Burger King opened in Sky Mall (Barbados)
The news this week that fast food restaurant Burger King had to pull ‘beef burgers’ from its UK outlets which were supplied by an Irish vender has alarmed many Barbadians. Why you ask? Burger King recently opened its doors at Sky Mall formerly Mall Internationale in Barbados. It is a bold move by Bizzy Williams the principal investo given the view that Barbadians are not regarded as burger lovers. Perhaps he is banking on the fact that Bajans have moved on from the McDonalds experience. Nothing wrong with eating horse meat though, the issue like most things nowadays is it is all about the lack of business ethics and public trust. If you say you are selling beef burgers how the hell does it translate to HORSE MEAT? Let us hope that the carcasses of some of those retired horses owned by Bizzy’s brother do not make it into the kitchen of Burger King Barbados.
What has provoked the interest of BU about the coming of Burger King is a statement made by President of the Barbados Chamber of Commerce Lalu Vaswani at the renaming of Sky Mall which coincided with the opening of Burger King:
“… Barbados’ food and beverage and agricultural sectors can greatly benefit from the opportunity to secure long-term supply partnerships with franchises. Equally, it is in the economic interest of franchises to ensure a viable local supply chain, since reinvesting in the local economy promotes economic growth and consumer demand,” he said. (Barbados Advocate – 1/28/2013)
It is a free country and as Vaswani also indicated in his statement, the protective duty period is expected to expire within two years, it will not matter two hoots who Barbadians want to come to our shores to do business, neither goods and services. However, should the current state of things not offend Barbadians and cause us to question a growing penchant for junk food? We are an educated people but here it is the figurehead of the captains of industry is reported to be so lavish in his praise of a fast food restaurant setting up in Barbados.
Are we forgetting that Barbados is still fondly referred to as the ‘Amputation Capital’ of the world? And this is despite the political rhetoric coming from Minister of Health Donville Inniss. Why the hell do we have to jump on the bandwagon by welcoming Burger King to Barbados and in the process give further opportunity to deepen our reputation as the Non-communicable Diseases (NCDs) domicile of the world? When our leaders appear to be so accommodating does it not serve to seal a questionable belief by the public that junk food is good?
To the President of the Barbados Chamber of Commerce Lalu Vaswani: what good is Burger King establishing in Barbados if any gains to the local economy are quickly eroded by a rising healthcare expense?
No wonder Bushie is frustrated!
The same logic is extended to questioning the several concessions which this government disgorged to Cost-U-Less, a company which is a retailer and an avarice consumer of scare foreign exchange. Was an impact assessment done before giving permission to Cost-U-Less to setup here? Now tell us why spend billions in educating our people and this is where we find ourselves?
It is the silly season and therefore the sentiments expressed above will be happily be spun by the politicos.
Ah boy, David holding the FOREX line … Refreshing!
@Baffy
It is the silly season so who cares!
We eat ourselves to death or if we are lucky become chronic disease sufferers but guess what? Taxpayers in the form of government is there to pick up the tab read ‘free healthcare’.
Does Cheffette not sell burgers, french fries, milk shakes, ice cream etc KFC sells fries and deep fried chicken etc You can go anywhere in Barbados and eat foods which are good or bad for you…. So either you are saying Burger King will have some hypnotic effect on the people who have good eating habits and like the Pied Pipers children form a line to the door , or it is what has been said in this forum in the past, Bajans dont like to see others try and succeed. Get your kick in early (horsemeat) create a negative spin so when it fails you can pat yourself on the back and say you knew from the beginning it would not work.It is amazing anyone wants to invest or try a new business on the island .But you can always look on the bright side the way things are going only tourists will be able to eat there anyway….
Amputation capital of the world not surprised when I get home I cant even look at sugar, everything in Barbados seems sweeter than at home the coke, the milk the juices the fruit everything
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Bajans have been eating horse meat for a long long time . I remember in the 70’s when a couple horses fell and broke their legs at the Garrison and had to be put down. Men came with cutlasses and knives and carved up the horses and took home the meat. The Turf Club had to ban them after that when horses fell and broke their leg. So this talk about horse meat eating in Bim is not new. No one is forcing people to go into Burger King. It is just that the pie eaters have another place to try out from the same pie.
@lawson
What an amazing interpretation of what was written!
@ David
“Why the hell do we have to jump on the bandwagon by welcoming Burger King to Barbados and in the process give further opportunity to deepen our reputation as the Non-communicable Diseases (NCDs) domicile of the world?”
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…..because we are clearly an island full of of brass bowls.
@ David
“No wonder Bushie is frustrated”
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“Frustrated” is the nice way of putting it…
…..Is there a more succinct way of describing the feeling one has when one is forced to watch loved family and friends run happily towards a steep cliff which is littered with jagged rocks and sharp objects at the base?
……what word describes the feeling of hopelessness experienced when, dispite all the warnings and pleadings, these lovable brass bowls continue towards their doom?
…..how do you articulate the agony of seeing expensively educated brass bowls who, in the year 2013, would turn to outsiders to supply them with “meat cutters”? (Something that ‘Rita’, of the now famous “cane field background”, did routinely back in the 1960’s)…..
…..to take over and run their 100 year old electric company
…..to manage their sugar industry
…..to run their hotels, companies, Chamber of Commerce (…say he name Wuh??? Lalu Vaswani????)
Some shoite got to be wrong wid we….
Bushie strongly feel that Bajans “drinking something that they should be rubbing wid……” which is why the bushman sticks to bush tea…. 🙂
…as for the nauseating political pundits, they like they EATING something that they should be flushing….
David
When are you going to understand that the concessions to Cost U Less had nothing to do with bringing down prices? There was no impact assessment: the only consideration was the amount of money needed for the DLP’s campaign.
As for Burger King, that would soon be exiting this country. This is an attempt to further Americanise this country that will fail because the average Bajan can’t afford their prices. In addition, we don’t have a burger-eating tradition.
Now if Burger King come with pork bugers, pulled pork, baby back ribs, just maybe they might last longer than their pal MacDonald.
Barbadians are here for one reason … They are educated in this outmoded dilapidated system for one reason … They are entertained by elite professionals for one reason … They are wooed by private/public sector collaboration arguments for one reason … Barbadians were afforded the privilege of life for the sole reason that is to Consume.
@islandgal
The blog post never advocated NOT to eat horse meat. What it clearly stated is that if you advertise beef burgers then the ethical thing to do is to sell beef burgers.
@Bushie
Feeling your pain.
About Lalu, he use to own a manufacturing concern in the early 80s in Barbados but he found his business could be sustained by entering wholesale/retail much to the chagrin of Baffy.
How come Burger King (B K) can come to Barbados and open a meat shop just so but “CHEFETTE” that has been around since the 70’s can’t expand its wings not even to St. Lucia, St. Vincent or T&T?
Does anyone know if the burger meat is going to be sourced locally or is it going to be imported from Ireland or USA from genetically modified animals?
Now that the local dairy industry is on its last knees can’t some of the animals be slaughtered and kept frozen like the lamb imported from New Zealand for turning into beef patties to be sold to the local franchise of B K?
After all, Bizzy Williams ain’t got a brother called COW for nothing!
David you would know better than I, running a forum, how a few words can take on a life of there own triggering a massive backlash.People not even reading the story will say they heard Burger King sells horsemeat. Your worried about junk food, yet every indicator points more to the rum and the cigarettes they sell (that taste like they were made from old packing crates ) on the island.When you can go into a rum shop in every area buy a bottle of rum for less than it costs me for one drink at home it is a problem far larger than junk food. .. You see an interloper BK coming to Barbados selling unhealthy fast foods I see the same smart people you talked about embracing the inevitable of new businesess coming, getting a piece of the action in the way of employment and still being able to make those healthy meal choices. Now you may be able to get a philly-mignon steak on the island instead of clod.
The government’s (under both B & D administrations) has a absolutely paradoxical and hypocritical position on the health of the nation and Renewable Energy and sustainable lving. A classic case of “Do as we say and not as we Practise”.
Here is a set of so-called educated liberated politicians from both side of the fictitious divide engaging in the ‘black’ arts of subterfuge and psychological manipulation of the mis-educated simplistic intellectually poor Bajan masses.
On the one hand we have a government expressing major concerns, making policy statements and spending hundreds of millions of taxpayers’ money trying to come to grips with malignant scourge of NCD’s with dire warnings of national catastrophe resulting from poor dietary habits and lack of exercise with Mara Thompson and Donville Inniss the current official town criers for a healthier lifestyle.
On the other hand we see a government in consistently crass hypocrisy encouraging the same stupid masses to gorge themselves with imported, GM-based, processed nutrient-poor food more akin to cooked cardboard just for the sake of so-called short-term foreign investment and whose associated forex will disappear before the first customer can shit out the crap digested the week before.
When is the government (either party) going to do something real meaningful and impose a “FAT” TAX on these establishments equivalent to slow death fat chambers? Why not treat them like cigarettes and tax them to the hilt unless they sell healthier food?
Same thing goes for RE. Talking out of one side of their mouths about greening the economy but here we have a massive housing project at Valerie that has no RE options for the potential residents.
Is the Boabab Towers offices complex RE-configured? Just asking?
When is the ML &MP fleet of vehicles assigned to senior public sector officials and messengers going to be converted to use hybrid fuels with lower engine capacities to suit our road network and reflect more affordable sustainable living by our government?
David
“Chagrin” does not even come close … HA HA HA
Inniss and Thompson, spewing healthy lifestyles and over burdened health care system, while government encourages fast food businesses that are always being sued for promoting ill health, to enter the island. Is anyone surprised??? Chefette is owned by Trinis, but are unable to open a restaurant there, has anyone asked why???
Fruit and vegetables.
Fast food is just another method of population control. You eat it often you die sooner.
But Barbadians have a more serious problem. A regular diet of rice, macaroni pie,chicken and pork will also kill you but it taste so good.
Bajans need to change their diet to include fruit and vegetables daily and they need to exercise.
Then there is the excessive use of Sugar and Salt.
Have you all noticed that two of the richest men in Barbados are thin. Cow and Bizzy should let us know what they eating.
Take a look at our parliamentarians.H ow many of them look healthy? Some of them are sending the message that obesity is ok.
Hants let them politicians kill themselves it will make room for younger and more intelligent ones.
Is it correct to state that fast food outlets in N.America and Europe have to disclose the ingredient mix?
http://www1.mcdonalds.ca/NutritionCalculator/NutritionFactsEN.pdf
BUT there is this” opinion”
???????? and several other chains recently stopped using the “pink slime” in their beef. But the vast majority of fast food beef comes from CAFO (concentrated agricultural feeding operation) cows. Not only is this horrible for the animals and the environment, but eating meat from sick animals will only make you sick. Eat a ???????? hamburger and you might be getting a mouth full of antibiotics, hormones, and dangerous bacteria.
In North America we rely on the various Health safety agencies to police the food supply.
@ David
What is the alarmist drivel about Bizzy potentially selling horse meat? If some smart alecky Irish outfit sells horse meat under the guise of Beef to the English perhaps they were getting back at the British but it doesn’t translate into horse meat being on the menu in Bim. I am surprised that Burger outfits are doing well in Britain as the Brits shied away from eating Beef or by products after the outbreak of mad cow disease there.
BTW is there some prohibition against selling or trading in horsemeat in Bim? I spy an opportunity, sometime ago OOB posted something about the carnage of retired race horses on the road so I will be killing two birds with one stone (a) providing people with an extra source of protein and (b) taking those horses off their owners’ hands when they are no longer useful, I haven’t even mentioned the potential spin offs e.g. providing employment in my horse meat diner.
Bajans keep telling themselves that they are the smartest people in the world but yet some here think that they are unable to make sensible decisions for themselves, some people seem to want a nanny state where the Gov’t puts out your plate and say “eat this it’s good for you”.
Rich people especially catholic ones stay very slim becuase they eat fish on fridays and feed on everyone else the rest of the week
@ Sargeant | February 3, 2013 at 11:50 AM |
I must agree with you that horsemeat would be a much healthier alternative as a source of lean protein than pig, cow or sheep. Just look at the slimmer healthier French people compared to their American or British counterparts.
What is upsetting that the African snail has been demonized and on the brink of extinction like the sugar cane plant.
How could black Bajans treat their fellow African species so? Imagine there is a potentially large market for the raising, production, processing of ‘escargot africain à la Barbadienne” for local consumption and export and the government promotes its wanton destruction and extinction thereby turning its back on such an agribusiness venture.
By refusing to offer start-up incentives (similar to Cost-U-Less now but More later) that can lead to large forex earnings from the French West Indies, Europe, West Africa their ancestral home and even Quebec with you becoming an enterprising distributor for francophone Canada it has gone totally contrary to its publicly acclaimed policy of economic empowerment of the black (African) man and his pesky pest of a pal that made the same trip on the same slave trip just like his green monkey brothers.
Owen Arthur must be complimented for his skill in MISPRONUNCIATION of words.
He said last night in Haggatt Hall :
# His leadership is tried ….that should have been TIRED !
# His leadership is tested…..that should have been TAINTED !
# His leadership is proven…that should have been PRISON !
That happens because of too much RUM…….between his tongue and the roof of his mouth .
@Sargeant
In response to you tongue and cheek the point about horse meat and Burger King is not about edibility but the need for consumer disclosure.
Not to worry though, the Nation newspaper is happy about the full page ad today pushing the ‘Whopper’. It is all about dollars isn’t it.
@lawson do you believe at some point if the NCDs number continues Northbound that intervention is a must? Or should we (government/NGOs/leaders) do nothing?
! on February 2, 2013 at 9:38 AM
Hi BU fans,
I was presently surprised to find that Barbados is the home to GRIZZLY BEARS.
Please go to page 6 of the Barbados Advocate for the 1st February, 2013.
You will see a BIG FACE one……actually talking to human beings !
Truly amazing !!!
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Hi David ,
I saw that post above by a fellow blogger. And was quite surprised about the growth of the animal species type in Barbados.
However, today lo and behold I look at page 37 A of the Sunday Sun and see the same damn animal threatening to harm our PM of Barbados.
Please call the RSPCA and sedate that animal !
David I am sorry I do not understand the abbreviations could you lengthen them please
@Lawson
NCDs – Noncommunicable diseases
NGOs – Non Governmental Organisations
just right for this silly season ….. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgWrWFHCXL0
this i time for bunning them wid my vote….. too long ah sufferin….. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ScLFqhHXwQ
we as a people on this planet are living longer today than at any point in human history,A lot of it is medicines, but I believe that people in general today are more aware of what they are eating.In my own home because I worked two professions and my wife one fast food became a way of life because there seemed to be no time or inclination to cook. My kids are all strong and healthy but as they have gotten older they are the ones that are forcing me to change It is pressure from this new generation that has made us cook more at home watch salt intake and relax a bit.So I have faith in the new generation having. it right about health and appearance and taking care of their bodies Lets face it when all the girls and guys want to look like hollywood stars they dont mean Lisa Lampanelli and Fatty Arbuckle .Now to answer your question In NY Bloomberg has banned large drinks , people can just buy 2 small ones what sense does it make. I will give smoking for an example, yes the govt banned it in certain areas and forced manufacturers to post warnings, but only after people had the information and dangers they were doing to themselves , chose to stop and elected people who were like minded ..Govt and any leader are responsible to the people they serve and protect to provide all the information good and bad so people can make an informed discision and with the mandate of the majority of people bring in laws to bring about change.but in a way sensitive to the needs of the minority .
for the wise in baje land …..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUmt21TqHw4 ……
a classic from ’89 rpb….
another classic ……
@willie
Please note BU pasted your links into one comment. Also secure URLS will note capture the video, must be http.
I read most of the comments and had to laugh. The first thing that came to mind was the mad cow disease that got so much publicity all over the world.
I think it is up to Barbados government to inspect all imported items upon entry into the country before dispersing to merchants. People hearing or reading stories which in some way might affect them, I think it would give them piece of mind knowing that their government re-inspects products, especially edible that arrive on its shores.
There is nothing wrong eating a burger or other items from the fast food eateries once in a while. My doctor and a nutritionist once told me that we just need to control the frequency and the portions; that nothing in moderation kills. A few months ago, I heard it on TV that fruit which many people rave about as healthy eating could cause health problems, especially for those with diabetes if we eat too much of it because of its natural sugar content.
The older generation grew up eating and drinking almost everything in sight. They did not consider the starch in the provisions, the rice, etc., or the sugar in the fruits, the sweet drinks, or even the mauby and gingerbeer they made.
No matter where we get it, if we are to stop using most of what we eat and drink, instead of limiting ourselves to the amount of our intake, we would starve because they wouldn’t be much left to eat or drink, if anything. My grandmothers, both of them died in their 90’s from old age. They ate and drank any and everything that was fit for human consumption. They use to buy and grind their own horse meat and make patties. I doubt they give thought to whether the horse was found dead and then sold or slaughtered for sale.
Another thing, back then, many of those old folks did not cut the fat off any meat – they ate it all. I remember my grandmother saying the fat was to grease her joints.
I alternate going to different fast food eateries and pay a special visit occasionally. I’m not fat or obese. As far as I know, since my last yearly checkup, I’m in good health at my age. We need to realize that everyone metabolism is different. What my stomach maybe able to tolerate and digest is not the same for everybody. So we shouldn’t blame fast food for the things they sell.
Burger King may put pounds on you and not an ounce on me. Let us not paint everyone with the same brush.
@Candid,
The old people ate what they could afford and grow but they also got plenty exercise.
They walked everywhere and did manual labour. That may have contributed to their longevity.
I have no problem with Burger King in Barbados because ultimately it is up to Bajans to decide what is good for them.
David through Dr.Georgie Porgie tried to assist us in earlier blogs about health issues.
@Hants
Saw a story about one of your alumni in TO who will be spreading his expertise back to the Caribbean.
http://www.nationnews.com/articles/view/operation-cure-sick-kids/
@ Sargeant
It would be more poignant to have written one of Dr.Georgie Porgie’s alumni.
I don’t want to perceived as a “high achiever” like those fellas.
Good to see a Bajan specialist helping Bajan children.
SARGEANT
Victor Blanchette is the son of the chap that owned[owns] Barbados Hardware at the Corner of Swan St and ………….He used to run the 8oo m and mile for HC until beaten by Pedro Hinds of CP in 65 or 66.
We have had a burger King, in Barbados for many many years now. Sadly these days he finds work as a security guard. He was the man who for years turned out those grand tasting hamburgers , at Dougees, which was situated near the side entrance to the Cathedral on St Michael’s Row. Chefette, KFC, Mc Donalds and now Burger King, cannot produce burgers as tasty as this individual can. What was his downfall ? not the lack of clientele, but the unscrupulous landlord who raised the rent astronomically. A very familiar thing.
Colonel I remember Doughies they had the best ice cream too. Was the landlord a black man?
GP
I recall that race that’s why I knew he was a Kolig boy, CP upset the order of things that year I think they also had Ezra Burnham and one or two others that I can’t recall was there a Cadogan also? Here is a more complete profile.
http://www.sickkids.ca/Research/AbouttheInstitute/Profiles/blanchette-profile.html
Horse meat is a delicacy in Germany and they ate it raw. A colleague of mine was invited to dinner at his future in-laws, and after eating, in passing, he enquired if the horse meat thing was really true. To which he was told that he had just eaten some.
islandgal246 | February 3, 2013 at 5:56 PM |
Colonel I remember Doughies they had the best ice cream too. Was the landlord a black man?
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The 7up Float was great. No , I do not think the landlord was.
@Colonel Buggy
Memory plays tricks on you so I can’t say if Dougies Burgers were as tasty as you remember but to this immature palate who only got to town on rare occasions (like Inter School sports) they were a slice of heaven. There was also a competitor called “Jeffs” a bit further up the street.
@Colonel Buggy
Maybe Bizzy can contract the Doughie’s man to add a “Dougies Bajan Burger…the DBB” to the Burger King Menu.
Work with me fellas.
A few years ago I tried a fish sandwich at a KFC in barbados and it was surprisingly good. Had a few on subsequent visits.
One of the bonuses of going to Kolij.
The problem with Bajan black people is that they give up too quickly when they encounter a roadblock. In those days of Doughies he probably didn’t have the backup and support to continue at another location.
A classic case was Champers, the lady was renting from some people of indian descent. They were located in Hastings just below Kentucky. The landlord saw how well the lady was doing told her that he wanted to buy into her business she told him no and with that the rent was increased. The lady went in search of another venue and found one. The other stumbling block was that the bank did not want to give her the money unless she had he husband sign with her. Well she got the money and went ahead and bought the present property for around a million dollars and she hit the ground running. Today she owns prime ocean front property and is doing well. The former landlord in the location is not doing to well. Sometimes we have to take the plunge and get our clothes wet.
@islandgal
It is a little fuzzy but wasn’t the landlord from the KFC location Tony Hoyos and Colin Brewer? And again it is a little fuzzy but there was a divorce settlement/arrangement and she took Champers and the husband kept Nico’s on the West Coast.
David she wasn’t married to the man at Nico’s, when they split I think she had just started Champers. I understand the building was owned by Nari Karnarni I may be mistaken.
Islandgal246 wrote “The problem with Bajan black people is that they give up too quickly when they encounter a roadblock.”
That is a totally misleading and unfair statement.
Is it Hants? Tell me why?
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@islandgal246
ask Bushie or Millertheannuki for a history lesson.
I am focused on Beyonce right now.
Sargeant | February 3, 2013 at 5:58 PM |
Thanks for the profile.Victor was my house captain.
CP won in two successive years.
Unfortunately a few years later Ezra died in a car crash.
His brother Chetwin played cricket for Barbados.
They were some good schoolboy cricketers in those days including Boxhill, and Chase from BFS, Colinn Blades from Lodge and TONY king from kolij. Boyce from CP
It is well past 11 pm @ Rices , St. Philip and 17000 persons are eating out of the hands of PM Stuart.
The meal being served up is Owen soup !
I must admit Owen damn well need to explain that letter he wrote to PM Stuart asking MAM to be relieved from the BLP.
PM Stuart has the letter…..Owen need to explain why he chattled off MAM so !
from a note to a letter? wow!!!
Fractured; What else did he speak about?
Fractured; I saw the video of the PM’s speech. So no need to answer.
FS’ speech was a beautifully crafted one which was centred on attacking Owen Arthur using the well known talking points in a lawyerly way. Arthur will have to respond in kind. It was an excellent speech that fully showed his skills as a speaker.
I was very impressed.
Unfortunately he did not appear to be aware of or felt the need to address the problems which much of Barbados is facing and his narrative had some areas that would do with some fact checking. But it was overall an excellent political speech that would play well to the DLP crowd without winning any new converts. imho
Pity all the wonderful speeches by the politicians can’t be taken to the supermarket and turned into food to feed anyone, or turned into money to pay bills.
WHO STOLE THE SEISMIC DATA AND WHO TRIED TO KEEP THE PUBLIC FROM FINDING OUT??? WERE THE DOCUMENTS EVER RECOVERED???
I missed the story on the seismic data (perhaps someone could point me to where to find it). It sounds interesting.
check out today’s nation newspaper online/
Donville I am sure is wishing this one never came out, can’t wish this one away, too much deception. Imagine a state document stolen from the PM’s office well over a month ago and the PM is only now being briefed today. No one could make up stuff like this, not even James Patterson and he is good. There is nothing sicker than the government sanctioned deceptions perpetrated on the people of Bim. It is nauseating. I am happy to see they cannot unring this bell. HA HA HA
My question is, and I think it a reasonable one, is how could the matter of theft of state property by a senior employee/thief (starting to translate to me like a Permanent Secretary) in the PM’s office go before the GG or the AG for that matter, who is responsible for state security, WITHOUT THE PM KNOWING??? SOMEONE IS LYING!!!
I am going to be parading all over this, for the simple fact that it nearly slipped by undetected.
Next question is HOW MUCH WAS THE THIEF PAID FOR THE SEISMIC DATA AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, TO WHOM WAS IT SOLD???
Don’t get distracted: no seismic data was taken. There is no crime here. What we have is a case of a young man who would resign his job rather than submit to sexual harassment. He submitted his resignation and I convinced him that he should not flee from his job for peace and I suggested to him that he should rescind his resignation and fight the matter, and now we are hearing of trumped up charges.
Sent from my iPad
In other words, within the PM’s Office young men are being subjected to sexual advances by other men and if they do not accept male sex to keep their jobs, they are framed by people in the PM’s Office for theft. This is starting to sound even worse. Are you sure the data has not been stolen by others in the PM’s Office and tied into all of this?? These creeps are VILE.
@Well Well | February 4, 2013 at 8:19 AM |
“Donville I am sure is wishing this one never came out, can’t wish this one away, too much deception. Imagine a state document stolen from the PM’s office well over a month ago and the PM is only now being briefed today. No one could make up stuff like this, not even James Patterson and he is good”…………………….
Using your name, Well, Well.
Speaks to leadership. You would never believe that an inept “leader’ like Freundel Stuart can be all about Barbados talking about leadership. This from a man who claimed he was asleep on the job. This has happened in his office and he is now only now being briefed.
From what we have learnt of Fumble, he has no control over his ministers so he dare not say a word to them….. dont be fooled with this notion that he leaves ministers to do their jobs, he cannot say a word to them.
Maybe the file was on his desk and he never got to it! Remember his office is filled with files!
You prodigal talking about FS “asleep on the job.” How about OSA who never bother even to show up for work and when confronted he goes into his bag of tricks and pull out the “biggest of LIES.
As long as we dont feed sheep brains to the cows in Barbados we will be fine. Meat from overseas is the Caribbean dumping place for beef that dont meet the standards of the USA.Grass to the cows not sheep and other animals body parts.
@ ac | February 4, 2013 at 1:53 PM |
“How about OSA who never bother even to show up for work and when confronted he goes into his bag of tricks and pull out the “biggest of LIES.”
Well, ac, that’s well nigh impossible. The title has already been claimed posthumously by a dead lion King of a Liar now lying in his lair with the just epithet for a false epitaph which is epitomized, emblazoned, emboldened and inscribed in yellow and blue indelible ink on the fiery entrance to the mausoleum of Hell in the St. John Parish Church yard which reads in the dark of night: “I SHALL NEVER CHEAT, STEAL AND, ABOVE ALL, LIE IN LIFE OR EVEN IN DEATH”.
And guess who is the first runner-up in the lying competition for political crooks and conmen?
A man who has the immorally shocking intestinal fortitude to not only ‘lie’ through his hypocritical teeth to little school children making the phrase ‘out of the mouth of babes’ another deadly sin but also to get up on a political platform and deify his dead nemesis Saint Liar of St. John Parish Church Yard along with his paranoid pal Leroy the guru of business chichanery now wringing his hands in fear of the Sheriff of Justice while sleepwalking the haunted roads of Martins Bay like Macbeth’s wife looking for the rambling roving ghost of his dead lover David.
Second runner-up goes to Mr. Sinckliar, MCL (Most Consistent Liar) who has never or will never publicly expressed any intention of becoming leader of the DLP or even PM. He made this blind oath and irrevocable vow at the altar erected on the Four Seasons of Promises and Prevarication dedicated to the god of Lies & Deceit.
In fourth place we have a tie of a lying dead-heat between OSA and ‘any other number can play’. So which one are you backing, ac?
miller keep dreaming. 14years is a long time sitting on the LIARS throne. the other competitors don”t even come close. OSA is in a category all by himself.
islandgal246 | February 3, 2013 at 8:34 PM |
Is it Hants? Tell me why?
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I must agree with Hants to a certain extent. If you can remember Jeffs and Dougies,you should also remember some of the following Bajan entrepreneurs ,who made a name for themselves in and around Bridgetown,while providing excellent service to the .people of Barbados.
Mr Rollock (5&10) ,Frank Butcher ACME, R.A Griffith (furniture),C.C King, Smith Wrought Iron works,E.H .Lord(e) , F.C. Atwell, Lowes Laundry, L.C Hill ,Eudora’s Supermarket,Straughan’s Garage, Stanley Linton’s Garage, R.D.M Maxwell, James A Tudor, LLoyd Alleyne ,Louis Lynch, Boychild L.E, Smith and his Two-Sons and Fix-it-Right Empire and N.E. Wilson .Plus the omnibus concessionaires, like Mrs Rock, W.R.Coward., Trotman, Birch , Weatherhead and Carr.
Today we are imploring our people who are supposed to be better educated and seemingly more intelligent than most of the persons mentioned above become entrepreneurs, without much success,as they still prefer to hold down a job at Cow or Bizzy. Where did we go wrong? Have we sold out? Ironically most of the businesses mentioned above were situated in Roebuck St. Today,quite sadly, Roebuck Street is owned by Asians and people from the Middle East.
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@Colonel Buggy,
Barbados produced a lot of successful Black business people but they sent their children to University to become professionals. Doctors,Lawyers, Architects etc. but very few studied Business Management with a view to working in the family business.
There were also some business that got crushed by not having the finances to grow to meet the demands of the times.
An example of this is the replacement of shops in the village by Supermarkets.
@Hants
You are correct that many from that black emerging middle class sent their children to School/University to pursue “‘white collar” professions instead of having one or two of their children build on the foundation that they started.
I have another take about the Village shop/Supermarket dynamic, many village shops which did thriving business were allowed to fall into decline because all the natural heirs went “away” seeking fame and fortune instead of building on what was already there, these shops could have morphed into today’s supermarkets but others are eating their lunch.
Seeing a name like Frank Butcher and ACME brings back some memories. Can anyone remember the young man working at a bank at the time who stole money off Frank Butcher’s account, found himself in prison, got raped and released, was given a job by the so called respectable in Bim, now he is a respectable himself. But i remembered how hard Mr. Butcher had to work to keep ACME down by the Globe going for years.
Hants | February 4, 2013 at 9:59 PM |
@Colonel Buggy,
Barbados produced a lot of successful Black business people but they sent their children to University to become professionals. Doctors,Lawyers, Architects etc. but very few studied Business Management with a view to working in the family business.
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The late Cameron Tudor comes to mind. His father James A Tudor, was reported to have owned some 100 shops throughout the island, and operated from where Westburn Plaza at the top of Baxters Road is now located. Daily you could have seen James A Tudor’s fleet of delivery trucks criss- crossing the island , resupplying those shops. Cameron went to Oxford, preferring to study the Classics rather than business. James A Tudor and Sons Ltd, should have taken the initiative and pioneered the supermarket industry throughout Barbados, instead they allowed Super Centre and Goddard to forge ahead. Although I was just a little boy, it broke my heart to see James A Tudor, sitting outside one of his shops in St Joseph, while his empire was being auctioned off. Alleyne Arthur,(no relation to Brute Alleyne one of Tudor’s drivers) bought many of those shop.
Well Well | February 5, 2013 at 8:30 AM |
Seeing a name like Frank Butcher and ACME brings back some memories.
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Did you know that Frank Butcher could not have called himself an Engineer in Barbados, because he did not attend a university? Did you know that he built an airplane from scratch and flew it.?
Long before Frank Butcher started to make buses, he was instrumental in redesigning and rebuilding the body platform on many of those 1960 AEC buses out of England that could not stand up to the rigors of the rough Barbados road network.
Frank Butcher in my book was a real Engineer.
Yesterday I visited a joinery shop to see what they had to offer in St. Peter. It was run by a woman. I asked her how the hell did she get into this type of business that is dominated by men. She told me that she worked as an accountant with a joinery firm. They had the contract for the Hilton. She said that the manager was sent on leave and she volunteered to run the project for the company. After the project the owner said that he was retiring and closing the business. She decided that was an opportunity to her own business. The men who worked for the business now out of work, told her that they would come and work for her if she started a workshop. She began looking to find a place and didn’t have much luck, then she remembered her grandmother’s house that was empty and she moved in. She is still operating her workshop from that location. She works for many of the high end customers on the island. She has not looked back. I raise my glass to her.
To add another twist to the Burger King entry into Barbados.
Tonight I went into Burger King to see what was going on since the horse meat scandal.
Most of the obese persons who came in there ordered double whoppers.
In the next twenty years the health care system is going to be in deep trouble with more diabetics and amputations. These people sat down and ate the double whopper which is very big with a large soda and chips.
@Clone,
The fattest people always order the biggest meals. Same here in Canada and the US.
Supersize the fries! lol
nobody got fat before the evil fast food restaurants hit the island, breadfruit and ,macaroni pie kept them slim
islandgal246 | February 5, 2013 at 9:07 PM |
Yesterday I visited a joinery shop to see what they had to offer in St. Peter. It was run by a woman.
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The problem that women faced in this country from some of the aforementioned black businessmen, is that they left their businesses in the hands of their sons, many of whom squandered it in fast cars and faster women, eventually selling out to the Asians and Middle Easterners. Many of the women who were fortunate ,to have succeeded their fathers ran the business well. The daughter of RDM Maxwell comes to mind, and in in most recent times, W.H.King’s daughter who manages the Monrose Complex.
@Clone. Bajan men like their women with big fat bottoms,like many of those Wide Load Bajan yankee women who come down her for kadooment . Watch the traffic jam on the Drive Through when it opens.
Here is an update on the horse meat issue in the UK. Is it possible that…no!!!!
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2013/feb/09/horsemeat-scandal-responsibility-retailers
“The FSA advised consumers who had bought affected beef lines from Findus not to eat them. They had not been tested for the presence of phenylbutazone, which is banned in the human food chain. It can cause a serious blood disorder in rare cases.”
Bajans be warned. That is why I am a proponent of food security.
Google this. “fish feed chicken poop”
@David
Here is an update on the horse meat issue in the UK. Is it possible that…no!!!!
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Why so squeamish about horse meat? That is so British, our diet is predicated on what the British ate but for a quirk of fate we would be eating frog legs and snails and enjoying both.
Gwen Workman sold some of Queens Palace along with her pork cutters back in the day and Bajans never complained.
The horse meat scandal galloping away in Europe!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21406778#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
I am old its against the law to repeat the following nursery rhyme especially the penultimate line.
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There was an old lady who swallowed a fly.
I don’t know why she swallowed the fly,
I guess she’ll die.
There was an old lady who swallowed a spider,
that wiggled and wiggled and tickled inside her.
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
I don’t know why she swallowed the fly.
I guess she’ll die.
There was an old lady who swallowed a bird.
How absurd to swallow a bird.
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider,
that wiggled and wiggled and tickled inside her.
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
I don’t know why she swallowed the fly.
I guess she’ll die.
There was an old lady who swallowed a cat.
Imagine that, she swallowed a cat.
She swallowed the cat to catch the bird.
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider,
that wiggled and wiggled and tickled inside her.
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
I don’t know why she swallowed the fly.
I guess she’ll die.
There was an old lady who swallowed a dog.
My what a hog, to swallow a dog.
She swallowed the dog to catch the cat.
She swallowed the cat, to catch the bird,
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider,
that wiggled and wiggled and tickled inside her.
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
I don’t know why she swallowed the fly.
I guess she’ll die.
There was an old lady who swallowed a cow.
I don’t know how she swallowed a cow.
She swallowed the cow to catch the dog.
She swallowed the dog, to catch the cat.
She swallowed the cat to catch the bird.
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider,
that wiggled and wiggled and tickled inside her.
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
I don’t know why she swallowed the fly
I guess she’ll die.
I know an old lady who swallowed a horse…
She’s dead of course!
Here’s a story on what happens to some retired race horses, ‘Onions” if you are ever in TO stay away from the “horse” burgers.
http://www.thestar.com/news/investigations/2013/03/29/star_investigation_ottawa_refuses_to_say_whether_drugtainted_horse_meat_entered_food_chain.html
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