Doing research on BU blog recently we were surprised to learn from a commenter posted on the 16 April 2009  that Dr. Aubrey Armstrong and Roxanne Gibbs are brother and sister. It is important that as Executive Editor of the daily newspaper with the biggest circulation Roxanne Gibbs needs to be very careful. Careful monitoring of the Nation newspaper in the last 5 years for sure shows a questionable editorial policy. The immigration debate is so critical Barbadians need to start to sit up and question the role the Nation newspaper and other media houses are playing to assist the government of Barbados to distill its amnesty policy. It is clear that the Guyana government owned media houses have removed the gloves while our local media feel satisfied to regurgitate what is being published over there.

The fact Dr. Armstrong is an active political operative in Guyana and seems to be on a shortlist to take control of the PNCR opposition party becomes interesting. It is interesting to note that leader of the PNCR Corbin has joined the bandwagon to toss criticism at the Barbados government for trying to implement a managed immigration policy which must obviously impact Guyanese, the largest group of immigrants in Barbados. Is it reasonable to suggest that Roxanne Gibbs may have some bias regarding how news is published in the Nation on this matter?  The time has come for Barbadians to start asking some probing questions.

Additionally the citing of Annalee Davis’ work which is based on interviews with Guyanese without any corroboration from Barbados authorities lays it bare for all to read the plot. Last week we suggested that a PR effort needs to be initiated by the government of Barbados to bust this plot wide open. We would even suggest that members of the media are invited to accompany immigration officials in the short term to stem the lies being tossed across open waters by leaders in the region who should know better.

Now is the time for all Barbadian entities, churches, academics, opposition party, NGOs etc to work with OUR government to expose the plot.

Has any official of the Government of Barbados publicly refuted the allegations?

It would be good that news media be always fair, balanced and truthful. However, if at any time any such entity does not adhere to such principles, it is the responsibility on those in authority to defend the country and its public servants.

Yardbroom, u gone back tuh dis again?!! But YB, dere in nutten we can do about it, so we might as well lef d people alone tuh get on wid it!! We’ve done so wid d homosexuals an d rastafarians, so what’s new!! People are n’t interested in serious subjects, just fluff like music, partying, an ‘whaever happen, happen!! Fuh which they will pay dearly, one day! However, they’re not worried about that! That’s for others to worry about, then!!

Guyanese Conspiracy.

If there was any doubt that there is a conspiracy going on with the guyanese professionals who have settled and living in Barbados – well today’s Starbroek newspaper lays it all out for everyone to see.

It is clear as day that unlike professor Eudine Barriteau who came from grenanda to Barbados as a young child and benefited from free secondary education from primary to tertiary levels as well as all the other benefits – the guyanese people are extremly ungrateful people who are only interested in taking and taking from this society,but when the time comes for them to stand up for us the bajans – they turn on us and join with their llegal countrymen and women in barbados and their corrupt administration – to destroy Brbados’ image in the world.

Prof Barriteau in a radio interview on VOB, stood up for bajans and their kindness and generosity to her when she came here as a poor young girl,the daughter of a hawker,and she condemned the way these non nationals who are enjoying a better life in barbados are now condemning barbados because they are being deported for being illegal in the country.

BU family we are in UNCHARTERED waters and we are in DANGEROUS times.

Bajans every where needs right now to speak with their pocket book and IMMEDIATELY STOP BUYING THE NATION NEWSPAPER,and instead read it on line or not at all.

Friends,have a look in today’s Starbroek newspaper and see what is going on.

The game being played out is this .The Starbroek prints every day a negative story on immigration in Barbados,and the next day the Nation newspaper headed by the guyanese roxanne gibbs carries the starbroek story in the barbadian paper.

Go on the archives for the Starbroek newspaper and see for the past 8 or more weeks a negative story is carried every day about Barbados.

It is more difficult to fully research the nation because their on line paper is sparse,however what I have noticed is that they will print the negative immigration story on line,but the pro- barbados response is hardly ever published on line.

Now what we have are the so-called guyanese ‘heavy guns’ who have all scampered from guyana and run to Barbados and are living large,now giving interviews to the Starbroek newspapers condemning barbados.

In today’s starbroek it is shridath ramphal, and compton bourne (CDB), and a reference to Prof clive thomas,and of course bharat jagdeo.

Guess who shridath ramphal quotes as an authoratative source? – none other that the subervisive annalee davis – and he quotes her as a researcher.

Now as far as I know she ahs always described herself as an ‘artist’.

See who they use for back up?

They are using the words of BAJANS to hit out against barbados,so we see quotes from mia mottley,or owen arthur,or annalee davis that white girl who cares more about indian guyanese workers than her homeland,or david commissong – the Opportunist, who was born in st vincent.

Roxanne gibbs and her protaganists may see their desired aim of confusion and bitterness against barbados in the short term,but the long term effect for guyanese will be far more lasting.

No matter what gonsalves,stephenson king and the other caricom leaders say;they are watching carefully what happens when you allow a build up of guyanese in your country (like owen did),and will be seeking to prevent the barbadian scenario from happening to them.

However the deepest effect will be the future guyanese – barbados relationship amongst the ordinary people.

For never again will bajans feel they can trust guyanese and will want to reach out and offer them a helping hand – because they know a quick kick in the backside at the end of it all will be coming from the guyanese.

Scout,JC,NegromanAdrian and others did warn barbados about this day a long time ago.

The chickens are finally coming home to roost.

You are wrong, mu&bb. The term “amnesty” means a grace period during which there is a hold on deportations so that we can work out who is legitimately here and who is not. What is the use of telling immigrants to go into immigration when any immigration officer can determine whether one is an illegal immigrant or not? And what about the illegal immigrants from elsewhere? Since they are not entitled to the benefit of the amnesty, how come we are not hearing of any of them being rounded up?

david thompson needs to get tough. roxanne gibbs, rickey singh, norman faria and the other guyanese refugees must be put in their places. they want to destroy barbados for the guyanese to take over. barbados belongs to barbadians… if these people hate barbados, their status should be revoked and they can return to their wonderful country.

While I am aware that, as part of its job creation strategy, the DLP is paying $0.50 per pound for Barbadians to pick African Snails, I am not in a position to say whether a bounty of $75 is being paid by the Immigration Department to DLP members and supporters who call the Immigration Department to inform on Guyanese living within their communities.

What is ugly – is that Guyanese are being rounded up and deported without even the courtesy to pack their suitcase.

Here is how it works:

1. A DLP member or supporter calls the Immigration Department to say where Guyanese live.

2. The DLP member and supporter then gets $75.00. (not yet confirmed)

3. The Immigration turns up and load the Guyanese on a bus – sometimes chaining them with a rope.

4. Once the Immigration bus/van heads to the airport, DLP members and supporter move into the vacant house and remove the clothing, jewelry, furniture and fitting and anything of value left by the Guyanese.

Deportation of Guyanese is therefore a lucrative business for the DLP.

Their members inform on Guyanese and get rich in the process by stealing the possessions of Guyanese – once they are deported.

EYE95

Thank you political pimp for alerting us to the next set of lies we will be seeing in the Sunday Sun and the Starbroek newspapers.

Just remember when you go to Guyana – with this hatred against bajans you and your party are encouraging – the guyanese will not be asking whether you are a BLP bajan or a DLP bajan.

You sowed in the wind and you will be reaping in the whirlwind.

mash up & buy back, wrote:

“That is,the illegal immigrant said these officers are not knocking on doors and checking for immigrants,they are going directly to the homes where these illegal immigrants are.

They know exactly who they are looking for.”

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Not quite old boy, they are even stopping Mini-busses and taking people off.

This David Thompson inhumane and discriminatory deportation policy, which borders on human rights violation – is turning out to be a lucrative venture for DLP members and supported, who are benefitting from the deportation of Guyanese.

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At least in T&T Guyanese are allowed to sell their things or pack and take with them.

(1) Cost Of Living (2) Cost Of Living (3) Cost Of Living………
It’s more like (1)Guyanese, (2)Guyanese,
(3) Guyanese.
Thompson surely lacking vision and this country going back to 1991 status. Petroleum gone back up, water rates going up, light rates going up, unemployment figures up, and all you numb skull DLP bloggers talking bout is Guyanese. Leadership poor.What are we going to gain by deporting lowly Guyanese. All this stupid talk bout NIS and taxes . I sure nuff a wunna bout dey don’t pay fart or trick the system.
The bottom line is that you GT haters jealous because the people hustling………and making it……..
I AM BARBADIAN and i fed up with the nonsense.
By the way i have SOME questions for anyone who has the answers..
(1)How many undocumented Caricom nationals are in Barbados?
(2)Who cleared them at the airport?
(3)Who do they work for?
(4)Where do they live?
(5)Who are they renting from?

Here is an extract from the Times of India newspaper, where basdeo jagdeo wife took 10 guyanese children mainly indo guyanese to a hospital in India for charitable work on the children needing heart surgery.

Guess what? – The indian hospital detained these guyanese children for non payment and you know starbroek news and Jagdeo and the rest ain’t got nothing to say about that.

These are poor,sick indian guyanese children going to their motherland.

Yet they have time to jump into barbados domestic immigration policy business.

What say you,BLP yardfowls?

CHENNAI: Ten children from Guyana, who were not being allowed to leave a hospital in Chennai for non-settlement of bills for their heart surgeries,
have now been allowed to return home after an NGO, which sponsored them, and the hospital reached an agreement on Saturday.

The Guyana-based NGO, Kids First Fund, run by Varshnie Singh, former first lady of the Carribean Republic, had agreed to settle the bills within six months for surgeries performed at Frontier Lifeline Hospital, sources in the hospital said.

Singh, who made a vain bid to take the children on Friday, confirmed that a settlement has been reached and they would leave either on Saturday or Sunday depending on availability of air tickets.

The children and two adults brought by Singh were about to leave the hospital late on Friday night on completion of treatment, but hospital officials insisted she settles the bills for the surgeries, performed earlier this month, before they leave.

The NGO had been sending children to the hospital for heart surgeries for the last four years and used to settle bills after their return by raising funds, Varshnie had said.

Before reaching Guyana, the children would visit London for a fund raising event, she said.

Prior to the settlement, hospital chief administrative officer Jose Manavalan had said the NGO owed $13,000 on account of surgeries performed during the last visit, but the hospital waived it.

Watch it now !
Simple way to get your community looking like Barbados again…how sweet it will be!
(1) Charge and Prosecute all persons who RENT houses or rooms to Illegal Guyanese.
(2)Charge and Prosecute all persons who EMPLOY illegal GUYANESE.
(3)Charge and prosecute all persons who knowingly let undocumented persons live in their neighbourhoods.
THERE! PROBLEM SOLVED!

Probably he is reading my blog ….Please sir implement my three simple steps……Lets get back our beautiful Barbados……HOW swweeeeeet it will be!

DEPORT THEM ALL!

The first person he got to deport is himself(born in uk), and then his wife(born in St.Lucia). I WONDER WHY HE DIDN’T TAKE ANY OF U beautiful black barbadian women to be his wife!!!

Guyanese ass backward………But yet they are controlling your radio stations, your newspapers …….
Guyanese ass backwards……….But yet Auntie Olga got to feed and clothe wunna
Guyanese ass backward…………But yet them taking all your men and women for their wives and husbands.

Wow. just heard it. this man is really maturing into a fine prime minister. i cant be more pleased with his sentiments and the tone. I’ve had my doubts at time since the last election, but it seems my vote for him wasnt wasted at all.

@Eye95

You are being mischievous.

He asked anyone who has evidence to put it on the table and if investigated and is found to be true he or she will be dealt with.

Fellow bloggers

Are you seeing how far the blp will go to gain political mileage.

Read that last comment by eye95 who is the same as themis and the same as 123,and all the other aliases.

He is hinting at our prime minister being poisoned in guyana at the nest Heads of Government meeting.

At no time during owen arthur’s reign,even when he was causing all manner of evil to befall us,at no time did we hear,wishing in vain,veritas,hartley henry,negroman nor any other person suggest that a foreign government may do our leader harm.

We have fallen to an all time low with this BLP lot and if rawle eastmond or gline clarke and the others don’t speak out,well we will know that they too endorse this position.

We must not be distracted into vitriol and as MU&BB said be “careful”. The facts of the debate are on our side; we just need to bring them rationally to the table.

We must be resolute, determined and just in our expositions. I said some time ago this issue will test us but we are equal to the task.

We put our faith in our Prime Minister David Thompson and his Government, they will not fail us. I made the prediction before the general election that David Thompson will go down in history as one of the greatest Prime Ministers Barbados ever had, and so it will be.

We must set our faces to the wind, be brave, hold fast and our children’s victory will be ours…they have been surprised by our resolution.

What I like about the prime minister remarks was when he said if the others will not go with us (on this managed migration issue & others) then, we will go it alone.

Look out fireworks down in georgetown next week.

Thompy cruel yuh hear.

The political pressure will be increased on us who would like the immigration laws enforced.The Barbados standard is the ‘rule of law’,period.If other Caricom countries cannot even understand that basic tenet then what is the point in Barbados being apart of CSME.

Imo,If those whom are against or continue to insist on this path against the Barbados crackdown we will have no choice but to opt out of CSME.I issue this challenge that if at the next Caricom meeting Barbados’ sovereignty is not respected as it pertains to the illegal immigration crackdown then the People of Barbados should be given a referendum to opt out of CSME,effective immediately.Those who have pending CSME certificates would then be given on a case by case basis immigrant status if it is in the national interest,those with approved certificates should be given immigrant status.

This enforcing attitude on the Caricom level to be laxed when it comes to laws is just plane sickening.THE ABSOLUTE HYPROCRISY IN THIS ENTIRE THING IS THAT THEY RUN TO BARBADOS SHORES BECAUSE IT IS MUCH SAFER.

From since when is ENFORCING THE CURRENT IMMIGRATION LAWS an amnesty,IT IS A MANDATE OF ANY GOVERNMENT regardless of if an immigration amnesty is given OR not.

If your papers are not in order you are deported,end of story.It has NOTHING to do WITH CSME or CARICOM.It is a SOVEREIGN matter that the Barbados Government can implement & its people have cried out for the longest time on deaf ears with the previous overlord Government.

No more GAMES,DELAYS or Bullsh*t about CSME .JUST ENFORCE THE LAW.

@MUBB
Previous correspondence on this blog had indicated the statement would be on @ 4.15, and that’s what happened on VOB. That CBC broadcast it before, begs question about why that time was publicised (the PM’s office and CBC can clarify), and also may say something about the competition between the state run and private broadcasters. There was a similar incident a few days back on another issue.

More important for me, is that you acknowledge the fact and you can also retract the insinuation of your previous remark about what you think the apparent non-broadcast tells you.

Honest discussion is simply that, and those who do not or cannot engage in such should not stand on ceremony.

There are political games that people play and then there are the real aspects.

Obviously there is a story behind the story regarding the live broadcast on CBC and the delay on VOB. This is a side issue which will be explained in the fullness of time. We should stay focused on the core issues.!

@David
Food for thought: Unless you are at the heart of decision making you cannot determine what are the core issues for those who make decisions. You have concerns that are very important as a citizen, but they may not be at the core of anything that matters to decision makers. We can deal with that in another arena.

On the matter of immigration, the figures cited by the PM should not be ignored, and have significant implications for what managed migration may mean:
15 residences raided during June; 47 persons detained (o/w 34 Guyanese), but only 8 deported (o/w 4 Guyanese)
177 applications for extensions (o/w 41 Guyanese).
318 applications for short term work permits (o/w 294 by Guyanese), and the PM felt that the majority of these would be approved.