60 responses to “What Will It Take My Fellow Bajans”

1. 

   JC

   May 15, 2010 at 6:33 pm

   
   

   hahahhahahahLOLLOLOLOLOL. BP u is bear trouble hahahahahah onlyyou can make me laugh like this hahahahahahahah!

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2. 

   The People’s Democratic Congress

   May 16, 2010 at 2:09 am

   
   

   David,

   We recognized that Barbados Allegiance has provided the link to you – Barbados Underground.

   Hope you do the same to them.

   PDC

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3. 

   David

   May 16, 2010 at 8:03 am

   
   

   @PDC

   It was added. Thanks for your intervention.

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4. 

   ru4real

   May 18, 2010 at 10:45 pm

   
   

   If there was one event strangled by the political sabotage of the media it was that event World cup 2007. Kensington actually made a profit in 2007, but you might not have heard the late Stephen Alleyne’s reports. Stranglely this current one suffered some of the same troubles, but how differently it was dealt with. Where is the outrage about treatment of vendors; where is the reporting how much money vendors were able to make; tourism numbers and spend comparison; did homeowners get any business this time; traffic and line-waiting inconvenience. Where were the matches held? Oops that’s right at the same white elephant you criticised. It was praised by international attendees and users. What about the park and ride system, where did you get that from? If we did not have the white elephants could we have hosted the second world cup. Repeating the systems and process for T20 would not have been hard to do. Building a house and then throwing the party is hard. Doing the second party is a piece of cake. Growwwww up.
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   Another event sabotaged from day one by political media was the ABC Highway project .
   Now Barbadians are finding to their cost that flyovers were the right solution after all.
   Never mind another road widening scheme is to start at a cost of 50 million .
   Where are the screams of anguish and outrage from the Bape this time?

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5. 

   Bonny Peppa

   May 19, 2010 at 7:07 pm

   
   

   ru4real
   ‘…………….that flyovers were the right solution after all’.

   Please elaborate.
   I am two steps away from Jinkins on mornings trying to get to work……………… on time.

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6. 

   Wishing In Vain

   May 21, 2010 at 4:58 pm

   
   

   Minister Stephen Lashley – Working for youth

   Minister of Youth Family and Sports, Hon. Stephen Lashley has not slept a day since taking up his new post. Congratulations are in order for the manner in which he has gone about the business of mobilising our touth to participate in the governance process. The recent announcement of a National Youth Forum by Minister Stephen Lashley augurs well for the country at this time.

   We have noticed, since coming to office, a very large gap in the agenda of the Youth Policy and we set about closing this gap by designing policy, building partnerships and establishing relationships. This will be fully explained in a Press conference to be held at the Elsie Payne Complex on the morning of Saturday May 22nd, 2010.

   It is anticipated that this event will have in attendance various stake holders, sponsors, partners, and youth representatives. The timing of the National Youth Forum comes against the background of a desire to increase participation in the decision making process as stated in our Youth Manifesto.

   In an address to the nation’s youth, Prime Minster Thompson stated that the Youth Manifesto was “a contract between this great party and the young people of Barbados. It is the means whereby we intend reclaiming and empowering you to craft our fate”.

   The policy dumping that took place in the last Barbados Labour Party administration within the Youth Ministry cannot constitute an agenda that has led to meaningful youth interventions. We witnessed the politicising of the Youth agenda that led to a break down in the values of our youth. The Barbados Labour Party stood by with their arms folded as the minibus culture took root and firmly planted itself in the fabric of our society. We saw the decimation of community groups within rural Barbados as little attention was paid to the cries of the youth. The establishment of Youth Commissioners was done at great expense to the public purse and to date, we are still at a loss as to the real impact of their agenda.

   The lack of leadership within the Ministry of Youth has been rectified. The appointment of Esther Byer-Suckoo and her current successor, Minister Stephen Lashley, has added a renewed focus and vigor to a once neglected policy agenda. The youth can be assured that the future endeavors of this Thomspon-led Government will be embellished with their views. We have identified “active involvement of young people in the political process” as a priority and as the most effective way of securing their future.

   The Forum will among another things:
   • Consult extensively with young people through their representative organisations;
   • Initiate on-going public discussion among young people on the role of politics in the development of Barbados;
   • Strengthen the capacity of youth organisations to reach out to young people and hear their views;
   • Devise and implement a programme of political education for young people who aspire to be political leaders;
   • Establish a Youth Parliament to address, on an on-going basis, the issues that affect young people.

   The above will ultimately contribute to the formulation of the National Youth Policy. The document that is created will be a peopl-driven agenda, designed by the youth of this nation. For the first time in 15 years, the youth of this country will have a Government that places their agenda firmly on the table as a priority area of development and growth. We are assuring this country that our nation’s youth will be viewed as a critical part of our human resource development as we continue to rollout Pathways to Progress.

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7. 

   Wishing In Vain

   May 21, 2010 at 5:00 pm

   
   

   Regatta enhanced by several new features

   YESTERDAY’S opening ceremony at the Barbados Yacht Club, Bay Street, St. Michael signalled the start of several new features of this year’s Mount Gay Rum/ Boatyard Regatta.

   The opening ceremony itself is new to the event but the Organising Committee wanted to formally welcome sailors from Barbados and across the Caribbean to one of the biggest events on the sailing calendar. Entertainment, food and brief speeches including remarks from the Hon. Richard Sealy, M.P., Minister of Tourism who was full of praise for the regatta which has attracted the largest number of sailors this year.

   Additionally, in celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Mount Gay Rum/Boatyard Regatta organisers have added a number of other new elements to this year’s festivities.

   Sailing officially begins today at 10 a.m. from the Carlisle Bay Centre, St. Michael where several classes including the new and increasingly popular J24 will begin their quest for victory. As a new edition the J24 class has attracted close to half the entries.

   Another innovative addition to this year’s regatta and a secondary reason for the record number of entrants this year, is the inclusion of youth crews from St. Lucia and St. Vincent & the Grenadines who are competing in Barbados for the first time as part of a wider Caribbean effort to ensure that the young sailors get exposure to competition.

   Marc McCollin, Mount Gay Rum Brand Manager, says that he has been working closely with the Organising Committee to make all the new elements a success:

   “Twenty-five successive years is a fantastic achievement and Mount Gay Distilleries is honoured to have supported the sailing community for such a long time…we have undeniably contributed to the development of sailing in Barbados, the Caribbean and throughout the world therefore we are keen to continue our assistance particularly this year as we celebrate our silver anniversary”.

   The significance of this year’s regatta has also been noted by the Barbados Tourism Authority (BTA) and the Government of Barbados, who have both recognised the potential that it holds for the further development of Sports Tourism in Barbados.

   The BTA has partnered with the Barbados Sailing Association to provide logistical support to the regatta, particularly for the “Feeder Race” which started in St. Lucia and concluded the day before the official start of the regatta. As a result of this several new sailors are in Barbados enjoying the festivities associated with the regatta.

   The closing ceremony is scheduled for Sunday May 23, 2010 at the Boatyard, Bay Street, St. Michael where live entertainment, a fireworks display and honorary presentations will be made in addition to the awarding of prizes.

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8. 

   Wishing In Vain

   May 21, 2010 at 5:03 pm

   
   

   Your Gov’t at work for the Nation.

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9. 

   Crusoe

   May 21, 2010 at 9:47 pm

   
   

   Err..yes. Ho hum….

   Regatta or Zenyatta, isn’t that a Police song, Zenyatta Mondatta?

   Dont stand so close to me, I believe we are spirits in a material world, walking on the moon, voices inside my head, I am driven to tears, I hope that someone gets my message in a bottle, I’ll be wrapped around your finger, Roxanne, every little thing she does is magic,

   do do do, da da da…..

   What Mondatta?

   That is for the likes of you fellas, not the likes of me, rich in pseudo-intellectuallism but monetarily poor folk.

   Enjoy the thingamajigy, its good if it bringeth a few tourises.

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10. 

    Bonny Peppa

    May 21, 2010 at 11:30 pm

    
    

    crusoe
    Listen, come ta de front a de class. you is a genius. never before on BU has there ever been a better colloquialism.
    “rich in psuedo-intellectuallism but monetarily poor folk’
    Is this the same as, ‘champagne mout n mauby pockets’?
    Crusoe, you AM a genius.

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