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Walter Blackman - Actuary and Social Commentator
Walter Blackman – Actuary and Social Commentator

Walter Blackman the doyen of talk radio of the 90s is back!

An actuary by training who honed his skills in the business environment of North America for the past 21 years has returned to Barbados to establish a business of his vocation. Of note to the BU family is that he has declared an interest in being a member of the Democratic Labour Party (DLP) by throwing his hat in the ring to be considered as a candidate in the next general election.

 Here is a comment posted to Barbados Underground by Walter Blackman on the 29 June 2016.

I have always put my actuarial profession ahead of politics.

In 1995, I left Barbados with the objective of acquiring 20 years of actuarial experience in the USA. I intended to use that experience to provide quality actuarial services on my return to Barbados, which turned out to be 2016. 21 years. The timing of my return was strictly professional.

I incorporated an actuarial consulting company in Barbados called Actreks Partners. I have now assumed the role of President & CEO and am in the process of building this company.

A lot of Barbadian business owners are moving towards retirement and are not setting aside enough funds to adequately provide for their retirement needs. I design pension plans for business owners and advise them how much money they can contribute to the pension fund yearly. The contributions they make to their pension plans enable them to minimize or eliminate the company’s corporation tax.

Besides designing pension plans, Actreks Partners will be providing a suite of services, including risk management and business consulting, to businesses and Government.

If my company is successful, I would be creating long-term, sustainable, white collar jobs for Barbadians. All I want you to do is wish me luck on that one, rather than talking about going back to “Murica”.

On the political front, you are hinting that I am committing political suicide by sticking with the DLP, whilst Are-we-there-yet, believes that, like clockwork, my mind is systematically ticking and carving out a path that leads to becoming prime minister. These considerations have not even entered my mind.

This is how I see it:
If the DLP wins, I have to work.
If the BLP wins, I have to work.

It has always been that way for me. I hope you understand why I am not interested in hopping on a bandwagon…

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521 responses to “Walter Blackman is BACK!”

  1. pieceuhderockyeahright Avatar
    pieceuhderockyeahright

    @ Watchman

    Policeman or Military?

    You phased through those weapons with ease

    A Walther PPK will date you to be 60 – 75? Thompson would give you similar carbon dating.

    One is a german weapon that rarely “stuck” the other an American weapon circa WWi?

    Armourer?

    You know Don, and his modus so that puts you in the older bracket.

    I need to ask Artaxerxes or I Brathwaite where they go to find the specific content of their searches which allow a person to “see” more of your comments and possibly “more” of you bloggers who have been here in cyberspace and here on this Rock/planet for some time.

    Is this for you a battle where, based on the things that you have seen in your lifetime, is it possible for us to fight and win, or like Solomon, do you also advise that all that we do here is “vanity and vexation of the Spirit?”

    Sometime I just wonder if as a national penguin (lololol) being grounded on this Rock, does having hope make any sense?

    Look at us here in this space proposing and countering with some brilliant repartees while men sit and scheme at diner tables at Joseph’s and in their Plantation homes on how to bribe and corrupt our easily corruptible leaders WHILE, not 10 minutes drive from there, my black brothers smoke and drink and stab and shoot each other to death.

    Seems futile to me doesnt it Watchman?

  2. Simple Simon Avatar
    Simple Simon

    So whatever became of Don Blackman. Is he alive/dead? rich/poor? Happy/unhappy? Living on Barbados/living abroad?

  3. ac Avatar
    ac

    PDYR ///Walter really got you all tied up in little knots wuh ole man if you keep up at this high rate of searching and finding and now calling on all and sundry for help you might have a brain aneurysm
    better yet stick to DEM stupid cartoons

  4. William Skinner Avatar
    William Skinner

    Having read all the comments, I ask a very simple question: What is wrong with a Barbadian returning home , joining or supporting the political party of his choice and setting up a business for which he has the qualifications and experience? Would someone explain to me how this is controversial. As we approach fifty years of independence , why are we still so concerned with the rights of any individual exercising his or her democratic right to associate with the organisation of his or her choice? There are hundreds of Barbadians in the Diaspora, who will never return to give of their resources or expertise to our country and perhaps this negative reaction to them is one of the reasons they prefer to remain outside.
    Regardless of what differences we may have with an individual, I think that it is important that citizens with Walter Blackman’s qualifications and experience return to put their expertise for the benefit of the island. Setting up a business and employing others is a very important contribution. Sometimes we need to bury the political axes and look at the big picture.
    From this point of view I sincerely wish Walter all the best. At the end of the day, we are really all in this together and long after the political, intellectual ribbing is put aside , we still have a precious country to protect.

  5. watchman Avatar
    watchman

    @ pieceuhderockyeahright

    I know how things were in Barbados in 1973 under a EWB sick DLP government .in 1986 EWB was so out of touch with running Barbados that when the DLP won the first person he appointed was a hatchet man of civil service to get rid of some black persons in the CS, he thought did him a wrong, in 87 he dead, I also know that corruption was back then and always will be part of the DLP DMA, the Wal(h)ter PPK returned after a spent 21 rounds in the USA for an easy target in Barbados

  6. watchman Avatar
    watchman

    William Skinner
    To the point, Maloney employed people too , the PM and his Ministers are the best Barbados ever had too, Barbados is still precious ,but for who , not the suffering black people

  7. watchman Avatar
    watchman

    Tell the people who can’t pay BL&P bill , had to burn a candle that burn down the little house how precious Barbados is,

  8. Kammie Holder Avatar
    Kammie Holder

    @Heather @Walter, I am not interested in any political party until the die hards partisans and yardfowl babyboomers die off. Only when the millennials are in the majority will these two disgusting parties be sent to the everlasting political grave.

    A Non Aligned Movement with critical mass of persons who are interested in #AnewWay, better governance, ITAL, new defamation act and a FOIA is where my interest lies. The BDLP are not interested in changing laws to police each other for reasons best known to the BDLP.

    Unfortunately, no strong personalities such as Harold Rambo Blackman exist in either part as the leaders prefer hand pick candidates who are blind loyalist. Every bajan by now should that each political party in opposition patiently waits it turns while promoting free speech and open government until its elected as GOB. Both the DLP and BLP have prostituted the mandated trust at the expense of country for their party, yardfowls and backers.

    @Heather, the same keyboard warriors you think are supporting a third party will be the same ones who will be just too lazy to leave home to vote for a third party offering up many excuses. Let use todays high court ruling as a catalyst to bring GOBs to a christian understanding thru civil disobedience, protest and the court system.

    Tired of same circus different monkeys every 5 years in a very broken system. Let us also lobby for an elected senate and power of recall. #ANewWay #GraftAllegationsAtAnAllTimeHigh #HiddenCorruption #WeMustUncoverHiddenAssets

    We only have one Barbados and we must protect it!

  9. Well Well & Consequences Avatar
    Well Well & Consequences

    Skinner..ya know why many black bajans in the diaspora will refuse to return to Barbados to help with anything, because they are intelligent enough to know not to return to help the 2 political parties politicians and interchangeable government ministers protect them andvtge minorities, Bizzy, Ciw, Maloney, Bjerkham, Temoro etc in their bribery and corruption against the island and people…that’s called aiding and abetting…that has been happening for 59 years…the majority blacjs have no one to orotectbthem, it’s the minorities being pritected in all their criminality.

    Do not expect people who live outside of Barbados to be stupid,., do not insult their intelligence.

    This comment however does not take away from Walter’s efforts…he feels he can make a difference and has something to offer,

    You have a black government ignoring the constitution so they can violate the rights of the citizens, who wants to be part of a government who is renegade with a dictatorial, criminal mentality.

  10. Well Well & Consequences Avatar
    Well Well & Consequences

    Errors fixed…..

    Skinner..ya know why many black bajans in the diaspora will refuse to return to Barbados to help with anything, because they are intelligent enough to know not to return to help the 2 political parties politicians and interchangeable government ministers protect them and the minorities, Bizzy, Cow, Maloney, Bjerkham, Tempro, Harris, Parris, indians and syrians etc in their bribery and corruption against the island and people…that’s called aiding and abetting…that has been happening for 50 years…the majority blacks have no one to protect them from the cretins, it’s the minorities being protected in all their criminality.

  11. watchman Avatar
    watchman

    @ Kammie Holder

    You should remember Rambo Blackman returned to the DLP , what strong personalities?

  12. Old Baje Avatar
    Old Baje

    Apparently Bhana imported the wings without a license but is untouchable because he gives to both sides and is holding secrets for both sides. Amazing. And, by the way, if you can’t get town planning permission he is the man to see.

  13. balance Avatar
    balance

    “The NDP meetings attracted huge crowds, but like any other new political party, it had nothing to offer up front, only promises.”

    Wouldn’t or hasn’t that the standard operating procedure of all political parties moreso new ones. What else could you ask of them? they do not yet hold the purse strings. And having been confronted with that experience how can you now justify pledging allegiance to one who has consistently promised much and delivered nothing? Wheel and come again.

  14. balance Avatar
    balance

    “I watched those crowds and when I realized that the NDP had never provided an opportunity or a job for one single individual, the enormity of the political task hit home”

    Are you for real? sounds more like an excerpt out of Alice in wonderland. Read what you have written again. So the enormity of the task caused you to jump ship.

    why should I not believe that when you see the crowds and realize the enormity of the task that you would not lie down and play dead again.

    you better stick to your actuarial expertise before you make people lose more faith in you and the nastiness of the political system you now seek to join.

    No wonder the old established order is under threat from the likes of the La Pens, the Trumps, the Bernie Sanders and the freshness of the Obama 2008 campaign until he was re-corralled.

    Play another hand

  15. pieceuhderockyeahright Avatar
    pieceuhderockyeahright

    @ William Skinner,

    Where in this list of comments contra D.L.P the Demonic Lying Party and the (begrudging) congratulatory coments and congratulations to Walter have you seen any person say anything against a returning national such as Walter serving cuntry?

    Since your “pronouncement absolu” on the governor of the central bak Delisle Worrell being the Messenger of GOD and being incapable of any wrong one is able to see that you are are more bigoted in your supposedly unbiased viewpoints that all here assembled!!

    We, most of us, comment Walter, we have also from time to time, spoken of perceived ills in his character, things that he both said that he has done, and did, a few have taken issue with, AND CERTAINLY WHAT HE IS ABOUT TO DO, many here have taken issue with, but this self xenophobia that you would seek to ascribe to any here in your post of 11.22 is disingenuous at the least and patently stupid at the best.

    Look, when you read Watchman, in addition to all of the “background” and perspective that he provided on EWB there is a very salient point that he speaks to that many of us fail to recognise.

    The Candle.

    How many of us are “close to the candle”?

    How many of us know that right now EMERA is tacitly accommodating the “proximate candle lighters”?

    Do you remember how BL&P used to turn off your light when you did not pay after 30 days? Did you know that they now have people paying after a 60 sometimes 90 cycle?

    The thing is Skinner that wunna so out of effing touch with what is going on in Barbados.

    And dont think that Walter has gotten a free pass.

    With all that sweet talk bout annuities and variable contributions to pensions and that balarkey de ole man who like stupid cartoons going be asking Walter PPK (i have briefly adopted Watchman beautiful picturesque imagery of that wonderful work of German craftsmanship) what specifically does his 20 years mean to the fellers on the block and other things.

    While I am not like Pachamama to be as direct in my comments lololol I will however focus on what Walter is bringing to the fray with this DLP party that WILL NOT GET ONE EFFING SEAT

  16. Well Well & Consequences Avatar
    Well Well & Consequences

    And I understand it’s some indian dude the government gave the task of issuing vendor’s permits for road side vendors, he issues them to whom he feels to it is said, hence the reason no vendor permits were being issued..

    That is what Skinner and his ilk want Bajans in the diaspora to return to….protect the minorities in their gun running, drug dealing, money laundering, scams and schemes against the people, just because the 2 governments for the last 50 years have had no pride of self or self worth and no confidence that their own domiciled people will contribute and make their island progressive enough so that everyone will benefit, both governments instead reduced themselves to bribetakers and corrupters aligned with a minority of penny ante criminals whose only goal in life is to enrich themselves off the backs of the majority then pretend they are superior to the same people who enriched them.

    I was in the lower market in Fontabelle some years ago and heard a former civil servant explain how the bribery and corruption is done with the minorities and between government ministers, particularly the bribes for contracts scam, these crimes against the people did not start yesterday, the dude was at least 80 years old.

    He claimed it was Don Blackman helped start the bribes for contracts scam, of course Blackman was not alone, but nastiness and shallowness in the black male has not only ruined the reputation of the island, but unless the 2 governments cease their corrupt activities with the minorities, recovery for the island will be protracted and many will suffer, but we know it’s not like these rotten to the core politicians care.

  17. balance Avatar
    balance

    “William Skinner June 30, 2016 at 11:12 PM #

    Having read all the comments, I ask a very simple question: What is wrong with a Barbadian returning home , joining or supporting the political party of his choice and setting up a business for which he has the qualifications and experience? Would someone explain to me how this is controversial”

    Nothing is wrong at all and I have been trying a long time to benefit from his skills and I am glad he is back but the controversy arises when the person puts their integrity on the line by offering a better way and capturing trust and then doing the complete opposite.

    Would he now say to Mr Astor Watts, the patriarch of the party-

    Forgive me oh my father for I know not what I did-

    Come on Skins

  18. David Avatar
    David

    The Chase Files

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    Good Morning ‪#‎realdreamchasers‬! Here is your daily newscap.

    WATER SAFE – SOME BARBADIANS were awash with panic yesterday as a post circulating on social media linked the deaths of people who had collapsed “to lead in their body allegedly from the new water meters”.“Rumour has it that all the people that had been dropping dead lately had lead in their body allegedly . . . from the new water meters,” the person wrote, referring to the new smart meters being installed islandwide by the Barbados Water Authority (BWA).The post went on to say that the meters had been rejected in Canada and that boiling and filtering the water “does not solve the problem”.However, communications specialist at the BWA, Joy-Ann Haigh, who is on vacation, responded swiftly to the allegations yesterday, calling them untrue.

    HOTELIER WARNS AGAINST CONDOS – One of the country’s leading hoteliers is advising against the promotion of “straight condominiums” here, contending that this form of accommodation did not help the economy.Chairman of the Mango Bay Group of Companies Peter Odle declared he was “fundamentally opposed” to condominiums unless they were run differently. Odle is one of the principals behind the multimillion-dollar The Sands Barbados beachfront property on the south coast, which is expected to operate as a cross between a condominium and a hotel.He described the concept as “revolutionary” and predicted it would become a model for the industry.“Basically what Sands is doing is that Sands will sell off the majority of the units and we have a structure where you have to put your units back into the rental pool for nine months minimum of the year. And that is going to be for the next 15 years. You can’t deviate from that. So if you don’t want to buy into that programme, don’t come. Go somewhere else. But I believe that is going to be the future,” Odle said. Construction of the 153-room The Sands Barbados, formerly Sandy Beach Hotel, started about two months ago. It is being funded by NCB Capital Market (Barbados) Limited, a subsidiary of the Jamaica-based NCB Capital Market Limited, to the tune of US$10.5 million.Odle promised that upon completion it will create nearly 200 jobs.“At The Sands we will have between 150 and 190 staff. That is a fact. Right now we have 176 people on sight building. So it is going to be a good employer in this country,” he stated.Odle added that the operators would employ an energy management system as part of their plans to make The Sands “the most state-of-the-art energy efficient hotel” in Barbados.

    TRINIDAD TO HAVE HIGH COMMISSION IN BARBADOS – Trinidad and Tobago is to have a physical diplomatic presence in Barbados, as the Keith Rowley administration moves to address “winds of disturbances” within the 15-member Caribbean Community (CARICOM).Speaking at his weekly post-Cabinet news conference today, Rowley did not go into details on the move, but he told reporters that his ruling People’s National Movement (PNM) intends to establish a High Commission here, which will also service countries of the nine member Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States. Rowley, whose PNM came to power on September 7 last year, also said the diplomatic mission in Barbados “is but one of the expressions of our resolve to do what we can, and whatever we must, to ensure that CARICOM remains in our focus”.Bridgetown and Port of Spain had established diplomatic relations back on November 30, 1966 when Barbados gained its political independence from Britain. Since then, the two countries have maintained non-resident representation in each other’s territory.Today, no mention was made of recent mutterings by Barbados that Trinidad owes it “a sizable amount” in navigation fees or even the long running and still not settled fishing and oil disputes between the two CARICOM neighbours.However, Rowley zeroed in on the “difficulties” T&T has been experiencing with Jamaica, while announcing that he would be paying a three-day visit to Kingston from July 17.

    NO TO FINGERPRINTING – Social activist David Comissiong has been “spectacularly vindicated” in his challenge of Government’s planned move to fingerprint nationals at the island’s ports of entry.When the matter came up for hearing in the No 8 Supreme Court today, Madam Justice Pamela Beckles ruled that the Immigration (Biometric) Regulations 2015 were unconstitutional. The case was heard in chambers after Government failed to file a defence within the required 28 days.In reporting on the outcome, Comissiong, an attorney-at-law who had filed the case back in March, said he was not surprised that the move was deemed both “null and void”. The measure, which only exempted children under the age of 16 and persons holding diplomatic passports, was originally slated to go into effect on April 1 this year. However, following much public outcry, Acting Chief Immigration Officer Wayne Marshall announced on March 18 that it was being deferred.Attorneys-at-law for Comissiong Edmund Hinkson and Lalu Hanuman challenged the measure on the grounds that an immigration officer had no right and power to prohibit or restrain a Barbadian citizen from leaving or entering the country if that person refused to provide the officer with biometric data, in this case, fingerprints.The claimant also charged that the measure breached the rights of a citizen under Section 22 of the Barbados Constitution as well as the Immigration Act Chapter 190, and infringed on the statutory and lawful rights of a citizen or permanent resident. The attorney-at-law also revealed that the judge had awarded costs for two counsels, but they have decided not to keep the funds but donate it to charity. When contacted this afternoon, the Attorney General said he had been in Parliament all day and would not be able to comment on the court’s ruling before tomorrow.

    BAICO MATTER SET FOR JULY – The High Court today set July 18 as the date for the start of hearings of a proposal by the Judicial Manager of British American Insurance Company (BAICO) that outlines a way forward for the troubled insurer.When the matter came before Justice Jacqueline Cornelius, the court gave directions and adjourned the hearing of all applications until that date.Attorneys-at-law Kevin Boyce and Benjamin Norris, acting on behalf of KPMG, the Judicial Manager, are asking the court to approve the final proposal.On the next occasion that proposal is expected to be heard, all other parties involved will respond subsequently.Alair Shepherd, QC, is acting on behalf of Barbados Investors and Policyholders Alliance (BIPA), which groups BAICO policyholders. Samiya Desai is representing a corporate policyholder while Adrian King and Cyrilene Benskin-Murray appeared for the Financial Services Commission.

    JOCKEY ACCUSED OF HAVING SEX WITH MINOR – A 25-year-old jockey, accused of having sexual intercourse with a minor, was released on bail today.Shane Junior Collymore of Waterhall Land, Eagle Hall, St Michael was not required to plead to the indictable offence when he appeared before Magistrate Douglas Frederick in the District “A” Magistrates’ Court.However, there was no objection to bail for Collymore, who was released on $5 000 bail with one surety on the charge of having sexual intercourse with a 14-year-old girl between August 1 and August 31, 2015.He returns to court on September 27.

    SANDIFORD ON $5000 BAIL – A Christ Church man was granted $5, 000 bail earlier today after appearing before Magistrate Douglas Frederick accused of causing a woman serious bodily harm with intent to maim, disfigure or disable her on June 20.Jason Ramon Sandiford, 33, was not required to answer to the charge of committing the offence against Sharon Belle.The District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court adjourned the case until September 27 and ordered Sandiford to stay away from the complainant.The accused lives at Fairview Tenantry Land, Christ Church.

    TWO REPRIMANDED – Two people were reprimanded and discharged when they appeared in the District “A” Magistrates’ Court on a charge of disturbing the peace.Anna Shakira Proverbs, 26, of Round Rock, Lowlands, St Lucy and Neil Erwin Connell, 31, of #21 White Hall Main Road, St Michael were arrested and charged today for causing a disturbance in St Lawrence Gap, Christ Church.According to the facts presented in court, the car in which Proverbs was travelling ran over the foot of Connell’s friend. Police were later called in as the two began swearing at each other, causing onlookers to converge in the area.Even when asked by police to desist, they continued arguing for a further 15 minutes “disturbing the equilibrium of the peaceful environment”.Asked by Magistrate Douglas Frederick to account for his behaviour, Connell said: “Basically I was not pleased with the response I was given following the incident, [but] I want to make an apology to the young lady and the officer involved.”Proverbs meantime admitted that she was wrong, but said “he [Connell] started cussing me and telling me things about my mother and it just got to my head and I start to respond,” to which Connell replied, “it was a just a ‘titting for tatting’”.Frederick then ordered the two to behave themselves.“Go in peace and make sure that it does not happen again. We don’t behave like this in Barbados,” the magistrate said.

    CARDINAL ERROR – Pedro Shepherd and the other executive members of the Barbados Union of Teachers (BUT) are not the only ones who are not taking Government’s recent docking of teachers’ salaries lightly.Terming it “a cardinal error of judgement”, the umbrella Congress of Trade Union and Staff Associations of Barbados (CTUSAB) today officially stepped into the impasse, demanding that the Ronald Jones-led Ministry of Education immediately restores the pay of the affected teachers. The deductions have been made over the past two months from the pay packs of teachers, who the ministry said, attended without permission, two BUT meetings held on April 29 and May 4, 2016.However, speaking out publicly for the first time on the matter, CTUSAB said it was taking careful note of the development, since it could have implications for the entire public service. In any case, CTUSAB argued that even if teachers had been engaged in strike action, as the Ministry charges, at no time did the ministry evoke the established procedures, as set out in Section 20 (1) (a) and (b) of the Second Schedule of the Public Service Act, 2007-41.Under that section, “all officers who are on leave at the commencement of a strike must be informed by the Permanent Secretary or Head of Department of an existence of a strike and of the fact that they must report for duty immediately, ” CTUSAB said, pointing out that the only exceptions were those officers who were on study leave or a leave of absence outside Barbados.The Congress therefore said the ministry’s action was also “ill-advised”, as it “seemingly runs contrary to the accepted practice, where members of unions and staff associations are not penalized for attending meetings called by their representative bodies”.The umbrella trade union body also described the actions as “injurious” to the commitment of the Government as reflected under Section 10.6 of Protocol V1, “to be a model employer and to set the highest possible standards of trust, accountability and democracy in the workplace”.

    PARKING PRESSURE – THE CLOSURE OF two car parks in The City has some business owners scrambling. The Magazine Lane car park and the nearby Synagogue Lane lot, popularly known as the police car park, are no longer allowing motorists in.At Magazine Lane, all the businesses located on the space are also gone and there is now nothing but a large space chained off from entry. It is understood that there was a dispute between the landlord and the tenants. A salesperson at Nelco Enterprises said things had taken a turn for the worse since the closure. “Since that car park close, it real hard. I’ve seen customers passing who couldn’t find anywhere to park. . . “

    MORTGAGE WOES – A ST MICHAEL WOMAN is claiming that she is now being asked to pay back more than half-million dollars or twice the original value of a mortgage provided by the City of Bridgetown (COB) Credit Union. And she is warning people with outstanding loans at any financial institution to pay close attention to all of their paperwork including legal documents.The secondary school senior teacher told the WEEKEND NATION that having secured a $330 000 mortgage in 2011 to build her home, she subsequently added a further $30 000 six months later to help finance the cost of her son’s medical studies. However, COB had produced documents effectively telling her that she owed over $600 000.The woman, who asked not to be identified, contended that she never signed any other documents, or received any further monies from the credit union.

    TOTAL LOSS – At about 2:30 this morning Masum Badat was asleep at his Chapman Street, St Michael home, along with five members of his family, when he was awakened by the sound of burning wood and the smell of smoke.A quick check revealed a burning building next door, and, alert to the fact that his own home was in danger, Badat rushed his family out.“I went outside and the first house was burning. So I wake my children up and tell them run out the house fast,” Badat revealed. It wasn’t long after that his home would suffer extensive damage by the seemingly insatiable fire, which consumed three other houses in the neighbourhood.No one was injured, but the blaze left 14 people homeless, including Badat’s family, as well as 30-year-old Clem Bejonge and three members of his family and 58-year-old Aziz Begia and three family members. The fourth building was unoccupied.All three families were left counting their losses. However, Badat said he was simply happy that his family had escaped with their lives. “As long as God save me and my wife and my four small children, that is enough to me. It was God’s hands that saved us.”Meanwhile, Yaya Bhana, the owner of one of the destroyed properties, called for legislation that would empower the authorities to destroy derelict buildings that present a threat to society.“They [are] talking about the Government would get sue. Sue what? These are people’s lives and property that are at stake. Lick it down and then when the Government got to get back the money, get it back from the owner of the house,” said an upset Bhana.

    MISSING MOM – BROTHERS WINSTON and Eric Thompson had very little sleep on Wednesday night after their mother, 83-year-old Agnes Eudora Thompson, went missing during the day. The siblings, along with Agnes’ brother Willis Small and nephew Anthony Doughlin were also driving throughout St Joseph and surrounding areas yesterday in search of their loved one has dementia. Winston said his mother was last seen by a minibus driver just after noon on Wednesday and later at a bus stop a few metres away from her Joe’s River, St Joseph home. That sighting came after Doughlin said he saw his relative earlier in the day and had given her a ride home around 10 a.m.The brothers said they were optimistic about finding their mother, while expressing concern that the missing woman had not eaten for more than 24 hours and was a diabetic.

    BAJAN SWIMS FOR GOLD – BARBADOS is making a splash in The Bahamas. McCallum Clarke has yet another regional title, having copped gold in the 200 metres breaststroke. It was one of seven medals won by the Bajans in the pool during Wednesday’s opening session of the Caribbean Islands Swimming Championships.Swimming in the 11-12 boys’ age group, Clarke raced to a new national age group record of two minutes, 36.83 seconds to win the breaststroke. Hannah Gill added Barbados’ other gold in the 800 metres freestyle when she won the 15-17 girls’ race in a time of 9:17.00. Luis Sebastian Weekes accounted for the team’s only silver medal placing second in the 15-17 boys’ 200 metres breaststroke with 2:29.82, while Lani Cabrera warmed up for the Olympics with a bronze medal in the senior girls’ 800 freestyle (9:12.33). Danielle Titus (31.25 seconds) was third in the 13-14 girls’ 50 metres backstroke, while Tristan Pragnell (31.77) and Ti-Juana Welch (3:03.87) copped bronze in the 50 backstroke and 200 breaststroke, respectively.

    BLACKBIRDS RECORD – DOUBLE CROWN queens UWI Blackbirds ‘A’ ended the netball league season in the same manner in which they started, but the same cannot be said for early runners Guardian General Pride of Villa. While Blackbirds ‘A’ finished with an unbeaten record for 2016, scoring a maximum 50 points from a 10/0 performance, Villa fell from a dream start of upsets over former queens C.O. Williams Rangers and Pine Hill Dairy St Barnabas to end with a 5/5 record and 30 points.On Wednesday night, Blackbirds clinically dismantled Villa 54-45, with Shonica Wharton battling back pains but still scoring 44 goals from 50 attempts. Rieah Holder played with the enthusiasm of a season’s first match to add ten of 14 for Blackbirds.The Blackman sisters once again starred for Villa with Latonia and Nadia going 17/18 and 15/25, respectively, while Faye Sealy later moved from goalkeeper to contribute 13/15.

    HUSBANDS BROTHERS AFTER PLATE – THE 157th running of the $1 million Queen’s Plate at Woodbine race track in Toronto on Sunday will feature two well known Bajan jockeys and brothers. Patrick Husbands, one of Woodbine’s top jockeys, will ride the favoured filly Gamble’s Ghost, while his older brother Simon gets the mount aboard the long shot Rocket Plan. “Winning the Queen’s Plate, it’s a hard feeling to explain, but it’s an honour and a sweet feeling,” said Patrick, who has already captured the Queen’s Plate twice – with Wando in 2003 and Lexie Lou in 2014. A runner-up in last year’s big race, Patrick remains confident about his mount, Gamble’s Ghost, a three-year-old multiple graded stakes winner trained by Josie Carroll and owned by Ivan Dalos. Gamble’s Ghost is one of two horses Carroll has entered in the big race. Luis Contreras, another top-notch jockey at Woodbine, is riding Carroll’s other entry, chestnut colt Amis Gizmo.

    GARNER DILEMMA – JOEL GARNER is set to take over as West Indies team manager today amidst questions over whether he should continue as a West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) director and president of the Barbados Cricket Association (BCA). The outstanding former West Indies fast bowler has been appointed on a two-year contract to fill the position that had been vacant since the beginning of the year.While the appointment has not been officially announced by the WICB, well placed sources revealed that Garner got the nod ahead of two others in a short-list that included a former Trinidad and Tobago manager and a former officer of the Jamaica Defence Force.His first assignment will be the imminent four-Test home series between West Indies and India that runs from July 21 to August 22.

    PHENOMENAL FRIDAY – WHAT DO SEVERAL former monarchs, a couple of newcomers, a number of perennial finalists and some favourites have in common? Come Saturday morning they will all be hoping to hear their names announced among the coveted 16 to compete in both the Sweet Soca and the Party Monarch finals.The semi-finalists for the two competitions as well as the finalists of the inaugural Bashment Soca contest will vocally fight it out at the event dubbed the Barbados Yellow Pages Phenomenal Friday, which comes off tonight at the historic Kensington Oval.It is expected to be nothing short of a battle for the ages with arguably the best of the best offerings for the 2016 Crop Over season clashing. And because, according to the producers of the event, the National Cultural Foundation, props in the semi-finals are strictly prohibited the finalists will most definitely come down to the finest performances on the night and morning.

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  19. watchman Avatar
    watchman

    @ balance

    Walter Blackman scrip is a plain glass, you can see his intentions

  20. David Avatar
    David

    Non of us know what Walter will be able to achieve. All we have to go by is his public record. We will have to judge him then.

  21. Inkwell Avatar
    Inkwell

    There is no point in having an elected senate if it is going to remain the toothless dinosaur that it is. The constitution would have to be amended by the present lot. Good luck with that.

    There is also no point in changing this administration for the other unless we can secure a commitment to change the present governance model re ITAL, FOI, modernized defamation law, reform of the Public Accounts Committee and a Contractor General among others.

    We need to start seriously pressuring the politicians on both sides to commit to change. But we already know that one party lied in 2008 and remained unpunished in 2013.

    The BLP’s Covenant of Hope is just a lot of words. To convince me that they are serious, I would want to see attached and signed, draft legislation for ITAL, FOI etc.

  22. Well Well & Consequences Avatar
    Well Well & Consequences

    The attorney general is not credible, he is a fraud.

  23. Bush Tea Avatar
    Bush Tea

    @ Sargeant
    At best third Party candidates would be spoilers and reduce the votes of the Party least likely to form the Gov’t and at worse they would lose their deposits.
    +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
    The basic problem with Bajan politics (political leadership) is that we, as a collective people, do not seem to have the intellectual capacity for innovative thinking and action.
    Sargeant and Dribbler are the most articulate representatives of our shortcomings. It is PRECISELY because of such a mentality that Sargeant is indeed correct.
    It is called a self-fulfilling prophecy. …We are brass bowls so we will do brass-bowlery.

    If, in the 21st century, after 60 years of free modern education to the ultimate levels, we do not possess the capacity to put our heads together to the overall benefit of a little shiite country ….that has been blessed with the best possible weather, climate, topography, beaches, and reputation (until recently)….. then we DESERVE the jackasses that we continue to impose on ourselves as ‘leaders’….AND the consequences that they bring.

    Wunna REALLY look at the thirty bowls in parliament in Barbados….?
    A herd of clueless jackasses….and the problem is GLOBAL.
    ha ha ha
    LOL
    …oh shiite!!!!

    We have left BBE with NO CHOICE but to pull stumps early…
    “Except those days be shortened, the bunch of ingrunt brass-bowls would destroy themselves any damn how…”
    …(or words to that effect…)

  24. ac Avatar
    ac

    One thing for sure Professor Brass bowl good at cussing and crticism placing all and sundry as Brassbowls.but often wonder when will the professor with all the top of the line cussing and crticisms he used to indict and shamed others.. why is it the Professor never used his ability to step forward to make change. I guess he like those he incessantly criticsed are shaped and form from the same brass bowl of mediocrity and hypocrisy and the professor finds it easier to shout from the rafters than be found wanting in a league of deceit

  25. Walter Blackman Avatar
    Walter Blackman

    Heather June 30, 2016 at 8:54 PM #
    “@ a Walter, You mentioned the promises of jobs as reason why the electorate chooses a party. Though that is true, we have a strange suitation in Barbados because both parties which evolved from early trade union activities are nolonger labor parties. Would you re embrace this concept?”

    Heather,
    We have to look at some issues from an evolutionary perspective. Imagine that the trade union is a farmer who produces cow milk and vegetables. The political party is our mother. She receives the cow milk and vegetables from the farmer, consumes them, and produces breast milk for us, her children. Things go well for a while, and we grow into healthy adults.
    Just as we are ready to play a meaningful role in our own household, a strange thing happens. The farmer and our mother decide to keep us locked up in the outhouse located at the back of the yard. They get together and invite people from all over the world to party and fete in our house. These “alien” people “do the dog” and the farmer and our mummy only let us out of the outhouse to hang up their coats, park their cars, remove their plates, cutlery, and glasses from the table, sweep the floor, take out the garbage, and pick up a few coins which occasionally fall from their pockets. Some of us fight over the fallen coins, and it on these occasions that the farmer springs into action to make peace among us. Some of these strangers kick our brothers and “feel up” our sisters. They do this with the connivance and acquiescence of mummy and the farmer.

    Now let us stop imagining and get real.
    Was it the Grantley Adams Airport that needed a manager some years ago and the government offered a wash pan of money to a foreigner to run it? When Barbadians complained, did not Billie Miller, in defending her government’s action, quip: “If you pay peanuts, you will only be able to hire monkeys?”
    You mean to tell me that Barbados is a tourist destination, and no one saw the need to make sure that this country produced top-of-the-line Barbadian airport managers to continuously serve its needs?

    Do you recall, how, in the early days of the David Thompson administration, someone traveled to the Scandinavian States to handpick a useless jackass (his name was Lars Soderstrom) to manage CBC? Did he manage in any way to cut losses or improve efficiency at CBC? You mean to tell me that in 2008, with almost 50 years of free education, that Barbados was unable to produce a citizen who could run CBC?

    Do you recall, how, after useless Lars had left CBC without ever feeling an uncomfortable poke from any union in Barbados, that Michelle Arthur got “picked” for a lower level post, and the BWU made a fuss and threatened to strike? Classic and quintessential Leroy Trotman at work.

    The year is 2016, and this foolishness in Barbados must stop.

    Let the message be sent from every hill and rooftop that, as we strive to restructure our Barbadian economy, we will consciously and consistently seek to use Barbadian talent and labour first, and expertise from our CARICOM neighbours second. After that, any number can play.

    To the many foreign consultants who have provided expertise in diverse areas to assist us with our development so far, we sincerely say “thank you”. A strategy predicated upon relying on your expertise forever, is, at best foolhardy. We believe that there are Barbadians and CARICOM nationals who can now perform this role for us.

    As for our many Barbadian brothers and sisters who have traveled far and wide, and who, through an incessant flow of foodstuff, clothing, and money, have shielded our country from social and economic catastrophe, we hug, honour, and salute you. We are very much aware of the evil spectre of racism and ethnicity that haunts you everyday whether you are at work or at play in the diaspora. We also know that having to get out of bed and head off to work, day in and day out, regardless of whether the temperature is -5 degrees or 100 degrees is a very daunting task. Our obligation, in Barbados, is now to make your investments and pensions secure and to produce legislation to ensure that you are not mistreated and abused by individuals, hospitals, and retirement facilities in your old age.
    To those of you who have fought the good fight, but have now become weary and less tolerant of the cold, and have decided, like salmon, to return to the pond of your birth, we simply say “welcome home”.

  26. Well Well & Consequences Avatar
    Well Well & Consequences

    Walter…I take it the government is now planning to give thank yous and no new contracts to all those semi literate foreign consultants soaking up the island’s foreign exchange and put them on a plane from whence they came.

  27. Well Well & Consequences Avatar
    Well Well & Consequences

    Before elections.

  28. Well Well & Consequences Avatar
    Well Well & Consequences

    If so Walter, how comforting, how very big of the government. ….but I repeat they need to get rid of the home grown blights of minorities who are openly committing crimes against the island and people, when both governments do something about those parasites and rid the political landscape of them by showing and not just talking, that they are protecting the majority and not only minority criminals…then we will take them seriously….talk is cheap..whisky is expensive, they have to walk the talk…I will reiterate.

    Well Well & Consequences July 1, 2016 at 5:48 AM #
    Errors fixed…..

    Skinner..ya know why many black bajans in the diaspora will refuse to return to Barbados to help with anything, because they are intelligent enough to know not to return to help the 2 political parties politicians and interchangeable government ministers protect them and the minorities, Bizzy, Cow, Maloney, Bjerkham, Tempro, Harris, Parris, indians and syrians etc in their bribery and corruption against the island and people…that’s called aiding and abetting…that has been happening for 50 years…the majority blacks have no one to protect them from the cretins, it’s the minorities being protected in all their criminality.

    Well Well & Consequences July 1, 2016 at 7:05 AM #
    And I understand it’s some indian dude the government gave the task of issuing vendor’s permits for road side vendors, he issues them to whom he feels to it is said, hence the reason no vendor permits were being issued..

    That is what Skinner and his ilk want Bajans in the diaspora to return to….protect the minorities in their gun running, drug dealing, money laundering, scams and schemes against the people, just because the 2 governments for the last 50 years have had no pride of self or self worth and no confidence that their own domiciled people will contribute and make their island progressive enough so that everyone will benefit, both governments instead reduced themselves to bribetakers and corrupters aligned with a minority of penny ante criminals whose only goal in life is to enrich themselves off the backs of the majority then pretend they are superior to the same people who enriched them.

    I was in the lower market in Fontabelle some years ago and heard a former civil servant explain how the bribery and corruption is done with the minorities and between government ministers, particularly the bribes for contracts scam, these crimes against the people did not start yesterday, the dude was at least 80 years old.

    He claimed it was Don Blackman helped start the bribes for contracts scam, of course Blackman was not alone, but nastiness and shallowness in the black male has not only ruined the reputation of the island, but unless the 2 governments cease their corrupt activities with the minorities, recovery for the island will be protracted and many will suffer, but we know it’s not like these rotten to the core politicians care.

  29. Walter Blackman Avatar
    Walter Blackman

    watchman June 30, 2016 at 10:03 PM #
    “we have a Walter PPK trying to target people pension funds, …”

    Watchman,
    Can you explain what you mean by this?

  30. Walter Blackman Avatar
    Walter Blackman

    pieceuhderockyeahright June 30, 2016 at 10:29 PM #
    “@ Watchman

    my black brothers smoke and drink and stab and shoot each other to death.”

    pieceuhderockyeahright,
    This sounds like a serious social problem. Can one of your posters fix it?
    If not, what are some of the solutions you would recommend?

  31. Walter Blackman Avatar
    Walter Blackman

    William Skinner June 30, 2016 at 11:12 PM #

    “Regardless of what differences we may have with an individual, I think that it is important that citizens with Walter Blackman’s qualifications and experience return to put their expertise for the benefit of the island. Setting up a business and employing others is a very important contribution. …..
    From this point of view I sincerely wish Walter all the best.”

    William,
    Thanks very much for your support and words of encouragement.

  32. Walter Blackman Avatar
    Walter Blackman

    William Skinner June 30, 2016 at 11:12 PM #
    ” As we approach fifty years of independence , why are we still so concerned with the rights of any individual exercising his or her democratic right to associate with the organisation of his or her choice?”

    William,
    It is called bullying.

    Bullies come in all sorts of shapes and sizes. BU is a microcosm of wider Barbadian society. We encounter bullies in Barbados, so we must expect to encounter them on BU also.

    There is only one effective way to deal with all bullies – stand up and confront them!

  33. Walter Blackman Avatar
    Walter Blackman

    watchman June 30, 2016 at 11:31 PM #

    “I know how things were in Barbados in 1973 under a EWB sick DLP government .in 1986 EWB was so out of touch with running Barbados that………
    in 87 he dead, I also know that corruption was back then…….

    watchman,
    It appears that you have a serious disability – you can only see during certain time periods.
    An almost-blind watchman is useless. Find another job.

  34. David Avatar
    David

    @Walter

    Sure you have been keeping and eye on the political machinations playing out within the Tory party especially. It is a nasty business, one can only assume you have Nico’s famous book on your bedside table.

  35. Pachamama Avatar
    Pachamama

    Wow!

    As we watch the above thread we wondered what we were seeing

    Indeed, what strange bedfellows, no pun intended, politics make.

  36. Walter Blackman Avatar
    Walter Blackman

    balance July 1, 2016 at 6:42 AM #

    “Wouldn’t or hasn’t that the standard operating procedure of all political parties….. And having been confronted with that experience how can you now justify pledging allegiance to one who has consistently promised much and delivered nothing?”

    balance,
    Do BU readers a favour.
    Name one political party, that ever held the reins of government in Barbados, that “has consistently promised much and delivered nothing”.

    Your credibility is on the line.

  37. Well Well & Consequences Avatar
    Well Well & Consequences

    http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/eu-referendum-brexit-businesses-leave-london-passporting-single-market-frankfurt-amsterdam-paris-a7113131.html

    Brexit is doing what Trump did in the US, unearth all the crazies and maggots from their holes.

    http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/white-supremacist-brexit-sacramento-hitler-trump-heimbach-a7112941.html

    Walter, no one can blame you for the dirty actions of ministers of both governments and politicians during the 21 years you were in the US. I know having returned you see with clarity and sense what the issues really are…utilize that foresight.

  38. Walter Blackman Avatar
    Walter Blackman

    balance July 1, 2016 at 6:56 AM #

    “Are you for real? sounds more like an excerpt out of Alice in wonderland. Read what you have written again. So the enormity of the task caused you to jump ship.”

    balance,
    Did you ever get on board the NDP ship? Are you still on?
    As far as the captain was concerned, where was the intended port of destination?

  39. Well Well & Consequences Avatar
    Well Well & Consequences

    Has anyone noticed that the businesses leaving the UK en masse are not going to the Caribbean, low tax destination or no.

    And the commenters are very descriptive and accurate..lol

    “Heimabach is a living example of what you get when there’s too much chlorine in the gene pool. He and his collection of drooling, inbread, knucke-dragging troglodytes are the only examples of degeneracy in the picture.

    This is a guy who’s so tied his hatred for everyone else to his ego that he regards the attributes of his demented world-view as absolute facts. He claims to be Christian (highly doubtful); perhaps he should start praying that none of his presumed targets become sufficiently interested in him that they decide to take action.

    What a tool.
    ReplyShare+1

    1 hour ago
    jhobson67
    “We knew there was probably going to be violence brought by the left, and that we would stand against it.” Only he didn’t, as per usual for extremist leaders, he was thousands of miles away.

    And his ideas about Mosley? He obviously knows nothing about the man. Mosley was a proponent of Pan-Europeanism.

    To me he looks like an overweight failure that has ego issues.
    ReplyShare+3

    1 hour ago
    ParcelOfRogue

    You’ve got a purty mouth!

    .

    White Trash for Farridge

    ReplyShare+1

    2 hours ago
    Volsted Gridban
    The best thing since sliced Hitler?”

  40. Walter Blackman Avatar
    Walter Blackman

    balance July 1, 2016 at 7:05 AM #

    “Nothing is wrong at all and I have been trying a long time to benefit from his skills…”

    balance,
    How long? Can you explain to me and BU how you tried?

    Is your moniker holding down its head in shame and embarrassment?

  41. Walter Blackman Avatar
    Walter Blackman

    David July 1, 2016 at 9:20 AM #
    “@Walter

    Sure you have been keeping and eye on the political machinations playing out within the Tory party especially. It is a nasty business, one can only assume you have Nico’s famous book on your bedside table.”

    David,
    The whole world has become a nasty place. I am not sure that the writings of Machiavelli can immunize me or anyone from the nastiness and dangers that lurk all around us at this present time.

    I prefer to keep a bible on my bedside table. It remains opened at Romans 8:31:
    “If God be for us, who can be against us?”

  42. Outraged Avatar
    Outraged

    Walter Blackman what’s your opinion on this case of injustice to local human resources?

    Outraged July 1, 2016 at 9:15 AM #

    Wayne Cadogan you masterminded the Cummings boycott please raise your voice again because the management of Barbados Tridents must be taken to task for the lack of Bajan players in the squad. We know how a franchise works however Pollard and Singh both Trinidadians have selected six mediocre Trinidadians even as the exciting Shane Dowrich a test player mind you, and Kevin Stoute etc cant get a look in. Pillsbury dough boy Pollard engineered the departure of top batter Dwayne Smith and the likes of Jonathan Carter from the franchise and drafted Trinidadian players who aren’t even selected on their national team.

    Pray tell who is Navin Stewart, Pooran and Hosein. The irony is Barbadian fans are asked to pay and hail for a team in which they are few local players of caliber but carries the name Barbados Tridents and is based at Kensington. What an outrage that disrespects our storied cricket tradition. Where are the protests from the cricket gurus at the BCA. Would you believe a Barbados Tridents team with barely a Bajan player in the starting eleven . That would never happen in Trinidad, Jamaica or Guyana.

  43. Enuff Avatar
    Enuff

    This blog provides some good reads and an equal amount of comic relief. #aliceinwonderland.

  44. Walter Blackman Avatar
    Walter Blackman

    Here is an excerpt from the editorial of today’s Nation:

    “And this brings us back to the issue of freedom of expression. We have seen enough in recent years to conclude that there is a growing number of citizens, living within and outside our shores, who clearly believe that they have a right to say anything they want about anything or anyone, and because they are not doing it face-to-face or from a platform in the middle of Broad Street they should be free speak at will.

    And unfortunately, our system of laws is lagging so far behind vis-à-vis new telecommunications technologies that individuals are subjecting others and, in this case the entire nation, to harm with their recklessness.

    When an individual with today’s technology has the potential to do such harm to the welfare of the country and the livelihood of its citizens, we have to ensure that there are laws in place and the wherewithal to properly investigate, track down and bring to justice the perpetrators. Freedom to speak, freedom to assemble and all the others we so cherish can never be absolute and when individuals fail to act in a manner that suggests clearly they understand and appreciate that their individual freedoms cannot abridge those of the whole they have to be held accountable. ”

    The Nation is pushing for laws to be put in place to deal with individuals who abuse freedom of expression. Parliament has to make those laws. To guide your parliamentary representative, what advice would you give him or her?

  45. balance Avatar
    balance

    “Do BU readers a favour.
    Name one political party, that ever held the reins of government in Barbados, that “has consistently promised much and delivered nothing”.

    Your credibility is on the line.”

    Do not catch at straws. The current one governing right now that you are about to re-embrace has consistently promised much since 2008 and delivered nothing. Matter of fact. they have consistently dismantled everything in which you as a Barrow disciple believed.

  46. balance Avatar
    balance

    “balance,
    Did you ever get on board the NDP ship? Are you still on?
    As far as the captain was concerned, where was the intended port of destination?”

    I quietly jumped off because like most leaders the boss man didn’t like to be questioned

  47. Well Well & Consequences Avatar
    Well Well & Consequences

    The nation newspaper is also pushing for more freedom of expression read FOI…the reckless use of anti defamation and slander laws to prevernt politicians from suing newspapers for telling the truth about their corrupt activities.

    As it stands the citizens are more concerned about the government ministers ignoring the constitution as though it does not exist, to violate citizen’s human rights….that is more important and the beginning of a dictatorship, if allowed to continue as seen by Justice Beckles’ decision to throw out the fingerprint case since the government did not even deem it necessay to defend…..it’s important for citizens to express their opinions. The ministers have to learn that they cannot ignore the constitution and do as they like while the ctizens have to adhere to laws, rules and regulations.

    Walter…you just left the 1st Amendment behind, Bajans cannot be muzzled, not given what they have suffered at the hands of vicious politicians in the last 50 years.

  48. balance Avatar
    balance

    “balance July 1, 2016 at 7:05 AM #

    “Nothing is wrong at all and I have been trying a long time to benefit from his skills…”

    balance,
    How long? Can you explain to me and BU how you tried?

    Is your moniker holding down its head in shame and embarrassment?”

    Do not know where you are coming from. All I indicated is that your technical skills would be beneficial if I may expand to an activity which falls under my purview. In making decisions how I have longed to be able to access your advice on matters thereto.

  49. Hants Avatar
    Hants

    Big up Riri fuh giving back to de rock.

    “Gibbs is determined to make a name for herself – not in singing but in genetics – and she owes it all to Rihanna.”

    http://www.nationnews.com/nationnews/news/82751/bajan-girl-rihanna-scholarship#sthash.IgYZJHAh.dpuf

  50. Hants Avatar
    Hants

    Big up Mi Mi,

    “So, it didn’t come as a surprise when she said the other day in New York that if she succeeds in leading the Barbados Labour Party to victory in the next general election she would seriously consider becoming her own Minister of Finance. In short, she would be both Prime Minister and Finance Minister ”

    http://www.nationnews.com/nationnews/news/82552/headlines-mottley-finance-plan#sthash.xgGw8QdL.dpuf

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