Did this chihuahua now turned pit bull actually read this so called report? You know he has admitted to not receiving and reading reports in the past.

It will be interesting to see where this FBI Report leads. If it turns up nothing new then,,,

Barbados does not need Owen Arthur – plain and simple. Let him go back to West Terrace to the garden that he only touched when he arranged the CBC interview and media photo session while he was in office.

@ David
Maybe this FBI report is irrelevant. Perhaps it is dated.
…but are you not concerned that we could have a situation where a PM goes public to announce this matter and to promise full public disclosure and appropriate action….only to have second thoughts and have the matter disappear completely…?
It could not have been a simple procedural matter – given the manner it which the OSA himself raised it and committed to action.

Even if only based on the fact that THIS SAME former PM is again offering himself for the post, it seems reasonable to a simple bushman that the matter can become fair game…

Bushie knows nothing about the details, but certainly an explanation is owed to the people of Barbados for the way in which the matter was (not) dealt with…and if FS can provide such, are you saying that as a politician he should not…?

@ Bush Tea

FS is going to unhinge OSA with this an other nastiness. FS will unleash this pack of wild young turks on him and it’s not going to be a pretty sight.

Mia, the consumate politician, will give all of the evidence to the DLP to put OSA into retirement fully and finally, once and for all.

@ flinstone

YABADABADOOOO! you got it!

Flinstones, ac,

Does Fruendel also have the FBI/CIA reports on two of his cabinet ministers also to bring to the public when he is bringing the report and the tapes on the BLP? Has he read the JM report yet? Is he going to ask Mara to give back the millions her husband embezzelled from the policyholders of CLICO? Is going after Leroy Parris, a prominent member of the DLP and his friend for the policyholders’ money?

Is this how you sorry people intend to win an election? Defend your record! That is what you will be judged on. The Dems are desperate!

It is in the interests of all Bajans for this matter to be ventilated in a public forum once and for all. This issue arose in the aftermath of 9/11 where the US started to look at non resident accounts with excess funds in the names of individuals far and above what they would normally have received from remuneration or other work related activities.

I like many other Bajans have heard rumours of the “names” of public servants who are reputed to be on a list which was provided to the then PM. If some of these people have had their good name tarnished by gossip and innuendo it is only fair that they should have the opportunity to clear the air so that the guilty can’t hide behind the skirts of the innocent.

@ Scout

was it you who coined the phrase ‘Time is longer than twine” all your questions would be answered in short “TIME’ Clico day has finally arrived!OSA can run but he can’t hide he has left his finger prints all over the place. he is indeed an imbicle of the highest order he just thought that the DLP would sit idlly down and not meet him face to face on the CLICO matter. BOYeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

@ PRODIGAL

THe DLP already defended their record with a truthful accounting of the public purse on BUDGET NIGHT! oops! my bad i forget you were asleep ! Sorry you missed it. !

something bout Owen that does got de Dems rattled Hummmmm??

@ equal rights no something about OSA is being rattled! LOL!

DEMS bowling bare political NO BALLS…one after the other and got poor ac in a quamdrom…….DESPERATE DESPERATE DESPERATE…..
Look ac….you are looking empty…..

@Miller

Bajans dont want corrupt, lied, thiefing politicians either,

Miller etc.

That is the province of the Police, the DPP and the Law Courts of Barbados. Not the politicians!
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That may be so but if a report exists and was never handed over to any prosecutors what then? In any event do the existing laws have any teeth? The releasing of this “report” could make the case for Integrity legislation a lot clearer than the gales of hot air blowing on this or the other media.

Finally I think that you have been around the block a few times don’t you think that the DLP will use any weapon in their arsenal to discredit the BLP?

Its called politics.

The evil men do lives on after them!!!!!

David, of note is that a Prime Minister is fuelled each and every day with information, they are the largest stockpile of damaging information from a vast array of sources and leads, what information makes its way to a Prime Minister is shocking, also bear in mind that as Prime Minister he has access to all files unless as was done by Liz Thompson she had trucks emptying the filing cabinets of her Ministry, the Prime Minister is well armed with his information and trust me when I say to you that in an effort to relieve some of Arthur’s friends of their own share of wrong doing they have volunteered information in the hope that they are not treated harshly as the supreme crook Arthur, you also need to be reminded that Mottley worked alongside and for Arthur and is well armed with much information on his misdeeds, link that with her promise to deliver onto the DLP four seats of those that cut her throat and left her gasping for air and bleeding to a political death, she is doing exactly as she has said that she will do, the say He’ll hath no fury like a woman ( or in this case one of uncertain gender ) scorned !

This is but part of what is to come on Arthur and there will be more in store for him, he only took a small brush up from the Prime Minister on Thursday evening, his saviour on Thursday was only the lateness of the evening which I am sure he was thankful for but trust me his files will be made public before too long, his legacy is confirmed as the most corrupt Prime Minister to ever have led this country and by extension the most corrupt Government to have ever led this Country.

Let me also state that Mottley was not an innocent bystander in all of this as she is implicated and tied in very well as well.

@ Miller

Bajans want the issues ventilated in the lead up to elections, especially the economy. Rest assusred the DLP will account for themselves their actions or inactions on the issue of the economy, of that I am assured.

But Haggatt Hall 2008 was a turning point in Barbadian politics, it was the beginning of crossing the line against OSA and driving him into retirement given that the people of Barbados could NOT afford him any longer.

It is clear he did not accept either message of the people or the shot from the DLP demonstrating that he has corrupted the office of Prime Minister. So now it seems obvious to me that FS and his attack dogs, Estwick and Sinckler are going to do the unthinkable.

“The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.” – Sun Tzu

The day FS announces the elections will be the day he comes to know the victory is already assured. That however make for a very brutal and cruel lead in period, especially for the Opposition.

@Sargeant | June 30, 2012 at 11:30 PM |
“Its called politics.”

Then see it as that!
Not some grand altruistic concern on the part of the DLP to see wrong doing punished and that the people’s expectancy of an acceptable level of decency and integrity in the execution of the public affairs is of immediate concern to them.
We all know that no politician or senior civil servant will ever be prosecuted for wrong doing. Just look at the CLICO report and assess the present administration’s approach to its ramifications!
What about the St. Joseph Hospital report? Why not call on the current administration to come clean and publish all reports so that we the public would not have to speculate and falsely accuse innocent parties.

@Miller

you really got the gall, to return to this blog after your long absence thinking that OWen is not as corrupt as the word corrupt, in fact i think he is more lied than the said word, and more corrupt than the word corrupt, in fact i woul bestow a doctorate of corruption and liedness on him with distinction.

@ FLINTSTONES | June 30, 2012 at 11:45 PM |
“The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.” – Sun Tzu”

Well and widely read! At least you are not confined to the good ole Bajan Bible scriptures to buttress your arguments and analyses. There is great wisdom and philosophical discourse lying dormant in the East just there waiting for our awakening.

But just out of sheer intellectual interest, do you think Freundel has a similar plan to wrought revenge on the Eager Eleven currently warming the seats in his own camp?
After all, he has displayed a streak of sheer political brilliance that even Machiavelli would grudgingly approve of. By appointing a trusted mentor to guard the loopholes at Pilgrim House he has effectively put paid to any schemes to replace him as leader going into any general elections this side of the electoral timetable. If he wins the government next time around he will have his own mandate and he would then “execute by firing squad from his cabinet the known internal enemies after destroying his external ones. Now then would his promise of heads rolling be fulfilled- better late than never but typical of the molasses man.
Just a scenario! Don’t expect it to materialize! (LOL!!!)

@ To the point | July 1, 2012 at 12:06 AM |
“Your owen commisioned the st joseph hospital inquiry to discredit brandford and did not find a smking gun and never released the information and kept the public guessing. So u r really losing this argument.”

Any you are reinforcing my point or the gist of the argument.
By publishing reports the public would be in a more “informed” position to reach a fair assessment of a person’s integrity or lack thereof in public office without the continuing propensity to speculate and spread unfounded rumours. Has the St. Joseph Hospital report been published? (I don’t know). The promised forensic audit and report into the Hardwood Housing debacle would serve a similar useful purpose of “convicting” or exonerating persons similarly accused.

It would be more stimulating in order to keep me intellectually awake (and stop me from losing it) if you could lift your level of discourse a notch higher. Maybe a short pep talk from “Flinstones” would assist greatly.

@David

I believe all investigative reports should be made available to the public and I mean all.

@Carson

what about the buildings at the top of Newton? Enlighten us about the corruption that went on with those two buildings. Actions like that is what contribute to the National Debt.

Wake me up when some politician gets a stint in jail.Till then save the lotta long talk.Show me something Mr.PM!Lock up somebody,so that if persons on your side slip,the bees would lock dem up too when the power is theirs.Then we can all say that our country is on the right footing.PS…You could start with the minister wid muscles….de over-night millionaire.

The old blame game is a relic of the past. If ANY Parliamentarian wants to take things seriously or make a voter believe that they are serious, then act on the recommendations that the Auditor General continually makes in reference to Government institutions.

Until then, anything said without reports and substantiation is lip service and tiresome.

As for reports, why is it that the Parliamentarians, collectively, seem to want to keep the voters, taxpayers and OWNERS of the expenditures in the dark about projects and expenditures?

1) Please publish, for the viewing of the people who paid for them (the taxpayers), ALL reports of enquiries, projects etc, immediately.

2) Where is the Kensington financial report?

As for the blamce game that they keep playing to the audience, who gives a damn anymore?

Reports, facts, THAT is the issue, please. Anything less…waste of time.