Denis Lowe the Cahill Scammer
Submitted by Artax
L-R): Edison Alleyne (Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Environment), Margot Harvey (Chairman, Sanitation Service Authority), Dr Denis Lowe (Minister of Environment), Clare Cowan (CEO of Cahill Energy), Christopher Sinckler (Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs), Denis Kellman (Minister of Housing, Lands and Rural Development), Senator Darcy Boyce (Minister of Energy in the Office of the Prime Minister)
The PM and Lowe are not prepared to address issues relative to transparency, but are finding justification for the CAHILL project to start. Since both men are adamant the project must start, I felt it was in the best interest of the island for us to examine the economic/financial implications of a WTE.
Notice each time Lowe is challenged he resorts to engaging in “political distractions.” Remember when Mottley questioned him about CAHILL, he recited his autobiography in parliament, letting us know how poor he grew up and displayed unverified copy of his doctorate, while saying Mottley did not have a LEC to practice law in Barbados. The resident DLP yard-fowls obviously ran with this as it took “centre stage” for discussion, thereby distracting from the issues of transparency and accountability as it relates to CAHILL.
AG Brathwaite promised to investigate if there was any truth to these allegations. However, since he has NOT RETURNED to the public or parliament with the RESULTS of his INVESTIGATIONS, we can safely assume Lowe was LYING.
Moreover, a VIGILANT and RESPONSIBLE MEDIA (in the interest of transparency) would have REMINDED Brathwaite of his PROMISE and pressured him to REVEAL THE FACTS or EXPOSE HIM as a FRAUD and LIAR if he FAILED to do so, since enough time has elapsed.
Now we are witnessing Lowe, in the face of criticism, again refusing to answer questions about CAHILL and resorting to attacking social media. He is fully aware this source of news, especially BU, has kept the flames burning under CAHILL, while the Nation, Advocate, Barbados Today, CBC and experienced journalists such as David Ellis continue to give him a “free pass,” $200 for passing GO, and a “get out of jail free” card.
What is more comical is the Nation’s lack of interest in exposing CAHILL and other IMPORTANT ISSUES affecting Barbados, but preferred to send an “undercover reporter” to EXPOSE a WHORE HOUSE or featuring two “skippers” as a front page story. If that media house in interested in sleaze, perhaps they should send “undercover reporters” to Bridgette International Bar in Nelson Street so as to inform us about the variety of nationalities of women who sell their “wares” in that establishment.
BU must be congratulated for continued efforts in highlighting CAHILL with commendable zeal and remaining steadfast despite the DLP infiltrators trying unsuccessfully to “politically spin” the issue.
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The BU household will appreciate if any of our Canadian members of the family are able to reach out to Clare Cown to solicit an interview. What is the latest of Cahill. Does she have any comment about the project specifically Tempro and Bjerkham.
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There is enough malfeasance to go around. What is the latest?
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by David on April 17, 2011 in Blogging Edit
The Nation Newspaper today carried the story of a threatened law suit of $60 million dollars by Lagan Construction, a British company, against the government of Barbados. Lagan Construction is reacting to government award of the contract for building the Barbados Marina Project to Signature Management Inc for a bid which trumped Lagan’s by 23 […]
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Minister Of Finance Chris Sinckler Warned In The Pierhead Halcrow Matter
by David on November 30, 2010 in Blogging Edit
Submitted by AAA (as a comment) Attention: The Minister of Finance, Christopher Sinckler Your Budget presentation and wrap up session was keenly observed by many. When all hope seemed lost you then addressed the Pierhead Marina saga. This was under the guise of HMBS Pelican base at Spring Garden and the faults with that design […]
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Come on , just dont pick on Lowe down and dirty , call the rest of the names and the Party.
its good to see Barbados getting into a free speech mode,
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I gotta tell ya…I feel that Lowelife is using the Cahill scam as a smoke screen since it has already been publicly dissected, to cover up and distract everyone from something more lowedown and nasty that the government has now found itself trapped in…..that is their modus.
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After what has been revealed about Cahill, it cannot be about Lowe at this stage. There is the Cabinet and the PM, there is the traditional media.
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And of course a lot more going on that is hidden, as long as it’s bad enough, it will not stay hidden for very much longer.
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@david
You should ask Dear old Alvin C to organise a luncheon with the queen of scam at the four seasons in sure he will oblige.
Unfortunately Alvin will have to pay for the pleasure.
The scammer has not been seen for quite sometime other than a brief sighting of her going into her psychic Cindy a few weeks ago . she looked like a seventy year old bag lady hunched over supported by a walking stick.
How she is surviving only God knows.
1. Her rich brother Brian
2. Infrastar is footing the bill until the dust settles and they step in to take the project.
3. She has got a stay of execution from this guy Alex who took her to court for non payment of her second mortgage where by she can stay in the condo until its sold .
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Everywhere business people meet casually the standard opening topic of conversation after polite family and business inquiries (and sometimes before) is the level of teefin’ by politicians and senior civil servants in Barbados.
Golf courses, cricket clubs, lunches etc. always the same. These ministers demanded three million each, can’t get a meeting without a $300K ‘lobbying fee’ contribution, so-and-so pulled up stumps and gone with his money, so-and-so got a call from St. Lucia, etc.
We who used to laugh at Trinidad, Guyana and Jamaica are now the international laughing stock; 375 years of credibility GONE.
When projects like Cahill, Andrews sugar factory, massive concrete molasses tanks, Greenland, BWA head office and other plainly ridiculous money pits come to the foreground, the obvious start to me would seem to be internationally accredited forensic financial investigators. There is always going to be a TEEFIN reason for these farces, they make no sense to any half-sensible person.
‘Making noise’ is not, IMHO, the only or right way to start.
I accept that even the Parris/Thompson TEEFIN cheque failed to influence the sheeple in the last election but if not that, then what? Maybe if they knew it was their money and not just policy holders’ money that was teefed.
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I’m sure all those companies and individuals who were scammed by the Canadian scammer would join in the forensic investigators to reveal the real truth about how this shameful deception was perpetrated on them and the people of Barbados .
Seventh heaven
Technip
Taylor Wessing
Stantec
Otto Simon
Mortage companies
Jacobs security’s
Fentons
E&Y London
Blenheim group
And many many more
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Redfactor….first they gotta lock up Clare Cowan in Canada, then it would be a slam dunk to go after the criminals in Barbados….since they are all so embedded and involved with each other, a few politicians are sure to be caught in that net….criminals love to make deals for reduced sentences to avoid lengthy prison stays.
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I like the idea of #impeachdenislowe hashtag. Why not #CanDarcyBoycebetrusted. On my travels throughout the Caribbean the question is asked whats happening to Barbados. Shameful that the goat for Prime Minister seems still asleep. Thus it should be wise to use the hashtag for the PM of Barbados #FreuendelStuartisnotasheep
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Rumors going around among recyclers that Lowe took money from the williams and Bynoes.
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“Jester” Ince is predicting a landslide victory for the DLP at the next general election, which he said would transcend into a fourth term for the party.
Ince may correct.
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Artax February 16, 2016 at 7:43 AM # @ All they will do is rob and over tax people till the next elections and then start to hire people to make it seem all is well, then the same money of over taxing will be use to buy votes and more voter fraud greater than ST , Vincent , after the next election them crooks will go back to the same bull, laid off more , blame the world markets but never them ,If Bajans fall for that mess after all of this , they will deserve all they dont get,,, C.L.S they are.
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Waste Man February 16, 2016 at 7:40 AM #
Rumors going around among recyclers that Lowe took money from the williams and Bynoes.@@@
They all took money,, more name need to be added unless they were just the bag money men , to share out later.
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Where there’s dow you can find Lowe.
If you want to see pretense look to Jester Ince
Want to see hell just check Fruendel
Feeling like you are dragged through the mire check Chris Sinckliar
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As Cahill has not been taken through all the proper procedures for a project of that nature, such environmental impact assessments etc, are there not grounds for a judicial review?
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Artax February 16, 2016 at 7:43 AM #
“Jester” Ince is predicting a landslide victory for the DLP at the next general election, which he said would transcend into a fourth term for the party.
Ince may correct.
That would start an immediate exodus of the local business people (the honest foreigners already mostly left), the Jamaica/Guyana-like collapse of the economy and serious consequences for the sheeple who have no-where to go.
Lots of Bajans not even servicing their car or painting their front step until the next election, far less investing in house, land, business etc.
There will be no economic recovery under Fumble’s Fools.
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The Cahill specific EIA is a red herring
A project EIA cannot be completed without first starting the basic engineering phase of a project!!!!!
In order to start basic / detailed engineering you need money !!!!
Cowan declared Cahill had spent $5million on what?????
Paying the mortage for her four seasons condo with money from technip and her second mortgage broker and loans from friends and duped partners.
Nothing was spent on the basic engineering for this project.
The likes of techinp ( who paid her €650,000 for the privilage )Stantec and OSL did some pre feed studies but no real work was done on the project real.
The contract was breached five weeks post signing and has been at large ever since.
Cahill never had the where with all to get this project done and should never been allowed to come to the table period.
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Redfactor…..being a crook herself, Cowan makes a good beard for other crooks on the island.
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I am confused. Is the Cahill project dead or do we still have to worry about it?
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Violet C Beckles February 16, 2016 at 7:53 AM #
“……. after the next election them crooks will go back to the same bull, laid off more, blame the world markets but never them, If Bajans fall for that mess after all of this…..”
@ VCB
You have a point, rather than taking responsibility for any mistakes or bad decisions made, this DLP administration prefers to blame “the worst recession in a 100 years” or the previous BLP administration.
Unfortunately, after a few attempts at stroking the CAHILL fire, the Opposition BLP has invoked the right to remain silent, while allowing BU and similar social media forums to perform the job of continually scrutinizing the scam on their (BLP) behalf.
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Frustrated Businessman aka Republic my ass. February 16, 2016 at 8:30 AM #
“There will be no economic recovery under Fumble’s Fools.”
@ FB
You seem to forget that nothing has changed in the modus operandi when this administration’s first term in office is compared with the second. People felt comfortable enough with a sanctimonious PM remaining silent only to come out “shooting from the hip” when it suits his political agenda, using pejorative terms, Greek philosophy and quotes from Chaucer or Shakespeare to insult people, to vote them in for a second term.
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@ Artax
Steupsss…
People voted for Froon because they still remembered how dirty and underhanded the BLP was…. and because the BLP presented the same identical low-life crooks as were booted out the previous election…
Why the hell did wunna not clean shop…?
Bajan were presented with Hobson’s choice and chose the obvious idiot over the known wolf- not anticipating that anyone could REALLY have in so much goat…
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Artax;
Seems to me you might have misread FB-aka-RmA’s statement “There will be no economic recovery under Fumble’s Fools” His conclusion enshrines the sentiments implicit in your last paragraph above so he hasn’t forgotten anything.
Barbados’ figurative waters have been too muddied in almost every sphere under FS for there to be any recovery under his extremely flawed leadership. Any signs of likely recovery will be mere insubstantial vapourings that will lead nowhere because of the poisonous effects his leadership has engendered.
I think FB…’s analysis is spot on and the people and political class will ignore it only to our peril.
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are-we-there-yet February 16, 2016 at 10:37 AM #
“Seems to me you might have misread FB-aka-RmA’s statement “There will be no economic recovery under Fumble’s Fools”
@awty
No I did not, I knew exactly what FB meant, my response was “tongue in cheek.”
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Artax;
Yuh had me a little bit worried there.
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The SS Cahill in the real world would be long sunk to the depths of the deepest ocean.
Unfortunately the idiots who signed us up to this wreck of a project don’t have the brains or the honesty to dispatch the scam and the Canadian scammer to its rightful resting place . the office shredder.
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So what’s the next move?
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Ammm how many articles have been written and associated to Cahilll. Yet with all that have been said the Cahill project is still alive and moving forward
Some people just doesn/ t get it
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ac February 16, 2016 at 2:02 PM #
Ammm how many articles have been written and associated to Cahilll. Yet with all that have been said the Cahill project is still alive and moving forward
Some people just doesn/ t get it
It has to move forward, bribes have been paid and the pipers now have to play the tune.
Except that’s not how your friends work, is it AC. The minister of health will say it wasn’t his fault it didn’t get off the ground, he did what he was supposed to; it was the MOF who didn’t……….. The MOF will say it wasn’t his fault, it was the Town Planner who didn’t……………. And on and on it will go round in circles.
You idiot, don’t you understand that everyone in the business world knows you can’t even get corruption done correctly?
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AC…I thought you had died from demonizing the Springer child…lol
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@AC, the only certainty is that 4 ministers breached the Administrative Justice Act by signing MOU and PPA without following Fiduciary Rules.
@AC, this is not the 80’s and 90’s for the masses are not all sheeple and are more aware thanks to the internet. Neither will those who participated in any fefeasea will and must be held accountable.
Your DLP and the BLP are not interested in a better Barbados but in self and friends preservation.
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@ac
How can you force Light & Power to buy energy at a much higher price than they can generate it at now?
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One would have thought that with all the emails and allegations of concern connected to the. Cahill project managers the USA justice dept. would have made an official visit to barbados and handcuffed all the “scam artist”involved
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@Alvin Cummins, Happy birthday!
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Time AC….time is longer than twine…lol
If you don’t run, maybe we will see you on tv too.
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Heard the JA jester Ince blaming the water woes on the BLP.Jester JA Ince,ignorant fool boy from Sin Fillup If you want to know about the problems of the BWA,go seek an audience with the stubborn old mule Sandiford who took the money for mains replacement way back in ’89 and placed it in the Consolidated Fund so he can give big up public servants a massive increase in salary.
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@ FB and WW&C
The ACs are paid or assigned by the DLP to defend that party at all cost on BU. This could be the only explanation why people would succumb so low(e) to endorse/defend EVERY possible thing the DEMS do, to the point they come over as being IDIOTS, as EVIDENCED by their incoherent contributions.
They have been trying (unsuccesfully) to convince BU that the DLP can do no WRONG and ALL the MINISTERS are PERFECT HUMAN BEINGS. What irritates me is how could Barbadians allow themselves to be so STUPID and NAÏVE to BLINDLY SUPPORT and WORSHIP MERE MORTALS, while elevating them as though they are GODS.
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*(unsuccessfully)
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BU
I think you should do a poll to see:-
If Lowe is the most hated MP in Barbados
If Lowe is the most incompetent Minister in Barbados
If Lowe will win his seat in the next general election
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Has Lowe ordered a new Mercedes from Braff-It?
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Willie
The most hated ministers in the DLP are:
Freundel Stuart – ranks number 1
Dennis Lowe – Fighting for first place
Chris Sinckler – Running hard for number 2
Dennis Kellman – where he at
Donville Inniss – towing the line fraud
And…….
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@ac
The USA justice department
You’re talking garbage ( in incinerated)
Read the agreements
We were soooooo bumb we allowed the contracts to be governed by UK laws
Cowan can’t be touched even by Canadian law other than for tax invasion and fraud for misrepresentation on her mortgage applications
Crazy lady is crazy not stupid
The 4 amigos are the local scape goats
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Willie’s February 16, 2016 at 3:03 PM #
“If Lowe will win his seat in the next general election..”
@ Willie
Recall that prior to the 2013 general elections Lowe secured jobs for a number of people from his constituency at NCC, SSA and the Drainage Unit. Also remember it is public knowledge that during the government’s retrenching program, the NCC did not adhere to Protocol 6 of the ERA, whereby the “last in, first out” process was ignored.
PM Stuart admitted they were “procedural mis-steps” and rather than admonish Lowe for his actions, he referred to matter to, first a nonexistent, and subsequently a farcical Employee Rights Tribunal.
This obviously meant that while those who were at the NCC prior were severed, Lowe’s people remained employed. He stands to benefit from them voting for him in the 2018 elections.
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Art…I am still convinced they are hiding something else and got everyone one focused on Cahill scam, especially since AC abandoned tormenting the Springer child and mother and is now on here mouthing off……it will unravel however, it always does.
They may have duped some British investor or the investor is duping them, me, I want to see them in handcuffs when they cause the taxpayers misery and decades of repaying for their dumb mistakes, kickbacks and thievery.
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On September 14, 2015 while addressing the monthly meeting of the St James South constituency branch of the DLP, PM Stuart was reported as having said:
“You are hearing a lot of incoherent noises on this issue. I speak to you tonight as the Prime Minister of Barbados. Do not get worried about it because nothing on this issue is going to happen under the cover of night. Just take it easy.”
“We will engage the population and we are not going to take any decisions that are inimical to the best interest of Barbadians. We are not going to take any decisions unless we can say that we have benefited from the best possible advice.”
“When the time has come for me to speak on this issue and engage the population, I will address you. You cannot put down a plant in Barbados unless you have land on which to put it. If the Government is going to be involved, the land has to be acquired and it has to be debated in Parliament. There has to be a full debate on the land acquisition and since the land would have to be acquired under the Land Acquisition Act for a public purpose, you have to say what the public purpose is.”
He said that NO DECISIONS HAD BEEN TAKEN ON THIS ISSUE, insisting that as a result there was no need for alarm. He promised to engage the public at the appropriate time. [Source: Barbados Today – September 15, 2015]
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Yet if one visits CAHILL’s website, there is a press release dated March 17, 2014 which states the following:
“Agreement to build a Waste to Energy plant in Barbados was UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED by CABINET and SIGNED by the GOVERNMENT of BARBADOS. From left to right: Edison Alleyne (Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Environment), Margot Harvey (Chairman, Sanitation Service Authority), Dr. the Hon. Denis S. Lowe, M.P. (Minister of Environment), Clare Cowan (CEO of Cahill Energy), Hon. Christopher P. Sinckler, M.P. (Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs), Hon. Denis St. E. Kellman, M.P. (Minister of Housing, Lands and Rural Development), Senator the Hon. Darcy W. Boyce (Minister of Energy in the Office of the Prime Minister).”
THIS SINGING OCCURRED IN MARCH 2014. The following link provides more information.
Click to access Cahill-Energy-Press-Release-Cahill-Energy-to-Invest-240-Million-in-Barbados-Clean-Energy-Plant.pdf
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How is it that in 2014 an “Agreement to build a Waste to Energy plant in Barbados was UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED by CABINET and SIGNED by the GOVERNMENT of BARBADOS.
Yet in September 2015, Stuart, who is head of the cabinet, told the DLP faithful “that NO DECISIONS HAD BEEN TAKEN ON THIS ISSUE,” and “If THE GOVERNMENT IS GOING TO BE INVOLVED, the land has to be acquired and it has to be debated in Parliament.”
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Recall Stuart in September 2015, Stuart made certain statements to suggest his administration had not made any commitment to or decision on CAHILL, saying “If THE GOVERNMENT IS GOING TO BE INVOLVED, the land has to be acquired and it has to be debated in Parliament.”
During debate on a resolution to acquire 27.1 acres of land in Vaucluse, St Thomas for the Sanitation Service Authority (SSA), Chris Sinckler “assured parliamentarians that research was done to determine if Cahill’s claims about the technological capabilities of the scheme were “accurate or near accurate”, whether or not it is safe “or relatively safe” and whether or not it was affordable.”
Sinckler continued: “And I say to this Parliament today, from the best of my knowledge and from my involvement, all three of those basic principles were examined and found to be in the positive or plus column.” [Source: Carib Flame News, October 28, 2015]
This CAHILL project is an enigma, since the PM is implying it’s not a “done deal,” while his ministers are suggesting otherwise.
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“THE $700 million waste-to-energy Cahill Energy project may be roundly rejected if significant changes are not made. That position was put forward by president of the Barbados Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI), Tracey Shuffler, who based her assessment on reviews of the proposed plant. She said while there might be a waste-to-energy solution that could suit Barbados’ needs, too many questions remained unanswered by Cahill on the issues of capacity, cost, and environmental and technological compatibility.” [Source: nationnews.com – July 30, 2015]
A “Carson” (Cadogan??) responded to Shuffler’s comments (in true AC and typical yard-fowl style) as follows:
“These people think too much of themselves. She is creating the impression that it is up to her if the project will go ahead or not. I dont recall the voting public going to the polls and voting her into office. The present Govt. in office are there to do the peoples business and that is what they are doing and will continue to do. They have the final say not one Tracy Shuffler. She is very rude. Trying to usurp authority that is not hers. How dare she?”
An excellent response to Carson by Roger Williams:
Simply because the lady’s name is Shuffler are you being cynical to her for not having a regular bajan name, whether she is D, B or no party, all ah we bajan, AND WE HAVE A RIGHT TO SAY WHAT HAPPENS HERE.
IT SEEMS THAT SOME OF YOU THINK THAT BECAUSE YOU SUPPORT A PARTICULAR POLITICAL PARTY THAT THAT GIVES IT THE RIGHT TO RUN GUN HOE BOUT THE PLACE AND WE THE REST OF THE GOODLY CITIZENS AIN’T TO SAY NU’TING. Mistake, THE FATTED CALF HAS ALREADY BEEN SLAUGHTERED AND SHARED, WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO SAVE NOW IS THE EXTREMITIES BOSS! THE FOOT HEAD and BELLY, CAUSE THA CUD STILL BOIL A SOUP! BEFORE THAT TOO IS SOLD. TOO MANY OF THESE PROJECTS are FOISTED on us WITHOUT PROPER DUE DILIGENCE, LIKE the OVERPRICED GROTTO PROJECT as the LATEST FIASCO!
Remember the best governance is with a credible opposition, the last time this foolishness happened, oppositions ended with 2 & 3 people sitting in parliament, not good for the country boss. We need credible numbers please.
SO EASE UP, THEY GOT MORE PEOPLE LIVIN HAY BESIDES BEES AND DEE’S and SOMETIMES WITH MORE TO LOSE, so we gine scream and holler till they hear!
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Who or what department in government did the technical Due diligence on the technology ??????? We have no one on the island with that capability.
The company selling the technology alter NRG won’t even give assurances on its safety or efficiency.
They don’t even supply the gas cleaning equipment as part of their package
The guarantees will have to come from the main contractor who was once touted as technip from Holland who paid the Cowan woman €650,000 for the privilege of doing 3 front end studies on plants that Cahill didn’t have and still don’t have. They must be livid as that agreement times itself out in April
Some of the idiots on this blog really need to read the contents of the posted docs
It’s amazing how this insanity came together.
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@REDfactor101
Cowan is a front. The 4 amigos willing recipients. Who is the force?
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The force are the people of Barbados
Who need to bring this thing and the perpetrators down …….
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Artax;
Looks like you have’nt read between the lines of the PM’s or the MOF’s statements that you quoted at 4:04 pm and 4:28 pm respectively and considered that the PM is a lawyer who is a past master at stringing words together in a manner that could lead to multiple interpretations.
The PM said: “You are hearing a lot of incoherent noises on this issue. I speak to you tonight as the Prime Minister of Barbados. Do not get worried about it because nothing on this issue is going to happen under the cover of night.”
He’s correct! Cahill will not be implemented under the cover of night, literally. It is intended that it will be done in broad daylight. All the relevant agreements have been placed in the public domain by BU. There is therefore no need for him to publish any more info, or indeed to respond to incoherent noises re. the information in the public domain. His listeners needed not to get worried. Its de uthers dat might have tuh worry.
The PM said we are not going to take any decisions that are inimical to the best interest of Barbadians. We are not going to take any decisions unless we can say that we have benefited from the best possible advice.”
He’s correct! The decisions that were inimical to the best interests of Barbadians were already taken and reported on the previous year. See the BU exposes involving the PM himself. Those decisions were taken after the famous 4 benefitted from the best possible advice as determined by them alone and perhaps the PM himself. We can only guess who were the advisers who gave the best possible advice from a well circumscribed cadre of consultants.
The PM said “When the time has come for me to speak on this issue and engage the population, I will address you. You cannot put down a plant in Barbados unless you have land on which to put it. If the Government is going to be involved, the land has to be acquired and it has to be debated in Parliament. There has to be a full debate on the land acquisition and since the land would have to be acquired under the Land Acquisition Act for a public purpose, you have to say what the public purpose is.”
He’s correct! The land has now been passed for acquisition for the SSA as you’ve shown in your last post. That matter was spoken to by the members of the House. There was no need for a special address on the matter by the PM. That aspect of the conditions precedent have been taken care of it seems.
Your second post dealt with the MOF statements at the debate related to the acquisition of land at Vaucluse for the Cahill project and other renewable energy projects.
Chris Sinckler “assured parliamentarians that research was done to determine if Cahill’s claims about the technological capabilities of the scheme were “accurate or near accurate”, whether or not it is safe “or relatively safe” and whether or not it was affordable.” Sinckler continued: “And I say to this Parliament today, from the best of my knowledge and from my involvement, all three of those basic principles were examined and found to be in the positive or plus column.” [Source: Carib Flame News, October 28, 2015]
He has the powers of MoF and therefore he is essentially correct. However, He’s not respecting the intelligence of his non-yardfowl listeners who might ask such questions as: Can you tell us some more about the research? What was the research done and by whom? What are their qualifications in this area? What were their track records in this area? Can we see the reports? etc. etc.
Anyhow, Glad to see that he acknowledges his involvement in clearing the way for the Cahill project to progress after the publication of the copious leaked information that is suggestive of a massive scam. Some day in the future Bajans might well hold him to that acknowledgement and demand reparations.
So you see, The PM and his Ministers are on the same page re. the Cahill project. Anyone who thinks otherwise is not reading between the lines.
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@RF101
I think there is more to this…..somebody we haven’t included yet, the missing link.
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@artax
The land may be acquired by the government but has it been transfered to Cahill ownership free gratis ar required by contract????
Transferring the land to Cahill gives her the one and only asset in Cahill.an asset that will be liened and chased by everyone owed money by Cahill.
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@AC, nothing short of the impeachment of Dr Denis Lowe will suffice. #ImpeachDenisLoweForCahillSilence
Why has Dr Denis Lowe failed to engage in a public discourse on Cahill?#ImpeachDenisLoweForCahillSilence
Why has he not engaged the residents at Atlantic Shores which is in his constituency
who have started an active Community Recycling Network every Saturday? #ImpeachDenisLoweForCahillSilence
Why not legislate curb side recycling? #ImpeachDenisLoweForCahillSilence
Who are the local beneficial owners of Cahill? #ImpeachDenisLoweForCahillSilence
How big is the RBPF Special Branch Cahill file? #ImpeachDenisLoweForCahillSilence
Is the Financial Intelligence Unit working with Interpol on the Cahill case? #ImpeachDenisLoweForCahillSilence
Does the BLP have hands clean enough to investigate the Cahill deal should they form the next GOB? #ImpeachDenisLoweForCahillSilence
Why commit to a deal that offers more expensive electricity than the Barbados Light & Power offers? #ImpeachDenisLoweForCahillSilence
Why give Cahill a 30 year contract that can be extended in a world of falling oil prices and Solar PV Cells?
Who would negotiate an increase every 3 years with some many variables on feedstock prices? #ImpeachDenisLoweForCahillSilence
Where will the water come from in water scarce Barbados and will Molyneaux aquifer be pumped dry due to wells to be drilled uphill? #ImpeachDenisLoweForCahillSilence
Did the Prime Minister authorize Dr Denis Lowe to update the country on Cahill despite his September 15th,2015 Cahill reassurance? #ImpeachDenisLoweForCahillSilence
We have but one Barbados we can either choose to fight for it or sit idly by and wonder what happened!
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Artax;
I forgot to mention above that the parameters of the research were studiously circumscribed to examining:
If Cahill’s claims about the technological capabilities of the scheme were “accurate or near accurate”.
whether or not it is safe “or relatively safe
and whether or not it was affordable.
Note that elsewhere those parameters would have been
Claims of the technological capabilities were accurate, near accurate or INACCURATE
The technology was Safe, relatively safe, or UNSAFE.
Looks like our Government was not in the least interested in getting views about whether the claims were inaccurate or the technology unsafe. That alone should allow future investigators to determine the frame of minds of the local people who were involved in acceptance or otherwise of the project.
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@ Artax February 16, 2016 at 4:04 PM #
How is it that in 2014 an “Agreement to build a Waste to Energy plant in Barbados was UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED by CABINET and SIGNED by the GOVERNMENT of BARBADOS.
Yet in September 2015, Stuart, who is head of the cabinet, told the DLP faithful “that NO DECISIONS HAD BEEN TAKEN ON THIS ISSUE,” and “If THE GOVERNMENT IS GOING TO BE INVOLVED, the land has to be acquired and it has to be debated in Parliament.”
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Artax,
It just confirms what we all know…….the PM and his cabinet are damned liars and our parents always said…..you cannot trust a liar!
In my humble opinion, this government has lost the moral right to continue to govern this country.
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Some of you are getting ahead of the argument. How was Cahill Energy shortlisted based on the expression of interest posted. What qualified Cahill.
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To repeat it again and again.
Show me, where is such a plant running on big scale and producing lots of electricity around the globe? It is used on small scale for very problematic waste.
Cahill will NOT come since the technology is NOT working.
No jumping up and down in church, no kisses to the ass of the ministers, no trolls on BU, no other postcolonial mockery will make such a plant run.
The muppet show in Bim cannot alter the rules of physics.
Maybe the Canadians are using Cowan as a tool to gather information about the local muppets to arrest them when they visit DLP Canada after next election without immunity.
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Cahill is a dead project. Mark Cummins will need courage for his team to approve the Cahill project. If he does he will have to immigrate.
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@David, the bid document which is in circulation clearly shows Cahill does not meet the criteria which was set. This document is in the public domain and knowledge and will be made available.
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@David, our international sources have told us that the shortlist of 12 went to a shorter list of 4 and Cahill was never on list. Perhaps, Mr Zephirin of the UK based 7th Heaven can tell you who is entitled to share in the finders fees which would indicate the beneficiaries. The Williams brothers were shafted big time while their competition had better luck.
#ImpeachDenisLoweForCahillSilence
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Please tell Jepter Ince shut the hell up and explain why he sits on the BNB Capital Board with Darcy Boyce and Trevor Carmichael.
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OMG
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@David
Jeptor Ince is a simple county boy, he ainting too smart. He so foolish he aint even know he foolish. Not much better than his PARTNER Leroy Greenverbs.
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If he is not too smart how come he is parliamentary secretary in the ministry of finance?
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CTO is Duck Shite February 16, 2016 at 10:10 PM #
We could say the same of Donald Trump. Leroy Parris, and probably Jeptor Ince, like Trump, are all laughing their way to the bank.
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David February 16, 2016 at 10:16 PM #
“If he is not too smart how come he is parliamentary secretary in the ministry of finance?”
@ David
Perhaps similarly to how Leroy Parris was CEO of CLICO.
We all know that Stuart gave majority of the losing candidates in the 2013 general elections appointments to the senate and as parliamentary secretaries in various ministries, irrespective of being the largest cabinet in the history of Barbados.
Patrick Todd, Harry Husbands, Esther Byer, Irene and Jester….. all of them getting “free money.” Can anyone tell me exactly what Todd does to earn his pay?
This is something that definitely needs investigating… what is Patrick Todd’s job as parliamentary secretary?
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@kamie
In reading through the posted documents Cahill claim this is proven technology !!!
I defy Cahill to produce documented evidence to show this to the public of Barbados.
Case in point is the Air products TV1 and 2 project.
Same gasifer as the one proposed by Cahill
The project is 2 years behind for phase due to gasifer problems
This scale of gasifer project is NOT a proven technology .
Point of interest is the removal of all reference to Cahill in alter NRG documents per the request of Cahill
It’s a scam and we all know it.
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@Redfactor
Post the links to support your last comment.
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@David, now we know why Donville Inniss is not supportive of the Cahill project… #ImpeachDenisLowe
Was this letter made a document of the house and be prominently placed on this blog.
This strengthens my call for the impeachment of Dr Denis Lowe in the Court Of Public Opinion. #impeachdenislowe
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@David, can you ensure the world knows about this Cahill fiasco. Let us hashtag the Cahill stories with such hashtags as #UsJusticeDepartment #ImpeachDenisLowe ##RCMP #UKFinancialCrimesUnit ##CahillEnergyBarbados #Cahill #FBI you can add more relevant hashtags
It’s the easiest way to draw international attention to the Cahill deal. We cannot allow another Greenland, 3S or Dodds
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#ImpeachDenisLowe Bushie’s ass..
Impeachment is something done to high officials who ‘yield to temptation’ and do shiite… like entertaining Monica Lewinski in the White House …or depositing a campaign cheque in your personal account… or pulling a gun in parliament…
One does not ‘impeach’ low-life scum.
He just want locking to ass up …. and he should be PUBLICLY BOOED and ridiculed every time that he shows his ugly sick-looking face in public.
Steupsss…
Anyone who entertains this criminal should share in the karma that will inevitable envelope his nasty tail….
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@CTO is Duck Shite, Selwin Harte the Climate Change Advisor to Ban Ki Moon, Jepter Ince and I all grew up in Church Village. Thus where one grew up has nothing to do with silly partisan rhetoric. #ImpeachDenisLowe
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Kammie
But you have not disproved what CTO alleged, that is that Jepter Ince is simple. Deal with the issue, is he simple or not?
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“The turnabout in Mr. Obiang’s fortunes is part of an effort by the federal government to recover assets it says were stolen by foreign officials — dictators, politicians and ruling elites – and laundered in the United States. Since its start in 2010, the Kleptocracy Asset Recovery Initiative has grown to include a dozen government lawyers and teams from the F.B.I. and Homeland Security.”
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/wanted-by-the-us-the-stolen-millions-of-despots-and-crooked-elites/ar-BBpAEBe?li=BBnbfcL
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Kammie Holder February 17, 2016 at 8:10 AM #
@David, can you ensure the world knows about this Cahill fiasco. Let us hashtag the Cahill stories with such hashtags as #UsJusticeDepartment #ImpeachDenisLowe ##RCMP #UKFinancialCrimesUnit ##CahillEnergyBarbados #Cahill #FBI you can add more relevant hashtags
It’s the easiest way to draw international attention to the Cahill deal. We cannot allow another Greenland, 3S or Dodds
You already got them: BWA head office, Andrews Sugar Factory (already destroyed), Grotto ‘low income’ $500 per square foot condominiums, Lancaster houses, Coverley not-village……………..
Should I go on?
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@Frustrated
What about the SBRC racket and the IONICS scam deal? How many tens and tens of millions of dollars have SBRC and IONICS taken in taxpayer money for CAPACITY as oppose to services/goods/product provided??
TAKE OR PAY CONTRACTUAL SCAMS HAVE HELP WILLIAMS BECOME A VERY, VERY WEALTHY.
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These things have to be exposed or the international community will not know, which reduces the chances of investigations of those who take advantage and enrich themselves with the help of and aided by corrupt, greedy politicians and other public officials.
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Would be good model for Barbados politicians to follow.
“FORMER contractor general Greg Christie says that Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller should lead all aspiring parliamentarians in declaring her assets, income, and liabilities for public scrutiny amidst growing calls from her People’s National Party (PNP) for Opposition Leader Andrew Holness to lay bare his finances and details of the transactions for the house he is building in Beverly Hills, St Andrew.”
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David
But according to the documents the GoB is responsible for getting planning permission NOT Cahill.
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@enuff
Do you mean prepare the EIA for submission to the TCP?
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David
Heads of Terms (Final)
“The government shall procure that all Consents shall be granted for the PG plant at the Site within six months of application for the same by CEB and shall procure the Environmental Protection Department, the Town and Country Development Planning Office and other competent authorities comply with all statutory or other requirements and procedures relating to the granting of such Consents.”
All yuh sure permission wasn’t already granted within the six months agreed to?
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@enuff
At no time in the pronouncements from government ministers has there been an admission permission was sought and granted by the TCP.
On 17 February 2016 at 23:49, Barbados Underground wrote:
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Permitted Development????? mmmmmm
http://www.townplanning.gov.bb/content.aspx?c=42
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@enuff/David
You are reading the terms incorrectly
The government is not responsible for the creation / preparation of the submission to TCP or any other government body they are responsible for making sure all government bodies do their reviews and approvals in a timely manner . however the submissions must be correct and lawful and abide by the laws of Barbados
To date no submissions have been made to any government dept.
Case in point the waste analysis study and final report.
Nothing official has gone to the government for review … A clear breach
Cahill are responsible for the design ,build and operation of the plant
They have done nothing to date other than an estimate to the tune of $700million based on assumptions and guess work.
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Barbados still has NO TRANSPARENCY – shame. I wouldn’t live there. I just wouldn’t live there.
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Say what you want about the United States, it does persecute dishonest politicians, it does have transparency and integrity, lots of excitement too. The North American Auto Show in Detroit is a big deal, Madi Gras in New Orleans is a big deal. This too, The NFL Superbowl.
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http://www.allansmithbarbarbados.com
Another Scammer
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Air Products pulls out of Tees Valley EfWs
4 APRIL, 2016BY ROB PRESTON
Air Products is quitting the energy-from waste (EfW) sector and has pulled the plug on its two major gasification facilities on Teesside.
A statement from the company’s base in Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania, Air Products said that exiting the sector would cost between $900m and $1bn (£700m) in writing down its EfW assets.
The initial facility in the north-east TV1 (pictured) was expected to be completed this year while the identical plant TV2, believed to be 72% complete, was mothballed in November – attributed to the first plant taking longer than expected.
Now the firm has decided “it is no longer in the best interest of the company and its shareholders to continue the Tees Valley projects”.
It said testing and analysis indicated that “additional design and operational challenges would require significant time and cost to rectify”.
The firm said it “will work to optimise the cash value of its investments” but does not specify how this will be done.
It hopes that exiting the EfW business “will allow the company to direct its resources to its core business of industrial gases”.
Air Products chief executive Seifi Ghasemi said: “We pushed very hard to make this new EfW technology work and I would like to thank the team who worked so diligently.
“We appreciate the hard work of our employees and contractors at the site, and certainly understand their disappointment in this decision. We are also disappointed with the outcome.”
The company said there are currently approximately 125 employees at the site and the business office, as well as approximately 20 contractors.
Unite regional officer Steve Cason described the announcement as a “massive surprise” and was hoping to find out more at a meeting with the facility manager Andrew Connolly.
In March, the company denied Unite claims that TV-1 site had been mothballed, saying ”Air Products continues to work on starting up the TV-1 facility, targeting the end of this year for commercial operation. Some contract workers have been released, but this is consistent with the type of work currently being carried out at TV-1.
”As previously stated, we have identified learnings that are being implemented into the TV-1 facility and we are currently in a period with higher engineering, design, and procurement activity and less activity in the field. We expect the activity in the field to again pick-up in a few months.”
Both facilities have been designed to generate 49.9MW of renewable electricity a year, using 350,000 tonnes of non-recyclable residual waste.
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Why is Dr Denise Lowe so adamant that Cahill Plasma Gasification must go ahead? Oh how I miss politicians like Harold Blackman who would put country first and break party ranks. Where has all the good politicians gone Dr Denise Lowe?
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Kmmie;
You and I and the BU family know why!
I suspect that an election will be called before there is transparency on the Cahill project. Indeed the portents are trending towards a snap election by mid year. After all, most of the Political Class in the House have become eligible for the receipt of their pensions and the Economic news is unlikely to get better before 2018.
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Sad that the BP will not hold anyone accountable. In our beloved country of Barbados young boys are sent to prison for a marijuana cigarette and young women for steal a package of Ramon. Sadly the honorable aristocrats are free to steal without consequences.
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