2015 Auditor General’s Report – An Exercise in Repetition
Barbados Auditor General Report 2014
Reading the Auditor General’s Reports through the years there is a common theme, one of repetition. It bears highlighting that successive governments have felt the wrath of the AG Mr. Leigh Trotman. The latest 2015 Auditor General Report lays bare the same old same old government department breaches we have become accustomed.
A single BU observation to add to the many can be found on p.29 2.38 as follows:
Among the agencies which did not submit information as requested were a number large entities such as:
- Barbados Investment and Development Corporation (BIDC)
- Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc. (BTMI)
- National Housing Corporatio (NHC)
- Sanitation Service Authority (SSA)
The BIDC is currently embroiled in a dispute with the BWU regarding its decision to force 60 year old employees to retire. There is therefore a healthy assumption by BU that the information requested should be readily available given that this government agency is in downsizing mode. Does any entity retrench employees without completing comprehensive financials to inform the decision?
The BTMI was recently established for crissakes. Why should Barbadians be asked to praise the work of the BTMI as a result of increasing arrival numbers yet poor administration results in dishonorable mention by the AG?
The political interference at the NHC forced a Permanent Secretary to retire. Also the Pubic Accounts Committee (PAC) rules were amended because this is the statutory corporation
Last but surely not least the SSA, not one truck until the AG investigates Cahill Energy!
See Auditor General’s Report 2015
Barbados Underground 
Barbados is a parody of the Government at Westminster. We have all the institutions and functionaries on paper but none of them seems to work as intended. As a result, the country has degenerated to become a thriving kleptocracy. Corruption flourishes in almost every aspect of this society.
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Power play.
“As Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister, Boyce has responsibilities for energy, immigration, telecommunications and Invest Barbados.”
http://www.nationnews.com/nationnews/news/81596/senator-boyce-responsible-business-facilitation#sthash.1k9zsQLG.dpuf
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Dah is de man dat did due diligence on Cahill and signed one o de cahill papers?
De PM is a boss dooh!!
A boss of asymetric (upside down) tinking, dats wot.
Wuhloss!
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Caswell ,Barbados is becoming a nation of irresponsible people. Citizens that do not take responsibility for their lives and livelihood. Still waiting for the slave masters to tell them what to do.
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From page 76 read the report and weep. Even secondary schools having issues completing audits, how difficult is it to complete an audit fr a school?
Then there is SBRC, imaging so much garbage about Barbados yet the government has to pay minimum fees to Bizzy, just like Ionics. What is happening?
The issue with completing the NIS audits is of grave concern.
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Stealing, bribery and nepotism are so endemic in Barbados, that even if you attempt to audit accounts in the smallest of social, church or sports clubs, it becomes clear that the FIRST order of business for those in authority is to ‘see what they can get for themselves’.
The fact that NO ONE is ever held to account tells us that this kind of behaviour is acceptable, although this acceptance is because it becomes REALLY HARD for a thief to condemn another thief for doing exactly as he does.
This man Trotman just seems to be the ONLY real auditor in Barbados with a sense of honesty and with the balls to call a spade a spade.
The most scary aspect of this is the extent to which other auditors, including international audit firms, who MUST BE AWARE of the level of shiite going on, are able to cover for the crooks and empower them to continue with their dishonesty and inefficiency.
Only God can help Barbados now.
When Karma kicks in, it will be important for us all to remember that it is not only the leaders who are crooked and incompetent…. it is the whole damn country…. which is why we tolerate them as leaders.
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@Bush Tea
It is interesting to read how many of the secondary schools were unable to present final audits because of cost. Imagine we have reached the point where cost will determine what is right therefore undermining governance.
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What costs what!!??
Sounds like just an excuse for the real problem….which is that the true explanations would be just to embarrassing to current ‘big shots’ in position, and so everything will be delayed until conditions are more ‘favourable’…
People spend money as they like – break all the rules, and then claim that the cost of providing explanations is ‘too high’?
Which Public Service leaders accept such explanations? …do they still have jobs?
Shiite man, but if this is the way that out HIGH COURT operates, why are you surprised that even ‘meeting turns’ would do likewise?
Critical judicial decisions are delayed FOR NO APPARENT REASON, until the decisions become largely meaningless after witnesses, judges, accused etc die or move on in life….and we have a Chief Justice call Sir some shiite ….who continues happily attending cocktail functions talking shiite and playing music….
What a disgusting place…..
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It’s time to set up a chapter of Transparency International in Barbados. Call a meeting, Caswell. I will be there.
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The government departments, schools, statutory corporations, etc DO NOT “present final audits.”
Audits are performed by the Auditor General’s Office or an authorized independent “third party” contracted by the Auditor General.
Management of these government institutions is responsible for the preparation of financial statements of financial position and the fair presentation in those statements, the results of operations and cash flows in conformity with the generally accepted accounting principles.
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Depressing reading!
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The following excerpts were taken from sub-section “Barbados Water Authority New Headquarters,” on page 109 of the 2015 Auditor General’s Report:
Introduction:
5.40 The BWA SIGNED an Agreement with a company (Landlord) in March 2013 for the design, finance and construction of its headquarters complex. The Agreement also included the LEASE of the premises to the BWA. The PERIOD of the LEASE is THIRTEEN (13) YEARS.
Exclusive Rights Granted Before Substantial Negotiations Carried Out:
5.41 BWA signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), dated 22nd December 2011, which GAVE the contractor EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS for the PROJECT. This was eight (8) days AFTER it had COMMENCED negotiations on the bid, and approximately fifteen (15) months BEFORE the Agreement was SIGNED. The MOU also made provision for the contractor to commence certain works as soon as was practically possible after the execution of the MOU. The BWA in essence was BINDING itself to an ARRANGEMENT with the SOLE BIDDER BEFORE SUBSTANTIAL NEGOTIATIONS WERE COMPLETED.
Commencement of Works:
5.42 The commencement of works before the conclusion of negotiations placed the BWA at a disadvantage in relation to its decision making. An example of this was observed subsequently, when the BWA received an opinion from its legal representative on the implications of not proceeding with the completion of the building.
The opinion INDICATED that BWA WOULD HAVE BEEN LIABLE to the CONTRACTOR, the arranger of finance and all other consultants in damages in the EVENT that it FAILED to COMPLETE THE PROJECT.
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Who is owns the property on which the new BWA Headquarters were built?
Did the project go out to tender?
Why would Dr. David Estwick, the Cabinet and BWA COMMIT themselves to giving the contractor exclusive rights for the project, and to accepting the liability of incurring all costs in the event the contractor failed to complete the project, even “before substantial negotiations were completed?”
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Place the schools on the back burner its SBRC and Ionics that baffle and need to be revisited. Turn over the contracts to the DPP let him decide if criminal charges apply. How are companies not delivering on targets paid multi millions of taxpayers money in subsidy. Why are government contracts with millions in free money clauses always involve businesses run by Bizzy, Maloney ,Cow and cronies. Give us answers DLP and BLP.
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The consultants hired by Government had suggested that it was not fair
for Government to pay the full Consolidated Tipping Fee (CTF) for any
shortfalls in waste below the guaranteed tonnages, and suggested the payment of a percentage of the CTF. However, the proposal from the
bidder was accepted instead.
In July 2011 the Ministry of Finance stated that payments to the company
for the financial year 2011 – 2012 would be capped at $15 million. In
addition, it was directed that a system be implemented to ensure that all
tipping was disengaged immediately when the capped sum was reached,
and thereafter all other materials be forwarded directly to the landfill for
disposal. However, SSA indicated that it was contractually bound to pay
the contractor $21,862,800 annually at the current CTF rate
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Bush Tea May 25, 2016 at 7:54 AM #
Stealing, bribery and nepotism are so endemic in Barbados, that even if you attempt to audit accounts in the smallest of social, church or sports clubs, it becomes clear that the FIRST order of business for those in authority is to ‘see what they can get for themselves’.
The fact that NO ONE is ever held to account tells us that this kind of behaviour is acceptable, although this acceptance is because it becomes REALLY HARD for a thief to condemn another thief for doing exactly as he does.
This man Trotman just seems to be the ONLY real auditor in Barbados with a sense of honesty and with the balls to call a spade a spade.
The most scary aspect of this is the extent to which other auditors, including international audit firms, who MUST BE AWARE of the level of shiite going on, are able to cover for the crooks and empower them to continue with their dishonesty and inefficiency.
Only God can help Barbados now.
When Karma kicks in, it will be important for us all to remember that it is not only the leaders who are crooked and incompetent…. it is the whole damn country…. which is why we tolerate them as leaders.
This! Except that Barbados is beyond the help of any god!
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Bizzy, Ionics and SBRC doing the dog in Barbados. Boy that man Bizzy Williams is a fine piece of work, he ain’t show no mercy whatsoever pun the GOB and SSA.
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SBRC being paid a million dollars a month, every month for GOB’s inability to deliver the full quota of garbage contracted for. That wrinkly face white man Bizzy aint got no shame whatsoever.
Pimps and parasites that Williams Group is.
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Past Zone May 25, 2016 at 10:36 AM #
SBRC being paid a million dollars a month, every month for GOB’s inability to deliver the full quota of garbage contracted for. That wrinkly face white man Bizzy aint got no shame whatsoever.
Pimps and parasites that Williams Group is.
If I pay you $100/day for doing nothing will that make you a pimp/parasite or me an incompetent JA?
Just askin.
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It makes the man who is paying INCOMPETENT and makes the man receiving A THIEF.
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Artax;
The revelations in the AG’s report appear quite horrendous.
As David seems to indicate in his heading to this blog, all the AG reports are “same old” repetitive in structure and content and hints of misfeance and calls for the same improvements and changes year after year. …. but it seems to me that this year’s report speaks to really egregious behaviour in a number of important agencies if one reads between the lines.
But perhaps I’m overreacting as usual although the current MM situation seems to portend a C change in the whole environment.
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We keep telling young people to be wise…..can they learn it from us?
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How are we able to say we are improving our model of governance yet unable to make the preparation of Financials an efficient one?
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The AG only needs to change the date on his report as it is a repetition of the previous one. Nothing,and I mean NOTHING will be done. His report will not be acted upon.
The one shining light is that there is at least one senior official with integrity and the balls to stand against the thieving scum in power.
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Peter Boos pleads innocent after the Panama Papers reveal his name. Dont cry to us Boos you behave as if you are Mister Integrity. Wait until Loretta Lynch the USA Attorney General gets around to you. The Americans say they will prosecute all mentioned in the Papers. Right is might in the new world order ,the Americans are mightiest of all.
Jack Warner a countryman of Boos is on the Americans Most Wanted List . Jack all now shivering like a wet puppy he knows he cant wait out Lynch and the Yanks. Boos sorry boy extradition and rotting in a jail with Stanford and Maddoff is hell on earth. Get things right with your soul. Keep your plea of not guilty for the Federal jury stateside.
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—- picking up where Caswell left off———
It seems as if checks and balances are in place and if the necessary audits and reviews are being performed. Yet it appears that the system is not working the way that it should. Is it all lip service? Are people reading a script and ticking off different boxes?
Is this The Truman Show? Are we actors in a badly written comedy or a horror story? How do we fix our island? Some of us focus on just changing the politicians but could it be that we need to fix citizens (children and adults).
1) What messages are being sent to the children of Barbados when they become aware of the many problems facing the island? Problems created by dishonest adults.
2) As a predominantly black nation with black leaders, what messages are being sent to young blacks? Is it one of being your brother’s keeper or of selling your brother to the highest builder? Money trumps village membership.
3) When a youngster states that he wants to be a lawyer or the PM, what exactly is he/she saying? Does he/she wants to be a part of the solution or to continue our many problems?
4) Are adults living a life that they children should follow or should the children seek others as role models?
5) Has our society evolved into one with different levels of citizenship. Is the new Barbados the old South Africa with a few blacks considering themselves as honorary” whites’. A tale two citizens?
6) Are citizens of Barbados getting a honest day of labor for a day of wages or are workers going through the motions -(just following some template – as someone once said).
Our election process must mature and become more than a change of batteries; swapping Duracell batteries for EverReady batteries. The politicians are just a part of the problem.
If political parties lack the will to separate themselves from each other, then we must tell the parties what we want to see in their manifestos. Let us tell them what is wrong and how to fix it. And when elected, we must hold their feet to the fire. Instead of waiting to see what Mia/another will do, let us tell them what to do.
Poster campaigns and marches and multi-point must become a part of the arsenal of the citizens of Barbados.
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*builder=bidder.. but builder may also be correct
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When you say ‘A’ yah gotta say ‘B’.
In my book, the AG is a man of integrity.
PURDYR… now you need 22.
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Twenty two people (needed to clarify, before it is misread)
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http://www.barbadostoday.bb/2016/05/25/concacaf-suing-jack-warner/
CONCACAF is suing the once mighty Jack….he might be praying for the grim reaper to come soon…lol
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@ The Gazer.
In addition to their ineptness, THIS IS THE NEXT REASON THAT WE ARE SO DEEP IN DOO DOO.
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@ GAZER
22 it is
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2.104 Monthly reports from the Turf Club should be submitted to the Accountant General’s Department to substantiate the payment of taxes arising from its betting activities. It was however observed that no monthly reports have been submitted, nor have payments been received from the Turf Club in relation to taxes due from betting since May 2010. A reminder letter was forwarded to the Turf Club on July 11, 2012 requesting that this information be submitted. However, no further follow up action has been taken.
2.105 The absence of information on funds due from betting results in the underreporting of revenue, and accounts receivable, in the financial statements. This matter needs to be pursued vigorously by the Treasury.
WUNNA FEEL SIR PARKY SEALE, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE TURF CLUB IS A SWEET BREAD? WHEN SIR PARKY DONE WITH THE DLP ANOTHER $19 MILLION WILL BE OWED AND WAIVED.
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@PURDYR
Loving it.
Not much of a praying man, but gonna ask The Lord to lookout fah he.
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All these infelicities and failures would have been dealt with in certain Caribbean territories by the Governor dissolving parliament and imposing direct rule from Whitehall.This bull shoite as practised by Stuart,Boyce,Decimal Sinckler and Jester Ince would be over in a flash.Police leave would be cancelled and Barbados Rediffusion would cancel programming and the Governors message read.The Regiment would be required to report to the Drill Hall by 2100 hrs.End of story.The HMS Warrants would drop anchor in Carlisle Bay and a barrage of accounting staff would descend on buhbaydus and in no time on a RAF Sweepwing fighter.Stuart and his advisers would be in Dodds.You see what independence do to buhbaydus.A dumbbell in the local Whitehall at Bay St.Nothing will change.Mahoney will continue to flout the laws and get support from certain quarters.All these English Speaking Caribbean countries are independent and all are bankrupt…..no money,no morals,no pride.All rasta music and dreadlocks..reggae pun de hill man.Leh de weed grow man.My advice to all you intelligent young men and women……get to hell out of Barbados….it can only get worse…just like Guyana,Jamaica,Trinidad,St Kitts,St Lucia,St Vincent,Antigua,Bahamas…all dens of iniquity.Get out while you can….go north with your talent,preferably Canada.
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are-we-there-yet May 25, 2016 at 10:59 AM #
Essentially, some of the blame for the irregularities in government’s accounting system and the financial statements must also be apportioned to those public sector employees who are charged with managing accounting departments.
In many cases, Clerical Officers, who may not possess the requisite accounting qualifications, are assigned to accounting sections to perform specific duties. After a few years in the section, that individual may be promoted to Senior Clerk or Assistant Accountant (Z23-17 on the salary scale), not based on qualifications, but mainly on his/her years experience in the accounting department.
Also, more often than not, that Assistant Accountant or Senior Clerk cannot perform routine accounting duties such as identifying erroneous entries in a trial balance or preparing a simple income statement or balance sheet. Moreover, omissions/unrecorded transactions occur when the individuals tasked with entering accounting data, are not aware to which ledger account such transactions should be allocated.
On the other hand, assume after working in an Accounts Section for an extended period of time, a Clerical Officer decides to pursue and successfully completes a BSc in Accounting. He/she may reason:
1) What sense it makes for them, being qualified, to remain as a Clerical Officer at Z24 maximum salary of $2,970.54 per month.
2) Will their newly acquired skills be utilized by the department or will they remain undertaking mundane duties.
3) Being fully aware that the word “supersession” is popular in the Civil Service, what are the prospects of being promoted ahead of less qualified individuals who have a considerable amount of years in the service.
4) Forget about qualifications, hold on to the job, earn a monthly salary and hope for the best.
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@ Caswell Franklyn May 24, 2016 at 8:44 PM
“Barbados is a parody of the Government at Westminster. We have all the institutions and functionaries on paper but none of them seems to work as intended. As a result, the country has degenerated to become a thriving kleptocracy. Corruption flourishes in almost every aspect of this society.”
You call it a “parody” of Westminster. It seems more like a comedy of political errors staged by a bunch of monkeys stealing bananas from the taxpayers’ tray in a land of brass bowls fictionally called Barbaria.
Even a group of chimps dressed in western-style business suits and unintentionally flipping through the pages of Erskine May’s Bible would leave much more of a genuine impression of being intelligent than the current lot of despicable vagabonds pretending to be ministers of the Crown.
Under which other Westminster-form of government would the primus inter pares get up in a hallowed parliament and announced to the world his undying admiration and loyalty to a forensically established fraudster, money launderer and tax evader and still maintain his prime ministerial status unless he is indeed a Primate into Parris?
‘Dem’ white people are really having a good laugh at the black Bajan politicians ‘monkeying’ around a parliament for a court full of jesters with only the blonde wigs missing as their consummate paraphernalia.
Even Al Jolson and his ‘blackened’ white minstrels would have done a better job of imitation of the current parliament than the existing lot of real black dim-witted, lazy troupe of buffoons.
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http://www.barbadostoday.bb/2016/05/26/bwa-tops-list-of-highly-indebted-state-entities/
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This is downright criminal…ministers and others should be heavily sanctioned for this, it’s not any type of good management.
“BWA tops list of highly indebted state entities
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The embattled Barbados Water Authority (BWA) has come in for unflattering mention in this year’s Auditor General’s report.
In fact, based on the results of a survey on the indebtedness of state agencies, the BWA has earned the dubious honour of coming out on top.
In his report, the Auditor General expressed concern that about 50 state agencies’ accounts were not included in Government’s financial statements. However, he said based on a survey of 28 entities, liabilities in the amount of $1.4 billion were recorded.
This includes $266 million for the BWA, which was broken down into $162.5 million in loans, $46.9 million in payables and $57.2 million in pension liabilities.
This has nothing to do with the Barbados Workers Union’s demands for payment of over $30 million in increments, which are due to 830 unionized workers who staged crippling protest action in March to force the BWA’s hand.
The embattled BWA has also recently been grappling with severe water challenges that have left residents in the north and east severely hamstrung.
Also listed among the highly indebted state entities are the Barbados Agricultural Management Company at $244 million; Barbados Conference Service Limited at $50 million; Barbados National Oil Company Limited at $176 million; Barbados National Terminal Company Limited at $90 million; the Barbados Port Inc at $133 million; the Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation at $94 million; the Queen Elizabeth Hospital at $196 million and the Transport Board at $172 million.
Among the entities which did not submit information as requested were the Barbados Investment and Development Corporation, Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc, National Housing Corporation and the Sanitation Service Authority.
The Auditor General, who also highlighted the fact that only three of the 20 Government ministries submitted revenue statements in accordance with the Financial Management and Audit Act, expressed strong concern about the under reporting.
He said it could result in Government, the public and other stakeholders not having a comprehensive view of public finances, which also affects decision-making.
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millertheanunnaki May 25, 2016 at 11:06 PM #
@ Caswell Franklyn May 24, 2016 at 8:44 PM
“Barbados is a parody of the Government at Westminster. We have all the institutions and functionaries on paper but none of them seems to work as intended. As a result, the country has degenerated to become a thriving kleptocracy. Corruption flourishes in almost every aspect of this society.”
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Caswell has hit the nail on the head.
Interesting to note,as you should be aware that here in the UK systems are also failing.
Question:…. is this behaviour any different to that that of 500 years ago when our ancestors Kith&Kin sold them into slavery and indentureship?
Why do we expect anything different in human beings……we cannot change our genetic makeup without radical surgery.
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News recap by Stephanie:
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People keeping failing to understand that man made systems throughout the last thousands of years ALL ran their course, nothing man creates lasts forever, it’s all fleeting as is man, lasts for a moment…500 years….then disintegrstes….turns to dust and disappears.
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@ Vincent Haynes May 26, 2016 at 5:36 AM
The difference between “here in the UK” and ‘there’ in Barbados is that the heads (leaders) of failing institutions (both public and private and including the Church) fall on their own swords or are forced to ‘resign’ in disgrace.
Do you really feel Dave Cameron could have stood at the Dispatch Box and expressed such avowed support for a man like Parris and still be the PM the next week?
If Cameron loses the upcoming Referendum on the EU do you think he could remain as PM as Fumble is doing in light of the Cahill and Maloney scandals?
Michael Gove or Boris J would be chomping at the bit for the top pick.
But I like your philosophical view of Life. Nihilism, nihilism, nothing but nihilism.
What are humans without ART? Just a bunch of apes engaging ad infinitum in one endless round of ESAF with the vital the functions of S&P.
Shouldn’t we (like Mark Twain or Elbert Hubbard) see Life for what it really is? “….Just one damned thing after another”.
In memory of the old Barb (with last April marking 400 years of his passing in the parade) maybe we ought to take a Shakespearian view of Life and see it as follows:
“All the world’s a stage,
And all the men and women merely players;
They have their exits and their entrances,
And one man in his time plays many parts,
His acts being seven ages. At first the infant,
Mewling and puking in the nurse’s arms.
Then, the whining school-boy with his satchel
And shining morning face, creeping like snail
Unwillingly to school. And then the lover,
Sighing like furnace, with a woeful ballad
Made to his mistress’ eyebrow. Then, a soldier,
Full of strange oaths, and bearded like the pard,
Jealous in honour, sudden, and quick in quarrel,
Seeking the bubble reputation
Even in the cannon’s mouth.
And then, the justice,
In fair round belly, with a good capon lined,
With eyes severe, and beard of formal cut,
Full of wise saws, and modern instances,
And so he plays his part. The sixth age shifts
Into the lean and slippered pantaloon,
With spectacles on nose and pouch on side,
His youthful hose, well saved, a world too wide
For his shrunk shank, and his big manly voice,
Turning again toward childish treble, pipes
And whistles in his sound. Last scene of all,
That ends this strange eventful history,
Is second childishness and mere oblivion,
Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything.”
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Prominent businessman Ralph Bizzy Williams is urging the latest additions to the Royal Barbados Police Force (RBPF) not to give in to the temptation to engage in corruption.
Businessman Ralph ‘Bizzy’ Williams as he prepared to address the recruits.
Businessman Ralph ‘Bizzy’ Williams as he prepared to address the recruits.
Williams, the guest speaker at the 139th passing out parade for police recruits from Anguilla and Barbados this evening, said Barbados remained one of the safest places to live because of the work of the RBPF.
However, he warned the recruits to be aware of enticements that could affect their integrity and credibility.
“Do not ever allow money to corrupt your way of life. It is a dead end street that you will regret forever,” he cautioned.
“As I circulate around I hear people talking about corruption in our society, about white collar crime, about the infestation of drug [related] violence, and about the running of guns and all these sorts of things. It makes me really sad to think that in a place that could be so harmonious and such a lovely place to live, Barbados and the other Caribbean countries, that we would engage in this sort of activity.”
Additionally, the business magnate advised the new officers to pursue corrupters with the same degree of eagerness and professionalism with which they go after ordinary criminals.
“Everywhere you think there is corruption you need to look for the corrupters as well, and you need to carry out your duties without fear or favour, irrespective of what it might cost you. It is worth doing for Barbados and for the Caribbean. Please do not be misled into believing that there are no corrupters around, because there can’t be corruption without corrupters,” he explained.
“I appeal to you not to pay attention to who is the cousin or the family member or how wealthy they are. You need to go after who is doing wrong regardless of where they are in society.”
A total of 35 Barbadians and 14 Anguillians completed the 15-course training programme over a six-month period at the Seawell, Christ Church-based Regional Police Training Centre.
In a speech punctuated with funny tales, the Chairman of Williams Industries added that some businesspeople and “some involved in Government [could] do with some of this training because some of them don’t behave with any sort of discipline”.
He said he was so impressed with the training that he would pledge $10,000 a year for three years in the first instance towards the training facility.
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Bizzy does really tek micky out of bajans. For years he rode a horse named ‘black bajan employees of mine have shares in Williams Industries’. That horse had 2 broken legs and was lame in the other two legs so he can’t ride um anymore. The employees does be lucky if they get two rice grains from those shares.
This is man who gave Barbados Ionics and SBRC.
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Bizzy offered to contribute/donate $10,000.00 a month to the Regional Training Centre, what a generous and thoughtful man. But considering that he does get $1 MILLLION DOLLARS a month as a penalty from SSA/GOB for not supplying the full quantity of garbage, it becomes clear this is donation is just some scratch grain for the fowls.
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millertheanunnaki May 26, 2016 at 7:16 AM #
Chuckle……excellent rebuttal,to which I agree as far as falling on ones sword and honouring the established conventions of the westminster system.
So tell me has mankind changed in anyway over the millenia from the brutish beast that it is…..The bard had the measure of humanity 400 years ago.
Change can only come by a change in the genetic construct……for that you have to see if BT can help you by interceding with BBE.
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Past Zone…he is giving them back their own money and calling it a donation, so he is seen as alwsys giving back, but it’s their money…but ALL the black men in government and the police force, are too stupid to see.
Why do you think the contracts Bizzy, Cow et al make with any of the 2 governments are just carefully worded legal scams so he benefits from millions of taxpayer dollars, then come back later to pretend he is the island’s savior….and black men allow this every year.
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” do not be misled into believing that there are no corrupters around, because there can’t be corruption without corrupters,” he explained.”
Bizzy thinks it’s a joke, they should have handcuffed his corrupting and corrupt ass immediately, if they were not weaklings.
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The AG recommends the government to establish clear guidelines for entering PPPs. And he wonders why the low level interest by the private sector and 2) why has government floated financial rules by not putting out to tender several projects.
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Bizzy Williams really got some gall though. I suppose that he would have made this speech about corruption and corruptors with a straight face. Is this the same Bizzy Williams who publicly admitted putting money in both political parties. Did he not realise that by giving campaign contributions to political parties, without declaring it to the Supervisor of Elections, is an offence. That is also corruption and that makes him a corruptor.
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The members and supporters of the DLP have attributed the change in attitudes of the NUPW and BWU leadership to their being supporters of the BLP, and have deemed any protest action undertaken by both unions as being political motivated.
Rumors also surfaced which suggested that the President and another executive member of the NUPW were desirous of contesting the 2018 general elections as BLP candidates.
Recently, certain members of the NUPW sought to remove Akanni McDowall as President by way of a no confidence motion. The motion was allegedly brought to the fore by none other than former Deputy General Secretary of the NUPW, Derek Alleyne. Unfortunately for them the motion was unsuccessful.
The no confidence motion has resurfaced, with Derek Alleyne once again leading the charge.
It will be difficult to convince us that this no confidence motion is not POLITICALLY MOTIVATED, especially taking into consideration that Derek Alleyne is not only a member of the NUPW, but he is also a member of the DLP, a former DLP candidate, and a former DLP senator who was subsequently appointed as interim director of UDC.
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There are those who suggest that our PM is a man of few words and deeds.It appears as though the Granger administration of Guyana does not share this view,although they would seem to agree by their very bold and decisive action firstly,to give credence to the oft repeated assertion that ……”a prophet is not without honour save in his own country “as told by Mark in his gospel and secondly that the goodly PM is deserving of high honours but hedgeingly,not first class honour,rather,second class honour of the Cooperative Republic and so the citation reads….
ORDER OF RORAIMA
For his dedication and commitment to the Caribbean Community and his unflinching support for the rights of Small Island Developing States
The Right Honourable Freundel Jerome Stuart
Prime Minister of Barbados.
This award must be richly deserved because our PM has been working so hard behind the scenes to further his extraordinary and Herculean efforts to keep Caricom a living,vibrant and meaningful community of shared beneficial interests and prospects for development of our Region and for keeping the community of nations on their proverbial toes in so far as Climate Change remain a front burner issue,so much effort he has devoted to both worthy causes that the Auditor General had to spoil his breast beating by publishing all the nasty financial peccadilloes of his lack of leadership of the ship of state Barbados.
Granger can do us a favour and keep him in the Cooperative Republic.
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@Caswell even NUPW corrupt man we miss you as this boy Bro Cedric Murrell and his Foopster Grace Hall mess we up with our health insurance. Can you please come to our rescue and launch a health plan for Unity.
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I have read the full report and find it incredulous that throughout its 143 pages, there is not one page of the report that paints the Government of Barbados and its civil service in a good light. I have not read the previous Auditor General reports but, if they are similar to the current one, I am surprised that no entity, locally, regionally or nationally has sought to hold the Government of Barbados to account. The report paints a picture of a small corrupt nation. If I had millions to invest would I do so in Barbados ? No, unless I could expect financial kickbacks; would I domocile my international company in Barbados? Hell no, unless I could expect financial kickbacks!
I now understand the current Government more, in particular its desire to commit more citizens money (which it doesn’t have) to become a Republic, this would reduce its accountability.
This audit report also demonstrates how the likes of Maloney, the Williams’ and Harris arose from the ashes of nothing into mutli-millionaires off the the blood, sweat and tears of latter day slaves.
In the eyes of the world, Barbados is seen as the beacon of governance and transparency in the Caribbean. This report demonstrates it is far from that. The sad thing is that those Caribbean countries who are debt ridden in light of the IMF, et al will be painted in the same, if not greater light, given the perceived status of Barbados and this is sad.
Notwithstanding, the Auditor General’s report demonstrates fraud, nepotism, maladministration, mis-appropriation of funds and incompetence. But who will hold the Government to account? Not the electorate, clearly as sweet potatoe stealers and weed cultivators and carriers are imprisoned; suspected murders given bail (forever as their papers are lost); domestic and child abusers and white collar criminals are not pursued unless the strength of public opinion suggests otherwise – what the hell is BARBADOS COMING TO? What a freaking mess!
I had the misfortune of visiting the proposed Four Season’s site recently, rows and rows of half built properties left to paros and ruin. The structure is there, why would any government leave it to deteriorate as it has? Foreign exchange is unfortunately Barbados’ master – but it ain’t flowing though but corruption is.
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@ Gabriel May 26, 2016 at 9:55 AM
Come on Gabriel, even a messenger to the gods can read between the lines to appreciate the subliminal message being sent to Bajans.
Lord Fumble has let it be known far and wide that he the Mighty Muttley is the chief collector of medals and other insignia of purchased importance.
Why do you think the Rt. Hon Fumble Stuart will not want Bim to become a republic? Is it because he has ‘accidentally’ found out he will have to return the ‘medal’ of evidence of his membership of the British Privy Council after he decides to ditch the Queen or her successors?
The Guyanese are just stroking the ego of a big ass while having a good laugh of revengeful retribution.
But he, Lord Fumble, might be smarter than the average primate by paving the way for Bajans to migrate to GT given what’s around the economic corner for Bim.
Imagine these are the same Guyanese this deceitful lying prostituting administration who were rounded up in true Gestapo style and evicted from Barbados less than 7 years ago. Oh how the mighty has fallen to be accepting a medal of honour from a previous pariah of Caricom!
As the Bajan saying goes: “When big man in trouble, li’l man trousers can fit ‘e.”
Never burn bridges behind you. Don’t be surprised if a State visit to Jamaica is in the offing to beg the Jamaicans not to repeat history. Bim is nothing today without Caricom.
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Not only is four seasons a rotten shell that people visit to express total dismay at the blight, but the taxpayers still have to foot the 120 million dollars of NIS pension funds those DLP jackasses took to guarantee that the vendor crooks like Bizzy et al were paid by the crooks who nvented the four seasons scam in the first place…with Mia being the attorney for the four season scammers, they all milked the NIS funds..they are blights and pox on the island.
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With the multitude of lawyers who abound in Barbados we cannot get 2 or 3 to challenge this shiiite as a PSR (Professional Social Responsibility)?
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Fed up NUPW
Unity is already in discussion with an insurance company to explore the possibility of setting up a medical insurance plan.
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AG report exposes Bizzy for the blood sucker that he is makes you want to vomit to hear him talk about corruption. Look for the cops to invite Pinder from St. Phillip next to take the salute.
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I tell all yuh buhbaydus gone to de dawgs.Imagine Bizzy addressing the police at a pass out parade.Lawd come fuh yuh wirl…
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@ Artax May 25, 2016 at 9:35 AM #
“Who is owns the property on which the new BWA Headquarters were built?
Did the project go out to tender?
Why would Dr. David Estwick, the Cabinet and BWA COMMIT themselves to giving the contractor exclusive rights for the project, and to accepting the liability of incurring all costs in the event the contractor failed to complete the project, even “before substantial negotiations were completed?”
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One would never believe that such an awful agreement like this would ever have been made by the dems after the expose at Haggatt Hall in 2008 by the dead king of the 3S contract.
These people came to office PRETENDING to be better than anyone else ……..ethical and honest……………..and according to a friend of mine who is a senior civil servant……..”what took the Bees 14 years to do, these sons of biiiitches did from year one”.
If this was a PPP deal, why did the BWA pay 5 million dollars up front? You mean to tell me that Innotech the so called gurus in building did not have 5 million to start a project? Maybe they did but they knew they were dealing with idiots so they took advantage of the morons.
There was a 6 million dollar cost over run………..I wonder were is the Trini woman these days, I hardly hear her on Brasstacks, she must be so ashamed as this was her swan song prior to 2008….cost over runs, cost over runs!
Never mind Glyne Murray on Brasstacks today would have you believe that the minister would not be involved in negotiating this deal……..he said the BWA has a board…………..Murray would never admit that these dems are a different breed, they do not abide by any rules……….no one can tell me that David Estwick was not deeply involved in this…………..they are in it for themselves.
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We need an explanation from Estwick. After the sound and dance by him at the last press conference disappointing is the word.
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Prodigal
I was looking forward to Glyne Murray,an experienced print media guru and an above average contributor to governance to bring his considerable input to Brasstacks.I can only say I was disappointed from about his third parley on the airwaves to conclude that he is the most scared and frightened moderator I have heard on VOB.I believe David Ellis has so indoctrinated him that Murray don’t entertain anything controversial without dampening the discussion.The gent has no guts.Dennis Johnson and Peter Wickham are the two who light the programme afire.I look forward to the day when these two might expand the programme to call offending ministers’ offices,statutory boards chairpersons and private sector top management,when John public is not getting their attention and their intervention in shaking up the service meted out to the public.In Montreal in the 60’s this was the norm on a call in programme with a guy called Pat Burns.
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Years ago Bizzy had a special print media edition celebrating some milestone in his business.He featured a poor black employee whom he said started out sweeping the yard and after 25 years of helping Bizzy generate plenty profit,he was promoted to packing concrete blocks in the yard…..25 years!
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Something about this Mark Maloney illegal building has me confused.
At what point was this matter referred to the useless DPP?
Did Fumble sit on this matter until it has reached this stage? Did he even make a decision on it?
Was he afraid to turn down the application and so kicked the can down the road to the DPP to avoid the decision coming from him?
Did Fumble refuse to make the decision to tear the structure down seeing the man had flagrantly flouted the law and if he (Fumble) had made the decision, there would be no telling what the low life who has newly found riches would do………and we all know how Fumble only cares about being PM.
At the end of the day, who is more important…Mark Maloney’s greed or the health of Barbadians?
Never mind, Fumble does not give a hoot….he is in Guyana receiving a useless award. I wonder if Grainger knows how badly this DLP has treated his fellow Guayanese?
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EWB made some albino Bajans very rich by giving them certain concessions and benefits not given to others.Cow,Bizzy,Kyffin,come to mind.The only blacks I can think of he gave concessions to and who hit the high life were Rayside and Leo Leacock.If there are others,share the knowledge with BU.Now we have Fumble rewarding albinos Mahoney,Bjerkhamm and Tempro and the blacks tasting the high life are Carrington,Lowe,Boyce and Lashley the word stabber.Dont know the name of the legal guru who did the BWA contract and now get exposed by the AG in his latest report.Incidentally,we should have that Contractor General Richie was going to introduce if he had won the government in the early 90’s.A similar report on the NHC would shut up the runt from Sen Lucy.
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@ Gabriel May 26, 2016 at 9:35 PM #
Prodigal
I was looking forward to Glyne Murray,an experienced print media guru and an above average contributor to governance to bring his considerable input to Brasstacks.I can only say I was disappointed from about his third parley on the airwaves to conclude that he is the most scared and frightened moderator I have heard on VOB.I believe David Ellis has so indoctrinated him that Murray don’t entertain anything controversial without dampening the discussion.The gent has no guts…
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Gab,
I think Glyne is under heavy manners from David Ellis.
You will remember that after the 2008 election when the moderators ……..Peter Wickham, Atulalove Corbin, Maxine McClean, Tony Marshall, Harry Husbands ……all found top jobs in David Thompson’s administration…………..David Ellis said that he is never going to allow anyone to use VOB like that again.
I think David Ellis was ashamed, though we all know the policy was deliberate as he had to know their political leanings but he and all of them wanted to get rid of OSA.
So Glyne seems to have to tow a line. The other thing too is that Glyne is in the “never Mottley” club so he probably feels he is under no obligation to push a BLP line.
I just wish that Bees would stand up for the BLP! This country is in a mess yet you have dems who will defend it to a core!
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what is most surprising it that the building got financed in the first place. i am shocked the contractor was able to secure financing when the credit rating of Barbados was going down the toilet. the DLP obviously wanted this project started in time for the 2013 elections.
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Gabriel…not only was Bizzy allowed by some corrupt jackass to make a mockery of the police force but he showed them all from Fruendel Stuart, the prime minister, back down, how really stupid they all are when he can take the same money he steals from bajan taxpayers on a yearly basis and bribe the police with 10 thousand dollars a year for 3 years so they eould nit arrest him for corruption. …while telling the new recruits about avoiding corruptors like himself and corruption him and his brother Cow colluded with corrupt politicians to destroy the island with….I have never seen “educated” people who are that stupid..I am sure they all sat on their dumb asses and clapped at being bribed with their own money.
What is worse, Bizzy, like his brother, is neither brillant nor an eloquent speaker, the usual backward wannabe who lucked into corrupt and stupid black politicians…the weakest link.
I see the useless DPP Leacock is kicking the Maloney issue back to Town Planning, he don’t want to deal with it, Fruendel kicked it away from him and put Bizzy’s lapdog Darcy Boyce to oversee what he himself does not want to face.
Those illegal structures Maloney built should have been torn down long ago…but black men,….the weakest link.
They have all maliciously destroyed the economy and shiuld pay the price.
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What is the sense of reporting a false or incomplete story on the BWA headquarters only to have to come an correct it the following day? The Nation Newspaper needs to be more responsible in their reporting.
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WW&C; His main attributes are COWARDICE and laziness!
Where is the report on the DPP sending the issue back to Town Planning? If true, it says volumes about the PM’s legal knowledge and instincts, especially re. the delegation of the TPD ministerial responsibilities to the Hon Darcy Boyce, a canny, bright individual, if ever there was one.
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“Gabriel May 26, 2016 at 9:58 PM #
EWB made some albino Bajans very rich by giving them certain concessions and benefits not given to others.Cow,Bizzy,Kyffin,come to mind.The only blacks I can think of he gave concessions to and who hit the high life were Rayside and Leo Leacock.If there are others,share the knowledge with BU”
Belmont Funeral home an Paramount Funeral home
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Hallem Nichols – the once majority shareholder in Digicel, along with his partner Bizzy.
Didn’t Hallem sell his shares in Digicel and profit a cool $35 million US$?
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Considering that our nation is skewed over 90% Black then any score-card about what Barrow or any other leader facilitated should easily and quickly match that demographic factoid.
Of course the entire discourse on these pages is premised on the abject refutation of that very thing…and therein lies a lot of the discontent!!!
BUT…it seems that whereas the %s are badly shaped towards the minority at the top of pyramid that there is much largess dished further down with the large legal fees, UDC special contracts, MTW materials being drooped off in a YardGap somewhere and such like.
The point: scorecards are very tenuous at best in the hands even of objective analysts. The big chunks of money are easily seen but the small pieces that make up some gargantuan graft can be easily misunderstood!
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Herman…ya late, Hallam is now best BMF with none other than another crook and waste for human life Peter Harris, just imagine what they all plot for bajans when they sit at their round table.
What is extremely galling is that the Prime Minister and all the politians, DPP Leacock and police all know that what Cow, Bizzy, Harris, Parris, Maloney, Bjerkham, Tempro et al have been and are doing in Barbados, all the corruption, money laundering etc, they would all be in prison had they done the same things in US, North America and beyond….they all know this, yet they all sit on their backsides decade after decade and allow these criminals free rein to commit crimes against the people and do not active or enforce the laws that would lock them up.
Hence the reason Bizzy can boldfacedly tell them he will give money to the police no less, money he used all kinds of scams and paid bribes to politicians so he can get contracts….money that rightfully belongs to the taxpayers.
Are those taxpayer paid idiots retarded, did they fall on their heads as children or is this the side effects of too many beatings they had as children….no collective of people could be that naturally stupid or corrupt.
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And anything Hallam touches, ya can guarantee it does not bode well for majority bajans…dude is all about self, just like Harris and Bizzy…100 trillion dollars is not enough for them, I just wish they would venture out with all that greed.
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http://www.barbadostoday.bb/2016/05/27/wrong-mix/
Are We There…..here is the report, apparently Leacock claims it’s missing some things….let’s see if those things stay missing.
Darcy Boyce has been compromised with the Bizzy blight….read Cahill.
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@ WW&C
What is extremely galling is that the Prime Minister and all the politians, DPP Leacock and police all know that what Cow, Bizzy, Harris, Parris, Maloney, Bjerkham, Tempro et al have been and are doing in Barbados, all the corruption, money laundering etc,
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Steupsss… you are beginning to sound like David (BU) now.
Yuh mean it is not OBVIOUS that the PM and all the politicians, DPP Leacock and police are all owned lock, stock and barrel by these albino-centric crooks? Expecting any kind of salvation to come from these sources is like waiting for a revolt within ISIS to solve the problem of international terror.
We have been taken over by organised crime…plain and simple.
When the Commissioner of Police can decide to invite Bizzy Williams to address new recruits in law enforcement, that is a CLEAR sign that this gang has now dispensed with the vaseline as they continue their attack on our rear….
What is EXTREMELY galling …is that Bajans can continue to take such a level of assault on our asses – now without vaseline – and only look forward to Kadooment….
Whatever shiite befalls us as a people, will be fully and truly deserved.
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Bush Tea May 27, 2016 at 7:41 AM #
Skippah……your pal WWC got a rainbow contingent of crooks in Bim……yuh bettah change the Albino designation as yuh might be confusin peeps now.
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Vincent…am an equal opportunity labeler, not a discriminatory bone in my body, I tend to more indiviualize the crooks…I want the world to know them up close and personal. ..lol
The Bushman is dealing with the creators of the corrupt system….albinocentric.
Just recently I warned Simple about the people allowing the leaders, politicians, business people pull down their drawers without applying vaseline…..the key word is always ALLOWING…the effects will always be DESERVED.
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The Bushman is dealing with the creators of the corrupt system….albinocentric….and the wannabe white crooks who are still ALLOWED by the useless DBLP politicians to continue to practice that centuries old scam on the majority black population….eg…drawers pulled down, no vaseline…totally deserved…or….rebel and stop them all in their tracks…both politicians and business crooks, stop their albinocentric practices of corruption, scams and thievery.
But what do I know, they cant do it to me nor mine.
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Every year the AG publishes his report, every year David Ellis hosts a talk show to discuss issues arising. Shiiite by any other colour…
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Credit for the below Poster on Albino-Centricism goes to the Grand Master Bush Tea.
@ Donna
Do not worry I am going through the gems and pears here on BU and am finding superb inspirational material for the Publishing House.
Like all writers one must be very careful not to get sued for tiefing other people’s content and publishing it here as one’s own (as has been said of the famous stuttering spitter at the University of the West Indies the man who the students doan sit in the first or second rows and who bans the students from taking video of his notes)
Dis piece uh PEAR fall down pun de ground, wonder if my SON is downstairs and cud bring up one uh de BROOMS to sweep it up.
Do I have your permission to publish your materials?
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Errata * Inspiration for the poster above is ascribed to BT.
Bush Tea I got to be careful uh my words boasie,
Cause de last time I endorse a fellah heah and say something gud bout he, I was told dat I gine get de fellah Kill so it retract de word “credit” and using “inspiration”.
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Why are we surprised that the police would actually invite Bizzy to address apassing out parade?
Oh shaving cream, BU folk…………that is how far our country has sunk.
This government has brought this country to its knees in every aspect.
You know when I realised how corrupt our whole system is……….when a child lost his life and the whole thing was swept under the carpet………..wasn’t the DPP required to make the decision in this same case?
We all know what happened then! Expect the same shortly!
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The police and the albino peeps at plantations throughout the island always had a buddy buddy relationship.Watchman might remember one named Chandler who aided one from a murder charge in the 60’s.
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@ Pieceuhderockyeahright May 27, 2016 at 3:27 PM
You and Bush Tea just envious of Bizzy Willie. LoL!!
Imagine the man is so convincingly sure of his absolute control over the black politicians queuing up to be in his pockets of bribery he can cockily talk about putting the Bill in his underpants.
The man has already admitted to making illegal ‘donations’ to both corruptible arms of the political class.
Why don’t you think the man is bold enough to try it on with the police force?
Why would he try next? The judiciary?
In which other country other than those with banana republic status would a businessman known for his ‘shady’ dealings be able to make contributions towards the training and improvement of the country’s police force constitutionally empowered to protect and serve all and sundry without fear or ‘favour’ or bias? Isn’t that equivalent to the mafia or drug lords making similar contributions?
If Bizzy wants to be a true Roman Catholic of penance let him make his taxpayers’ extracted lucre for donations to the crumbling Anglican Church, the QEH, the poorly funded primary school system which helps to instill and distill the character of the child and if need be, to the UWI to help fund the tertiary education of a few bright but poor students whose only option under the current administration is one of despair and a life of crime.
Only in Bim does this level of crap happen. It is said shit floats to the top of salt water.
It seems Barbados is up to its ‘salty’ eyes in deep doo-doo as far as leadership floats.
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“Wilson now joins local tennis star Darian King, surfer Chelsea Roett and the motorsport father-son duo of Roger and Dane Skeete, on Flow’s roster of sport brand ambassadors.”
http://www.barbadostoday.bb/2016/05/26/wilson-to-flow-to-rio/
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Bizzy taking a salute from the police is a bad precedent, events of this nature are to be kept to the political directorate and governmental senior officials. Its mockery when albino Bizzy with no connection to the political directorate apart from his white shadow moves is placed at the podium. Its a worrying trend whether its parasite Bizzy or Rawle Brancker. They are not officials in government or its agencies, taking the salute is off limits. Bushy Park is where Bizzy can have salutes from his gas wasting petrol head comrades.
The call to government is to discontinue a practice that can compromise the work of the RBPF. No one is above the law .Bizzy taking the salute may have an officer second guessing how to act if he breaks the law. Respect from the citizenry for law enforcement agencies is threatened when this occurs.
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Racer…exactly, the Police and government cannot get any dumber, I hope, by letting a very unsavory character like Bizzy make a mockery of the police force…what kind of message are they sending to young people….no wonder the young dont like any of them.
Bizzy and Cow’s only contribution to the island is parasitic at best, no one with respect for the population who possesses morals or ethics, puts a parasite to be representative of respect or leadership on the island….it’s sick.
Then he bribes the police with money he has been stealing from taxpayers for years. Acting police Griffith has shown himself to be questionable about his decision making skills as it relates to whom he sees as role models for newly trained officers to follow….it’s a disgrace, right up there with that ugly auditor general’s report.
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WW&C
Were the charges before the court involving the acting Commissioner of Police Griffith in respect of receiving stolen property,ever adjudicated?
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Gabriel….I heard some confusion went on with Griffith when he was in the business selling of refurbished cars …oh sorry, reconditioned cars, it’s said he did some nasty underhand things, did he also receive some type of funds from Bizzy during his former business activities and now as ACTING Commissioner sees nothing wrong with insulting the people on the island by putting that 2 bit crook on a pedestal to further anger the young people who are well aware that just like the politicians, too many of the minorities are crooks.
We are seeing the plantation mentality of the police force top personnel at play, how insulting and demeaning to the taxpayers who had to educate each and everyone of these jackasses.
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WW&C
Worse yet to be told.Word is that he attended at HC.MB,GP,JC,Quisling should have something to say on that.
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Watchman
La Niña is imminent according to the oracles.Have the technocrats at Drainage sorted out your water-blockage-catastrophe-waiting-to-happen?
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Gabriel…someone said recently that they are digging the muck out of the drains, leaving them on the sidewalks and not coordinating for pickups right away, so people have to navigate the sidewslks in a bid not to fall on their asses, …while the muck is left there for days..and that is in St. James, a tourist belt…even the tourists have to learn how to walk around the filth, without falling…they cant even coordinate pickup of filth from the drains, but who is surprised.
That’s the problem ewth the black dudes who acquire positions later, they feel as though they owe the Bizzy’s, Harris’…all the known crooks they attended certain high schools with….something, despite knowing these people should be in prison, what kind of halfassed diligence in keeping the society safe is that…when they diligently lock up poor people on the island for any and everything.
Pedant…tell me any crap and I will take another turn in your ass.
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@Gabriel
Flooding again in Dominica, this must be God’s country. Thank you Lord!
http://www.barbadostoday.bb/2016/05/28/dominica-under-flood-warning/
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David Simpson, William Layne, Glyne Murray all harsh in their assessment of the 2015 AG report.
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And in both the Advocate and the Sunday Sun today, we are able to now understand why the Sanitation Service Authority is unable to attract anyone of the appropriate caliber to implement and maintain a suitable Preventive Maintenance Program in order to keep a satisfactory number of units in service to maintain the islands garbage collection
VACANCY
TRANSPORT SUPERINTENDENT
JOB PURPOSE
Providing transport by maintaining motor vehicle fleet.
QUALIFICATION AND EXPERIENCE
A Degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent qualification from an accredited institution,with 5 years work experience, OR
Ten years experience of Supervisory Management in Mechanical Workshop or similar ‘faculty’.
RENUMERATION
Salary Scale Z13. ($47,918.85 -$55,339.08)per annum with telephone and travel allowances.
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One common mistake which we seem to be always making in Barbados, is believing that all Mechanical Engineers are throughly versed in the principles of fleet management and preventive maintenance as it relates to motor vehicles.The few Mechanical Engineers I’ve come across in Barbados,working in the automotive field, have all pursued the relevant courses pertaining to Motor Vehicles, after graduating as Mechanical Engineers, which in the United Kingdom would classify them, among others in the field as Road Transport Engineers,a different kettle of fish.
SALARY;-$48.000 to $55,000 per annum =$4000-$4,600 per month=$1000-$1650 per week
This is just, in general, what a senior motor mechanic makes at some of the more efficient transport organisations in Barbados, and well below what a typical transport manager is paid at these same organisations.
So who exactly does the SSA want to attract in such an important position?
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Who is listening to the rehashed shiite by Donville Inniss?
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William Layne was scathing in his condemnation of the 5 million advanced to Innotec by the BWA. He stated the person responsible should have been fired. You listening Minister Estwick?
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