those arguing, “Michael’s death was like a death in every household.” The 44-year-old woman, who has been listening to his hits since she was a little girl, said she never expected him to die so young.
Gibson, on the other hand, said Jackson had “a very troubled childhood, he didn’t have any boy days. He was robbed of his boy days and housed up from the time he was five years old” he lamented.
Another man shouted: “Man I ain’t care what wunna say - young, old or cold, yuh had to love Michael Jackson.”
Over in Tweedside Road, Phillip Straughn recalled when he was living in New York in the 1970s.
“Back then I was working for the Uganda Mission through the United Nations and I met the President of Uganda Idi Amin, and he loved Michael Jackson. I remember the day I went on Fifth Avenue and bought Jackson’s LPs for Amin. We put them in the diplomatic bags, and in those days British Airways used to transport the diplomatic mail, and I sent them for him,” he recalled.
His friend Vernon Watson, also the Lord High Admiral of The Landship, also spoke highly of Jackson.
“There will never be another like him, and we are celebrating his life here,” he said with his raised glass.
In Swan Street, another group was busy discussing the pop star. One young man known as “Stepper” said it brought tears to his eyes when he heard the news of Michael’s death. “His music and dancing will always be remembered. He is one of the greatest (entertainers) I know,” he said.
The discussion on Jackson across Barbados mirrored what was taking place in just about every country across the globe as people held vigils for the late icon.
Meanwhile, the autopsy on his body has been completed, but the coroner has ordered further tests. The cause of death has not been determined.
T&T tops Caribbean swine flu cases
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WITH 54 people having contracted the influenza A H1N1 virus thus far, according to statistics issued by the Ministry of Health yesterday, Trinidad and Tobago is now the highest rated Caribbean country for people infected with the virus. Of this figure, nine people in Trinidad and seven people in Tobago are still being labelled as active carriers of the virus, but they are being kept in isolation at their homes, a ministry statement said. The increase to 54, however, comes two days after Minister of Health, Jerry Narace, publically announced that the last epidemiological update gave a cumulative number of 32 confirmed cases, with all but nine of those having already recuperated and returned to their normal activities. Yesterday’s statistics on the other hand, stated that since then, the ministry has received an additional 22 new cases, of which 13 reside in Tobago. As a result of these new figures and the arrival of the August vacation next week, the ministry intends to keep a close eye on summer camps and parties across the country, since they believe these events will most likely allow the virus to spread easily. The ministry thus announced guidelines for mass gatherings during a pandemic yesterday, in order to help promote the safety and welfare of all citizens during this school vacation. The ministry said the guidelines, which primarily target patrons, organisers and camp hosts, are relevant for each and every citizen of this country and are freely available in detail on its website www.health.gov.tt. Meanwhile, since vacation camps bring in a number of people to one venue, often children together for a sustained period of time, the ministry is requesting that parents or guardians check their child each morning for flu-like symptoms and keep sick children home and away from other people. Additionally, all camps should have daily flu prevention briefings or reminders, focusing on things such as respiratory etiquette, hand hygiene and social distancing. And according to the ministry, social distancing means keeping a clear six feet away from a person with flu-like symptoms. As for mass gatherings such as fetes and other public events, the ministry suggests that people who have been in close contact with a person confirmed for influenza A/H1N1 over the last 10 days, stay at home and away from public places like work, malls, church and other social gatherings for at least seven days after symptoms start, or 24 hours after the symptoms clear. |
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Locals empty stores
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“IT’S nothing like I have ever seen.” This was the expression of many music store owners and music pirates alike in downtown Port of Spain yesterday. They were speaking about the mad rush by fans of legendary pop icon, Michael Jackson, in the effort to acquire their favourite CDs and DVDs by the artiste. Manager of Cleave’s One Stop Music Shop on Frederick Street, Krisann Calderon-Springer, said, “We usually open at 9 a.m. but from as early as 7 a.m. there were people waiting. Everything is gone-CDs, DVDs, box-sets … everything. Some people even paid down and are waiting for the next shipment to arrive. It was just crazy.” At Muzic Chamber at Bradford Mall on Henry Street, the owner, Jeffery Lin, said the situation was no different. “I am all out of options now. People are not interested in anything else-only Michael Jackson music. I am all sold out.” He said he even attempted to contact some of his suppliers in the US, but they too said they were out of Jackson’s music. “I would usually check their catalogue online to see what they have in stock, but when I did so today, all I was seeing was zeros. I thought that there was a glitch in the system. It was only when I called they said that they had nothing left. They said that they would get more by Tuesday, but it’s not guaranteed if we here will get any,” he said. One fan, who was seen purchasing CDs from a roadside music vendor, said he was a dedicated fan of Jackson and that the news of his passing on Thursday only drove him to purchase more of his music, even though he already had them at home. When another music vendor was asked how come he was not playing any of Jackson’s music, he said it was not that he did not want to, but that it was just that he simply had none left. |
