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Rock HardThe ongoing battle between Arawak Cement Limited and Rock Hard Cement Limited for marketshare has escalated to the Fair Trading Commission (FTC). The law firm Belgrave Eastmond Associates acting on behalf of Arawak Cement has lodged a complaint to the FTC citing several breaches of the Consumer Protection Act as it relates to Rock Hard Cement advertising.

Section 12 (2)

A person shall not. in trade or commerce as a supplier, engage in conduct that is, or is likely to be, misleading or deceptive.

AND

Section 13

A person shall not in trade, or as a supplier,

(a) falsely represent that goods are of a particular standard, quality, grade or composition, style or model or have had a particular history, or a particular previous use;

 

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119 responses to “Arawak Cement Limited Files Complaint with Fair Trading Commission Against Rock Hard Cement,with documents”

  1. DLP (Formerly CBC) Radio and TV Avatar
    DLP (Formerly CBC) Radio and TV

    Boy…Maloney cannot keep out the limelight at all….If he is importing cement DUTY-FREE from outside Caricom then it comes under the realm of unfair competition…..i am no fan of monopolies but I cannot understand why govt could think facilitating UNFAIR COMPETITION can be an answer !!!! This govt wanted to do it with Cost-U-Less, they are doing it with Sandals, and lo and behold they allowing Mark to do it with Rock Hard, It is inherently UNFAIR to allow one entity not to pay duties and ask its competition to pay …but this govt want to pull a fast one under the guise that they want to help the market. I am no fan of Arawak… they just doing what most monopolies do and take advantage of market conditions…..so i am happy that there is competition….but unfair competition that is gov’t supported is just PLAIN WRONG….what message are they sending to the business community!!!!!

  2. Alvin Cummins Avatar
    Alvin Cummins

    @David, and BU ,
    TCL Which ostensibly owns Arawak Cement recently entered into an agreement with CEMIX of Mexico to provide managerial guidance and assistance. Maloney tried to get around buying from Arawak, with the objective of obtaining cement at a lower price from a Portuguese manufacturer, and also establishing the Rock Hard Name and distribution rights down the islands. Arawak blocked that preventing Rock Hard’s ability to establish its name in those jurisdictions. In addition, CEMEX also bought out the Portuguese plant.Rock Hard thus still has to buy Cement from Arawak, but as bagged cement from Cemex.
    Cement is the main basic ingredient of ready-mix concrete. CEMEX is among the leading cement companies for high-quality bagged and branded cement products.
    Check the battle that is brewing. CEMEX is HUGE.

    Northern, You can’t compare the manufacture of Cement with Cou Cou.

    Enuff, when you buy from Arawak you are also using foreign exchange. The money for this commodity is paid to Trinidad in U.S dollars so there is no difference. Everything you buy from Trinidad is charged and paid for in U.S. dollars.

  3. NorthernObserver Avatar
    NorthernObserver

    @Alvin
    read the letter first.
    The issue being asked revolves around RH is claiming their product to be BETTER and PURER. The letter asks, better or purer than what? Must be Arawack as they are no other products, and it is Arawack’s position this isn’t accurate.
    My response is BS, those words are an opinion which need no documented proof, in the same way I could claim one cou-cou is better than another.

    As far as Cemex is concerned, yes they are international. However, Arawack’s letter under another bog entry claims the product is coming from Turkey. Cemex to my knowledge has a plant in Egypt, but not Turkey. I also heard Portugal mentioned, as they are a well known cement producer.

  4. Enuff Avatar
    Enuff

    Alvin
    You mean like Sandals forex?
    Has the 60% tariff been reduced and if so shouldn’t every Barbadian know so that others interested in importing cement could do so?

  5. Enuff Avatar
    Enuff

    Sorry 15% and the answer is on another thread. #BUwukkinovertime

  6. ac Avatar
    ac

    Arawak stages a PR stunt after years of complaint by residents living in proximity of the cement plant about health issues Arwak goes in the community recently to meet with the people . On the face od all that is happening Arawak PR stunts exposés the nature of their business practices one of indulgence to what fits their better interest

  7. Well Well & Consequences Avatar
    Well Well & Consequences

    The ACs….

    after years of complaints against Arawak…why did Fruendel’s government not do something about them…why are these fly by night jackasses for government ministers drawing taxpayer’s money for…they have not been elected solely to take bribes from and creating scams with or encourage business people to break the island’s laws….they were elected by the majority to manage the country effectively….that includes reining in and keeping the business community in check….not colluding with dishonest businessmen with ciminal intent …..at every opportunity.

  8. Geoffrey Greene Avatar
    Geoffrey Greene

    ac
    Your pathetic government cannot with the COTED argument with Arawak and in the end COTED will issue a ruling on the complaint already advanced there by Arawak. The Government of Barbados will be the loser and Arawak will then bring a claim against the GOB for the breach of COTED.
    Mark Maloney is really and truly the Prime Minister of Barbados. We have come full circle and 50 years on we got back a white leader, kinda like St.Lucia.

  9. David Avatar
    David

    Even the Minister posted in this form that he responded to Arawak concerns about the illegal classification of cement being imported by Rock Hard and that an investigation is ongoing but the JA and yardfowl enters the debate with the usual partisan BS.

  10. ac Avatar
    ac

    The investigation “is ongoing” does the ministers comments necessitate a ban of any further comments on the issue and how it relates to unfair practices here on BU ..i do not think so.Practices which some would rather ignore pertaining to Arawak blantant disregard for a free an open market along with enviromental issues which have affected peoples health and which morally and legally Arawak should be questioned along with a duty of wanting to be fair compensate those affected .

  11. Well Well & Consequences Avatar
    Well Well & Consequences

    So Arawak is breaking the law according the the ACs and endangering people’s health, so instead of reining in Arawak….what do the jackass ministers do,,,,, they give Maloney free rein, to break the countries laws at the same location and also the opportunity to endanger people in the surrounding areas health…..that makes a lot of sense only to the AC pimps…jackasses.

  12. ac Avatar
    ac

    Who is they ?and therefore if what i say is true why are you and other yardfowls so quick to single out HR and jump the bandwagon of irregularities and legalities pointed in the direction of Arawak which Arawak has not denied but have all but confirmed in their hastened approach of a PR campaign to thwart off any negative fall out that would be headed in their direction as this issue gets larger and the pertinent questions pertaining to peoples health and negative enviromental impact gets out of their control to answer
    The fact is that Arawak has bigger issues on their hands and once again i reiterate that selfishness and a dominance to monopolize the market would be Arawak downfall
    For as much as they want to prove HR to be in violation of false advertising Arawak too have many serious violations on they hand which needs to be accounted and to be answered
    So who is Arawak trying to fool going ahead with dirty games and tricks i guess a select few political gawdflies still hoping and praying that a major bombshell would be sufficient coming from these and other frustrating issues to decimate the govt

  13. Well Well & Consequences Avatar
    Well Well & Consequences

    Yeah…and who is Maloney and the recently EXPOSED. .. by Chris Sinckler…, Donville Inniss, trying to fool….the AC pimps.

  14. Well Well & Consequences Avatar
    Well Well & Consequences

    http://www.nationnews.com/nationnews/news/82306/probe-imported-racket

    Ha-ha

  15. Past Zone Avatar
    Past Zone

    @ac

    The Rock Hard Cement scandal is going to blow up in the DLP’s face. There is a lot more to come out and before it ends at least two prominent ministers are going to find themselves on the wrong side of the evidence and in very compromised positions.

    Be patient, all good things come to those who are patient.

  16. ac Avatar
    ac

    After seven years ac stilling waiting the “going to jai” predictions by the Blp operatives , Remember Cahill sooo many ministers were to go to jail now must i belive that this Arawak HR going to send ministers to jail or call for resignations give me a friggin break

  17. ac Avatar
    ac

    Arawak management should be going to jail after all these years of polluting the environment overpricing and exposing people to serious health risk

  18. ac Avatar
    ac

    http://www.nationnews.com/nationnews/news/74647/editorial-cement-game-change

  19. ac Avatar
    ac

    All about control that is why Arawak with all their ugliness and disrespect for is mad

    http://www.barbadostoday.bb/2016/04/22/rock-hard-has-driven-down-cement-prices/

  20. NUPW Avatar
    NUPW

    Arawak bulled us for years without vaseline

  21. David Avatar
    David

    Many of you have missed the point and it goes to exercising requisite comprehension skills. Is rock hard cement being illegally categorized by Customs and other Authorities or not. What did minister Inniss include in his tardy response to Arawak Cement. There is a time for emotional arguments.

  22. Well Well & Consequences Avatar
    Well Well & Consequences

    No one on the island will admit that the same people now complaining allowed Arawak to bull them and so did the government ministers and the Arawak employees…ya deserved to be bulled and ah hope ya get bulled again….cause ya still allowing Maloney do so with the help of government ministers and backward employees..lol.

    It’s amazing that none have the intelligence level to hold Dumbville responsible for his handling, or lack of the Arawak issue….anytime any of those unskilled ministers talk about an investigation. …ya know there is none.

  23. ac Avatar
    ac

    Maybe it is You David eho is missing the point or maybe several points. Those which include Arawak maliciuos and mischievous intentions in collusion with blp operatives to put Maloney out of business .
    Second by Arawak unconscionable greed to monopolize the market.Bajan first should be our motto in this tug and war instead of a spite against our best interest cojoining with those who prefer to put their own interest first as is the case with Arawak for many years.The Arawak cement company only regards was to fleece rob and put the financial interest of Trinidad first while disrepecting the employee and the barbadian public as a whole
    Now acting on behalf of self attaching its concern to a political divide while seeking support in its ongoing campagain to degrade

  24. David Avatar
    David

    News Displaying items by tag: Barbados

    Displaying items by tag: Barbados

    Barbados government wants reduction in tariff on cement

    13 November 2015

    Barbados: The Barbados government has said that it stands by its decision to lower the 60% tariff rate on cement to protect Arawak Cement Limited (ACL), a subsidiary of Trinidad Cement Limited (TCL).

    Commerce Minister Donville Inniss explained the rationale behind the government’s decision, as both companies have expressed concerns over the decision to lower the tariff. Inniss said that the intent was not to cause any harm, but to help drive efficiencies in the system and to ensure consumers got a better price on the much-needed raw material. "We have our differences on the methodologies employed and the policies being pursued, but at the end of the day, we want to ensure that ACL remains a viable entity in Barbados," said Inniss.

    Inniss said that he was supportive of the company’s restructuring plans, as well as its efforts to bring its prices down, praising the company’s commitment to increasing exports of Portland grey cement from Barbados. Earlier this week, ACL’s Manager Rupert Greene said the company would announce the number of workers to be made redundant as part of the restructuring programme by the weekend. Greene said that at least 40 workers would be sent home and that discussions are continuing with the Barbados Workers Union (BWU) and the National Union of Public Workers (NUPW). Greene said that with a 65% drop in the Barbados market demand for cement over a 10-year period, there was a need to ‘restore some balance to the equation.’

    Published in Global Cement News

    Read more…

    http://www.globalcement.com/news/itemlist/tag/Barbados

  25. Charlie Avatar
    Charlie

    ac
    In the end the DLP and Dumbville Inniss will get the shock of their lives when COTED smacks Barbados around the head for its violations.
    You think Rock Hard Distribution Ltd was incorporated in St.Lucia for fun? Rock Hard Cement got a lot of hard rocks up and down its shareholding register.
    Dumbville cannot do a blasted thing, less he be exposed.

  26. ac Avatar
    ac

    And one would have belive that such an initiative by govt would have been beneficial to consumer as well in savings after having given a reduction..but No Arawak continuance of greed and self serving remained its highest priority.
    Now Arawak wants all to belive that RH is evil in their exploration of the cement market when all knows the truth be that RH movement has been forceable in reduction of Arawaks high cement prices
    Let Arawak continue their stampede of malice sooner or later bajans would tell them where the hell to go

  27. Charlie Avatar
    Charlie

    ac
    I agree with you 100% we have put as much effort as possible in saving the Portuguese, Turkish and Chinese jobs…………..to hell with 150 lazy bajan bastards employed by Arawak, they deserve to be out of work right??
    Well the Trinidadians showing Mark Maloney how it is done down there. He could not even get permission to bring the cement boat into the Port.

  28. Charlie Avatar
    Charlie

    One day soon in Trinidad, Mark Maloney is going to wish he kept his ass quiet and had not tried to used means similar to those employed in Barbados, to take on TCL there.
    He is going to get hurt but sometimes a man must feel the burning before he sees the flame.

  29. ac Avatar
    ac

    Charlie glad u open your big mout and tell bajans that Trinidadians are the controllers and the manhandlers of the barbados economy and bajans cannot do a dam thing about it or else face severe consequences as now happening to Maloney..well i”ll be dam

  30. Well Well & Consequences Avatar
    Well Well & Consequences

    Yes ACs…yall deserve that, ya refuse to hold the ministers responsible for their actions or for their lack of due diligence…that’s thiir jobs as representatives of the people, instead you waste your time pimping for them…therefore you deserve what you will get and more.

  31. Alvin Cummins Avatar
    Alvin Cummins

    @David,
    Maloney has to understand that while Bajan Backs may accept some arrogance from some other Bajan Blacks, and even some from “foreign” whites, they abhor and never accept any arrogance from Bajan “eccky beckies”. He will always be abhorrent.

  32. Alvin Cummins Avatar
    Alvin Cummins

    Well Well,
    You said:…””instead of reining in Arawak….what do the jackass ministers do,,,,, they give Maloney free rein, to break the countries laws at the same location and also the opportunity to endanger people in the surrounding areas health…”
    Hasn’t Maloney been brought before the court?
    Wait for the verdict.

  33. Well Well & Consequences Avatar
    Well Well & Consequences

    Alvin..as usual, you display your jackass side, Maloney hss a history of breaking the law it’s not the first or second time and had not the whole nasty episode not been exposed in parliament, nothing would have been done, there would hacve been no court case.

  34. Alvin Cummins Avatar
    Alvin Cummins

    @Past Zone
    When Neville Rowe; remember him? Julie N, was bringing goods from all over the world, and offering them at a cheaper price, and Julie N was thriving, the crabs got to work and conspired to being about the demise of Julie N. Now you all are striving to save Rock Hard.

  35. Alvin Cummins Avatar
    Alvin Cummins

    Well Well’
    As usual your slip is showing. When was the”the whole thing exposed”? If as you say it has happened before, and the Town and Country Planning has issued him with more than one order, it is obvious that the department was putting things in place to be on strong legal grounds. You people want instant action…it don’t happen so. We are a law abiding jurisdiction. Didn’t someone, not Bajan say, “the wheels of justice turn slowly, but they turn.

  36. ac Avatar
    ac

    In the public interest NO!

    http://www.nationnews.com/nationnews/news/75110/public-buying-arawak-reason-price-cut

  37. ac Avatar
    ac

    The company’s eagerness to detach itself from the retail prices of cement is that it has not always been so clear with its pricing. In 2008 it was accused of unfair pricing in relation to the Fair Competition Act.3 Arawak was accused of charging different prices for different groups of customers to prevent competition, with non-distributors (ie: building firms/manufacturers) losing out to dealers. The company agreed to standardise the prices and the case was closed in April 2009.

    http://www.globalcement.com/magazine/articles/725-central-america-a-the-caribbean-regional-cement-focus

  38. TheGazer Avatar
    TheGazer

    @ac,
    Let me congratulate you on your new pay arrangements.
    I saw you were so busy this past week that I came to the conclusion are now paying you by the word.
    Right or wrong, you were putting words on BU as if they were going out of style.

  39. Well Well & Consequences Avatar
    Well Well & Consequences

    Alvin…re Neville Rowe, who do you think the crabs were working for to stop Neville from importing cheaper goods for the people, ya should ask Owen Arthur and othrr previous government ministers if DLP..

    You still don’t get it or pretending not to….as soon as Mia started talking about Maloney controlling the government, Fruendel dropped town planning portfolio like a hot potato and here we are….ya can only fool some of the people some of the time…people drop dead waiting for the wheels of justice in Barbados, because there is no justice for poor people on the island, as usual you are being hypocritical. .

  40. ac Avatar
    ac

    @ Gazer what de hell everybody does it including you HEE ! HEE! Hee!

  41. Colonel Buggy Avatar
    Colonel Buggy

    @ Pieceuhderockyeahright
    From my file
    http://i.imgur.com/pjEOblW.jpg?1

    http://i.imgur.com/ZEy1V3f.jpg?2

  42. Colonel Buggy Avatar
    Colonel Buggy

    Here is the jersey barriers which Maloney used to block off what is a public road, though badly maintained, denying entry to Legall’s concrete plant,and others. They got hold of a tractor and dumped the jersey barriers in the bushes. These men have more balls than the entire Cabinet of Barbados, one of whom (in the cabinet) incidentally , reported to Maloney ,the minutes of a meeting these concern businessmen had with a minister,which Maloney was not in attendance. The chickens have come home to roost.

    http://i.imgur.com/BIcHieb.jpg?1

  43. Pieceuhderockyeahright Avatar
    Pieceuhderockyeahright

    @ Colonel Buggy

    My profound thanks for your timely submission of this information.

    Will you accept and IOU in lieu of payment for the gasolene spent acquiring these photos?

    According to Mr Franklyn you will still have to pay takes on these miles even though as a court marshall you are entitled to this travel.

    Speaking of taxes on travel I wonder if Caswell could inform BU if Fumbles does pay taxes on his travel allowance?

    Colonel Buggy, it has been brought to my attention by one Gazer that post industrial action last week (for I note that AC was out of action last week) that one AC (both letters are for badwords so I wont use them here) was able to negotiate and per work contract and has returned with new fervour.

    I have been trying to get a piece of wuk at the Nation for a little while but for some strange reason my application and my blog comments have been refused.

    I am wondering if you

    (a) knew someone at the BLP who know Mia and could get me a job there doing posters for them contra the DLP ( would promise not to do more that 10 anti BLP/Troika posters while working for them)

    (b) knew anyone at the DLP who would get in a word with Stinkliar, Fumbles or Pornville so that i could get a job with them where I promise to use the gaussian blur on Photoshop Elements on all of their faces to .007% so that no one will be able to tell who they are. I do not have to share why I am using that %

    Though, given that all of them are no big like buffaloes, that may not be enough blur to hide them from shy*te sorry sight.

    I will work on the “Death Islands” presently

  44. Pieceuhderockyeahright Avatar
    Pieceuhderockyeahright

    @ Are We there Yet

    I said that i would put this question to you since you seem to be quite au fait with these regulations at the TPD.

    I am looking at the area of embankment in front of the “Death Island” at Coverley.

    It is an “anomaly” for me, it does not “fit”

    By that I mean that the area in front of the island and rest of the highway seems not to have that “verge” that is equidistant from the edge of the road and gives the impression that the island is in the “verge”

    Is there some Road Act or MTW rule relative to the width of the verge that one can rely on?

    So If a man had t pull off the highway and put his wheel in the island is that man on the ABC highway OR IS HE IN COVERLEY DEVELOPMENT?

    If, by way of protest, I were to drive my 16 wheeler into the island while repairing an imaginary flat, would i be trespassing or am I on the ABC HIGHWAY?

    I IS JES A SIMPLE OLE MAN and want your professional insight pun de matter

  45. Charlie Avatar
    Charlie

    I feel a brunch of well meaning Barbadians ought to go up there with sledge hammers and forks and remove the blasted thing altogether.

  46. Pieceuhderockyeahright Avatar
    Pieceuhderockyeahright

    If dem fellers was leepy Smith and that White bajan feller whose name i cant remember Morgan?

    THe thing is that they dont only have to remove it but it has to be refashioned to be made “safe”

    There is a cost associated with that which the murderers should pay.

  47. Well Well & Consequences Avatar
    Well Well & Consequences

    Piece….look….the serial criminal Maloney breaking the law again, he as well as all the other business criminals know that the sloth in the excuse for a court system allows this….or none of them would dare do it. .

    Well Well & Consequences June 19, 2016 at 6:12 AM #
    http://www.nationnews.com/nationnews/news/82360/bushy-park-lease-jeopardy

    Here is Maloney breaking the law again.

  48. ac Avatar
    ac

    Arawak s n no position to criticize after years of deceit and mistrust

    http://www.barbadostoday.bb/2016/05/14/arawak-reports-turnaround/

  49. Alvin Cummins Avatar
    Alvin Cummins

    Well Well,
    “Maloney hss a history of breaking the law”, (copied and pasted)
    When has he been convicted? If ever. Be specific.

  50. Bush Tea Avatar
    Bush Tea

    @ Alvin
    You have a long history of talkinf shiite…
    When have you been flushed? if ever? be specific.

    In brassbados, there are no penalties for whites breaking the law or for yardfowls talking shiite.

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