First let me start by saying this submission is going to be deemed “sexist commentary” because of its content so i expect to be crucified by the female BU population.

You testosterone brothers remember your first car? Remember tinkering with parts which you did not understand how they worked but because they were in you car, you wanted to touch and feel?

Remember how the uninitiated, de fellows wid bicycles, in trying to keep up wid your popularity as the single fellow in your group of friends wid a car, used to join in the conversation and try to impress the girls by making inane comments like “de clutch of de Datsun in de middle?”

Dis is how i liken Sinckler management of this NIS tingy, de fellow dat din had no car an wanting to gine de group.

But you really can blame de fellow for trying a ting doah. The fact that the Ministry of Finance practicing a sophisticated Bingo game while chanting de words to the population “if you dont have a ticket you en got a chance” is only because the other fellows, de 14 other bicycle owners, who we give dem ministries, en got a clue bout a car neider.

When has it ever happened in de history of Babadus that the Ministry which is tasked with managing the coffers of finance for Barbados, has to try a ting pun interest arbitrage?

All dis “Sinckler lotto economics” just because the other forex earning ministries, led by the bicycle owners, de Ministry of Industry, dat for International Trade and de res uh dem.

I reserve special mention for de greatest of the forex earning ministries run by dat spaced out looking fellow from de Ministry of Tourism, who elocution teacher tell he dat when he talking to de public dat he must fix he gaze at a spot two feet above de head of de tallest body in de room, to de right of all de people in de room, like if he pun drugs or sumting, (and to be trufful, de sh**e dat he does be talking does mek me tink dat he still smoking marijuana)

The miracle of water being turned to wine seems to permeate the minds of all the Bajan electorate/populace.

We seem to expect that because “GOD is a Bajan” that these sons of Barbados, by osmosis, will become “high science men”, in 5 years, balance de budget, using dese monkey economics, and mek we country become self sufficient overnight.

All Hail, Mr. Sinckler or “Mr. Try-A-Ting” (and i en referring to dat young ting dat ..)

The Government’s focus, in relation to offshore companies operating here, seems to be mainly on business development. More attention to matters of compliance is immediately needed, to avoid possible embarrassment. Your immediate actions should be to: establish a whistleblower hotline for employees within the industry, with appropriate protection for the employees, to facilitate tips regarding illicit transactions; and establish a program of compliance audits throughout the industry, to monitor the compliance, with applicable laws, of these companies on an ongoing basis. I trust that you will be guided by your wisdom.

@Willy Coyoite

Do you mean this comment posted yesterday at 11.22? As you can see the comment remains; uncensored.

http://bajan.wordpress.com/2012/08/21/sinckler-says-it-is-time-to-leverage-the-nis-fund-to-benefit-barbadians/comment-page-1/#comment-529976

@ David

The removed comments were posted Aug. 22.

@Wily Coyote

To repeat, BU has NOT deleted any comment.

It is interesting to note that as we are discussing the financial haemorrhaging at the Transport Board (TB), approx $100 million dollars, the GM at the TB Sandra Forde was elected to the post of Treasurer of the DLP at the last Conference. Her experience at the TB may be seen as prepping her for the job. Interesting trivia for what it is worth :-).

@Wily

Was looking forward to an apology, you still have not seen your comment for 22 August?

May this link helps:

http://bajan.wordpress.com/2012/08/21/sinckler-says-it-is-time-to-leverage-the-nis-fund-to-benefit-barbadians/comment-page-1/#comment-529976

@ David
Was she still in banking when appointed to manage TB? Is she also the Chairman’s close friend?

@enuff

Let us accept that like the BLP partisans are usually appointed to these positions. Forde had retired from banking when she took up the position.

@enuff

There was nothing wrong with Arthur reaching across the division for people who can contribute, it is done elsewhere. However in Barbados there is the view one must change stripes/colours to make a contribution. Many believe that Arthur’s politics of inclusion contributed to the DLP’s poor showing for many years.

@ David
And the Dems’ politics of non-inclusion is now contributing to their poor showing for the last four years. Jepter Ince from Chairman of NIS to Senate making way for Sandra Forde who then left and went to the TB to be replaced by Tony Marshall replaced by Justin Robinson who is also Deputy Chair of Central Bank