Did Honourable Member Chris Sinckler Deliver a Terminological Inexactitude?
We have no doubt that we can and will grow our economy further and faster. We know we can bring unemployment down to even lower levels once we unleash the over $1 billion of foreign direct investment we have before us with projects such as the Sandals Casuarina expansion which has started, the Sam Lords Redevelopment Project which has also started, the Hyatt Centric and even the much maligned Four Seasons Project which, God willing, can get started shortly – Extracted from the Financial Statement and Budgetary Proposals
In his 2016 Financial Statement and Budgetary presentation Minister of Commerce Donville Inniss suggested that the application to build the 15 story Hyatt on beachfront in a UNESCO World Heritage site was reviewed by the Town Planning Department with conditions and final approval by the prime minister is a fait accompli. Have a listen from 5:40 minutes of the video presentation.
The extract at the top of this blog was taken from the 2016 Financial Statement and Budgetary proposals delivered by Minister Chris Sinckler. The veracity of the statement can be crosschecked by watching his budget presentation. His attempt to use the above statement to defend what he conveyed about the status of the Hyatt project raises a couple observations. Either the MoF is challenged with comprehension and writing skills or he takes Barbadians for fools. It is obvious to the BU household any which way the statement is read (or viewed) that his uncertainty about the status of the projects in the pipeline was directed at ‘’the much maligned Four Seasons Project’’ and NOT the Hyatt project . For him to feel so emboldened to refer to ‘’God willing’’ as a disclaimer about the status of the Hyatt project rings hollow. It reinforces the growing public belief that this is a government committed to governance by stealth, an approach seemingly ensconced in the way business is done by the Cabinet of Barbados.
The BU household will resist the temptation to sully the office of the minister of finance by describing Sinckler has a pathological liar. It has become patently obvious his is a poor reaction to the onslaught in recent days by social justice advocate David Comissiong. No need to mention the disparaging remarks about Comissiong delivered by the son of a fisherman Inniss under the cloak of parliamentary privilege.
A poorakey parliament indeed!
It is instructive(?) that Sinckler’s feeble attempt to deflect criticism about the Hyatt project was shared to the media on the sidelines of the opening of another Berger King fast food restaurant. It serves as a reminder that this government gave a washpan of concessions to Cost U Less, a retailer and a user of scarce foreign – Who are the local partners in Cost-U-Less. The BU family bar a few will be able to connect the dots!
In Inniss’ contribution to the debate we are reminded he avoided calling a member of the other side a liar by retreating to the euphemistism terminological inexactitude. The games Honourable Members play in the highest law making Chamber in the land.
To expect Sinckler’s resignation OR his sacking is a wasted expectation.
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Well Well & Consequences September 2, 2016 at 2:20 PM #
I understand rents have suddenly skyrocketed on the island,
That is incorrect. House and warehouse rent is now around 1995 level, maybe a bit less.
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@Frustrated Businessman
Your general point is taken but what the businesses have to do is adjust purchase orders based on cash flows and continue to exercise cost control.
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Frustrated…..maybe house and warehouse, but furnished apartments, condos, townhouses have moved from 2,000 to 2,700, to 3,500 and up, check them out online…that is why I mentioned tourists.
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And that is long term rentals, one year and up.
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What about Bim going republic?
Is that project also doomed? Or is it still on the table to celebrate the birthday of Jonathan Swift, Mark Twain and Winston Churchill?
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Do what, David? You like you stupid too!
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Most businessmen speak of being forced to pass on costs when they rise but have to be forced to pass on decreased costs by lack of sales. We all know that.
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Also they are likely to use the 2% levy and compound it beyond what it actually costs. The 2 % will be the camouflage. We know that.
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“Great” news at
Click to access EY-barbados-budget-2016-2017.pdf
To sum up:
total revenue in 2008 2,597 BDS mio., 2015 2,571 BDS mio.
but expenditure in 2008 2,787 BDS mio., 2015 2,998 BDS. mio.
The numbers read like a 90 year old patient after third heart attack and second lung cancer. Not like a 50 year old Goddess Bim in best condition.
In other words: recession since EIGHT years.
The new 4-5 % tax will ensure that the numbers won´t improve in 2017/18. Take that for granted.
Only Saint Bussa can save the island now! Or Mawu-Lisa, Olodumare and Roog.
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Talk of devaluation again? One can discuss the merits or not whether it is good for Barbados, what it will not do is to give rise to confidence to foreign investors et al. Eight years later…
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There is talk about Wyndham Sam Lord’s Castle starting to build in the budget, however so far no serious construction activity at the site. When will the Chinese land?
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” And the Chinese were here with the
four Seasons before…How many workers were brought in; before the DLP Government was brought into the picture.”
You ought not to cry wolf wolf since it was your anti- foreign investment tirade aided and abetted by Brasstacks moderators and Sir Roy that scuttled the plans with respect to Four Seasons.
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“They can’t stop fast food joints from opening. But they do not have to cut the ribbons and the Minister of Housing does not have to speak glowingly about the success of the salt and grease shops and encourage them to “corner the market” and sell more death. ”
Other than speculative and fashionable bandwagon comment I see no link between the consumption of fast foods and sudden deaths.
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@ balance
Other than speculative and fashionable bandwagon comment I see no link between the consumption of fast foods and sudden deaths.
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…and of course you are an authority on the subject.
What do you have? a PhD in fried chicken from UWI…?
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@ balance September 10, 2016 at 6:25 AM
““They can’t stop fast food joints from opening. But they do not have to cut the ribbons and the Minister of Housing does not have to speak glowingly about the success of the salt and grease shops and encourage them to “corner the market” and sell more death.””
“Other than speculative and fashionable bandwagon comment I see no link between the consumption of fast foods and sudden deaths.”
Balance, I am disappointed in you. I thought you would have been evenhanded enough to see a link between non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and sudden death as you are smart enough to accept the medical and food experts’ evidence which establishes a link between the increased consumption of fast food fares and the astronomical rise in NCDs especially among gluttonous black Bajans.
What you should be crying out about is the fork-tongued twisted mouth hypocrisy that resides like dangerous bacteria in the gut of the members of the Cabinet.
The false warnings and stark admonitions emanating from the spieled mouths of the ministers responsible for Health and Sports are in complete contradiction to the money-sweetened tongues of the ministers responsible for Finance and Business Facilitation as they both seek to curry the favour of fast food operators by promoting and facilitating the expansion of additional NCDs injection clinics in exchange for future elections financing and personal aggrandizement.
Which will be the next location for another fat delivery outlet? Which politician will be competing for this grand prize as a sign of so-called material advancement in their garrison of rising obesity? Would it be in Moontown or East Point or near the Grotto to satisfy the hunger pangs of the residents of an empty complex of penthouses? How about opening a well-known American brand name next to the Hyatt by demolishing the old Empire Theatre site?
Why not ask yourself how come there is a proliferation of fast food joints in a tiny 2×3 island of Barbados while agriculture goes on the blink?
I am sure you are quite familiar with the axiom: We are what we eat’.
“Dis-moi ce que tu manges, je te dirai ce que tu es.” [Tell me what you eat and I will tell you what you are].
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“and of course you are an authority on the subject.
What do you have? a PhD in fried chicken from UWI…?”
No sir- I am not an authority on every subject but just as you are free with your phd’s to comment and speculate like Ac on any subject under the sun I am free from experience to say that I do not see any link between sudden deaths and the consumption of fast food which I have presumed to be foods sold by such entities as the chefette and Kentucky outlets. If you have evidence to support the at the moment warped and fashionable rhetoric then bring it and I will be the first to retreat apologetically with my tail between my legs. By the way its passing strange that the consumption of greasy foods in Oistins bay garden and the less than hygienic offerings in Baxters Road escape similar scrutiny.
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“Balance, I am disappointed in you. I thought you would have been evenhanded enough to see a link between non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and sudden death as you are smart enough to accept the medical and food experts’ evidence which establishes a link between the increased consumption of fast food fares and the astronomical rise in NCDs especially among gluttonous black Bajans.”
No No No Mr miller I am sorry but I just do not agree. As to the evidence of the experts, this seems to change depending on which piper is playing the tune. One minute there is a tirade against salt and sugar and out of the blue you listening to the BBC in the wee hours in the morning and you hear a panel of experts saying otherwise- and this kind of intellectual duplicity is constantly marketed in other areas of activity relating to our livelihoods as well. Look, Mr Miller, in the overall scheme of eating patterns in Barbados the consumption of fast foods while popular is a one off thing for the majority and this like other popular dishes like coucou and flying fish and black pudding and souse and sweet bread and cake has always been so. We bajans just have a habit of jumping on bandwagons without independent thought and analysis. you do not need to be an expert to realise that the consumption of anything even water in excess causes discomfort to our fragile bodies and the key is moderation in other words ‘balance’.
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“Dis-moi ce que tu manges, je te dirai ce que tu es.” [Tell me what you eat and I will tell you what you are].”
In keeping with the good book I eat and drink everything that pleases me under the sun for nothing created is unclean. My preference in taste in meats is fried chicken or fried pork or fried pot fish or shark. My preference in starches is split peas and rice and corned beef and boiled pork with nuff clove and green peas and rice. I would eat rice everyday. I like macaroni pie too but due to circumstances I cook it once a month. I do not eat the chemical laden vegetables produced in Barbados but if i am in Dominica or Grenada I have my fill. I eat ground provisions and pig tails about once a month when i partake in a cow heel soup dish prepared by former jockey Joy Whittaker-none can prepare it better- I reserve my chemical intake for the alcohol beverages including jack iron. There you have it .
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@ balance
Bushie can see why you are so defensive of the fried food industry – you seem to have your own private franchise boss…
Based on Miller’s posit, we can see exactly what you are comprised of…. lotta grease…
however, if you manage the stress well you may just about make the three score and ten…
…of course at that point, Bushmen are just getting ready for a fresh guard…. 🙂
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“SWAYED BY EXTRAVAGANT salary offers, in some cases earnings in the vicinity of about half million dollars per year –
http://www.nationnews.com/nationnews/news/85379/swayed-promises-paying-jobs#sthash.XdLhsRlA.dpuf
If this story is true how can Bajans be protected from this type of thing.
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Bushie
Balance was 69 last month and from all outward appearances he’s fit as a fiddle. Maybe, he is on to something.
Sent from my iPad
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@ Caswell
…thanks for the update.
Are you saying that no matter what balance eats, he has nothing to fear – because only the good die young…?
Ya mean that balance could be around for decades to come …giving trouble on BU.
Lord ha’ mercy!!!
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@Hants
Would it not be great to find out the names of the two lawyers and retired banker linked to this scam?
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@David,
I hope there will be more “disclosure”.
We should have empathy for those Bajans who thought they were going to be employed. very sad.
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What is today’s SUN editorial trying to convey?
“We urge Barbadians concerned about their country to give support to these measures even if they may contend that we should not have been brought to this stage. We feel that they should also warmly welcome the establishment of the $75 million funding scheme created by the Inter-American Development Bank designed to support small business enterprises, and the First Citizens Bank scores marks for getting out of the blocks quickly in declaring their support in assisting small businesses in packaging their proposals for funding.”
– See more at: http://www.nationnews.com/nationnews/news/85369/levy-enterprise#sthash.igkXGeUz.dpuf
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NationNews headlines
Call to pull strip clubs into tax net
More than half the bus fleet ‘down’
Teen sex for pay on the increase
Upscale garbage found off West Coast
There is also the good stuff.
http://www.nationnews.com/nationnews/news/85380/bajan-sports-icons-celebrated
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Hants September 11, 2016 at 10:06 AM #
NationNews headlines
Call to pull strip clubs into tax net
“Two thousand to 3 000 girls are working in Barbados at any point in time ………….”
Assuming 20-30 girls per club equals 100 strip joints in the little Gem of the Caribbean with a population of 280,000. Sounds like sex tourism.
This old guy has not visited a strip joint for some years; but does not think there are 100 strip joints in Toronto – population 3,000,000.
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David September 11, 2016 at 9:05 AM #
What is today’s SUN editorial trying to convey?
a message of patriotism .society has lost the community spirit which was the basic foundation to getting things done replaced by the “what’s in it for me”
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