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SHOCKING: CZMU Knew What Was Coming Down The Pike For Mullins Beach

Mar 5, 2010 5:58am

click image to enlargeIs it just me or do you (reader) also smell the rat in the above article carried on page 6 of yesterday's edition of Barbados Today titled "CZMU developing erosion models"? I am not too bright, but even a casual reading of this article strongly suggests that...

More Dramatic Photos Of The Ongoing Destruction At Mullins Beach

Feb 25, 2010 10:01am

Our friends at the Planet Barbados blog recently captured the above photo of the ongoing destruction of Mullins Beach. Click here or the link below for other photos and blog post.Erosion affects the beaches of Barbados Barbados hotels Planet BarbadosPosted using ShareThisSee also our post "Dark Hole Plight In...

Big Surprise: NationNews.com Reporting CZMU In Hot Seat

Feb 19, 2010 5:27am

"AN INTERNAL AUDIT of the Coastal Zone Management Unit (CZMU) by the Accountant General has unearthed several irregularities.Investigations by the WEEKEND NATION have revealed that CZMU's director Dr Leo Brewster was called before the Accountant General to explain, among other things, the awarding of contracts for work within...

Visiting Canadian Journalist Witnesses, Investigates And Reports On Beach Erosion In Road View/Mullins

Feb 15, 2010 1:14pm

"YOU DON'T HAVE TO TRAVEL FAR or be an expert to witness the changes under way along the coastlines of Barbados. Just look in the backyard of the people from Mullins and Road View in St Peter who faced the power of extreme weather as ten-foot-tall waves...

Pic Of The Week

Jan 22, 2010 8:19am

Click image to enlargeOne of the exciting things about Mullins Bay is its proximity to Port St. Charles just a couple miles to the north which means that much of their traffic has to pass by and/or stop by sooner or later. One such visitor earlier this week was the...

More Beach Recovery Lessons From Mexico

Jan 20, 2010 4:19pm

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New Year New Sunsets To Ponder

Jan 19, 2010 12:17am

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Mullins Beach Takes A Pounding

Jan 4, 2010 6:11am

Two weeks of seasonal rough seas have left Mullins Beach a disaster zone. Nowhere is this more evident than the area around the Westpoint beach cottage on the northern end of the beach. The waves unearthed the bedrock of the area, footings of old permanent beach umbellas that...

It Doesn't Feel Very Christmassy This Year

Dec 21, 2009 3:32pm

It has been a rough year here in the Mullins Bay area, and not just because of the Global Economic Recession. The Peoples Worship Centre In Road View didn’t have their annual Christmas Program this year – I wonder why… Maybe, they don’t have much left to sing...

Assailants Of Our Heritage

Dec 10, 2009 12:26am

Two weeks ago we celebrated our 43rd anniversary of independence here in Barbados which meant that most us either sang or heard the words to our National Anthem at least once around that period. The chorus of this anthem says:"We loyal sons and daughters allDo hereby make it knownThese fields...

Mullins Bay Blog Welcomes CZMU's Friday The 13th Statement

Nov 20, 2009 10:21am

Paraskevidekatriaphobia aside, this blog cautiously welcomes last Friday the 13th statement from the Coastal Zone Management Unit which appeared in the local press to the effect that an investigation is in the works looking into erosion problems in Road View/Mullins. This is a good thing because it says that the...

Cove Bay To River Bay -via- Mullins Bay

Nov 18, 2009 6:28am

Click image to enlargeThe large colourful ad appearing in the press promoting the latest Coastal Zone Management Unit's sponsored "Sundown Beach Walk" (they dropped the "Tourism Evironmental" bit this time, hmmm) has caught our attention here in Mullins Bay since it prominently features two shots from a similar walk through...

This Is Monaco: Is This What We Want For Barbados?

Nov 15, 2009 4:52pm

Click image to enlargeAfter all that has gone on in the Mullins Bay area this year and reported to the country, like most right-thinking Bajans I was stunned by the two puff pieces today in the local press fawning all over St. Peter's Bay, Port Ferdinand and their developer. Even...

Are the condos at St. Peter's Bay leaning?

Oct 31, 2009 3:16pm

Barbados TravelAdvisor • View topic - Photos - Kings Beach, St.Peters Condos, old Sandridge sitePosted using ShareThis...

Horror Of St. Peter's Bay Captured Through The Lens Of A British Visitor

Oct 28, 2009 5:34am

Devastated beach in front of the old Kings Beach Hotel with the groynes responsible for the destruction in background Tourism and environmental officials in Barbados may continue to ignore this blog and its concerns about the state of the beaches in the Mullins Bay area, but they cannot continue to ignore forever...

Another Disaster Waiting To Happen

Oct 10, 2009 8:36am

Blocked watercourse between Mullins & GibbesIf the maids and housekeepers kept the insides of the villas and condos in the Mullins Bay area the way government and some people keep the surrounding environment, there is no question we would not have tourists visiting the area - let alone staying in...

Low Visitor Arrivals Spark Sunbed War On Mullins Beach

Sep 23, 2009 6:21am

In an earlier post this blog called attention to the impact of the global economic recession and the current low tourist season on Mullins Beach - particularly upon the small watersports operators and beach vendors. Now it seems that impact is being felt even by the big player on...

CZMU Plugs It's Rockley & Welches Babies But Ignores Mullins Bay

Sep 22, 2009 12:15pm

CZMU ad celebrating Arbor Day (click to enlarge)100+ Yr. old Manchineel tree lost to the groynes (click image to enlarge) Coconut tree which fell last month on Mullins Beach (click image to enlarge) This blogger continues to be miffed by the Coastal Zone Management Unit whose latest insult involves a...

Owner Hits The Internet To Clear Up Kings Beach Saga

Sep 21, 2009 9:32am

A septic tank of the abandoned Kings Beach Hotel unearthed since the groynes were installed next door at the St. Peter's Bay condo project (click image to enlarge) If you have been following this blog for any length of time you know by now that the saga surrounding the abandoned Kings Beach Hotel...

Storm Clouds Darkening The Horizon

Sep 21, 2009 7:30am

British Muslim family negotiating with jetski operator This is usually to "low season" of the tourism year but this year the fallout from the global economic recession has made things even worse for the small players in the Mullins Bay area. A couple days last week were lost to rain...

Pair Saved From Drowning Near Groynes

Sep 18, 2009 4:59pm

Heroes rescue pair from the sea - Evening Star 24Posted using ShareThisPlease also see our recent post calling for warning signs at St. Peter's Bay. Save Mullins Baysavemullinsbay@gmail.comhttp://twitter.com/savemullinsbayhttp://youtube.com/savemullinsbaySave Mullins Bay ChatroomSave Mullins Bay Toolbar ...

Dark Hole Plight In Spotlight

Aug 28, 2009 9:38am

The plight of the little community in Road View affectionately known as Dark Hole has finally reached the mainstream media, and for the second time this year the heavy-handedness and abusiveness on the part of the developers of St. Peter's Bay Villas is on display for the nation to see:"A...

Exposing The "Beach Recovered" Myth

Aug 22, 2009 11:48pm

Stumps of "Miss Thomas Manchineel Tree" August 2009It has come to this blogger's attention that word is being spread abroad that the beach in Road View/Mullins Bay is now fully recovered from the storm event of last May, thus proving that the neighboring groynes (groins) at St. Peter's Bay Villas...

Kings Beach Sold

Aug 19, 2009 9:16am

"I now have it on good account that the Kings Beach Hotel has been sold. The proud new owner..." - click on link below for more information.Barbados TravelAdvisor • View topic - Kings Beach Saga ContinuesPosted using ShareThis...