This leo sobers fella too smart … He in this discussion because he seeking advertising … HA HA HA. Leo I likes yah man …

@David

my comments needs no explanation.

@Miller

Didnt your govt said sell to the highest bidder?

@David: “Interesting that Pine Hill products not getting traction in T&T. Why?”
My response: Because T&T have grown accostomed to their locally produced things. The late Eric Williams broke the foreign-owned bank syndrome after the Black power revolt of 1970, and fostered locally-assembled motor cars and small appliances. Some things have changed, but an entire generation grew up without a taste for things foreign.
But ….. we have not realised how to play tit-for-tat. So Machel comes to entertain, while we rage about the sell-out of BNB; and we host a troup of Jamaican entertainers, while Ms. Myrie & the Jamaican Government take us to the CCJ!
We like it so!

Let me re-post “Well, Well”:

“I can’t for the life of me understand why anyone in bim would feel pain that they now own very little of anything of significance on the island. I know i will take some talk for this but, WHEN YOU START LOVING TO SEE EACH OTHER PROSPER AND PROGRESS YOU WILL FEEL NO PAIN. Stop the nasty mentality of fighting down each other, stopping each others progress and spending the better part of your lives, that was given to you as a gift, making each other miserable and unhappy. NOW BRING IT ON!!”

One of the best comments on this thread!

Surely David, you and Dennis could shut to F#ck up. Barbadians are human beings, as it is in every other part of the world, We enjoy that which is pleasing to us. Got to stop. Look at the time … will continue tomorrow (of course)

But ….. we have not realised how to play tit-for-tat. So Machel comes to entertain, while we rage about the sell-out of BNB; and we host a troup of Jamaican entertainers, while Ms. Myrie & the Jamaican Government take us to the CCJ!
We like it so!

don’t bajan entertainers ply their trade in trinidad as well and are you saying that ms myrie should not exercise her right for justice with respect to her perceived grievance?

@Bushie:
Not saying that either! Just noting that we complain about Trinidadian take-over, and lack of support for Bajan-produced items in other territories, but we support all – Caribbean and non-Caribbean.

@David:
When the Rt. Excellent Errol W Barrow was PM of Barbados, he, Eric Williams [of T&T], Forbes Burnham [Guyana], Michael Manley [Jamaica] and later Sir James “Son” Mitchell [St. Vincent], used to communicate formally and informally about island matters.
Today, with superior [so we say] communication avenues available, is there the same level of interaction among our leaders? Do we get that impression from their statements?
It was perhaps his impressions of our leaders lack of informal interaction that led the late David Thompson to remark about “a bowl of soup” agreement to a fishing dispute.
We bicker about the defense territorial borders from regional imperialism, while opening the doors wider to international imperialism, because of our need for foreign exchange.

Buh doan mine me hear? I live in Canada an dey does protes nuff up hey.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/story/2012/08/28/ontario-teachers-rally-legislature.html

This time next year we will be blogging the same b e and Bajans will still get lock up for fishing in Tobago and the Trinis would have bought a few more Bajan businesses.

and Barbados National Bank of T&T will make more profits from the captive consumers of Barbados.

Even the flying fish have left for more fertile waters. It has become tooo expensive to swim in these waters. Boy we at the bottom of the gully without a rope.

@ David

We are sleepwalkers. That is why I am the least bit surprised when many argue that PM Stuart’s ‘decency’ and oratorical skills in spite of his lack of decisiveness makes him a good leader. SMFH.

On the Emera takeover of Bim’s electrical utility, turns out this is a private Canadian company that we all know when profits start going south will sell to the highest bidder, of course we also know it will never belong to Bim or Bajans again, don’t care how much the employees pretent it’s theirs. Just more of the same folks, just more of the same.

Read the last two sentences of this report.

CLICO shares trading Jan 7
T&T Stock Exchange:
By Carla Bridglal

Story Created: Dec 28, 2012 at 10:56 PM ECT

(Story Updated: Dec 28, 2012 at 10:56 PM ECT )

AS of January 7, 2013, the CLICO Investment Fund will be listed on the Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange (TTSE).

In a release yesterday, the TTSE’s board of directors said trading for the Fund will also begin that day.

This is one week later than the proposed date of January 2, 2013, given by Finance Minister Larry Howai in his budget presentation in October.

Once the fund begins trading, however, Government’s obligations towards negotiations of settlements to policyholders will have finally been brought to an end.

The symbol for the Fund will be CIF.

Units in this fund will be listed at a price of $25.00 each and will be traded in the Mutual Fund Market.

The Fund was launched November 1 as part of the settlement to CLICO policyholders by the government as part of the $20 billion bailout of the country’s largest insurance company’s collapsed empire.

Policyholders of Short-Term Investment Products (STIPS) sold by Colonial Life Insurance Company (Trinidad) Ltd and British American Insurance Company (Trinidad) Ltd valued at over $75,000 received cash payments up to $75,000 and zero-coupon one to 20-year bonds for the difference. When the Fund begins trading they will be able to exchange those bonds for units in the Fund.

Republic Bank Ltd is the Fund Administration agent as well as one of the distributors of the Fund.

Eighty-six per cent of the Fund comprises 40,072,299 Republic Bank shares with a nominal value of nearly $4 billion.

These shares represent 25 per cent of the total issued share capital of Republic.