The Caswell Franklyn Column – Government Ignores the Law and Does What it Likes
On Tuesday, October 4, 2016 the Nation Newspaper quoted the Minister of Education, Ronald Jones, as having said:
Barbados is a country of laws established by statutes and we have to observe all those laws and statutes. If you go and try to sidetrack the rules of the law, chaos becomes the order of the day
I think most people can decipher the gist of what the minister was saying. That statement, though not profound or eloquent, would tend to make him stand out among his colleagues in my eyes.
My assessment of Mr. Jones came about because of the positions taken by two other ministers on the proposed transition of the Customs Department into the Barbados Revenue Authority (BRA); and the national shutdown that was allegedly ordered, by Government, when tropical storm Matthew was approaching.
BRA Issue
On page 15A of the Midweek Nation on October 5, 2016 it was reported that the Minister of Finance, Christopher Sinckler, had expressed frustration with what he termed the many roadblocks that held up the transitioning of customs officers to BRA. Further, he suggested that the process was being stymied while Government had been bending over backwards to accommodate the trade unions.
I firmly believe that the minister does not have a complete understanding of what the Government is trying to impose on customs officers. First and foremost, Mr. Sinckler should be aware that there is no law on the statute books that would allow the administration to make the Customs Department part of BRA.
The First Schedule and section 2 of the Barbados Revenue Authority Act set out the pieces of legislation that the BRA is empowered to administer. The Customs Act, Chapter 66 is not included. Nonetheless, without lawful authority, BRA has already taken over some aspects of customs operations.
Even if BRA had the authority to take over the Customs Department and offer contracts of employment, as a statutory board, it is required to comply with the Employment Rights Act (ERA). Section 13. (1) of the ERA states:
Where a contract of employment is contemplated, the employer shall, prior to or forthwith upon the commencement of the contract, give the employee a written statement of the particulars of the employment.
Subsection (2) goes on to list the terms and conditions that must be contained in the statement of employment particulars. Most importantly, at item (e), a job description is one of the requirements. No job description has been given to any employee of BRA.
After operating in excess of two years and in defiance of the Employment Rights Act, BRA has not issued a single statement of employment particulars. This is the “chaos” that would be awaiting customs employees if they opt to transition into BRA. In essence, Government is asking customs workers to join it in breaking the law. Thankfully, of the approximately 300 staff only 21 officers and 17 guards have opted to transition to BRA.
National Shutdown
On the approach of tropical storm Matthew, Government is alleged to have ordered a national shutdown, but was it ordered? In my view, Government suggested a national shutdown. No order was ever given. As a result, several establishments ignored the suggestion and opened for business. However, in the wake of the storm no lesser person than the Attorney General cried shame on persons who ignored the national shutdown and initiated a firestorm of criticism and abuse directed against those business owners.
If Government were serious about protecting life and limb, it should have made the shutdown mandatory. Section 28. (1) of the Emergency Management Act gives the Governor-General the power to declare, by proclamation, that an emergency exists, if a disaster has occurred or is threatening.
After the Governor-General makes the declaration, section 28. (9) then states:
When a proclamation of emergency referred to in subsection (1) is in force, it shall be lawful for Cabinet to make any orders whatsoever it considers desirable in the public interest.
One of those orders could have been a mandatory shutdown. If Government were truly interested in protecting vulnerable workers, it would not have, “sidetrack the rules of the law” and allow chaos to become the order of the day. It just seems Barbados is being run without regards to the laws.
Barbados Underground 
So there is a provision for a state of emergency..on the island. ., what does the GG sit on his ass and do all day, I will bet that this option has never been utilized by any GG in the last 50 years…..
…,,,,,.is Adriel Nitwit even aware that the state of emergency option exists and can be triggered.
…….what’s the use of rules and procedures if they are never enforced….when absolutely necessary.
Get rid of the GG…a messenger boy for buckingham palace, totally useless to the people.
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The main problem with trade unions, and with trade union leaders, is that they infect essential labour negotiations and other ‘political’ debates with unhelpful adversarial attitudes. They poison the well, destroy goodwill, engage in hyperbole and demagoguery, and generally make such nuisances of themselves that even when they have important points to make, they leave everybody feeling disgusted, depressed and unhappy.
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Well Well
I agree that the the post of Governor-General should be abolished but not for the reasons you stated. In case of an emergency caused by a approaching storm, in order to declare an emergency, the GG must act on the advice of another person. In the first instance, that person is the Prime Minister. Richard Sealy was acting at the time, so instead of going on television saying that there is no need to legislate everything, that clown should have made himself familiar with the law.
Section 28. (2) is relevant. I do not have the expertise to extract that particular section with my iPad so I will send the entire act to David and ask him to do so.
BTW, if Jones were acting, he would have gotten his opportunity to crack heads and shoot Kellman and the others. LOL!
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Caswell Franklyn
Why would the Governor General need to act on the authority /advice of the Prime Minister in an emergency such as a storm -when it is his or her vested duty to declare one? You’re behaving as though the Governor General is commiting troops to put down an arm rebellion, a far greater national crisis. Your assessment of the Governor General authority is the psychological equivalent of the State’s Attorney General asking the Governor of the State to bring a lawsuit against the Federal Government for encroaching upon the state’s constitutionality -when it is his or her vested duty to do so.
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So Caswell point is that govt ignore the law. in what way ? Was govt not in its right to use a moral path of persuasion as an alternative method as a specific requirement to all business?
Are there not periods when govts have refrained from using actions required by legislation and lean on the consciousness of its people through moral persuasion to deliver a strong message in a timely fashion with a necessity to create order ?
Have society become so hardened at the heart that govt should not pursue less civil course of action with a meaningful ingredient of protection
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“I agree that the the post of Governor-General should be abolished but not for the reasons you stated. In case of an emergency caused by a approaching storm, in order to declare an emergency, the GG must act on the advice of another person. In the first instance, that person is the Prime Minister. Richard Sealy was acting at the time, so instead of going on television saying that there is no need to legislate everything, that clown should have made himself familiar with the law.”
Caswell….if the GG is nit6 being used for those reasons and all the other reasons that we know of and some we maybe do not know because the prime minister, other ministers and AG do not know themselves, are not familiar with the laws….would not enforce them even if they knew those laws existed….that renders a GG totally use….
………apart from the post being totally useless any, it does not apply to a majority black country of African descendants. …who are nit familiar with their real history and culture.
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…..if the GG is not being used for those reasons…….
Dompey…that is not what Caswell said….apparently how they got it set up in Barbados, after being advised the GG can declare a state of emergency to protect life and limb before e island is hit by a natural disaster….or if idiot Jones starts seeing rioters under his bed….lol
….the act specifically states the GG can act after being informed…blah, blah….
…….after Katrina there was a state of emergency in the South….after an earthquake a governor can declare a state of emergency…to protect life and limb in any naturual or unnatural occurence…act of whatever….a state pf emergency can be declared by President, Prime
or whever holds the portfolio for national security.
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ACs…no one in the government uses the little brains they got…they only come out yapping…after the fact.
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AC
I do agree with your argument that in times of national crisis a leader can act of the mandate of the people and overreach his or her constitutional authority for the betterment of all. It is just share commonsense and the countless pages of the history books bears witness to this fact, and perhaps, Mr. Franklyn ought, must and should read them before he decides to engage in his predictable brand of political demagoguery.
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Well Well
Governor Scott of Florida declared a state of emergency ahead of hurricane Matthew, so his thinking were unlike that of the Governor General.
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i have avoided Caswell authoritarian explanation of law for several reason it creates chaos ad division an doctrine of commitment to a rubber stamping of anarchy
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i have avoided Caswell authoritarian explanation of law for several reason it creates chaos and division and a doctrine of commitment to a rubber stamping of anarchy
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@Caswell
Section 28.2 updated as requested.
One gets the impression the will/practicality to invoke a state of emergency based on a ‘threatened disaster’ is where the problem lies. So far the protocol has been working but in a protracted poor state of economic performance some businesses are prepared to step outside the boundary of what is best practice/protocol. Just last week Eddie Abed who heads the BCCI criticized the current arrangement. BU is of the view the protocol needs to be given teeth in law to respond to situations where the authorities need to be flexible/agile in decision making.
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@ David
The problem with invoking a state of emergency is that it requires a sensible, credible threat in order to initiate such a declaration. There are legal ramifications and people are held to account. Not even the current DLP idiots would declare a SOE for a damn depression….they would become the laughing stock of the whole world.
The jokers we have in parliament are low class JAs who thrive on informal arrangements – where no one takes responsibility, and where the only outcome is that they appear to be doing something…
@ Caswell
The Government has the right to close down GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS. Whenever DEM or even some functionary in the MoE decides, they can always close government agencies, schools etc….. after all they will all get their pay…
The mistake the monkeys made was in thinking that this automatically mandates serious businesspeople to follow their lead.
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Bush Tea October 9, 2016 at 8:27 AM #
The problem with invoking a state of emergency is that it requires a sensible, credible threat in order to initiate such a declaration.
Sir and at what stage or level of an emergency does govt reached an assessment and issue a declaration?
Please note sir govts heavily rely on information given by reliable resources as a response for security and emergency action if necessary
The govts response in natural disaster is not done by the tossing of a coin but by the gathering of reliable information through several sources discussed and agreed how and when it is crucial for govt to issue warning to protect its citizens
Whether govt choose to rely on laws that govern as enforcement it is an option which govt can waived given the severity or nature of the crisis
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@Bush Tea
“The Government has the right to close down GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS. Whenever DEM or even some functionary in the MoE decides, they can always close government agencies, schools etc….. after all they will all get their pay…
The mistake the monkeys made was in thinking that this automatically mandates serious businesspeople to follow their lead.”
In the past the protocol has worked. The challenge is whether post Matthew if suasion supported by public outcry will do the trick.
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@9
Good point because Governor Scott of Florida based his State of Emergency on information ascertained from the National Hurricane Center and many other credible sources of information.
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Thanks David
Sent from my iPad
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I guess in Bush Tea’s mind the assessment is made when haft of Bridgetown is awashed into the Caribbean Sea? And is it not logical to err on the side of caution rather than to wait on Bush Tea’s credible threat?
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It is the height of stupidity to compare the mandate of a USA Governor with that of a Governor General.
Whereas a US governor is elected, the Governor General of Barbados is appointed by the Prime Minister and acts on advice given by the Prime Minister.
In other words, the Governor General is only a “figure-head,” i.e. a nominal leader without real power.
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@ David
Yes, but nobody has to obey them.
Remember, any government could declare whatever they want but the people could also decide not to cooperate with them, civil disobedience.
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Artax
It is a blatant lack of comprehension on your part to misconstrued what I’ve written, in an effort to inflate your want of attention. I did not compare the Governor to the Governor General, but the Governor General to the Attorney General Sir.
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Pachamma
Any sensible people in this time and age would think twice about disobeying a government directive- given the Katrina disaster and the many who died senselessly for disobeying the government directives during this natural disaster.
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Dompey October 9, 2016 at 6:48 AM #
“Why would the Governor General NEED to ACT on the AUTHORITY /ADVICE of the Prime Minister in an emergency such as a storm -when it is his or her vested duty to declare one? You’re behaving as though the Governor General is commiting troops to put down an arm rebellion, a far greater national crisis. Your ASSESSMENT of the Governor General AUTHORITY is the PSYCHOLOGICAL EQUIVALENT of the State’s Attorney General asking the Governor of the State to bring a lawsuit against the Federal Government for encroaching upon the state’s constitutionality -when it is his or her vested duty to do so.”
@ Dompey
Your above comments illustrates your ignorance.
Why would you want to compare the Governor General with the Attorney General?
Perhaps it’s you that is in need of attention, because you have returned to BU to spew shiite.
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I am still to see a DEM rep like the guy ? Lorde.That man came across as an informed and almost ‘cocky’ expert,daring one to challenge his assessments.
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Artax
What is brother your high level of education? I’ve made the comparison between the Governor, Governor General and Attorney General, to demonstrated the point regarding the vested authority between these three sphere influence Sir?
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Artax
US Attorney Generals is appointed by the president confirmed by the Senate, but yet his constitutional authority is far great than the State’s Attorney General who elected by the people. So because someone is appointed by the president or the prime minister for that matter, is does not mean you cannot compare those who are appointed and those who are elected in terms of they vested authority.
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@Dompey
It has not taken very long for your illogic to shine through. In florida recently did all citizens follow the instructions from the Governor to remain indoors and or retreat to shelters?
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Dompey October 9, 2016 at 9:27 AM #
“I DID NOT COMPARE the Governor to the Governor General, but the Governor General TO the Attorney General Sir.”
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Dompey October 9, 2016 at 9:52 AM #
“I’ve made the COMPARISON between the Governor, Governor General and Attorney General, to demonstrated the point regarding the vested authority between these three sphere influence Sir?”
@ Dompey
You doan even know wuh you trying to compare.
Your above comments have once again highlighted your ignorance.
It is the height of stupidity to compare the mandate of a US Governor and US Attorney General with that of the Barbadian Governor General and Attorney General.
“What is brother your high level of education?”
Look, I dun wid you!!!!
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David
I would be a fool to admit such a fact because we all know there is always general exception to the rule.
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Artax
Cheese on bread…man yah stick on tah mah like white on rice … Do mah aa big favour doh, gah back tah bed and continue tah suck yah finga. Yah worse dan aa wuman and I meant dah not in a derogatory way.
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@ Artax
Boss, Dompey is AC’s runt retarded brother in logic.
One does not argue with him….
David..
Anyone who would depend on the judgement of this DLP government – given their history from CLICO, to Four seasons, to water, to sugar, to cement, to Hyatt, to Cahill to Customs to….. yu name it, …would only be a jackass just like DEM.
…and anyone who thinks that a whole damn country should shut down every time a tropical depression approaches on what is their NORMAL paths …. probably deserves everything that they have… mostly debt …in all probability.
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Bush Tea
So as a lead you’re going sacrifice the safety of the masses to save few dollar my friend? That doesn’t even seem sensible from a totter’s way of looking at things Bush Tea. And as the gentlemen told you earlier: you based your decision to close shop on reliable sources of information rather than sit around as you informed you would have done and wait for a credible threat to occur. Would you seriously risk the lives of the people of Barbados to save a few dollars man?
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Bush Tea
Bush Tea
A leader’s duty and responsibility goes far beyond saving a few dollar Sir. A leader’s duty and responsibility is to instill confidence in the masses in a time of national crisis. Do you remember Presisent Franklin D. Roosevelt words to the American people and western world during World War II: ” We have nothing to fear but fear itself?”
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Hi bush TEA
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To runt or not to runt
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@ AC
We see that as an expression of your puppy love for Bushie. LOL
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Bush Tea
He obviously surprised me this morning because here we have the same man who continually accuse the ruling party of shortsightedness, but here is he on social-media showing the Barbadian public and the rest of the world what kind of a decision he is willing to make in a time of national crisis. Doesn’t he sounds more like Donald Trump with bare smoke and very little fire?
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Lawd have its mercy twice!Dompey back and AC brandishing a new tool to compete with Piece and Colonel but so far failing miserably.
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Gabriel
Lawd have its mercy twice!Dompey back and AC brandishing a new tool to compete with Piece and Colonel but so far failing miserably.
I believe you have failed miserably in your analogy to compare posters” jabs” as in competition with the stoopid political cartoons
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Gabriel
If the entire world agrees on everything, it indicates quite conspicuously that as a human species we aren’t thinking. So obviously, there ought to be room for difference of opinion or else the progress see witness in the human affairs ceases to exist. And whether you agree or disagree with my narrative is doesn’t matter to me, but what matters most in my mind is the fact that you allow me the latitude and freedom to express my opinion and I do lilikewise Sir. Got it? Its sounds like the same democracy Churchill characterized as the worse form of governance.
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@ac
“If at first you don’t succeed then you shouldtry and try again”.
This is your third or fourth venture into posters and it seems as you are not improving (failing miserably).
Perhaps you needs to follow this ‘new’ adage: “If you try again and again and it still is not working, then you should stop”.
After all, not stopping is the definition of madness.
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@ Dompey
Is there any truth to the rumour that your neighbour has formally apologised to your family for having saved you from that house fire some time ago…?
Word on the street is that, having subsequently been briefed of the impact of his interventions back then, his remorse has been epic…..
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@ The Gazer
“If you try again and again and it still is not working, then you should stop”.
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In all good conscience, …that adage CANNOT be applied to AC or Dompey.
Shiite man!! ….that would be tantamount to calling on them to stop living….
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ACs…this is called a very successful poster, it’s judged by the number of views, try creating something of that calibre, if ya capable, instead of plagarizing, copying and pasting other people’s ideas.
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Dompey October 9, 2016 at 7:29 AM #
Well Well
“Governor Scott of Florida declared a state of emergency ahead of hurricane Matthew, so his thinking were unlike that of the Governor General.”
Make that…Scott’s thinking was unlike that of the acting PM…, the GG cannot do anything unless advised by the office of the PM..
The GG is a useless figurehead. ..a messenger boy for the UKm specifically buckingham palace..he can do nothing without being told.
Hope ya got it now Dompey.
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@WW& C, it is not as bad as you think!
(4) Where the Governor-General is directed to exercise any function after consultation with any person or authority he shall not be obliged to exercise that function in accordance with the advice of that person or authority.
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Bush Tea October 9, 2016 at 12:41 PM #
In all good conscience, …that adage CANNOT be applied to AC or Dompey.
ok bush tea you are soo right
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Well Well
Can you really name any instrument of government which acts unilaterally? Sorry, unless one lives in a dictatorship!
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Jeff..so in other words the GG can say he is not doing it when advised by the PMs office, which makes him even less useful, cause if he ignores advice and does his own thing without informed knowledge and is wrong…it can also cause loss of life in a natural disaster scenario.
What has the GG ever done from its inception that benefits the country…besides being a messenger and middleman.
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And dont tell me he visits hundred year olds and gives them cards from the parasite in buckingham palace…that is crap, useless…has nothing to do with the people’s longevity.
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Dompey…in case ya missed the thousands of previous posts on here….both governments in Barbados act unilaterally when they do not consult the people for anything, they keep secrets from the people and never consult with them on anything that impacts their future, theu sell off state assets, give contracts to the wrong people dip their hands in the treasury and refuse to take responsibility, account for or acknowledge their corrupt actions.., that is acting unilaterally.
So call it whatever you want.., google the word…or reword your comment.
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Barbados is a country of laws established by statutes and we have to observe all those laws and statutes. If you go and try to sidetrack the rules of the law, chaos becomes the order of the day@@@@
A bunch of B/S from a bunch of crooks, liars and scumbags .. all want locking up..
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http://www.barbadostoday.bb/2016/10/09/stand-up-and-be-counted-regional-leaders-told/
This dypude would need hammers and nails to get that into the empty heads of those leaders, the ones in Bim prefer listen to the few mediocre nobodies in the minority population calling themselves white and trying to convince the slaves in parliament that Barbados is not a majority black country, not a black nation….lol
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When you start wrong , you end wrong. Celebrating 50 Years of Independence. Was a State of Emergency called by the spanking brand new Prime Minister and/or the Governor-General on December 2 , 1966, when troops of the Barbados Regiment were called out and deployed in Bridgetown to shoot down ordinary Barbadians celebrating 24 Hours of Independence?
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Well Well
I am not trying to justify the improprieties of some of our leaders today, but is it possible in our age to point to any country in the world today that is devoid of some kind of corruption? Barbados still remains a force to be reckon with when compared to some of the other islands in the Caribbean, and I’ve been to some of them.
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Well Well
The same argument is being made here regarding the fact that President Obama continues to act beyond the periphery of the constitution. But some readily taking into consideration the fact that the obstructionist tactics by the opposition, fuels the impetus for such actions on the part of the President.
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ISSUES RELATED to the legal profession in Barbados fell under the microscope recently, when President of the Barbados Bar Association Liesel Weekes paid a courtesy call on Attorney General Adriel Brathwaite.
http://www.nationnews.com/nationnews/news/87913/ag-bar-president-discuss-issues
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Neither Weekes nor Adriel Nitwit addressed the fact that client’s money needs to be taken out of the hands of attorneys in Barbados. ..most of them are too dishonest and like to hold on to client’s money and client’s properties for themselves for years, decades. ..why is the bar association and the AG not addressing these crimes..
Why are they all, bar association, disciplinary committe and the attorney general still continuing to allow lawyers to steal from their clients on the island..
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Dompey…you keep saying that and sit and watch while many of those islands march right past Barbados,. I dont know what measuring stick you are using but I too have visited those islands….ALL of them have natural rivers, no water problems and ALL of them are heavily into agriculture and planting their own food, relying on very little imports, not reliant on imports to survive….they know what is important. ..food and water for them is cultural and most important. .
So explain to me in what way Barbados is better off, they have poor people, so does Barbados.
They have a few reasonably wealthy people, no one I hear calling themselves moguls or magnets, which they are smart enough to know is pure shit for such tiny islands.
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Well Well
How long since you being to St. vincent? St. Vincent is analogous to Barbados in the 70s, so how is it that St. Vincent is surpassing Barbados in your imagination?
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Dompey…did I mention St. Vincent specifically, but since you mentioned it, St. Vincent, St. Lucia and Dominica..to name a few…..have remained unspoilt..the islands that claimed to be developed like Barbados are filled with derelict buildings.
I noticed the same in Port of Spain, it’s when you venture into the countryside like Manzanilla, Las Cuevas, Mayaro etc, ya see the rural villages and unspoilt beauty of the country where the people live simple, uncomplicated lives, ya can then appreciate the true beauty of the country, seeing the rivers run down the sides of huge mountains…many, many tourists express the desire to never see these islands pursue development….to destroy their natural beauty. There is nothing more beautiful than seeing fields of food, coco plants etc.
Yall might still be trying to eat pretty buildings…good luck.
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Whenever there is a post on this blog that highlights the level of incompetence of this administration, their two yardfowl imbeciles jump in and try to steer commenters from the real issues.
The fact remains that this Government runs this country without regard to the law or established conventions. It is either they don’t care or that the Cabinet is made up of an array of dunces.
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“It is either they don’t care or that the Cabinet is made up of an array of dunces.”
I will go with that.
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Caswell Franklyn
As a union leader you’re charged with the responsibility of defending employees rights as far the binding contract is concerned. And as a citizen of a democracy country the same rights you espouse for your members are analogous to the rights afforded to AC and myself, though we may not agree at anything, but it is your duty as citizen of a democracy to put your biases aside to ensure that the free expression of opinion isn’t impeded because of partiality.
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A Friday evening in Dominica reminded me of Crop time in Barbados ,when we had products to crop. Every farmer from far and wide , have their pickups loaded down with produce to sell in the markets of Roseau . Unlike a crowded Swan and Broad Street in Barbados, the emphasis of Saturday shopping in Roseau is centered mainly around the markets ,where an abundance of produce is on offer, and not the scrawny types we have here.
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Colonel…I do not know why they equate buildings to progress, development and success…these things/structures of concrete and steel always have to be maintained at exorbitant prices, if government owned, they are usually left to degrade and turn derelict eventually, if privately owned, their welfare rats for owners look to government for contracts to help them continue perpetrate the facade…..at taxpayer’s expense..
When will their get it through their heads that progress and sucess means being able to feed your people without totally relying on imports….progress and success means always having a constant supply of clean potable water available for your people.
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Colonel Buggy October 10, 2016 at 9:52 PM #
“A Friday evening in Dominica reminded me of Crop time in Barbados, when we had products to crop. Every farmer from far and wide, have their pickups loaded down with produce to sell in the markets of Roseau.”
@ Colonel Buggy
You have made a very interesting point.
The Dominican experience also reminds me of St. Vincent’s and St. Lucia’s market scenery on Saturdays. In St. Vincent, for example, Bedford Street in front of P.H Veira and Bonadie’s Supermarkets is closed to vehicular traffic to accommodate vendors who sell their produce in a manner similar to that of their Dominican counterparts.
I realized that, although the social and economy variables of Caribbean islands may differ, the core culture is similar. For example, Martinique, Saba and Montserrat have influences of French, Dutch and Irish societies respectively. However, certain cultural similarities of these islands are evident in islands that were dominated by the English.
Market days and socializing (liming) in the bus terminals on weekends are examples of these similarities.
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Dompey October 10, 2016 at 8:33 PM #
“How long since you being to St. vincent? St. Vincent is analogous to Barbados in the 70s, so how is it that St. Vincent is surpassing Barbados in your imagination?”
@ Dompey
You are misleading BU with your above comments, which I deem to be nonsense and made by an individual who has never visited St. Vincent, (perhaps in recent times).
Essentially, you have made a false or misguided assessment of the island based on what you “feel” as opposed to what is factual.
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@ mr Caswell Franklyn.
You are aman who has passaged this world extensively and seen and heard many things.
Many a sociologist and political pundit would revise to give some fandangled explanation for what is happening here in Barbados
I am neither I am a simple man without such profound expertise and education.
I rely on the simple stories rather observations of life like domino tables, champion domino players and little children.
Have you ever remarked they, after some of the mists skilled domino matches are over, and de bad menses have left the tables and the chilrun are is reading well, come to that same table what they do?
They take the dominoes and build domino houses which, they then proceeds to knock down AND IN THE PROCESS CHIP THE DOMINOES.
Let us be clear Caswell.
We Bajans, of whom I am chief, invited these little children to the table, something that, even as we speak we are repeating with the errol Humphriesand have watch them drop the dominoes on the floor and skate around on them
This pack is well effed up and all we can home is that when it is time to play again that the dominoes can be used and that the new set taking position on the board will observe the rules or instead of saying I am passed, sitting down and matching a 5 to a 3
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Forgive the iPad mistakes …advise not revise….most not mists ……hope and not home
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Artax
Boy I can’t sah nah hear widout Artax sticking on tah it the way a fly likes jobby. Man you stick on tah mah backside like dah bulla man Cecil from Hinsbury Road dah use tah give de school boys nuff headaches on de way tah Roebuck Primary back en de 70s.
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Dompey, you does write nuff, nuff, nuff shiite….. hence why I am “sticking on tah it the way a fly likes jobby.”
Hmmmmm….. I wonder what is your fascination with this “bulla man” thing?
Ohhh…… I thought you were molested as a young boy only by those policemen at District A station. But it seems as though it started from your tender years at primary school.
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Commenters will note that I wrote about two imbecile yardfowls; I did not identify anyone. However, Dompey (donkey) was quick to identify AC and himself as the two imbecile yardfowls. I rest my case.
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@Caswell
What Donville is quoted in th news this morning theresome merit.
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Caswell shi.t head you ought to the last one to be name calling your history tells a sorry tale of seriously distrubed man.
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You .. Caswell writes an article with a blazing Headline “Govt ignores law”..How do you know thatis true ?Were you privy or invited to the pre-planning with govt officals and agencies
I doubt very much .However you write an article with. political propaganda headline none of which you can prove absence of several facts and the determinations for govt decision which would have included the sourcing of information from relevant offices and officials involved with storm preparation
People of your ilk need a Donald Trump to straighten your a.sss out in which case you would get the message before putting pen to paper and writing political poop
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I still know more people with mental retardation that are way more intelligent than the ACs,
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Well!Well! guess you are correct! your daily diatribe demonstrates one of the many ….retard!
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ACs…yall losers…ya can’t find anything to plagarize…ya run out of steam…lol
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Caswell Franklyn
It is not a sign of true intelligence to have to resort to name calling because you can’t have it your way. Sir you’re beginning to sound more like the nincompoop Donald Trump with his Ivy League education and can’t even construct a simple sentence tah save he life. And finally, only an idiot like you yourself haven’t enough perspicacity to interpretatively extrapolate that only two real antagonist traverse this blog Sir.
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Caswell, what happens if a company docks its employees’ wages after the shut down, telling them that they won’t be paid for that day unless they had sick days left? Is that legal?
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Anthony Davis
Your question cannot be answered by a simple yes or no answer. If the person is hourly or daily paid, the employer cannot be forced to pay, unless there was some custom and practice where the workers were paid under similar circumstances.
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