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The London Diary: Ten things I loved most
Sun, November 03, 2013 – 12:00 PM Ten things I loved most about London. 1: Travelling Upper Class on Virgin Atlantic from Barbados to Gatwick and falling asleep in those seats that convert to beds after my choice of two episodes of Big Bang Theory and the British documentary Anne Boleyn – England’s first Queen to be executed. 2: The …
The London Diary: Something for everyone
Wed, October 30, 2013 – 10:06 AM PLANNING ON THE traditional Miami, New York or Toronto trip next year? Think again. Put London on that schedule. Like many Barbadians, I perceived England, more specifically London, as the dreary, old, cold, dark place that we read about in novels and saw on the Sherlock Holmes movies. While those images wonderfully capture …
The London Diary: Eight hours in the skies
Tue, October 29, 2013 – 9:51 AM EVERY YEAR, thousands of British and European visitors fly to Barbados and we give not a thought to the fact that they view Barbados as such a “must-do experience”, they are willing to take on eight hours in the skies to get here. Many of them may endure long trips by car or …
Republic Bank Barbados “Painted The Town Blue” over the weekend by winning the intra-bank Talent Spectacular held in Trinidad
The 10 member theatrical group won the coveted Talent Spectacular Challenge Trophy for the first time with their performance entitled “Journey Into The Blue”. They also copped the People’s Choice and largest bank representation awards. “Our team worked very hard on this production with months of rehearsals and we nailed hit!” said a jubilant Debbie Stoute, Republic Bank’s Marketing and …
RBL Staff to Compete in Trinidad
After many weeks of scripting and rehearsals, 60 Republic Bank employees are off to Trinidad to compete in the inter-bank talent competition themed “Painting the Town Blue’. Lead by Debbie Stoute, Republic Bank’s Marketing and Corporate Communications Manager, the team representing all levels within the organisation, will be competing against their colleagues from the bank’s Grenada, Guyana and host Trinidad …