@Caswell

Would this be the current minister? Doesn’t the MoF has discretionary powers?

@Miller
This question is not a political gotcha but I am curious about the tax implications for severance pay in B’dos, sometime ago a friend of mine left a high paying job and received a substantial settlement. When I inquired about the tax implications he scoffed and said that they dare not take any tax out of his money. I didn’t pursue it as it wasn’t any of my business but I got the impression that these type of payments were tax exempt.

What’s the deal? This is the kind of situation that riles the IMF.

@ Sargeant | March 30, 2013 at 6:55 PM |

Any Capital payment for loss of office of employment is tax free up to the Statutory limit.
Any amounts above that can (not necessarily does in practice) attract personal income tax unless rolled over with the approval of the IR into some other personal capital (deferred income) asset like a personal pension plan.

@dAVID

U DID NOT ASK IF IT IS TRUE THAT MORE 1/2 MILLION DOLLARS WERE SPEND OUT OF MEDICARE FUNDS FOR THE STUPID PROJECT OF A HEALTH CENTRE.

To the Point

Maybe, you should ask who authorised the payment of the $500,000 since it was not done under the authority of the National Council. It is time that somebody is imprisoned for NUPW funds.

caswell -see todays sunday sun special i did not know that WALTER side kick brother worked for ICBL –wondering if the movement of the Medicare was ifluence in any way

Caswell
You are confusing me even more. If Medicare is not separate and distinct, why is there an added fee to members who engage in it. If what you are saying is true then ALL NUPW members are members of medicare, and that is not the case. Furthermore, in the unaudited budget statement 2012-2013, there is no reference to expenditure as it relates to medicare benefits. Therefore something is missing. As I understand Cedric, Dennis Clarke and Grace can sign checks, which means the medicare has its own account.

The latest frail effort by the DLP to keep Ma Money in place is in the person of Derrick Alleyne who is stoutly in the corner of Ma Money. This is the same Derrick Alleyne who Danny Gill had to save his job when Dennis and Ma Money went to get rid of him by denying Derrick the two years leave to continue working a Director of the Urban Commission. Derrick your slimy nastiness is out.

David:
The answer is yes, yes, yes. Danny Gill took the principled stand that Derrick was not being treated fairly at that time and countered the Ma Money Clarke plan. But , I believe someone got the right rum to Derrick and he is charged up to do the DLP bidding.

Lemuel

You must remember that this is the same Derek Alleyne that was one of the main speakers on the DLP platform in the last election. Imagine this from a head of of a statutory board: what else do you expect?

Hear what the incumbent president Maloney has to say:

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=156114234550893

According to Ma Money his RECORD is out there. Ma Money do you mean the union’s credit card which bought food and gas for you; do mean the phone bill of 6500 which was never repaid; do you mean the cosy way you snuggle up in the DLP bed and feather your nest; do you mean the money $500,000 spent from medicare; do you mean you encouragement to allow people to draw down on their gratuity only to belly ache when they retire later when they really need those funds; do you the eight years you have spent sponging off the union and its resources. I must admit your bass voice does sound good though even if the utterances are of empty value. Finally, do you mean the temerity you have to THREATEN public servants jobs for the whole of the internet world to see.

David
From the reports I have gotten through the candidates not only the Danny Gill team is that Civil Servants want this discussion about wage increase to be placed on the table. The people that were employed for the election are not in the union. This is what the members are asking their new President to put on the table; obviously, Ma Money is not on the ground. Oh, I remember no one wants to see him at their place of work. All he has been doing is putting up posters and running. He went to the maids at the QEH and repeated the same thing. The maids have rejected his non sense out right!

I shall continue my role of watchman for the NUPW elections.

Miller
No one is falling for that trick this time. Sinker is getting very fat; all the rest of them including Todd are getting big bellys, but the poor public servants are struggling to live off their salary and send school their children. What i am saying does not have any political color; people are hurting and it is clear government must say what is the least that can be done to ease the economic strain. The Danny Gill team has no political axe to grind; however, I am very very sure Ma Money and his team have. by the way what have the ministers who seem only to fly fly and fly done to cut back assistance to their “friends” or their travel to ease the economic strain.

This business about the NUPW hiving off the Medicare scheme and transforming it into a limited liability company is becoming curiouser and curiouser with every detail that is revealed. My understanding is that Cedric Murrell is the chairman of the company. If NUPW were complying with the law that would mean that the Prime Minister would have been privy to the union’s business before the National Council. If Cedric is indeed the Chairman, the PM would have been required to approve his appointment.

General Order 3.9 states:
“Officers are not allowed to accept the auditorships or directorships of business organizations or companies without the approval of thePrime Minister, such approval being sought through the Head of the Civil Service”.

Also why would NUPW set up a brokerage as a company when unions are not required to conform to the Insurance Act if they were providing insurance services to its members? Section 3 (5) of the Insurance Act states:
“This Act does not apply to any organization which is registered under the enactments relating to friendly societies or to trade unions.

I suspect that this move has more to do with hiding the performance of the medicare scheme from the National Council than with any efficiencies that may result.

@Caswell

i am told last time around, the gs wanted to having a roving box for Arawak, What do u think was the reason for that, even though it was shot down. Are u aware that persons in the polling station tell people who to vote for, it happened at the psychaitric hospital, sanitation, the weymouth boxes, among others, Do u think the same thing will happen again?

Caswell –what has happen at the airport and Arawak were there any viola tion of the Rules
Who is theCivil servant that has put the Union in court and what is the up todate status of those cases

Erice

The former Treasurer, Ken Dash, has taken the NUPW and Maloney, in his individual capacity, to court. As I understand it, Dash was defamed when the union illegally suspended him from the office of Treasurer and the matter was splashed all over the newspapers. Further, as a senior officer in the Inland Revenue Department, the Commissioner had reason to be concern that one of her officers, who is a treasurer, would be suspended and called him in. Additionally, he teaches at UWI. The suspension therefore sent the wrong signal to the society at large that a man in a position that deals with money was suspended presumably for financial wrong doing.

They suspended Dash and then instructed the acting Treasurer to sign a number of cheques that Dash refused to sign because he felt that they constituted attempts to defraud the union. The included cheques for Maloney, Clarke and Clarke’s son. As I understand it, some of the money was suppose to come from the Government subvention which is suppose to to be used for training purposes only. So far the Auditor General has not queried these transactions.

In Maloney’s case, he is being sued because he stated at a council meeting the Dash had given confidential to on Caswell Franklyn to embarrass the union. When he was called upon to withdraw the remarks and apologise, he refused,

Dennis Clarke has been warned. As I understand it, Dennis has not even call a meeting with the candidates to discuss election day. My thoughts to Den Den is that the NUPW is guided by written rules which can be interpreted by a court of law. To those who want to try the old steel in deh way, modern cameras do have time and dates when videos or pictures are taken. Is this election worth your employment?

@fractured

it is unfortunate that u r seeing the unio’s elections in political terms, but they need to be seem from an operational and organsational perspective. The union appears to be a sordid mess with Maloney’s testicles reahing all eras of the organisation, from finance to administration.

I dont beleive that the president understands his role, neither the gs or the national council which is very poweful, but I have been told that incest breeds incestuous outcomes.

Wuhlosss wunna back at this poop!! I smelling this NUPW elections is being fought down the line of the National Elections, Bs vs Ds. What sad days for my Union!!
But what do we expect from ourselves? we choose to do battle in the eyes of the general public, who, regardless of your aguments about government subvention, have no interest in the matter. Government subventions are given to a full range of private institutions. Do we think we have the same rights to pry on what private schools do with their subventions? but alas we know our places when it comes to those issues.

Face it the Unions are losing their ” relevance”!! Think it was caswell that reflected thet the national council at the NUPw was not too smart. so true!! Seriuosly, how can you have a President that abuses a credit card, abuses a cell-phone to the tune of $6500, openly endorses policies of a political party( DLP), abuses bar credits et al, and receives no discipline. Not even a censure.
A General Secretary that either throws a tantrum or cries at meetings for more money for himself or his son, goes past his retirement age without permission, surrenders his authority for the sake of expediency , hold the Union ransom to his folly by not indicating when he plans to retire. According to RPB, NOT ONE ASKS!!!!

I cant foresee the day when competent ppl come back to the union, to sit on council and executive. Unfortunately the Executive has become a cushy little place of additional income in the form of an allowance. Mind you, its a better allowance than most Boards in Barbados. Mind you again it comes at the expense of having some of your personal business exposed on the BU. Small price to pay since theBU is so underread. hehehe

the countdown is on to real change or will it be any change? i backing the winners.

we need a Chavez-like saviour. Viva la Revolucion!!!

@Coat

Here is a parting shot. Do a Google and type the following names individually:

Walter Maloney
Dennis Clarke
Derek Alleyne
NUPW

This will be your legacy win lose or draw.

@Joseph

the govt does not give subventions to schools,it my memory serves me correctly, i might be wrong, but correct me if I am wrong. Tell me what the socalled subventions are for.

Fractured
You kept a beach party for Ma Money and did not invite anyone from BU. WE could still enjoy the beach party and blog ; laptops can still work at the beach.

Nobody couldnt throw Mamoney in the sea though ?