HOW are you going to build a hospital when you have no start-up date, no location , no funding –no nothing ??
DO you think I am a CUNT ????

@ac

Time zone restraint is not a problem. You have jet lag + time zone readjustment is you go there. You decide who get to work in normal office hours and who doesn’t..

ac

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@Anthony

When large head of states around the world need to meet teleconferencing is not always possible .as in the case of Time Zone restrictions. The possibility of them meeting at the same time from their home countries via tele conference is restricted because of the difference in time zones. That is why it is at times more often than not to travel for various conference and cost is a major factor.

I not saying teleconference is great for everything but at the same time if they keep saying to tighten our belt they should tighten theirs . There is many extra people who might serve no purpose on such mission or their may not be needing to actually meet in person. You have to agree somethings they travel for can be done over teleconferencing ?

@ anthony.

I can understand the frustration and the undeniable lack of confidence by the people. that is undeniable . However we must at times step back at access each situation on its viability and merit. and not to lump everything and every one in the same basket as we won’t always be the wiser for it. There are times when personnel appearance is absolutely necessary especially when called upon to sign various legal documents in the presence of those concern. Maybe the government can cut down on time spend while going overseas. But then again who knows what might seem simple and unnecessary to little minds might be a bigger and broader issue to those have to deal with the problem.

Or maybe they just like to travel ac and not have to pay AC?

CH are you outta of your mind! Pray tell me how in the world you are going to accommodate via teleconferencing overhead of countries .Now i don’to have to tell you that they are varying time zones. Look it is not as simple as what one think. The difference in hrs would run into overtime for staff whose daily grind might be 8hrs only now to be extended to almost may be 18hrs. .Even if our head of state in the island did not travel . Making similar adjustments would run the government to equal or more money when it all adds up because of time restraints from other countries. .

ROFLMAS. Wuhloss CHINA has hijacked BU. Another inferior product coming from China. I Hope the Emperor is wearing his Clothes.

@ac

You have picked out one scenario where face to face meetings are preferable, we are looking at the big picture. it is our right as taxpayers to question things, it is called holding our government accountable.

I think you make velly good point no?

@ac

We are asking questions, that is our right and we need to do more of it.

If there was an issue to be made of Gov’t officials indulging in unnecessary travel the point has been lost with the ridiculous notion that the PM shouldn’t attend the Commonwealth Heads of Gov’t Conference in Australia. The cognoscenti on the blog are promoting the idea that he should not attend the meeting but join in the discussions by “teleconference” which is plain idiotic. If Bayer could do it why not Barbados? Bayer could teach us a thing or two about saving money.

Why stop with the PM? Close the Embassies and High Commissions, recall the representatives, they only sit on their butts and waste valuable foreign exchange. They can get the job done by sending emails, making the occasional phone call and lots of “teleconferencing”

Times are tough, so let’s put our noses to the grindstone, our shoulders to the wheel, pull our socks up, pull our weight, go the extra mile, burn the candle at both ends, work our fingers to the bone, work our a$$es off, which means no travel to conferences unless they are in St. Vincent and we could board a launch and travel there or Trinidad if Caribbean Airways gives us a hefty discount.

Don’t thank me, just doing my civic duty.

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@David

There is and always be a need for transparency. But in this case you are being simple minded and nick picking , There are other areas of government that begs a need to be highly critical of but this is not one. Barbados is not the world and to conduct business which affects the lives of its citizens globally there are times when government has to spend money to do so. That too is part of running an efficient government!all must not be lost in politics .

Speech – Commonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma at the CHOGM 2011 Opening Ceremony

Your Majesty, Prime Minister Julia Gillard, Chair-in-Office Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar, other distinguished Heads of Government, representatives, and guests: Welcome!

We thank the elders of the Noongar people, traditional custodians of the land on which we meet, for their blessing. I also convey our heartfelt gratitude for the warmth of welcome and care being bestowed on us by the government and people of Australia, in setting the stage for our meeting, and in their ambitions for the Commonwealth. We are immensely grateful to the people of Perth, and of Western Australia,for the enthusiasm with which they have embraced our presence.

To have hosted three CHOGMs shows a remarkable commitment by Australia to serving the Commonwealth. Melbourne 1981 and Coolum 2002 were both landmark meetings and produced significant outcomes. I am confident that Perth 2011 will stand as an even greater watershed in the way we serve our people and uphold our values.

Her Majesty has described the Commonwealth as ‘the original world wide web’, and as ‘the face of the future’. I believe that Perth 2011 will be memorable in realising our ambition of further transforming the Commonwealth both as a twety-first century network, and as an organisation of its time.

We decided our 2011 theme should be Women as Agents of Change. With Prime Minister Persad-Bissessar handing over the chair to Prime Minister Gillard we have lived up to it spectacularly.

CHOGMs are an occasion to take the pulse of the Commonwealth – to check that we continue in good health, to review how far we have come in the last two years, and to set signposts for the future.

It is heartening that the goals set at our last CHOGM have been realised – and in such practical ways. The network of election commissionsis in full stride and on track to our ambition of establishing a ‘gold standard’ in electoral practice.

Our Geneva small states office is up and running, and our intent is to see it become the hub in the multilateral world of Geneva in service of small states.

Our ambitious new pan-Commonwealth internet workplace, Commonwealth Connects, is being launched at Perth, and will create an innovative and contemporary paradigm of partnership. There is a cascadeof Commonwealth communities of practice enlisting to occupy this new platform. It will allow us all to be better informed, be more in touch and create real results.

CHOGMs have also become the occasion to bring together in celebration the full breadth of our Commonwealth community. All can serve our three aspirations of Democracy, Development and Diversity. And in offering global wisdom and value, we must continue to strive for equity, especially for the rights and causes of the small and the vulnerable, and in the service of our people.

If there is one rich vein of inspiration that must animate all of us in the days ahead, it is renewal and reform in order to be resilient and relevant. The work of doing justice to the reports requested by heads at the last CHOGM in 2009 lies before us. The review of the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group to enhance its role in advancing our values, and the work of the Eminent Persons Group, are ambitious, laudable, and merit our deep appreciation. They will propel us forward.

We meet on the banks of the Swan River. Western Australia was formerly known as the Swan River Colony, and the swan is still its state emblem, the black swan. The first century writer, Juvenal, considered the black swan to be a physical impossibility.

Two thousand years later, another writer used the black swan as a symbol for the surprising and unexpected for which one needs to be prepared. As we navigate this century, which has both peril and promise, and work together to shape the future Commonwealth, let us embrace the world of opportunity that lies ahead.

ENDS

Fri, 2011-10-28 12:47

balance

I am fully in your camp … Completely!

@david

As they can’t find investor for four season how will they find philiantraphist to pay for the hospital as they are ever or rarer class? More likely financing to de done thru the IADB and CDB or even a BOLT again.

on side note it interesting that PURE Beach Resort & Spa can find investor ( well we hope that is the case) for their project but we can’t find none for four seasons except quasi government agency of the IDB and NIS.

Sargeant

If I spoke their language and had family and friends over there the only thing that would make me hesitate about living there is the apparent obsessiveness about religion and race. With this new clan in charge that you would want to now refer to as “bonafide” I would rather have YOU go instead. And please, enough with the side swiping …

BTW … I am bitterly opposed to this so called West Minister shite … Is this an affront to you?

When members of a political directorate start promising large projects all that is happening is that there are building themes around which to base a manifesto for an upcoming election

… that is all, that is all, that is all …(Mighty Sparrow)

@ Home:
These hills and fields beyond recall are now our very own, we write our name on history page with expectation great …”

Sounds great and rather patriotic (even a bit jingoistic)!

But the reality is that the vast majority of the economic assets (performing and some non-performing) are owned by foreign interest, especially those with lots of oil dollars floating in the Gulf of Paria and control of the flying fish.

It would be interesting to find out if this present Administration while in opposition has a track record of criticizing the previous administration for attending similar conferences and other junkets undertaken by their ministers and their royal entourages.

@ Bajans are a bunch of jackasses

I WID YOU

@ Home

You are full of shit, the type of shit and deception that has been spewing unabated for decades. Shut up

@BAFBFP:

Great minds think alike!

Fools (like Home and ilk) seldom differ!! (LOL)

Most of you on this blog just talking pure nonsense.

Barbados’ representation at the Commonwealth Heads of Gov’t Conference in Australia is worth every penny.

Look who is talking the usual jokers, Anthony, millertheanunnak, bafbap, enuff, just asking, people with very little of substance to contribute.

How does the Prime Minister of Barbados justify an allotment of BDS$137 078.55 to cover the Prime Minister’s expenditure of which BDS$48 943.10 is for his first class round trip airline ticket. The remaining BDS$88,135.45 is related to accommodation, per diem and other trip expenses on an 8 day trip.
WHAT THE HELL IS HE SPENDING BDS$11,016.93 A DAY ON?