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Donville Inniss, DLP Executive Member
Prime Minister, Fruendel Stuart
Manuel Toro, General Manager, Arawak Cement

The management of Arawak Cement Limited in the attached document dated June 1, 2016 has accused Minister Donville Inniss of not responding to a letter sent to him on April 18, 2016. The thrust of the communication is to complain that the Barbados authorities have been incorrectly classifying imported cement by Rock Hard Limited as “other hydraulic cement”  and not “hydraulic cement”. The benefit to Rock Hard Cement Limited is that the imported cement attracts 5% CET and not 15%. Further, Arawak Cement Limited posits that the the chemical composition of the cement imported by Rock Hard Cement Limited is the same as that produced in the region and therefore deemed ineligible for exemption based on COTED mandate. It is highly unlikely theatPrime Minister Fruendel Stuart has responded to Arawak Cement Limited given the sloth at which he has built a reputation.

Is this the same Minister Donville Inniss who today [16 June 2016] invited disgruntled stakeholders to pursue established government channels to solve problems and avoid the traditional and social media?

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149 responses to “Donville Inniss Ignores Letter from General Manager of Arawak Cement Limited Pointing Out Incorrect Classification of Imported Rock Hard Cement”

  1. Hants Avatar
    Hants

    @ Sargeant,

    I do not believe civil servants “they do everything to frustrate people from doing business in this country”.

    It defies logic. What would be their motivation?

  2. Prodigal Son Avatar
    Prodigal Son

    @de pedantic Dribbler June 17, 2016 at 6:31 AM #

    @Geoffrey, why would that have to be a rumour? Wouldn’t it actually make sense because the Chinese people are underwriting a major part of the financing for the Sam Lords redevelopment.

    I believe that all matters related to a project of that type would be negotiated based on the input/request of the financier.
    …………………………………………..

    Do you realise that these morons are borrowing the money that we the taxpayers have to repay? The Chinese are not giving Barbados a grant.

    If the morons had any sense, they would forget the loan but wait………there again they cannot……….the jackasees have managed our economy so badly that they cannot borrow from regular source as we are at JUNK status!

    #morons leading Barbados

  3. Old Baje Avatar
    Old Baje

    Any body been up by Sam Lord’s? Does it look like it’s about to start? Just asking, because I find it hard to take this government seriously.

  4. Old Baje Avatar
    Old Baje

    *Anybody (not a Freudian slip)

  5. Past Zone Avatar
    Past Zone

    Sam Lord Castle does not have TCP permission for the Wyndham Hotel scheme. This Government is hoping to use the old CLICO permission which has lapsed and was for a different hotel scheme altogether so its going to be interesting to see how they get it started without TCPO permission.

  6. Past Zone Avatar
    Past Zone

    Anyway that is now up to the quisling Darcy to work his special brand of magic. They are so desperate to get projects going that anything and anyone will be moved to get them started.

  7. Past Zone Avatar
    Past Zone

    Maybe that is why Mark Cummins is about to either be sent on early retirement or moved to very senior post at the Animal Nutrition Unit or some such insignificant entity/location.

  8. Caswell Franklyn Avatar
    Caswell Franklyn

    Past Zone

    The Chief Town Planner cannot be transferred to any other post without his consent. The only way to get him out of the way is to bring charges against him and suspend him during the investigation. At that point, they can appoint an acting chief who could/would sign off. After that is completed, they could abandon the investigation by saying that there was not enough evidence to prove the allegations. He would then go back to work.

    I expect this type of foul move.

    Sent from my iPad

    >

  9. Prodigal Son Avatar
    Prodigal Son

    When the good people of Barbados decided in their wisdom to elect these morons disguised in 2008 as ethical, caring, champions of the poor black man…………could any one except Bees ever envisioned that they would evolve into unethical, corrupt, dont “carish”, self centred, visionless wildboys?

  10. Prodigal Son Avatar
    Prodigal Son

    I agree, Caswell.

    What I find despicable is for the PM to give away this important part of his ministry to an UNELECTED greedy moron.

    What the hell does this PM do now? He took over the same reponsiblities as a dying man and now sheds another part of his portfolio?

    Gosh man…… this man is lazy ………he has to have an agenda to have passed the oversight of TCP to Boyce, a man with questionalable morals. Something is amiss with that.

    We are neither stupid or foolish…………would any one have believed the dlp could sink to such lows?

  11. Prodigal Son Avatar
    Prodigal Son

    Oops…….*questionable

  12. Well Well & Consequences Avatar
    Well Well & Consequences

    I am more than happy to see after days of trying to mislead the people on the island re illegal imports by dishonest businessmen, Chris Sinckler has proven Inniss to be a liar, so where is the resignation Inniss was threatening yesterday because he was feeling such “pain” for dishonest business people.

  13. Gabriel Avatar
    Gabriel

    Prodigal
    You said the Dems fooled people that they are Champions of the Black Man.That reminds me of Bharatt Jagdeo former president of Guyana.He was named by the UNIA as a Champion of the Earth and walk about boasting that he is such.What they have found since he is out of office now is that he gave away practically the whole of Guyana forest to the Chinese company Baishilin who destroying that country with a vengeance,chopping down all the trees and shipping them out to China.If Barrow was alive,Jagdeo couldn’t land in Barbados.

  14. Sunshine Sunny Shine Avatar
    Sunshine Sunny Shine

    @David

    Is that the real Donville Inniss posting here? Because it is, you know that the matter got to be very serious and not easily covered up for him to grace BU with his name and commentary. Anyway, if it is really Donville Inniss, please clear your name and tell all what is your relationship with Mark Maloney. Word on the street, oops let me rephrase, the word making the cyber rounds is that you took the Mark Maloney bribe and now you cannot speak against him. Is that true Sir Inniss.

  15. FearPlay Avatar
    FearPlay

    Point to ponder – if $20,000 was so easily offered to Mr Morris of the NationNews to make a story disappear, would anyone hazard a guess as to what sum would have been offered to allow the chicken wings to enter in the first place. Further, what size enticement would a minister be offered to fast track some of the other doubtful dealings of which we here refer?

    Now, would not these deposits of such large proportions raise a red flag with our financial services watchdogs causing them to conduct interviews or even following the money trail? Remember how the Leader of the House (?) in the US was interviewed after making multiple withdrawals of $50,000 from personal account resulting in the discovery of blackmail and sexual abuse from his past. Just asking.

  16. Past Zone Avatar
    Past Zone

    Donville cannot back Arawak, he cannot, he JUST cannot. With every bag of cement sold Donville has a cause to smile.

  17. Past Zone Avatar
    Past Zone

    Donville is a very clever man, if Arawak sells a bag……..he smiles, if Rock Hard sells a bag………he smiles. He has split to market in two and got each of them make him smile.

  18. Donna Avatar
    Donna

    Hants,

    It is not just civil servants who suffer from this. I have noticed that many, many people enjoy frustrating you by telling you that – “It cyan do so” or “It cannot be done” and similar disappointing responses. I suspect that it gives them a feeling of power, perverse as it seems, because in many cases their jobs depend on your patronage. But how many people do you know who act rationally? I have met many more who don’t.

  19. Well Well & Consequences Avatar
    Well Well & Consequences

    Yeah…but now things are being revealed…Donville is too dishonest, greedy and uncaring of the majority who elected him..twice.

    I remember vividly his uncaring attitude toward the Clico policyholders robbed by him and Fruendel’s friend the thief Leroy Parris….Donville publicy declared that it served these policyholders right that they were robbed by Parris, many went to ther graves not receiving their money, he claimed they were greedy why they were robbed by Parris and deceased David Thompson…and that pimp Alvin repeated those same words.

    But now we see who is greedy, Donville’s greed and lust to become prime minister is now on full display, the lengths he would go to sell out bajans..the lenghths he would go to enrich the minority community leaving his own people to struggle…imagine those intentions in the mind of someone who is aching to become prime minister…yall think it’s bad now, just make a mistake and allow that beast to become prime minister.

  20. Donna Avatar
    Donna

    Yes, Valton Benn gets complaints. They are sorted out if they aren’t too much trouble. There is a publication that gives the information. But in some cases………….

  21. Well Well & Consequences Avatar
    Well Well & Consequences

    Donna..I experienced the same as have most people on the island….it’s a negative aura that’s passes on from generation to generation. .never mind they need your patronage to get a monthly, weekly or biweekly slary….the negativity in their minds will never allow them to give you, a black person like them, a positive response for anything.

  22. Donna Avatar
    Donna

    Well Well,

    Have you got the evidence in this case to back your comments up?

  23. Well Well & Consequences Avatar
    Well Well & Consequences

    that’s passed….

  24. Well Well & Consequences Avatar
    Well Well & Consequences

    Donna…we would be on here talking about these things for years…Donville will be publicy, in the newspapers talking about clico policyholders deserve to lose their money….check the nation archives..

    Inniss has for the past 2 days swore that there were no illegal entry of anything, re chicken wings….check todays newspapers and see Chris Sinckler disputing Inniss’ lies….I already posted it to 2 or 3 links….look for them..

    Dont even try to play lawyer or judge with me…look for the information, it’s there.

  25. Sunshine Sunny Shine Avatar
    Sunshine Sunny Shine

    Wait I missing something here. Wuh I thought that everybody understood clearly that the DLP are rank and file liars. They are all captains and so they speak out of context and contradict each other. That is as clear as jobby.

  26. Gabriel Avatar
    Gabriel

    I am left to wonder if it wasn’t a bad day when Barrow changed the Constitution and took away the authority and independence of the Public Services Commission to appoint and/or disappoint all public servants with exceptions like the Police and Teachers at that time which had their own superior body.In all cases the final arbiter was the GG.Now with statutory bodies the final arbiter must be the Courts however you have to wait and wait and wait.Barbados has witnessed such a decline in morals that a lawyer ‘put’ the chief judicial officer in court and a big able QC skin his posterior at a diminutive lady judge and nothing came of it.If either had done it to Graveney,their asses would be Dodds on remand for a few days then brought back down and given a hearing and a sentence without bail.

  27. Well Well & Consequences Avatar
    Well Well & Consequences

    SSS…some people like to challenge, when they do, the onus is on them to prove me wrong I don’t sweat it.

    I just wait for them to prove me wrong…lol

    I suspect there is noe a power play…..elections ain’t that far off…Donville was telling lies to the public for 2 days, he was up and down the newspapers we all knew that, but Sinckler came out and proved him a liar…we shall see what we shall see…lol

  28. Artax Avatar
    Artax

    Caswell Franklyn wrote:

    “Caswell Franklyn June 16, 2016 at 10:32 PM #: Donville is feeling the heat. I see a cabinet reshuffle in his future with him being shuffled to the backbench. Well that is what any PM with balls would do since Inniss is fast becoming an embarrassment to the DLP and to cabinet government.”

    Each time Donville Inniss speaks on issues, he legitimizes the title “Outspoken Minister” the media has now bestowed upon him.

    If we seek to analyse the rationale behind Donville’s outbursts, we can immediately arrive at two conclusions:

    1) Donville has recognized that his DLP is incapable of ADHERING to the PRINCIPLES of “good governance” as outlined in their 2008 election manifesto and as such, he is not satisfied with the leadership style of Freundel Stuart.

    2) The DLP is NOT as UNITED as they want Barbadians to believe.

  29. Sunshine Sunny Shine Avatar
    Sunshine Sunny Shine

    You know it just dawns on me, WWC that though all the evidence shows clearly Barbados dipping drastically in the realm of immoral and proper governance that these DLP liars believe that they are on top of things and that the island’s affairs are in good hands. They bold is france with their lies, cover ups and defence, though. Not scared at all to defend the business persons who have paved the way for them to enjoy the nice little gift packs they receive from time to time.

    David I still can’t believe Donville Inniss come on BU. Wuh em got to be real.

  30. Violet C Beckles Avatar
    Violet C Beckles

    You all are now waking up , but these crooks, liars and scumbags have been at this for a long time, Its takes 30 years to see lies when the same crooks take turns, this is small to see what will come next , when the house of cards all fall down with the massive land fraud,keep watching , BLP and DLP and the DBLP government , Wait till the whiteboys start to talk you may think you were better off under slavery than the Uncle Toms you have in this Bought and Sold Government in Barbados, Beatrice Henry and family will show up all, from the LAND up,
    Police, Ministers, lawyers, Judges , history books, wait for it, wait for the Audit , Audit Audit, wait till you see where all your TAX and VAT went . none will care about Panama Papers when Barbados Papers is much better,

  31. Well Well & Consequences Avatar
    Well Well & Consequences

    Lol…SSS, I believe Donville used to be on BU before, but he left when commenters became too outspoken, he was looking to recruit pimps like the ACs and Alvins, but it did not quite work out….

    He probably realized he overstepped his boundaries defending business people who break the law, which means he is not on the same page as the prime minister and definitely not on the side of the taxpayers who have to pay out billions of dollars for these arrogant ministers and business people’s cockup….the taxpayers keep losing and Donville prefer sit with the minority business people than with his fellow ministers…he is forgetting or don’t care that he needs the majority black pople and not the minority white and indian business people, there aint enough of them….to be reelected.

    Would it not be nice to see Inniss kissing Fruendel and Sinckler in tomorrow’s newspapers…lol

  32. Colonel Buggy Avatar
    Colonel Buggy

    Be reminded t that some of the yardfowls at a DLP constituency meeting,shortly after the DLP regained power in 2008, booed Brandford Taitt. I suppose the old stalwarts are keeping well upwind of this lot. Sir Philip is now acting as GG , I am surprised that Sir Marston was not given the acting GG pick.

  33. David Avatar
    David

    @SSS

    If you do a search of the comments Minister Inniss commented around the time he floated the idea of a new hospital at Kingsland.

  34. Alvin Cummins Avatar
    Alvin Cummins

    Colonel Buggy,
    Check your facts and stop trying to spread false information.

  35. Hants Avatar
    Hants

    ” I came into politics without friends and I will leave without friends if I have to.”

    So if he has no friends why is he in politics?

    Maybe he trying to shake up tings an wake up de PM.

  36. millertheanunnaki Avatar
    millertheanunnaki

    @ Well Well & Consequences June 17, 2016 at 2:31 PM
    “…..elections ain’t that far off…Donville was telling lies to the public for 2 days, he was up and down the newspapers we all knew that, but Sinckler came out and proved him a liar…we shall see what we shall see…”

    When a liar tells a lie on another liar we can expect the Truth to be revealed. God must be having a good hearty laugh at these charlatans hiding within that deceitful lying party.

    If only the Don from Pornville could take a bribe and get Maloney to build that brand new hospital that was promised by the Minister of Health just prior to the 2013 elections all of the liar’s sins would be forgiven.

    We can just see the name of the new hospital emblazoned with the words: “The Maloney & Bjerkham Hospital dedicated to the poor of Barbados and funded by Taxpayers by means of a PPP arrangement privately arranged by Pornville c(O.)rrupt) Inniss”.

  37. Prodigal Son Avatar
    Prodigal Son

    @Sunshine Sunny Shine June 17, 2016 at 12:53 PM #

    @David

    Is that the real Donville Inniss posting here? Because it is, you know that the matter got to be very serious and not easily covered up for him to grace BU with his name and commentary. Anyway, if it is really Donville Inniss, please clear your name and tell all what is your relationship with Mark Maloney. Word on the street, oops let me rephrase, the word making the cyber rounds is that you took the Mark Maloney bribe and now you cannot speak against him. Is that true Sir Inniss.
    …………………………………………………………

    SSS

    I dont know if what I heard making the rounds on the cocktail circuit after the 2013 election ties into what you are hearing.

    It is alleged that someone called George Street in a panic on election day saying the person was in trouble, needed urgent help, as the person said “I cannot loose my seat”. The man we call a blasted liar was alleged to have said….dont despair, reinforcement is on the way……..we can only guess as to what type of reinforcement was sent.

    This is what I heard at a cocktail party where many were in still in shock that these dems were able to pull off a victory!

  38. Well Well & Consequences Avatar
    Well Well & Consequences

    Lol…Donville jumped in the newspapers recently talking about taxpayer’s money was invested in Apes Hill, I wonder if he told Fruendel, I know he said nothing to the taxpayers, whose money it is, before giving it to Cow and Bizzy.

    Now sometime ago certain people had a conversation during dinner and talk about this hospital being built up Apes Hill came up….now we are left to wonder and are free to speculate…is it taxpayer’s money going to build this Apes Hill hospital…and if true can people from Orleans, Chapman Lane, Black Rock and the surrounding areas present themselves to this hospital.

    Why the hell would ministers of government continually take the taxpayer’s money and give it away to Cow, Bizzy, Maloney, Bjerkham et al…..so far it’s not the taxpayers benefitting from this arrangement, why do these emptyheaded jackasses for ministers keep doing it…..and they always “feel the pain” of the minority business people, but never feel the pain of the majority whose votes they depend on to elect them…..

    Some years ago I remember Mia sucking up to the hoteliers talking about “she feel their pain”…..same hoteliers who never paid back their loans…or taxes or vat……how is it that politicians cannot feel the pain of the majority whose numbers they need to be elected.

  39. Well Well & Consequences Avatar
    Well Well & Consequences

    Prodigal….I heard the same thing from several different sources, everyone cannot be lying. Ya would think because he only barely squeaked by last elections because the people don’t trust him and the person he called was able to share out bags of money…..he would pay more attention to his constituents and make sure they are looked after, roads are fixed, young people have jobs…but no, he reverted to the same old arrogance……got new friends after election, but they are not enough to get him reelected…I hope the police will be on the look out for the vote buying this time around.

  40. Prodigal Son Avatar
    Prodigal Son

    @ David June 17, 2016 at 3:57 PM #

    @SSS

    If you do a search of the comments Minister Inniss commented around the time he floated the idea of a new hospital at Kingsland.
    …………………………………………

    Donville is can be termed what our old folk would call a “moutha”…….speaks unadvisedly on any and every thing.

    When he flew this kite about building a new hospital at Kingsland, a few weeks later I happened to be in a meeting with senior health officilas and I asked one about the new developments.

    The person laughed and told me that the minister is full of hot air.

    The person said that he must have woken up the morning and decided to put that lie out there.

    The person also said that there were no meetings held, no technocrats assembled, no plans drawn up, no architects, nothing.

    So we can judge him by this assessment from a civil servant….when you get to know civil servants, they do talk about these incompetent politicians!

  41. Hamilton Hill Avatar
    Hamilton Hill

    Like my man CARDINAL sung in the song Syncopators: De majority went UWI
    Study and get degree
    Just to come back out LIE to we.
    Lie,Lie Lie Donville we pun BU know you.
    How long? Not long….That one day is coming soon….

  42. Sunshine Sunny Shine Avatar
    Sunshine Sunny Shine

    Prodigal Son

    Me got me a few sources too and the word is not a pretty picture being painted of Donville Inniss. There is also the allege gossip that Freundel and his ”merry men” have determined that they will not win the next general elections and so cash in is there new buzz word.

  43. Gabriel Avatar
    Gabriel

    Adriel Brathwaite is another one that can really shut up.He see people buying and selling votes and only talk about it.Did nothing! Then he talk about checking to see if Mia got the right papers to appear at the bar.Talked about it in Parliament.Did nothing!Today he talking about security at the courts.As Pillie point out.The security just to make sure men shirt tail tuck in and they in long pants and shoes.They never search for weapon.We waiting to see the AG act.Mark my word,unless the attorneys and those on the bench wring his hands,nothing will happen.

  44. David Avatar
    David

    Good Morning ‪#‎realdreamchasers‬! We’ve made it to the end of another week. Give thanks. Here is your daily newscap.

    FREUNDEL LAMENTS US KILLINGS – Prime Minister Freundel Stuart has extended sympathy to the President of the United States, Barack Obama, over the loss of innocent lives, occasioned by “an evil and brutal act of terror” in Orlando, Florida over the weekend.The massacre happened on Latin night at the Pulse nightclub in the heart of Orlando, a city best known for its theme parks.The gunman, identified as Omar Mateen, a 29-year-old security guard who was born in New York to Afghan parents, opened fire inside the crowded gay nightclub early Sunday, leaving at least 49 people dead in the worst mass shooting in modern US history.In correspondence sent to the US President, Stuart said: “Barbados, like other peace-loving and free societies, repudiates such barbarity and the affront to human dignity.“I am confident that the resilience of the American people will serve them in good stead as they seek to recover from this outrageous deed.”Stuart said that at this time of sorrow and mourning, the Government and people of Barbados were praying for the bereaved and for the safety of the people of the US.

    SCANNERS, CCTV OPTION FOR SCHOOLS – SCANNING DEVICES AND closed-circuit television cameras in schools are just two of the recommendations a security organisation will be sending to the Ministry of Education in a matter of weeks. The recommendations are coming from the Caribbean Association of Security Professionals (CASP), the board members of which held a news conference yesterday.Chairman of CASP, Oral Reid, said members of the board met president of the Barbados Union of Teachers, Pedro Shepherd, and as a result “we are now fully informed with regard to some of the challenges which exist within the school environment and the challenges which members of the teaching population have been exposed to and (have) experienced over time”.

    BAD CHEQUES – PEOPLE WITH NO MONEY in their bank accounts have written more than a $150 000 in worthless cheques to the Carlton and Emerald City supermarkets over the past four years. And with no seeming end to the situation, Andrew Bynoe, owner of the two popular retail entities, has taken the drastic step of ending the acceptance of personal cheques. Bynoe told the WEEKEND NATION yesterday that from July 1, only people pre-approved by the retailer would be allowed to offer cheques as a form of payment for groceries from the outlets located at Black Rock, St Michael and Six Roads, St Philip.“Our preferred method of payment will be cash, credit cards and debit cards . . . . The reason why we have to move away from personal cheques is because too many cheques are being returned these days and it is a high cost to the business,” the supermarket owner explained.

    UWI COUNTS LOSS – A local credit union is counting a financial loss associated with its investment in Arawak Cement Limited (ACL).UWI (Cave Hill) Co-operative Credit Union Limited, which recently held its annual general meeting, reported the $137 107 impairment in its 2015 annual report.President Jennifer Hinkson, speaking on behalf of the board of directors, said the loss was related to investments made through the then Barbados National Bank (now Republic Bank) Finance And Trust in ACL bonds”.“In June 2006, the credit union invested in an ACL bond through BNB Finance Trust. The amount of the investment was $225 000 at an interest rate of 10.25 per cent. In January 2007, a further $468 750 was made in a second tranche of the bond at an interest rate of 11.20 per cent,” she explained.

    PROBE INTO IMPORTED GOOD RACKET – A SELECT GROUP of business people in Barbados with connections in the Customs and Excise Department is fleecing the Treasury of substantial amounts of tax revenue and making it extremely hard for some legitimate importers and distributors to get their products sold. Yesterday morning Minister of Finance Chris Sinckler confirmed he had received a “legitimate complaint” from one of the badly affected companies, Bryden Stokes, and just three days ago had raised it at a meeting that was attended by officials in the manufacturing and small business sectors as well as customs. WEEKEND NATION investigation revealed that one of the major culprits was an officer of the customs department who was connected to a company that imported items such as Bounty paper products, Pringles snacks and Monster energy drink, all of which attract duty in excess of 100 per cent, but which were being sold at prices “that do not reflect this imposition”.

    NO PERMITS – Many of the vendors seeking permission to ply their trade along The City streets will be sorely disappointed, with the Ministry of Agriculture warning some will not be accommodated. Officials from the ministry, along with members of the Barbados Association of Retailers and Vendors (BARVEN), toured sections of Bridgetown that traditionally attract a large number of vendors, as the ministry seeks to exercise greater control.Manager of Markets in the Ministry of Agriculture Sherlock King said there were not set limits to the number of permits issued per street. However, he said there were several factors that could lead to a rise or fall in the number approved over time. The tour allowed the authorities to hear the vendors’ concerns in order to formulate solutions “to the benefit of everybody”, King explained.It was not meant to prevent vendors from conducting business but to ensure there was a more “regulated environment in which vendors can operate without fear of prosecution or criminalization”, he insisted.He said the top brass of the ministry would discuss today’s findings “as quickly as possible” before making a decision on the number of permits to be issued.

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    ARAWAK MEETS RESIDENTS -RELATIONS BETWEEN RESIDENTS of Bromefield, St Lucy, and their industrial neighbour Arawak Cement Company appear to be improving. Last Saturday the top brass of the company sat down with more than two dozen residents who had been complaining for months about dust that had been invading their homes and hurting their health as a result of a limestone quarry Arawak opened upwind of their homes last year.According to spokesperson for the residents Olivia Thornhill, the Arawak team was led by general manager Manuel Toro and included officials from its environment and safety, human resources and public relations teams and the issues covered included general health complaints and a reduced standard of living caused by the dust.She said several residents again complained that they continued to suffer from bouts of asthma, difficulty breathing, sore throat and other respiratory matters.

    OLD WOMAN SLEEPING OUTSIDE OF QEH – THERE WAS AN old woman who slept outside the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH). However, whether she has any children – much less so many she did not know what to do with – is unknown. Unlike the nursery rhyme, however, all may not end well for the woman as she may be showing signs of mental instability.The woman, who may be named Doreen, has apparently been making the Accident and Emergency (A&E) Department of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital as her home at night for the past decade.She can be spotted there late at night sweeping the surroundings and keeping the area clean. Normally this is a good thing but the woman then spends the night in a box near the entrance, much to the surprise and concern of those at the A&E.

    HEAR US – There will be a heavier police presence in the Brittons Hill, St Michael community following a request from residents.This afternoon, when police officers walked through Valery, Brittons Hill, residents complained about the influx of drugs and firearms, and called for more police surveillance.Senior Superintendent Eucklyn Thompson agreed that there must be greater interaction between police and residents, promising that the Royal Barbados Police Force would step up its presence there.“Some [residents] said to me that they want to have a greater police presence and that has to be examined; and everything would be done to ensure that that happens,” Thompson told journalists.“You have heard too that some of the issues within this community really are not within the bosom of the residents; that they are people who are coming in and creating difficulties. So that too has to be looked at. In fact we encourage people to feed us with the requisite information.”

    FIRE – A young Water Hall Land, St Michael man was rendered homeless today after an early morning fire consumed his home.Tourism worker Corey Brewster lost all his possessions in the blaze, which started around 8 a.m. The fire also destroyed an adjacent one-bedroom house, caused slight damage to another, owned by 99-year-old Rosalie Bailey, and extensively damaged a car that was parked in front of Brewster’s home.The 29-year-old Brewster was not at home when the fire started, but got there in time to see his home being consumed by the flames.He said he attempted to save some of the contents, however, the heat and billowing smoke proved too much for him.“I feel lost, just like the house,” the young man, still in disbelief, said yesterday afternoon as he watched the charred rubble.“I loss everything, even the dog dead. I even had lumber in there that I buy to do some small repairs. I had paint, a brand new marble counter, sinks, bathroom fittings that ain’t get installed yet,” he lamented. It was just in late February this year that Minister of Social Transformation Steve Blackett handed over the $75,000 house to Bailey under the Poverty Alleviation and Reduction Programme. Bailey’s granddaughter Caroline, who lives at the house with two of her sons, wept bitterly at the scene this morning. She later collapsed and had to be taken by ambulance to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital for medical attention.This afternoon, Bailey sat in her dining room, thanking God for sparing her home. Just after nine, ten fire officers under the command of Divisional Officer Ormond Fenty brought the fire under control. Two fire tenders and one water tanker were deployed to extinguish the blaze.

    COMMUNITIES ROCKED BY SUDDEN DEATH – One moment fisherman Peter Holder was “drinking two beers” and having fun with his friends at Seaside Bar in Bathsheba, St Joseph, the next second, Holder, in his sixties, was dead. Dead is 52-year-old Joel Clarke, assistant supervisor at Consett Bay Fish Market for the last six years.It was not immediately known how the father of two, who resided in Cave Hill, St Michael with his wife, died.

    MAN COLLAPSES AND DIES – The sadness that 21-year-old Leandra Trotman felt this morning as she boarded a flight bound for Jamaica was nothing compared to the shattering pain she would endure just a few hours later.Leandra and her father, 56-year-old Sylvester Trotman, said their goodbyes last night because he had to work this morning and would not have been able to see her off as she left to pursue studies at the Mona Campus of the University of the West Indies.Having arrived safely, the young woman was in her dorm this evening when she received the devastating news from her mother Joycelyn Trotman, that the man who saw her as his world had collapsed and died moments earlier at Belle Gully, St Michael, just a short distance from home. “One of the last things Leandra told her father is that she loved him, and he said, ‘I love you too sweetie’. That child was his world.“He loved that daughter immensely. She was his heart. This is so sad. I am shocked,” Trotman’s cousin Ivan Foderingham said at the scene. Trotman, an employee at Cost U Less, was on his way home from work and had stopped to talk to the shopkeeper at Kaieteur Bar when he died.His elderly parents Winfield and Carma Jordan were among the first to arrive at the scene and the mother insisted she would not leave. Relatives attempted to console her as she cried openly over the loss of the son who lived with her. No one appeared more bemused than the shopkeeper who had a difficult time grasping what had happened. The shopkeeper, who asked that he not be identified, said it was about 6 p.m. that he and Trotman were engaged in conversation. He was sitting at the shop’s door and Trotman was standing outside. They had spoken for about two minutes when the 56-year-old went quiet. The dead man’s brother Carlisle Trotman also left the island today, and was given the heartbreaking news while in the United States. His nieces Krystal and Natheisha were also visibly shaken, especially Natheisha, who spent some time bonding with her uncle last night.Residents described Trotman as a friendly and quiet neighbour who loved gardening and spent a lot of time at it.Members of the St Barnabas Anglican Church where Trotman was a member of the choir and driver of the church bus, gathered at the scene, offering words of comfort to the family. Church warden Michael Beckles said Trotman was an active member. He attended service every night last week during the annual patronal festival, Beckles said. Trotman was the fifth person to have died suddenly in Barbados this week.

    CLASH OVER RENT MONEY – ACCUSATIONS, recriminations, allegations and insults flew as two women clashed in Stuart Land, Savannah Road, Bush Hall, St Michael, yesterday.Their dispute was over a rented house in the neighbourhood, the windows of which were broken around 5 p.m. Wednesday afternoon.As one woman accused and the other rebuked in the name of God, police from District “A” were investigating to find out who actually shattered the glass in every roadside window of the house.Marlene Elliott, the daughter of 74-year-old Carlton Stuart, who lives in the United States and who owns the house and a number of others in the neighbourhood, accused tenant Patricia Eversley of paying someone to break the windows.

    GUN SCARE AT COURT – A ROUTINE STOP by a security guard yesterday uncovered a chilling attempt by a young man to slip into the District A magistrates’ court precincts with a loaded 9mm gun. The firearm, reportedly tucked between the man’s leg and buttocks, led to the alarming unmasking of an apparent revenge plot that may be connected to the recent fatal gunplay linked to the Brittons Hill, St Michael district, police sources said.The discovery sent the court and police into high alert with court administrators rushing to address nervous office staff about their fears over the lack of security within the precincts.The 21-year-old armed man identified as Shaquille Rasheed Greenidge was able to get slightly beyond the Coleridge Street gates of the court when the security officer stopped him to enforce the strict dress code. He had been casually dressed in three-quarter “cut-up” jeans and a white T-shirt and resisted the guard’s attempt to deny him entry.

    COURT WORRY – A tragedy waiting to happen!That’s was the reaction of one prominent attorney and former President of the Barbados Bar Association to today’s worrying incident, which occurred on the precincts of the District “A” Magistrates’ Court on Coleridge Street, The City. Up to late tonight, police were yet to confirm the identify of the court offender, but attorney-at-law Wilfred Abrahams, who is also an Opposition Barbados Labour Party Senator, said that based on the information he had been able to glean privately about the incident, he was worried that one of the main places of work might not be safe.Abrahams said he had been informed that the main reason the man was not allowed into the compound was that he wore short pants, and not because he was carrying a loaded weapon.While giving kudos to the security guard who eventually discovered the firearm, Abrahams said today’s disturbing event highlights “some inherent weaknesses” in the court’s security system, as he went on to compare the situation at the magistrate’s court with that at the island’s main judicial building, the Supreme Court. The attorney further cautioned that there was a similar security weakness at the gate leading into the Central Police Station “where if you are coming through to go to the police canteen, you can just walk through that gate without being searched once again”.He further took issue with the current procedure whereby “persons in custody are walked across the courtyard within touching distance of their family, friends, supporters or people who might wish to do them harm, or try to rescue them”, saying, “It is unacceptable”.In light of today’s “scare”, he said it was time for the authorities to face up to the reality that criminals in the country were getting daring, while suggesting that at least some of the police officers working in court compounds should be armed. With police and other judicial officials and staff tightlipped about the investigation, Abrahams stressed that “had that [man] not been wearing a short pants, Lord alone knows what would have happened! That’s the only reason he got stopped.

    BACK IN COURT – THE MAN CHARGED in connection with the hit-and-run of a schoolgirl was remanded overnight. Derrick Sherland Nowell, 43, of Battaleys, St Peter, will reappear in the Holetown Magistrates’ Court this morning on seven charges in relation to the accident along the Speightstown By-Pass Road, St Peter, in which Zawadi Gilkes, 13, was struck. On Wednesday Gilkes was left bruised and bloodied at the scene. Nowell was charged with failing to stop at an accident; driving without due care and reasonable consideration; having no tax, no insurance, no valid driver’s licence; failing to register a vehicle; and fraudulent use of number plates.

    17 CHARGES – A St Michael man, charged with a string of offences involving the theft of bangles valued at over $17, 000, was remanded to HMP Dodds today after appearing in the District “A” Magistrates’ Court.Shamar Renaldo Welch, of Rockhampton Road, Grazettes, St Michael, is facing a total of 11 counts of theft, across three parishes – Christ Church, St Michael and St Peter.Welch, 27, pleaded not guilty to the charges when he appeared before Magistrate Kristie Cuffy-Sargeant in the No.2 Court.The charges are: stealing one bangle belonging to Monica Scantlebury worth $1, 000 on June 2, 2016; one bangle belonging to Monica Barrow on March 14, 2016; two bangles belonging to Margst Odwin worth $2, 000 and a bracelet worth $300 on April 13, 2016; a $400 bangle belonging to Eudene Brathwaite on April 16, 2016; two bangles belonging to Cheryl Agard worth $2, 000 on April 15, 2016; four bangles belonging to Daphne Hamblin valued at $4, 000 on April 29, 2016; two bangles belonging Glendora Kirton worth $2,000 on April 29, 2016; one $150 bangle belonging to Marlene Sealy on May 23, 2016; a pair of bangles belonging to Genevese Corbin worth $1, 400 on June 7, 2016; two bangles belonging to Glendine Browne worth $3, 000 on April 1, 2016 and two bangles belonging to Francia Husbands worth $1, 200 on May 3, 2016.Prosecutor Station Sergeant Janice Ifill objected to bail, citing the serious nature of the matter. She argued that if granted bail, the accused “will reoffend”.Applying for bail, the unemployed man said: “I believe everybody deserves a second chance at life, mam. I believe it’s a bailable offence.”Welch was remanded until July 14, 2016.

    THREE FINED FOR CANNABIS – Three men were today slapped with fines on separate charges of illegal possession of cannabis.Andre Ryan Oneal Headley, who pleaded guilty, will have to dig deep in his pocket for $4,000 to be paid over the next month.The 37-year-old carpenter of Odessa McClean Avenue, My Lords Hill, St Michael was charged yesterday. Headley was ordered to pay the District “A” Magistrates’ Court $2, 000 on the charge of possession of cannabis and a further $2, 000 for the cultivation of cannabis plants.He was reprimanded and discharged on the charges of possession, possession with intent to supply and trafficking.He was ordered by presiding Magistrate Kristy Cuffy- Sargeant to return to court on July 22, 2016 to present his receipts as proof of payment of the fines.Also appearing before the District “A” No.2 Court was Leroy Andre Lynch who was charged today.He too pleaded guilty.Lynch was fined $1, 500 to be paid in one month or two months imprisonment for possession of cannabis.He was reprimanded and discharged on possession with intent to supply and trafficking charges.The 36-year-old #49 St Ann’s Road, The Pine, St Michael resident must return on July 22, 2016 to show his receipt to Magistrate Kristie Cuffy-Sargeant. Meantime, Omar Elvis Francis was found guilty in the No.1 District “A” Magistrates’ Court.The 25-year-old of Gills Road, Dayrells Road, St Michael was charged on May 14, 2013 for possession, possession with intent to supply, trafficking and the cultivation of cannabis.When he appeared before Magistrate Douglas Frederick today, Francis was fined $3, 000 to be paid in four months or six months imprisonment.He was convicted, reprimanded and discharged on all the other charges.

    THREATS TO KILL – Paul Henderson Cox is facing a charge of using threatening words towards Ricardo Greaves.However, when he initially appeared in the District “A” Magistrates’ Court yesterday, he pleaded not guilty to the offence.Cox reportedly uttered the words, “I gine kill you” to Greaves, which caused the complainant to believe that “immediate unlawful violence would be used against him”.Cox appeared before Magistrate Kristie Cuffy-Sargeant and was granted $2,000 bail with one surety.The 45-year-old Wilkinson Road, Richmond Gap, St Michael resident, who returns to court on August 11, 2016, was ordered to stay away from Greaves in the meantime.

    CRICKETERS PAY RESPECT -SCORES of youth cricketers and dozens of senior players converged at the Seventh Day Adventist Church, next to Ellerslie School in Black Rock, St Michael yesterday for the funeral service of Victor Springer, father of Barbados and West Indies Under-19 all-rounder Shamar Springer. Present and past Combermere cricketers, headed by Barbados captain Kraigg Brathwaite and his West Indies’ teammate Jomel Warrican as well as first-class players Kevin Stoute, Kyle Mayers and Justin Greaves were among those paying their last respects.Several work colleagues from the Transport Board, where the deceased was employed for many years as well as of the Barbados Cricket Association’s officials Stephen Leslie and Roxanne Forte, national Under-19 coach Dexter Toppin and chairman of the youth selection panel, Elvis Howard, also attended the service.Officiating Pastor Dayle Haynes delivered the sermon while tributes were given by Shamar Springer and Felicia Sue of the Transport Board.

    ARTHUR SMJITH & CHARLES F. BROOME MAKE SEMIS – Arthur Smith and Charles F Broome are through to the semi-finals of the BICO-sponsored National Sports Council’s Primary Schools Football TournamentToday at the National Stadium Arthur Smith comfortably defeated Blackman & Gollop 4-0. Arthur Smith led 2-0 at the half-time whistle and doubled their score in the second period thanks to the efforts of Tremar Cox and Javon Hurdle who both scored two goals. While Jaheem Wilson had very little to do between Arthur Smith’s uprights, Blackman & Gollop’s custodian Aton Holder was among the busiest on the field, but still did well to keep the tally down to four.In the second quarterfinal, Charles F Broome had a tough tussle with Deacons Primary before edging them 2-1 in an exciting match. The winners had the speedy Khalil Vanderpool-Nurse to thank for their win and his performance was a continuation of the form he has shown throughout the tournament. He netted both goals for Charles F Broome, inclusive of a penalty. Keshawn Smith scored for Deacons. Charles F Broome led the encounter 1-0 at halftime.

    UWI BLACKBIRDS SOAR – University of the West Indies (UWI) Blackbirds are the Barbados Netball Association’s double crown champions.Last night at the Netball Stadium in drizzling rain UWI baptized Newbury All Stars 68-22 to capture their first ever BNA Division One League title. The winners led 15-6, 27-14 and 49-16 after three periods.That win has now taken the uncatchable Blackbirds to a total of 40 points after playing eight matches with two games left to play against Pine Hill St Barnabas and Guardian Group Pride of Villa.

    COACHES DROPPED – SWEEPING CHANGES have been made to the coaching staff of teams in the upcoming Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL). Investigations have revealed that eight of the 12 coaches attached to the six franchises last season have been replaced for the June 29 to August 7 tournament.Among those making way are former West Indies fast bowler Curtly Ambrose, former West Indies captain Carl Hooper and former West Indies assistant coaches Hendy Springer and David Williams.Contacted yesterday for the thinking behind the high number of changes, CPL head of public relations and communications Peter Breen explained that unlike previous seasons the franchises had been given the option of selecting their own team operations units.

    PUMA PRIDE – USAIN BOLT’s brand is now also running with Bajan track and field. The best of Barbadian athletics will be decked out in PUMA for the upcoming Rio Olympics, as the Athletics Association of Barbados (AAB) signed a partnership with the global sporting brand. Under the deal, local athletes will receive gear for the next three major summer championships.News of the big sponsorship broke yesterday after PUMA announced the partnership and revealed the details of the apparel deal.“PUMA is synonymous with track and field in the Caribbean, we’re proud to now be part of that story,” said AAB president Catherine Jordan. “There’s a real personality and ambition with how PUMA works in the sport, also represented in the performance qualities of its apparel that come with a real style and flair in colour and design.

    That’s all for today folks. Try to do something good for someone today. There are people out there under immense stress. To whom much is given much is expected. Pay it forward! Have a great day. 🙂 Shalom <3 Steph.

  45. Donna Avatar
    Donna

    Well Well,

    Never assume you know what my motives are. You will, more often than not, be wrong. I asked because I wanted to know. I am not aware of any scandal besides the porn.

    SSS,

    What you are missing is that I like to have evidence to back these things up. I do not jump on any bandwagon even if your lovely self is on it unless I check it out for myself.

  46. Pieceuhderockyeahright Avatar
    Pieceuhderockyeahright

    http://imgur.com/JIJNBlQ

  47. Well Well & Consequences Avatar
    Well Well & Consequences

    Donna…I was real serious when I told you the information is there…look for it, I did realize you have not been following the comments in the links…I catch up with the comments first by reading everything on the link, because most times, links are posted with comments and evidence of ministers telling lies and making asses of themselves.

    Piece…. I gotta tell, Donville is minister of small business….he should be encouraging the young males to start there own businesses, creat their own wealth so they wont have to be going to the Bizzys, Cows, Maloneys, Tempros, Bjerkhams and becoming dependant on them for jobs only to be used as bait to enable them to break the island’s laws, just to keep a job….

    instead of Donville encouraging self-sufficiency in young people, in his own people, he has spent the last 7 years pimping behind those he considers big business people, but in reality are only parasites on the treasury…7 wasted years…4 as health minister, 3 holding a business portfolio…..he should be showing us 200 young people who have successful busineses because of his intervention..and dont have to go to the minorities for a job…..at least another 100 older people who are also independent of having to go to the minorities for a job…..but no, he got nothing to show but arrogance.

    But these are the same people he will have to face and beg for votes soon.

  48. Pieceuhderockyeahright Avatar
    Pieceuhderockyeahright

    @ Well Well

    But therein you are wrong.

    You stated “But these are the same people he will have to face and beg for votes soon.”

    That is very wrong and Pornville in his interview, gives us a preface of how he perceives those same people.

    He does not want any friends from any of them or us.

    He is set for life so there is no need for him to be beholden to a man.

    He is not like Patrick Todd who I am reliably informed by others more knowledgeable that me, is penniless the day after he is paid his $15,000 a month.

    They know that they are going home so, like the devil, the Demonic Lying Party knows their time is short so they will run around and do everything to line their pockets.

    This group WILL NEVER WALK INTO THE HoA again, mark my words

  49. Well Well & Consequences Avatar
    Well Well & Consequences

    Piece….that is indeed good news….let them go work for the Cows, Bizzys, Maloneys, Bjerkhams, Parris’ and Harris’….the same parasites they believe are better than the majority population.

  50. Well Well & Consequences Avatar
    Well Well & Consequences

    And don’t forget…another piece of scum politician Lionel Craig boasted he will never be broke again…back in the 70s, he is now dust and paid for his mouth.

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