Submitted by Anthony Davis Attorney General Adriel Brathwaite today warned that Barbados was exposed now more than ever to threats of international terrorism, while stating that Government was prepared to meet local Muslims and Rastafarians halfway on the controversial requirement that female members remove their headdress when talking official photographs … So seriously is he…
Auditor General, Leigh Trotman’s voice has been one in the wilderness.
Attorney General Adriel Brathwaite today warned that Barbados was exposed now more than ever to threats of international terrorism, while stating that Government was prepared to meet local Muslims and Rastafarians halfway on the controversial requirement that female members remove their headdress when talking official photographs … So seriously is he taking the threat of terrorism, that Brathwaite that Barbados may very well have to divert some of its funding for social services, such as health and education, to national security – Barbados TODAY, dated January 4, 2016
This seems to be really silly season, because statements coming from some members of this “people-centred Government” are becoming more and more preposterous daily.
Neither the Ministry of Health nor the Ministry of Education is receiving the funding it is supposed to get, now you come with the bright idea of “diverting” some of their funds to national security.
They are already stretched to their limits, with the QEH, and the clinics always being short of something, and schools asking former students to help where they can with the provision of some kind of assistance for students, with the upkeep of the plant, and the refurbishment of desks.
My take on that is that you and your colleagues should give up some more of what the taxpayers are paying you, seeing that you give away the taxes they give you.
You seem to think that those who depend on the QEH, and the various clinics, and those who are seeking a better education for their scions than they had, are the ones to be milked every time you need money. You should have put the $700 million you gave to Cahill Energy to better use!
We are not paying taxes only so that you can fritter them away and then come to fleece us for more. I would suggest that you go to page 3 of Barbados TODAY dated January 5, 2016, and read the report under the headline “Audit reveals worrying results at Psychiatric”. Read it carefully, and then come back and tell us that the health sector has enough funds for some to be diverted to national security!
In education, you have deprived the scions of the poor, the needy and the vulnerable of a UWI education, and also of a BCC education by hiking the fees so that they cannot pay them. What more do you think you can cut from the funds for health and education? You should know what funding they are getting, because you are a member of Cabinet, and sit in on all of the decisions being made. I don’t know where the funding should come from, but it should surely not come from any of the social services or education.
I have seen other information which suggests the AMLA and FIU were in operation since August 2000 and were formally launched on Monday, August 13, 2001 at a ceremony at which the then AG David Simmons and chairperson of the AMLA, Ms Desiree Cherebin, addressed those in attendance.
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caribbeantradelaw January 18, 2016 at 7:03 PM #
“As an aside, I heard the 2nd Caribbean AML conference is coming up in Miami in March. One of the sessions is on Terrorism and its Impact on the Caribbean. Definitely worth keeping an ear out on.”
Of course this is “definitely worth keeping an ear out on,” I am very interested in these types of conferences.
Yes, I believe “there is constant communication and information sharing between the various AML agencies across the Caribbean.” The following information may perhaps allay your concerns:
“In adherence with the Egmont Group of Financial Intelligence Units’ definition, the Financial Intelligence Unit of Barbados is the central, national agency responsible for receiving (and requesting), analyzing and disseminating to the competent authorities, disclosures of financial information: (i) concerning suspected proceeds of crime and potential financing of terrorism, or (ii) required by national legislation or regulation, in order to counter money laundering and terrorism financing. This is in essence the core work of the FIU. The Unit also engages in the sharing of financial intelligence with other Financial Intelligence Units.”
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Well Well & Consequences
I remember seeing David Simmons at an Interpol conferencevonce once, as then Attorney General he would have been engaged at the various money laundering conferences, now, doubt he would be kept in the loop since his name keeps popping up with Peter Harris’….enough said.
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