Submitted by the Barbados Integrity Movement (BIM)
Barbados Integrity Movement Open Letter to the Fair Trading Commission -Proposed BNTCL Sale to SOL GROUP
Submitted by the Barbados Integrity Movement (BIM)
71 responses to “Barbados Integrity Movement Open Letter to the Fair Trading Commission -Proposed BNTCL Sale to SOL GROUP”
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@ Piece Uh De Rock Yeah RIght – INRI March 3, 2017 at 8:21 PM #
I too am following this development, it seems to be of a sensitive nature.
I concur that we the people must be facilitated with transparency of the process, the “purchaser” cannot determine an outcome of a judgement that lays in the bosom of an authority and the authority cannot pass that “submission as their own. Its a deliberate violation of ethics and the process.Rendering a false and misleading declaration/statement,
DEPRIVATION OF RIGHTS under the coloring of law,
CONDUCTING CRIMINAL ACTIVITY HAVING KNOWLEDGE OF and making no effort to modify or disclose,
PERJURY (having knowledge of a fact but tells a lie TO TWIST IT).
MISAPPROPIATION. Failing to carry out ones’ legal duties,
MAIL FRAUD by photocopying or issuance by any electronic means of that which is disclosed as supposedly LEGAL documents conveyed/reproduced as ones’ property.
THE REFUSAL or DELAY OF THE EQUAL PROTECTION OF THE LAW by intent to defraud persons wanting transparency.See, all facts denied by such acts is criminal in nature. It baffles me of such bold actions by those with “authority” …. maybe they think they are illusionists.
The only other conclusion is that the “summary” was submitted to the seller but is being used as a document of the house to effect a decision.
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You do know NineofNine that this matter is of critical import to this flailing administration?
You said and I quote “…THE REFUSAL or DELAY OF THE EQUAL PROTECTION OF THE LAW by intent to defraud persons wanting transparency…”
Let us just look at the FTC for a few seconds.
Well we could really “just look at the FTC for a few seconds, IF THEY HAD THEIR SITE UP AND WORKING hehehehheheheheheh.
But that is all part of “the delay” that Sandra Layne and her minions are effecting in the serice of their masters at SOL
But here is a likkle (jamaican word for little – Sandra is Jamaican or did you know that) a like bit of the site that is permitted to be seen
“Did You Know
The FTC must consult the public before making decisions on utility regulation matters.
The FTC has the power to stop a merger.
If you have been misled about the price or nature of goods or services, you must first let the business try to resolve it before contacting the FTC.”
So their first lie and fallacy is that they must consult with the public before making decisions on this and any other matter.
Did you know that the actual process necessitated that the FTC was consulted LAST YEAR??? and that the GoB ignored that step?
Why NineofNine that alone would make one suspect and one would have felt that if they were in fact doing their job merely getting a whiff of this skullduggery would have cause this Sandra Layna to have put down her Galaxy 7 free phone from LIME calling all over Jamaica pun a day to rush to perform the mandate of the FTC on behalf of the people of Barbados who are paying her Jamaican donkey’s salary when the month comes.
Now ammmmmmmmmm i doan know if you are able to see dem site but leh de ole man learn you (not teach heheheheh) learn you a ting or two
“static.woopra.com”
No NineofNine de ole man is not cursing you, nor begging you to fix me up with some woopie (whu after all we Bajans are getting Woopie do to us daily)
you must be raw with the woopie that you and I are receiving heheheheheheh
No, this refers to “the Woopra JavaScript tracking code” that they are using on the site has been tailored to identify all FTC website visitors and track any customer action on your computer heheheheheeh
Big Brother is Watching you.
So watch dis now.
Dem is sophisticated enough to ammmmmm
(i).be tracking who is coming to their site to download what, but
(ii).not sophisticated enough to sit their behinds down to (a) do a proper document for the public far less (b) be interested enough to monitor if the BNTCL sold this national asset in accordance with FTC regulations?
You wid de ole man here?
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Bajans are a simple people READ Stupid. So here are some 1 page points to get us to understand what this Monopoly of our Barbados national Oil Terminal Company wil mean to simple things that we deal with Every Day like our so called Tourism Industry and more expensive tickets which make our country a less attractive destination to tourists IS THIS SIMPLE ENOUGH FOR ALL UH WE ???
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I hope wunna bajans can understand simple ENGLISH.
MONOPOLY = ONE BODY = ONE OWNER = ONE SOURCE = WHATEVER I DECIDE = MY RULES = I RAISE THE PRICES = YOU GOTS TO PAY
Understand?
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I wonder if my champion heavyweight Mr. Jeff Cumberbatch is on island??
I know that he has to be travelling cause there is no way that that FTC CEO sandra Layne could be doing this buhkvunt and he letting this go long.
If it was Andrew Downes well yes, you could expect that type of behaviour from him.
Monique welll ammmmmmm i biased in a sort of way heheheheheheh but not Jeff.
He doan play dat.
Now let me ask you Nine of Nine.
If the site has been down for 4 days and people are unable to see and review the document (that they are putting ammmmmmm webbugs in to track users who use javascript pdf readers) do you feel that they will add another four days to the end of their deadline to fulfil their side of the bargain?
Whu after all it is only fair that they give people adequate time to review the 13 page document.
heheheheheheheheh
It is as if they are saying to the public, effing wunna want to see what is in the summary document you will have to come and read um?
If they really wanted to dissuade ole menses like me from cutting and pasting all they would have to do is rasterize the document but that would only stop lesser menses cause me granson an convert them to OCR using ***
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@PUDRYR
You are aware Jeff and his fellow Commissioners are not employees of the FTC?
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@ PUDRYR
Bajans are a simple people READ Stupid.
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Stupid is when, due to certain limitations with intelligence, you find yourself being disadvantaged by others – particularly those with albino-centric inclinations.Bajans are NOT stupid.
We are brass bowl idjuts.
“Brass bowl idjuts’ are those with limitations in intelligence,who make it their business to be disadvantaged by others – particularly others with albino-centric characteristics….
AND LOVE IT.The best part about the SOL deal is where we convince ourselves that the FTC will control the final prices….
LOL
ha ha ha
Oh Shiiittteeee!!!It HAS to be a serious EVIL curse in our donkeys…. and with his monument in place, the new boss man doing dixie bout here…
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an injunction will fix these tackful delays
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@ NineofNine
an injunction?
an injunction? against what?
A pending sale?
An already done deal?
Explain that to me
@ The Honourable Blogmaster
I am relying on generic descriptions of these posts of Chairan, commissioners and commissioners
e.g. “…The CEO is ultimately accountable to the board of directors for the company’s performance.
The chairman of a company is the head of its board of directors. The board is elected by shareholders and is responsible for protecting investors’ interests, such as the company’s profitability and stability”
I guess that given that tis definition is woefully deficient in any application to this FTC then i guess that you may be indirectly saying that Jeff et al are just there tekking up space
@ Bush Tea
When I am posting on Imgur de ole man has to be careful not to use the real words that i want to use like “waste foops” and brass bowls”
You might think that i am kidding but these targets of the gransdon’s Stoopid Cartoons have complained for the ole man’s posters and I am in moderation nowadays.
150 viewers a months 10 million posts and de ole man hath made it to moderation
Dis is why de ole man medding up words like fecundities etc.
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Plain and simple…………The government desperately needs the US $100 million.
Don’t have any illusions about ” competition “. That does not happen in business in Barbados.
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Is there a reason why the Government is not keeping a 25% stake in BNTCL ?
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@ Piece Uh De Rock Yeah RIght – INRI March 4, 2017 at 5:45 PM #
See, being given a deadline for the public to view and give feedback on THAT DOCUMENT which has not surfaced by the said deadline, then, that’s reasonable grounds for an injunction to extend the timeframe for perusal and feed back.
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Owen speaks.
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Juxtapose this interview (one which is notably expansive) by The Honourable Owen Arthur on this matter of our economy and that by Chris Decimals Bonds seen earlier at the DLP weekly pandering exercise and what do you arrive at?
Chalk and cheese.
One ned not comment on the paucity of commentary by one Hal Austin heheheheheheh
The simple issue here is a man accustomed to running a government and a country and a party, the DLP, that is still in election mode and are incapable of upping their “game”
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Sitting down for one hour and istening to Owen Seymour Arthur is a welcome experience.
Sharp, insightful, reasoned ….
I still do hope that he will one day share that issue….
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I have finally received a copy of this Fear Trading 13 page document.
This thing is designed to discommode us bajans while mekking dese people very rich.
After we sell them BNTCL for the paltry sum of $60 million or is that $75 million or $100 million AND IN WHAT CURRENCY, In 10 years, they will make at least one billion dollars!!
They are giving away BNTCL for nothing, well not actually for nothing.
These effers are (a) padding the election coffers and (b) padding their pockets and (c) giving away 100% of the company.
De ole man doan know nothing about Keynesian economics de only body i know is Kenny, Kenny anthony, or at least i know his name.
But this is highway robbery and if a lawyer had balls this is something that someone with balls should take them effers to court and contest this sale.
Wickedness.
But bajans was at Gold Cup and did not give one (word to rhyme with cup)
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[…] previously noted receipt of your correspondence of earlier today in reply to our (BIM) Open Letter to the FTC on several matters, one of grave concern being the redacted documents for the Public […]
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BNTCL will be a dinasour in next 15 yr. Barbadian should not waste time /money in this company. This company consumes billions in foreign exchange, it doesn’t earn / save it.
Barbadian need to pressure the government to give us a proper energy policy that will allow us to transition to 100% renewable by 2030.We need a policy similar to Germany if we are going to make the transition fast.
Barbados needs an energy policy like Germany. Read the comments of German Parliamentarian, Herman Scheer.
HERMANN SCHEER: The big mistake in the energy debate is that most people think, because they believe that there is a monopoly and the expertise for all energy activities in the hand of the existing energy players. Many people, including governments, including many scientists, who get their orders for studies from them, they believe and think that the present energy suppliers, the present energy trusts, the companies, they should organize the transformation. And this is a big mistake — a big mistake — because this part of the society is the only one who has an interest to postpone it. The only one. All others, all the others, have an interest to speed it up. But as long government think that it should be left to the energy companies, we will lose the race against time.
AMY GOODMAN: The Financial Times says German photovoltaic cell installations last year amounted to more than one-half of those in the world.
HERMANN SCHEER: Right.
AMY GOODMAN: How did you make that happen?
HERMANN SCHEER: With the Renewable Energy Act. The Renewable Energy Act was one of my initiatives, together with only a few colleagues in the Parliament. And it was not a draft of the government, because the government was against. We mobilized the measure — it was the Parliament — against the will of the government, to introduce this law and to adopt it. It is a law which gives investment autonomy for all who want to invest for renewables. Without any obligation for them to ask the power companies if this is, let’s say, compatible with their energy investments, they could do it. The full name of this law is Law for the Priority of Renewable Energies.
And it constituted a special renewable energy market with priority and with three elements. The first element is a guaranteed access to the grid for all — for each kilowatt hour produced by renewables, apart from the question who is the producers. The second element is a guaranteed fee for that, because without that, there could not — there would be no investment security. That means we made an obligation to give them a fee, and we enumerated this fee, very precise, and — in order to avoid discrimination. The third element is no cap. No cap for that. And this created the investment autonomy, and more and more individual persons, owners of houses, companies, individual companies, cooperatives, local municipalities, local utilities, they became the investors. And in the run of ten years, there was the total installation by such investments of 45,000 megawatt renewables — all renewables, PV, wind power, photovoltaics, wind power, biogas, small hydro, independent power players, many of them, and with a total investment of more than a hundred billion euro. And to make a comparison, in these ten years the big power companies invested less than ten.
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Barbadian BNTCL is the pass , we need to look to the future.Don’t invest in the past , bank on the future.
We are on the cusp of the most radical transformation in energy in a century. Exponentially improving technologies such as solar, electric vehicles, and autonomous (self-driving) cars are turning the industrial-era energy industry on its head and making the gasoline vehicle obsolete.
Tony Seba’s talk focuses on market disruptions caused by exponential technology improvement, business model innovation, and disruptive product design enabled by this convergence. His new book “Clean Disruption of Energy and Transportation” projects that by 2030:
– All new energy will be provided by solar or wind.
– The architecture of energy will flip from centralized, command-and-control, secretive, and extractive to distributed, mobile, intelligent and participatory.
– Electric Utilities as we know them will be obsolete.
– Oil will be obsolete.
– Nuclear will be obsolete.
– Natural Gas will be obsolete.
– Coal will be obsolete.
– All new mass-market vehicles will be electric.The technology and market trends that are leading to this $12 trillion/year disruption are well underway.
-The global solar market has grown at a CAGR (compound annual growth rate) of 41% since 2000.
-The cost of Solar PV has decreased by a factor of 222X since 1970.
– Solar has improved its relative cost position by 2,900X relative to nuclear 3,200 relative to natural gas since 1970 and 1,294 times relative to petroleum.-Unsubsidized utility scale solar is already cheaper than nuclear coal and diesel.
-Unsubsidized rooftop solar will be cheaper than the cost of transmission making central generation obsolete.
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Today the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) – part of the World Health Organisation – announced that it had reclassified diesel exhaust as a ‘definite carcinogen’ – putting it in its highest category (Category 1).
In other words, IARC’s expert panel assessed all the available scientific evidence and decided that exposure to diesel exhaust fumes can, and does, cause cancer in humans – specifically lung cancer (although there’s weak evidence they’re also linked to bladder cancer).
Oil Companies have lied to you for years,they are selling you a known carcinogen for profit.
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@ ra1
Very perceptive thinking on your part…….however…Germany is a world leader in this kind of thinking and those policies result from the vision of people who see themselves as MASTERS of their world….and actually sought to conquer it.
Barbados, on the other hand, is an island of slave descendants who were bred and socialised SPECIFICALLY to be subservient and self-deprecating brass bowls.
In short, chalk and cheese.
If, however we were REAL people (rather than BBBBs), Barbados has the IDEAL environment to achieve 100% RE coverage in record time. Instead, we have allowed Emera/BL&P to dictate the pace, direction and the tempo of our so-called RE drive.
First they said that there was a limit to what the grid can accommodate… (a lie)
Then they said they were safety issues… (another lie)
When those tactics failed, they quickly installed a massive RE plant themselves (ha ha ha )
…and all the while, they have used the Fear Trading Commission to hamstring locals who were making impressive strides in RE…..As a result, RE is now on the decline in Barbados …while we await INEVITABLE new issues in fossil fuel supply (either price raises, dollar devaluation, or security instability) that will catch us with our pants down….
Steupsss…. you are casting pearls at brass bowl swine boss….
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