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Minister of Finance Chris Sinckler
Minister of Finance Chris Sinckler

Today Christopher Sinckler, as Minister of Finance (MOF) is in the middle of delivering some bitter medicine to the people of Barbados – read Ministerial Statement On Government’s Fiscal Consolidation Programme 2013-15 presented to the House of Assembly by The Hon. Christopher P. Sinckler, Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs. This after years of hide and seek by a government still wedded to a political-economy model that is in decay, universally. Like a magician Sinckler continues to believe that our current problems could be solved by continuously tinkering with a chronically unwell economy model when more aggressive and transformative actions were clearly required, even decades ago.

All other things being equal Sinckler will be repeating doses of his snake oil in coming months. This first tranche comes mere months after the last budget.  Of course, there could be an intervention by the people of Barbados in their own defense, but that is unlikely to happen, though it may prove unavoidable. To us it seems that Sinckler and indeed the Government of Barbados is stubbornly unwilling to address the fundamental issues at work. As the proverbial neo-Keynesian, it remains impossible for Sinckler to see that another economic world is possible. We are lock step in a death march off a cliff. The words of Dr. Kennedy are indeed proven true by Sinckler’s admission today that his recent budget was a national mis-direction.

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135 responses to “Sinckler Missed the Mark, Again”

  1. David Avatar
    David

    While Barbados is struggling to float bonds T&T on the other had…

    T&T’s US$ bond oversubscribed

    Published:Friday, December 13, 2013The Government’s US$500 million ($3.2 billion), ten-year benchmark bond has been heavily oversubscribed, with international investors agreeing to offer an interest rate of 4.375 per cent for T&T’s first issue on the international capital market since 2007. Sources with first-hand knowledge of the bond issue said it received very strong demand from the international investor community, leading to an initial oversubscription rate of 9.9 times the original size with total demand of US$4.9 billion ($31.6 billion).
    The sources described T&T’s return to the international capital markets after an absence of six years as a spectacular success. Given the robust demand, they said the Government was able to increase the offer by a further US$50 million to US$550 million ($3.55 billion) and tighten the interest rate by 0.375 per cent from the initial rate of 4.75 per cent.The sources said the strong demand could have allowed Minister of Finance Larry Howai to increase the bond even more, but he is reported to have advised the international capital market that T&T has a responsibility to manage its debt levels in a prudent manner.
    The issue, which is being described as “benchmark” issue, will be part of the emerging market bond index. The extra US$50 million facilitates local investors acquiring some of the bond issue. Some international investors who applied for the bond did not get any and will be forced to buy in the secondary market.
    The marketing process for the bond, was led by a delegation which included members of the Ministry of Finance and the Economy as well as the Central Bank and involved an investor roadshow through Los Angeles, New York and Boston. Minister of Trade Vasant Bharath also led a delegation in London. The bond proceeds will contribute to the financing of the 2014 budget and will be used to support the Government’s operations during fiscal year 2014.In a statement last week, the Ministry of Finance said that provision has also been made for a portion of the budget to be financed on the local market as well. T&T currently has two outstanding international bonds—a US$250 million bond due 2020 and a US$150 million bond due 2027.

  2. PLANTATION DEEDS FROM 1926 TO 2013 , MASSIVE FRAUD ,LAND TAX BILLS AND NO DEEDS OF BARBADOS, BLPand DLP=Massive Fruad Avatar
    PLANTATION DEEDS FROM 1926 TO 2013 , MASSIVE FRAUD ,LAND TAX BILLS AND NO DEEDS OF BARBADOS, BLPand DLP=Massive Fruad

    On Beatrice Henry date of Death ,December 13th 1985 , After 28 Years of Fraud , and on going lies from scumbags and liars ,
    We at PLANTATION DEEDS stand firm with all We wrote over the last year this time last year,
    Beatrice Henry and Violet Beckles massive land fraud under the MIA and OWEN and covered up by the DLP PM and MOF , Now you all can go back and read the warnings , Yes the sky is falling .
    We will show and We have a FIX , The FIX will start with the Truth and set all thing in place and right , Lies can not fix nothing ,
    Listen to the PM lie again , listen to the Sinkman Lie again ., listen to Mia lie again , We will see if Owen come on and lie some more
    The PONZI is out of money , Now we will look for the FALL GUY like Madoff and Standford , DBLP government , We will see who is Right , Right NOW, Here are more lies,We have the Truth.So learn to Listen .
    The Problem in Barbados is Root Titles PLANTATION DEEDS , Yes We have them ,THEY DO NOT.

    http://bajan.wordpress.com/2013/12/13/sinckler-missed-the-mark-again/#comments

  3. Crusoe Avatar
    Crusoe

    Missed the mark? Bowling wide down leg side ev’ry since. That one aint even go near the keeper’s gloves, down to fine leg boundary.

  4. Prodigal Son Avatar
    Prodigal Son

    Oh what a tangle web the dems weaved when first they practiced to deliberately deceive.

    They do not now their head from their feet so it is obvious that he has screwed up again! Second budget for the year.

  5. Time2Act Avatar
    Time2Act

    We now have the worst government in the Caribbean!

  6. Gabriel Avatar
    Gabriel

    It would be of interest to hear the findings of the IMF team this time around.BU should publish it as soon as its made available.
    Trinidad with its natural resources would find the bond market responsive even though there are recurrent leakages.Jamaica found a responsive market also and it says a lot that one of the once better run economies in the Caribbean
    is seeing hell to find an acceptable risk taker.There is too much lying and mismanagement going the rounds and a lack of confidence is the result.The DLP must return to the country for a mandate to carry on.It’s the sensible thing to do.

  7. Askquith Avatar
    Askquith

    @BU David or Hal
    I need some insight into a few questions since I am not in tune with how unemployment compensation works in Barbados. This is serious business so please don’t dismiss my questions because I am not in attack mode with fiery language against the MOF and government.

    Will the 3000 receive some form of unemployment compensation (National Insurance) and for how long?
    Is there a tax paid to the state on the compensation received if any
    and at what rate?
    What about health benefits? Are there any extended health benefits to the unemployed and their minor children and if so for how long?
    Will the 3000 be given a compensation package upon exit and if yes, what is the legal rate of their existing wage ?
    Is there going to be special consideration ifor which 2 or more breadwinners from the same household are possible victims of the cuts? If so what are the considerations?

    A review of the proposal presented by the MOF that I read on line indicates that 3000 is not enough to have a positive enough impact on the state’s wage bill in the long term. It looks more like 4500 to 5000 to have a resounding impact. as sad as it may sound. Also, it appears that there is an immediate need for a 5% to 8% pay cut across the public sector along with a 3 year wage freeze to get back on level terms. This is real medicine for the state which being the largest employer on the island has overplayed its hand resulting in its inability to pay its wage bill without borrowing. Sounds like the city of Detroit. Finally, the need to hike personal income tax rates is inevitable for the state to recapture loss revenue since the 3000 won’t be paying taxes after March 1st. Revenue has to come from somewhere and this is the only other option in the short term since private sector jobs may too unfortunately go away.

  8. Can't wait Avatar
    Can’t wait

    Mia Mottley and David Ellis were invited to discuss the Minister of Finance disclosure on a radio station (Nationwide ) in Jamaica this afternoon.. She is of the view that with all the austere measures announced today, by March next year the country will be in no better position than it is at this moment. This frightening. Wuhloss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  9. Enuff Avatar
    Enuff

    @ askquith

    I don’t think Are permanent government workers are entitled to unemployment. Caswell?

  10. Alvin Cummins Avatar
    Alvin Cummins

    @David,
    On saturday last I visited Niagara falls for the first time in about ten years. I was shocked, to put it mildly. The last time I was there the “falls” was a bustling, active place full of tourists. At that time (it was also winter) the streets were filled with people, all the attractions were filled with people all the souvenir places were doing a brisk business, and the restaurants were full of people.
    When we passed through on saturday evening the place was empty of people. You could have run an elephant through there and not but up on people. When Niagara is reduced to that situation you know the economy was badly hurt and is still hurting.
    Barbados cannot expect to do really well if Niagara, just across the river from Buffalo, is in this position. The U.S economy is still in the dumps. My advice to tourism, government, opposition and Bajans in general, is to look to rationalize your own expenditure, cut down on imports, and stay home and spend your money in Barbados,rather than thinking of going to Miami-to shop-or vacation.
    take a rest.

  11. Pachamama Avatar
    Pachamama

    @ David
    That should have been Dr. Kenny Anthony, sorry!

  12. millertheanunnaki Avatar
    millertheanunnaki

    @ Alvin Cummins | December 13, 2013 at 10:11 PM |
    “.. and stay home and spend your money in Barbados,rather than thinking of going to Miami-to shop-or vacation. take a rest.”

    Would you also extend that advice to Brits, Europeans, Americans and Canadians for the upcoming winter season?

    You are certainly out of touch with what is going on in Bim because the MoT and the BTA Chairman are promising bumper tourist arrivals this winter season with hotel occupancy in the high 80’s.

    Now Alvin when are we going to get some feedback from you on the sending home of thousands of public sector workers?
    Do you think it is for real or only the fertile imagination of the miller to concoct these silly stories?
    Tell us Alvin how much you were for the cutting back of the public service all along requiring this boldly competent DLP administration to grab the bull by the horn and cut the fat created under the BLP.

  13. are-we-there-yet? Avatar
    are-we-there-yet?

    Enuff;
    I think you are right about Permanent Government workers. Normally they would not be touched as far as layoffs go. However, someone pointed out on BU last night that a few might be subject to the disestablishment of their posts. That is something that is quite possible since it was done in the case of Winton Campbell but is unlikely to be done this time around and for any significant number of workers.

  14. pinkrose Avatar
    pinkrose

    i’m NOT going to this public meeting THAT MIA HAS CALLED. WE NEED SOLUTIONS Right NOW or we gin SUFFER for the next one hundred years from now. THE other Caribbean islands just looking and waiting for us to FALL AND FALL HARD BUT WE GIN GET RID OF BOTH PARTIES AND ELECT A NEW GOVERNMENT FOR THE PEOPLE AND WHO WILL BE ABOUT THE PEOPLE’S WELL BEING AND WILL BE A TRUE DEMOCRACY AND NOT A BUNCH OF ELECTED DICTATORS THAT DON’T KNOW THEIR HEADS FROM THEIR TAILS AND WALKING BOUT HOLDING ON TO THEIR OWN ASSES. WE GIN SAVE WE SELVES A NEW GOVERNMENT IS THE ANSWER ONE THAT WILL HAVE TRUE INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS FOR US ALL.WE ALL NOW A DEMOCRACY IS SUPPOSE TO be a government by the people and a Representative democracy only makes all clear CUT DECISIONS ONLY after consultation with their constituents but this CURRENT GOVERNMENT IS CLEARLY CONFUSING AFTER THEY HAVE TOLD ONE LIE AFTER ANOTHER . And the BLP are suppose to do what SAVE US, ”HOW”. THE DLP people that WE elected, these ”Elected Dictatorships,” cause their ship sinking. They do not have any and owe US no obligations to US THE People and can give us no incentives but ready put on a show for the OVERSEERS THAT GOVERN THEM. What a Great PERFORMANCE MR. MOF YOU HAVE SCREWED US ALL. WHAT DO YOU THINK, THAT WE ARE HAPPY WITH THIS,ISN’T TIME TO DO BETTER . YES WE need a NEW GOVERNMENT. this GOVERNMENT HAVE COMMITTED A MASSACRE- A MASS MURDER- M O F GO FIGURE. IMAGINE THERE IS A KOOLING OF PERIOD AND THAN THE SAGGA STARTS ALL OVER AGAIN. WOE TO THE FALLEN. THE ONLY SOLUTION IS TO CALL ELECTIONS FOR A NEW GOVERNMENT. LISTEN THE PARTY THAT IS FORMING WANNA READY, THE PEOPLE NOW WILL LISTEN START. DONE.

  15. Boy Blue Avatar
    Boy Blue

    Time2Act | December 13, 2013 at 9:43 PM |
    We now have the worst government in the Caribbean!
    …………………………………………..
    Fraud -all Stuart and his troupe of Jokers.

  16. Askquith Avatar
    Askquith

    @ Alvin Cummins
    “On Saturday last I visited Niagara falls for the first time in about ten years. I was shocked, to put it mildly”

    I suspect that you just talk to hear yourself talking. Last Saturday was December 7th. It is WINTER. This is not the time of year visitors hang out in Niagara. The temperature outside right now is 18 deg F in Hartford Ct 250 miles south of Niagara and nobody is hanging out any where around here. 32 deg F is freezing, Families don’t travel NORTH at this time in the US unless they going to a sky resort or hunting for deer or elk. It is too dam cold, They head SOUTH like the birds. Are you stupid or am I missing something here? I find it difficult to believe that folk were “hanging out” in the winter 10 years ago.

    The reason why the tourist travel to the Caribbean during the winter is to seek warmth. Something is missing in what you are suggesting. Winter is not a time for families or birds to head NORTH. Not in the world I am living.

    SOUTH Alvin. Florida, Jamaica. Bahamas, St Lucia. Hopefully Barbados. Are there any Canadians that want to add to his stupid comment.

    The US economy is NOT in the dumps Alvin. Investment on Wall Street is STRONGER than it has ever been. The DOW Jones Industrial and the S&P 500 are at record highs. These indexes are direct reflections of the health of companies/businesses in the US and are used as a yard stick to measure the US economy. Portfolios (401K plans) are growing faster than ever in the US, Job opportunities are on the rise, Employment has recovered to 7% based on December’s releases. What world are you living in? The House Republicans recognizing that the country has recovered just passed a 2 year bi-partisan budget avoiding embarrassment at the polls and another fight with the president who now has the upper hand on the recovered state of the economy. Don’t you listen to the news or read the paper?

    You just talking for talking sake. Or are you still stuck in that gear that the DEMS in bout the world in recession. I think Barbados is now in deep recession without hope of recovery because of non thinkers like you that support the propaganda machine that lied with a straight face to the masses earlier in the year.

  17. Konkieman Avatar
    Konkieman

    The political economic model mentioned in the original article is not broken nor is it the issue. The issue is extreme indecisiveness on the part of the government. It takes leaders to make tough decisions and apparently we have none left now in Bdos.

  18. Askquith Avatar
    Askquith

    @ are-we-there-yet?
    I think the “disestablishment of Winton Campbell” had to be done via Parliament to avoid legalities. He was targeted by Tom Adams over some Structural Engineering comments he was standing by way back correct?

  19. JUST ASKING Avatar
    JUST ASKING

    I TOLD WUNNA SO

    I TOLD WUNNA SO

    I TOLD WUNNA SO

    I TOLD WUNNA SO

    I TOLD WUNNA SO

    I TOLD WUNNA SO

    I TOLD WUNNA SO

  20. JUST ASKING Avatar
    JUST ASKING

    KONKIE MAN –I want a conkie

    I had one only for Independence

  21. JUST ASKING Avatar
    JUST ASKING

    The Barbados Labour Party is quite capable of Rescuing Barbados

    All the foolish talk about Owen this and Mia that is just that–foolish talk

    The DLP has got us where they wanted us –right back in time –like a TIME TUNNEL TO 1991-94

    To escape this time tunnel -Somebody has to jump ship and save the country
    Enough is more than enough

    The Government Lied !

  22. The People's Democratic Congress Avatar
    The People’s Democratic Congress

    The DLP and the BLP must be permanently removed from the political governmental landscape of this country.

    PDC

  23. JUST ASKING Avatar
    JUST ASKING

    PDC
    I do not see any force out there challenging the two parties
    I wonder how the likes of Eric Sealy would have fared in this environment where the Government is trying to lock up the opposition

    So PDC be careful -The Police might come a calling
    They may see your above statement as a threat
    In these times , anything is possible
    Careful PDC

    In past times , real pressure groups and radicals would have arisen and have something to say about the situation keeping meetings all over the town and country

  24. WFM Avatar
    WFM

    Just finish reading all the above comments and not one of them has provided us with solutions. Another Barbados 7 day wonder.

  25. Askquith Avatar
    Askquith

    “The mission chief and her colleague Sorhab Rafiq left Barbados yesterday after meeting with Minister of Finance Chris Sinckler, Minister of Tourism Richard Sealy, Minister of Industry and Small Business Development Donville Inniss, Central Bank Governor Dr DeLisle Worrell, members of the legislature, and representatives from the private sector, labour unions and academia.” Exeprt from the Nation News

    Not surprising that they are all in bed together.

  26. PLANTATION DEEDS FROM 1926 TO 2013 , MASSIVE FRAUD ,LAND TAX BILLS AND NO DEEDS OF BARBADOS, BLPand DLP=Massive Fruad Avatar
    PLANTATION DEEDS FROM 1926 TO 2013 , MASSIVE FRAUD ,LAND TAX BILLS AND NO DEEDS OF BARBADOS, BLPand DLP=Massive Fruad

    JUST ASKING@I TOLD WUNNA SO@@ You told Wunna so? We told you the truth , BLP can not Help ,DLP is also part of the Problem.
    Who Will be the FALL person for this Massive land Fraud,If you look into the off shore Bank accounts of the this DBLP government you will see the Nations Money is ,
    Todd , We hope you fix out building well on Baxters Road, You know and we know its a trespass . When you done fix it we coming for it,

    Brittions Hill , Mr Senator , you kick down Beartice Henry Building now talking to build a church on her land , a church from Hell,Where you get a deed from ? Where you getting money from when you government broke, Todd and yourself Will be the star Boys of what to come NEXT.
    From the CHURCH TO THE GOVERNMENT HOUSE , ALL OF YOU WILL BE EXPOSED ,
    WE hope you all cant sleep well , with lies on your minds,
    Yes we do have the deed for Kensington Plantation 73 Acres , Yes we have the deed for Brittions Hill 286 Acres,
    The people will now see how you Lairs , crooks, and scumbag went in to government to fill your pockets.

    The time is now , your time is Up.

  27. PLANTATION DEEDS FROM 1926 TO 2013 , MASSIVE FRAUD ,LAND TAX BILLS AND NO DEEDS OF BARBADOS, BLPand DLP=Massive Fruad Avatar
    PLANTATION DEEDS FROM 1926 TO 2013 , MASSIVE FRAUD ,LAND TAX BILLS AND NO DEEDS OF BARBADOS, BLPand DLP=Massive Fruad

    PDC @ dont mind them , Keep talking , 3000 going home first wave , 3000 going home 2nd wave , 3000 going home 3 wave, 1000 more going home
    Math Numbers , 33 1/3 Masons Math .
    US Embassy will be busy as you all run to America Visa to run a wall of slavery in the states.
    Now all you will be home and now you all will have time to 1. LISTEN , 2 THINK , 3 DECIDE who telling lies.who told lies
    All the fake land lords of Beatice Henry and Violet Beckles lands, The courts are stacked with crooks to have to wait 23 year for a ruling. The judges on the Bench also holding land they never worked for and never paid for like CLICO,,,

    As they tell News paper Men and some Woman dont write nor print the true words of Plantation deed, We cant wait to see the papers of the most wanted on the front pages this morning.

    No worry after you feel the pain , and see the truth We will FIX,The Law is on our side and the crooks was on your side.
    Ghost town , Save your money soon you maybe fighting the Monkeys for the mangoes in the tress ,

    MIA , some nerve you have sitting at a table with 2 other crooks talking mess , We have a replay for every word , every line of blame you looking to put on the the DLP,
    This is also yours and Owen Party, Where is he NOW, and you was the AG then.As you build your LC building on Rockley DEED

    What were your words when you were told about the Massive LAND FRAUD, LET DOGS ,,,, WHAT ,?
    more to come on the fraud
    Police need to hold them for Violet signed her papers against them and they know well good, Police do your work and let the news papers print truth,
    Barbados you have one government ,, DBLP government Both CROOKS, LIARS, SCUMBAGS.

  28. islandgal246 Avatar
    islandgal246

    The present government played a very dangerous game with this country and there are very serious repercussions to come. The scenario is akin to a man going to his doctor for a checkup. The doctor sees something abnormal and sends him to the specialist for further investigation.

    After attending several appointments with “The SPECIALIST” he is no wiser. Unknown to him The SPECIALIST found cancer and refused to tell the man. The man suspected this but without confirmation from the SPECIALIST he had no way of knowing. The man becomes more ill and the SPECIALIST kept telling him there is nothing wrong with him.

    One day the man decided to get a second opinion and the other SPECIALIST confirmed what the man was feeling all along. He had cancer. By this time the cancer had spread and the specialist asked him why didn’t he come earlier to be treated? The man explained that the other SPECIALIST told him that there was nothing wrong. The present specialist told him that they will have a difficult fight on their hands and they might be able to prolong his life by a few months. Had something been done earlier his survival chances would have been 80-90% it would have been years instead of months. ALL BECAUSE OF A DISHONEST SPECIALIST !

    This is where Barbados is at! We have a long hard fight for survival ahead of us. Many might give up along the way, many might not live to see it through and many will continue fight to the very end. And you know what? the first SPECIALIST is still allowed to to practice medicine!

  29. ExOfficer Avatar
    ExOfficer

    Another deceitful and insincere comment from another opportunistic politician who fails to condemn his ignorant friends who have made Barbados an impoverished country. http://www.nationnews.com/articles/view/lashley-wants-imf-out/

  30. ExOfficer Avatar
    ExOfficer

    Here is what the IMF said yesterday “Barbados 2013, international reserves have fallen this year to US$468 million at end-October”. Wow.

  31. Ju Avatar
    Ju

    @ cant wait
    Dont you find it interesting that this discussion was arranged for a JAMAICAN RADIO STATION ? I wonder who made this arrangement . Just another attempt by this power hungry woman to bad-talk Barbados at the slightest opportunity . One of these days she might learn that she cant force herself down the throats of people …

  32. Ju Avatar
    Ju

    Whatever the tactics Mia Mottley might adopt , the message is clear…Barbadians are not ready for her .

  33. Well Well Avatar
    Well Well

    @JU your partisan ass lament is another reason the DLP ministers are so damn arrogant. The deceitful party supports will cause this country to implode worst than 1937

  34. Roverp Avatar
    Roverp

    2 When good people are promoted, everything is great, but when the bad are in charge, watch out! Proverbs 28 (The Message)

  35. ac Avatar
    ac

    the comments in the nation made by LASHLEY are spot on. The IMF team has one thing in mind that is to ensure that the monies borrowed in the international and financial sectors by the govts and carribbean islands in general be collected by any means necessary couldn’t careless about the damage done to livelihoods brought about by drastic change and the additional burden and strain put upon the social network of a country.

  36. The People's Democratic Congress Avatar
    The People’s Democratic Congress

    JUST ASKING,

    We and the Police Department of Barbados are not in any contention.

    There is no need for you to project any political intervention of them in the PDC’s thrust for serious and fundamental change, and for the better, in the national development portfolios of this country.

    So, let us focus here.

    It is these wicked visionless intellectually politically bankrupt and discredited DLP and BLP disorganizations that have over the years been systematically deliberately recklessly destroying many of the political material financial affairs of this country.
    That is an unadulterated fact!!

    It is they – more than any other groups – that have been setting about – mainly through the adverse effects of their respective government’s odious regressive fiscal monetary and financial policies and programs – putting, and very despicably so, this once nationally prospering and progressively developing country, on a vexed path to becoming, in the next 9 to 14 years, and in many regards, like how Jamaica has been in the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, in the first decade of the 21st century, and even up to this point where it ( Jamaica) has reached a point of no return on the current trajectory.

    The policy statement of the Minister of Finance in the House of Assembly yesterday does add to the mounds of overwhelming evidence out here/there that since the 80 s Barbados has been on an increasingly accelerated serious and ruinous dedevelopmental path to becoming like Jamaica in many respects, and, by extension, on the road to becoming a second rate Third World country.

    JUST ASKING, the 80s should have represented a critical time when Barbados should have taken a series of steps upwards in its developmental thrusts, on very many important national social, political, material and financial fronts – and not just on some of those fronts – as had happened mainly infrastructurally technologically – whilst leaving out some others politically financially industrially – but on all of those very many important fronts, so as would have helped us to have avoided the countless calamitious and degradating circumstances that multitudes of people in Barbados have been forced to go through presently.

    For, sure on the political front, the DLP and BLP and other matters such as the Queen remaining Head of State of Barbados should have gone or should have been going then, with the NDP and other parties and other matters, like Barbados becoming a Executive Republic, to have come about, so verily representing the future of this country.

    But, the 80s represented the embryonic stages of the developmental paralysis stagnation ruin and decline that many of us are realizing now in so many of Barbados’ affairs.

    Well whilst we cannot recreate what went before and correct them historically, many of us in Barbados must still realize that this is the time to capitalize on those social political legal opportunities and the means for helping us do so for preventing this country from collapsing further down to very baser ways of life across, so many social political material financial fronts, and furthermore too at the same time many of us must still make sure we make use of those opportunities and the means as well for taking Barbados upwards and onwards to higher levels of national/sub-national growth and development.

    In this regard, we have to ask you, what has become of your goal of establishing a women’s political party?

    PDC

  37. PLANTATION DEEDS FROM 1926 TO 2013 , MASSIVE FRAUD ,LAND TAX BILLS AND NO DEEDS OF BARBADOS, BLPand DLP=Massive Fruad Avatar
    PLANTATION DEEDS FROM 1926 TO 2013 , MASSIVE FRAUD ,LAND TAX BILLS AND NO DEEDS OF BARBADOS, BLPand DLP=Massive Fruad

    FORMER MINISTER Hamilton Lashley@ We support you ,for we know you know the truth of Plantation Deeds, But dont blame the out side people until you look and put good blame on the inside people.

    JU, @ look for truth and you will see the crooks DBLP government in this together .

    Well Well @ good to see ya , i want to know where LOOK is now?

  38. Roverp Avatar
    Roverp

    2 When the country is in chaos, everybody has a plan to fix it – But it takes a leader of real understanding to straighten things out…Proverbs 28 (The Message)…We have no such leader in the governing party as we have seen too much ARROGANCE, LIES, Deceit, and other BAD leadership traits coming from the DLP!!!

  39. Well Well Avatar
    Well Well

    Here is what Sinckler said in 2008 http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEgpRxzy4KA

  40. Well Well Avatar
    Well Well

    We need these rulers to be replaced by leaders.

  41. Well Well Avatar
    Well Well

    Look at the simpletons who were led to the slaughter by another liar none other than Chris Sinckler as these videos don’t lie. His is not suitable to be a politician. Oh is the Freundel Stuart in the island as the country needs to hear from him

  42. Askquith Avatar
    Askquith

    @JU
    “Whatever the tactics Mia Mottley might adopt , the message is clear…Barbadians are not ready for her”

    So you are the voice of the electorate eh? Any “tactics” being deployed over the last 12 months in Barbados were certainly not being deployed by Mia.

    BU should have a way to “force” you to take down that post based on yesterday’s horrid revelations. Stop being so self centered and wake up to the smell of the coffee. The coffee pot is burnt now and burnt coffee becomes a bitter portion.

    Well Well put it way too nicely. I am not as kind as Well Well.

    JU you are a dam blasted fool and your post is adequate evidence..

  43. PLANTATION DEEDS FROM 1926 TO 2013 , MASSIVE FRAUD ,LAND TAX BILLS AND NO DEEDS OF BARBADOS, BLPand DLP=Massive Fruad Avatar
    PLANTATION DEEDS FROM 1926 TO 2013 , MASSIVE FRAUD ,LAND TAX BILLS AND NO DEEDS OF BARBADOS, BLPand DLP=Massive Fruad

    The IMF and the World Bank are not fools for DBLP games ,They have the numbers , they google , they read , they do the Math , This is their system and they know this system full of Fraud,DBLP can not fool outsiders only the people of Barbados. Now the truth be told,,No matter what side you look for help or answers will come up craps.

    Askquith @ no one is mad at you but please read and look for truth for get party , The party had a party and now cant pay the bills,
    Where all the money went to, whos account , land deeds? do you have land or a deed? check you deed and learn where the fraud started, under MIA and OWEN, Yes we have to proof , Police have the proof , we wait on arrest of the felons.Ask the DPP if we lie ,
    We talk a lot , for we can back it up,, No bank no where will give them crooks one red cent or penny.After 3000 goes home first wave , see how many can get a loan from a Bank to pay their Bills , Same as Barbados now under the DBLP government,
    When you all done learning , We will apply the FIX , you all have to see first to believe PLANTATION DEEDS,

  44. Well Well Avatar
    Well Well

    http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=P6Hq7MhenOU

  45. Well Well Avatar
    Well Well

    @ju aka Carson Cadogan you need a brain transplant

  46. The People's Democratic Congress Avatar
    The People’s Democratic Congress

    The Leader,

    Thanks for the moral political support.

    And we must continue, and stronger and unrelentingly so, towards the path of securing justice in the names of the late Beatrice Henry and the late Violet Beckles.

    PDC

  47. are-we-there-yet? Avatar
    are-we-there-yet?

    Asquith at 1.2 pm
    Did you deliberately leave out that they met with the PM or is he mia?

  48. millertheanunnaki Avatar
    millertheanunnaki

    @ ac | December 14, 2013 at 7:36 AM |

    “…the comments in the nation made by LASHLEY are spot on.”

    So its no longer the BLP that has brought Barbados to its economic knees and responsible for the firing of 3,000 workers in the first of three waves of public sector revamping? It is now the IMF! How convenient the bogey man has arrived for Xmas!

    Yes, carry on smartly with the blame game! Blame the BLP! Blame the International recession! Blame the BLP for driving away investors! Blame the IMF! Blame, Blame, blame ad nauseam!
    Who else are you going to blame? Caswell or even Bushie?
    How about Islandgal, Prodigal Son, Just Asking and the others who were dubbed the prophets of doom and gloom including the boisterously dangerous Miller?

    Where is previously noisy and busy Frank Alleyne in all of this who said only a few weeks ago that there was absolutely no need for the IMF?
    Where is Barbados today if not in the fiscal management vice grip of that same demonized beast called IMF and conveniently referred to not as “It’s My Fault” but in Barbados’s case “Internal Management Failings”?

  49. Askquith Avatar
    Askquith

    @ac

    Let us be realistic about borrowing. Were you to lend a friend or foe $100 would you not want to know how and when you would get back your $100 back to make it even stevens?

    Now were you to lend that same friend or foe $100 with interest, would you not need more details on how and WHEN you will be repaid seeing that you have now INVESTED your $100 and you looking for a return on your investment unless you begged him/her to take the loan?

    The IMF did not come begging to make a loan. They were called in by a government in need. Under no circumstances would the IMF make an investment to a borrower that was downgraded a few times on the international market and not require that borrower to make needed adjustments to guarantee a return on the investment (the gross plus interest). Once your credit rating is downgraded there is no good faith left and the borrower is now at the mercy of the creditor hence higher interest rates. Unfortunately, this is the way lending works, the better your credit the lower your interest rate and less stipulations are required by the lender. This is how a credit card works isn’t it no matter how much cash you have on hand? The same applies here. We should have known that the country has no bargaining power because of the downgrade itself. I know the MoF dismissed the downgrades if you clearly recall. He did correct? The entire conversation needs to be told all at once “ac”.

    We are painting the IMF as this big bad wolf determined to destroy the local economy. Not so. They are the purse bearers determine to make a profit on investment, help curtail the situation and hope that you can come again for more of the same. The IMF is not going to loan the state $200 million (just throwing out a number) to pay a wage bill. No way. By the way higher taxes are coming too, since it is the only way for the state to gather up revenue to repay any loans ON TIME. If you doubt that you doubt you living.

    So would you loan your friend or foe $100 to pay other friends and never get your money back? They are talking about millions of US dollars not $100 Bds and they better get it back ON TIME or the next step is devaluation and the real austerity measures would be put in place not this band aid/quick fix that we heard about yesterday.

  50. Askquith Avatar
    Askquith

    are-we-there-yet?
    No I just copied and pasted what the Nation News reported. You can add them in. I like both of them the same. I suspect that the PM may have 2nd thoughts about being in “bed” with Mia though!!! Wouldn’t you?

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