The Act will require every person who is a ‘person in public life’ when the Act comes into force to make an initial disclosure to the Commission within three (3) months of the date of commencement of the Act. In the case of a person who becomes a ‘person in public life’ after the commencement of the Act, it will provide for the initial disclosure to be made within three (3) months of the date of his becoming a ‘person in public life’ – Extracted from a Speech delivered by the late David Thompson in January 8, 2008.
Even if a small number of marchers than expected turn up on Monday the government finds itself in a lose lose situation. The big picture that must remain painted in the minds of all Barbadians is the economy stupid. With less than a year to go before the next general election, it is unlikely even to the proverbial optimist this government will be able to infuse sufficient confidence in the marketplace to fuel a greater level of productivity. In summary, if the private sector through its executive fails to demonstrate that it has the support of workers on Monday it will retreat to other means, flight of capital is one example. A trip down memory lane to the period 1991 to 1993 is a reminder that a government that fails to enjoy the confidence of its private sector is doomed to fail.
On the other side of the equation is the Union in a fight some say it cannot afford to lose. With the private sector showing the Union support and about to execute the phalanx maneuver -the Barbados climate, not industrial, is about to become more elevated. How does one determine if the Union ‘loses’? Is it based on the hundreds, no thousands of man-hours wasted because of absenteeism, go slows, employees on the job who have disengaged, how about those who see no wrong in misusing government owned assets?
The right to demonstrate once done peacefully and the rule of law respected is the inalienable right of a citizen or group under the democratic system practiced in Barbados. The government operatives have pulled the race card which exposes a level of desperation and panic in the camp. Bear in mind this is a government whose political campaign was bankrolled by a White Bjerkham and company in 2007/2008, and to boot, rewarded him with a seat on the board of the Central Bank of Barbados.
The Stuart led government finds itself in an unenviable position in the political history of Barbados. It explains why the usually studied public utterances of Comrade Bobby Morris have of recent descended into a pit of defamatory bile. In the 90s the DLP Sandiford administration fell as a result of a public AND internal withdrawal of confidence in his government. Are we about to witness lightning striking twice on the same party? Are the political historians waiting with pen in hand to ink events as they are about to unfold that will include DLP déjà vu in the table of contents?
Part of the problem Barbados is experiencing is that the message of change promised to Barbados first by Thompson and then Stuart who won because the BLP got it wrong has not materialized. We have had more of the same from this DLP government with continuing rumours of corruption supported by Auditor General reports, ineffective Public Accounts Committee sessions, dissenting positions from within the bowels of Cabinet, questionable NIS management read Four Seasons and EMERA, defacing of the Central Bank’s reputation, Cahill etc, etc, etc. All of the forgoing has been compounded by a prime minister who refuses to use the power of speech to communicate to those he leads. It is at election time the sleeping giant feels emboldened to shout from Mount Olympus to the sheeple.
To the topical issue of march or not to march AND the motive of those who support the march. First a disclosure: Charles Herbert is known to the BU household and the attempt to smear a man who has lived his life so far to build a solid reputation in Barbados as a professional and citizen is to be regretted. It is a clear example why quality Barbadians resist getting involved in ‘giving back’ to society. He should have remained in his lucrative practice, make his millions and forget about the plebs. Members of the BU household have observed him sitting at town hall meetings quietly taking notes, asking questions when many of the BLACK yardfowls attacking his character today stayed at home watching TV or at Chefette purchasing takeaway dinner. One of the reasons the citizenry has to resort to disruptive methods to demonstrate against a government unwilling to listen is because our governance system is flawed. There is no avenue to recall the government in a structured and less disruptive manner, for example, support in the Constitution to cede the POWER to RECALL to the people.
At the root of our problem is the lack of integrity and transparency in public office.
311 responses to “The March to Déjà vu”
The govt got themselves in a corner..all they have to offer is hubris pompasetting & vitriol.
These shiftless clowns got their 10% restored & their Mercedes cars etc.
If their pay was based on performance they would be rewarded with a big fat Zero.
they put themselves in a corner…all different flavors of people are marching against these thugs.
https://www.barbadostoday.bb/2017/07/24/thousands-of-barbadians-march-in-the-city/
Sure nuff time would tell who were the biggest losers in this show of solidarity when the stench of hypocrisy fills the ear
The gladiators are out in full force but nothing will change.just another exercise in futility coming from tho0se waiting to chop at the bit
Keep marching onward upward to nowhere
The Nation survey prices recently prices are the same as prior to the tax increase. Why such news hidden in the newspaper bowels?
Are union leaders dumb ? The BPSA calls for govt to fire 10,000 civil servants to reduce deficit. Gov refuse preferring to raise NSRL and save union members jobs. Unions decide to link with BPSA to overthrow govt. That’s the definition of insanity.
Not only that unions agree with govt to a salary raise in Sept if enough revenue collected from NSRL. Mary Redman fall in a hole and forgot to give out that information. You can hide and buy land you cant hide and plough it.
#UP-DE-TING……Your future PM looking good in all white.
http://www.nationnews.com/nationnews/news/98977/mottley-pm-looking-excuses
https://www.facebook.com/bajansforabetterbarbaods/
dah is wuh happen when ya sell out ya own people fa decades…
everbody start talking a different language, dey start talking in tongues, none can understant the other…
….miscommunication.
and de ting get UP….
KARMA…lol
@Calling a spade
Even after the owners of capital sent a message that your government has been warned you refuse to hear the message?
#JA
#akawaitingcommentatoretc
Well Well @ consequences hasn’t it struck you nobody reads your droppings. Give yourself a brass bowl break.
@CHAUCER
This is the problem in Barbados you see this as a win lose case. The country is losing every second this disharmonious environment continues. Who will invest in a country gripped in a perpetual state of industrial AND SOCIAL unrest? How will confidence be infused in the economy to spur productivity?
The March is over….the Unions and the BPSA are to meet to decide future events.
The operatives are saying that their boss is still sticking to his guns.
As I said this will be an interesting X months as we slither further into the slime with ports being closed,etc,etc……all because a buch of wild boys will not stand up to their Primus.
David
Yes, but this is precisely the point we sought to make.
These same unions lost an historical chance to alter the ownership of capital structure
If they had seen the Mutual Affair as a chance to control large swaths of workers’ capital the equities would have been markedly different.
And remember the Mutual was the linchpin of the corporate structure
When you then add the acquisition of state enterprises we are talking about real radical transformation.
Given the current negotiation postures workers will be asked to make more concessions to people who like to pretend they are moneyed but in truth and in fact can only exist with government aide.
That failure has us back to the position of beggars
As appendages to others people’s will.
@Pacha
Understand the point you have repeatedly made on this matter, no disagreement. There is also the nuance of the Barbados market where the significant owners of private capital is to be found in Port of Spain. A dynamic to factor.
David
Can anybody from TNT do anything major in Barbados without government support?
Why do we need capital from TNT, is it not at all possible to find capital elsewhere?
And why can’t that COP not be the near-zero rates available elsewhere?
The live stream of the march on facebook was something to watch, from coast to coast were in support of marchers.
Calling a spade…
..yall got catspraddled.
How you know no one reads my enlightening posts.
Ah go punish all yuh.
@Pacha
When T&T was overflowing with excess capital in the earlier period of the decade i.e. when oil price was north of 100$, owners of Trini capital had to find opportunities to employ that capital and they went on an acquisition binge across the Caribbean with Barbados the preferred stop. Why? Barbados has historically been a stable market both economically and politically. Importantly for the investor many of our companies were undervalued, for example, BS&T owned enormous real estate/property. Once you own capital acquiring permissions from many Caribbean governments whose narrow interest these days is about luring investment will not a challenge. The last part of your question becomes moot in light of the foregoing.
David July 24, 2017 at 1:13 PM #
“This is the problem in Barbados you see this as a win lose case. The country is losing every second this disharmonious environment continues. Who will invest in a country gripped in a perpetual state of industrial AND SOCIAL unrest? How will confidence be infused in the economy to spur productivity?”
@ David
Excellent comments.
Unfortunately, it seems as though Barbadians prefer to let politicians think for them. All a politician has to do is drop a “buzz word” and the yard-fowls pick it up and run with it.
Yesterday, many of the DLP callers I heard on Brass Tacks mentioned “race” and “black people following white people.”
https://www.facebook.com/BarbadosToday/videos/10155012037508191/
An informed politician is one who is at ease in times of peace and in times of turmoil.Such a person knows how to handle sensitive situations and do not depend on Fatted Calf types who panic when they appear to be hard times ahead and offer advice that support their concerns rather than the greater good of the country.The PM should think of the greater good.Failure to believe in his own remedy would result in his downfall.This PM comes across as extremely stubborn.That is going to be his undoing.Unless he meets with the social partnership(where he is already at a disadvantage)this week Bajans should stock up on supplies.
David
Thanks. We are well aware of the position of TNT as provider of corporate capital to Bajan business.
We even wrote a paper about it.
What you are doing however is helping us make our point. BS&T was largely controlled by the Mutual. Any undervaluation was a direct thief of workers interests.
And the Mutual itself was owned by workers.
The larger point is that an historical opportunity was lost in the period around the early 1990’s.
When you fail to learn from history you will be forced to repeat it.
The only difference is that workers are not the owners/controllers of capital they could have been.
But we continue to have feckless governments, unable to read what’s happening in the world and enslaved by self-imposed limited options.
https://www.facebook.com/NationBarbados/videos/10154487340370989/
Well well the march is over present govt still hold the reigns .Now what. Mottley sure hasnt got her wish accomplished just a fanatical pretentious juggling from years gone by.wuh losss nuh belly
A number of average Bimmers are hoarding monies from the sale of BS&T shares on banks via credit unions or direct.
….one of the reasons why the banks are so liquid at this time.
….this govt has been trying to get them to free it up by investing in projects for the longest time.
….Govt knows if they could find the magic formula for getting this money most of their worries would be over.
This is Fruendel’s answer to you lower beings which was posted to facebook……lol
“Quote of the day: “Anytime you see a mongoose and a chicken together there is only one element in that relationship that is going to end up losing, that’s the chicken.” PM Freundel Stuart”
Trending on Facebook..
The chickens always got servants… read government…to protect and chase away the mangoose from eating their young and stealing their eggs…read money….
…but these servants refused to protect the chickens and instead, fattened the mangoose in Barbados for 30 years and allowed them to eat ALL the eggs..and the chickens..
Now Fruendel got talk for his lower beings.
Calling a Spade…how ya like that one.
A initial analysis of the situation requires a win vs loss ; as the players have various objectives.
Angela…you should be able to say them same in another 10 months…..right.
Government has now lost the confidence of the people and of business. It also missed an opportunity to recapture the initiative by making a major announcement today on infrastructural funding. It now has lost the PR battle.
I joined the march and heard some ssying that this was free good entertainment at a cost to public servants
Some blows…..
https://www.facebook.com/VOB246/videos/2062237504000216/
The police guards in action…..
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10155541113059350&set=a.10151812305139350.1073741835.643599349&type=3
Gotta watch out for the yardfowl rat informers, ..
So ah guess given Fruendel’s anology re the mangoose …..being the minority business people…………. and the chicken, being the workers, taxpayer’s, pensioners, the people, etc…
….Fruendel and his gang of traitors in parliament, will finally start doing their paid jobs as servants of the people and finally start protecting the people from the MANGOOSE on the island that he is talking about…
Right?…
So….why did Fruendel et al force Ince to apologize for calling the mangoose parasites again….lol
Ah bet it is when the ministers thought they could get the Mangoose to go along with the NFRL??scam…lol
Disharmonious social and industrial environment: the march was a well controlled and peaceful. Now back to the table, notwithstanding the PM speech to his party faithful. The social partners will meet , the NSRL reduced to 5% , more divestment to local and T&T capital.
Vincent @2:37
That is venting
WW&C
Despite what how the resident DLP yard-fowl may want to spin this situation to save face, judging from the number of people in attendance, the march was a RESOUNDING SUCCESS.
And more so, especially against the background of the DEMS, beginning with the Bobby Morris, pushing the rhetoric that the unions are led by BLP sympathizers.
The people IGNORED that shiite, as well as Freundel Stuart’s THREAT of engaging a joint operation by the military and police, and yard-fowls pushing the “race” card, to come out in their numbers to send a strong message to an arrogant DLP and Stuart.
When Jester Ince spoke about PARASITES, he forgot to mention BOBBY MORRIS who is receiving “free money” at the expense of taxpayers and under the guise of CARICOM Ambassador.
I have never seen so much of a particular minority group marching this time around. What’s the difference here?
Just arrived home and logged onto Barbados Today. Stuart appears to be rattled. I am shocked with his rambling and delusional utterances:
“The phrase social unrest can only mean one thing, creating a situation where the society is thrown into chaos. I have said it is a matter for the Royal Barbados Police Force . . . if we get to that stage,” he said.
“I would be a traitor to those who fought for universal adult suffrage,” Stuart said of “elements that have not faced the electorate but who want final decisions on Barbados’ policies and Barbados’ future to reside with them and them alone”.
Traitor would be an apt word to sum up the Stuart government. It would be a suitable epitaph to sum up the majority of our leaders since our independence. So Stuart is not alone he is in good company.
These goons are looking for some heads to crack!
Art…the Loop did a live stream on facebook, there were many, many thousands of people there, being cheered on by people across the globe…
….dont mind the yardfowls, their days are numbered, they can start counting down now.
When the government should push the race card in favor of the majority people, they dont….they will only get cuss for pushing a race card unnecessarily now..there is a time and place for everything.
But Mangoose though…lol
I keep picturing Mangoose sucking eggs.., that is an appropriare but horrible insult…even worse than parasite..lol
Exclaimer……Fruendel and Friends. just fell and cracked open their own heads..lol
The electorate is much smarter.
https://www.facebook.com/barbadosconcerned/photos/a.1731366000447745.1073741847.1378668799050802/1887224581528552/?type=3
Kevin July 24, 2017 at 3:03 PM #
“I have never seen so much of a particular minority group marching this time around. What’s the difference here?”
@ Kevin
Don’t come to the forum trying to push the “race” agenda nonsense.
The difference here is that Barbadians of all colour, class and creed are fed up of this inept Democratic Labour Party administration.
However, take my advice………. before you DLP yard-fowls think about criticizing those black people who attended the march, as is also expected of Freundel Stuart, REMEMBER they are among the same people you will be approaching during the 2018 election campaign to SOLICIT THEIR VOTES.
So, be warned…….. forget all this shiite talk about “lions laying down with lambs” and “mongooses and chickens.”
It is clear all of that shiite talk Stuart put down yesterday “back-fired.” Stuart seems to believe he can talk to only DLP supporters, use pejorative analogies to insult Barbadians and people are going to be satisfied with that.
This march is a lesson for Freundel Stuart
Let us hope that “Mi Revalushanary Fren”, Linton Kwesi Johnson, does not add Mr Stuart to his list of notorious ex-world leaders. LOL!!!
@ Kevin
“And another thing……….”
The white people you are now criticizing and implying ulterior motives are the SAME white people who VOTED for the DLP to be elected to office by a resounding majority during the 2008 elections, thereby punishing Owen Arthur and the BLP for a similar arrogant and “don’t carish” attitude now being exhibited by Freundel and the DLP.
Imagine these DLP sycophants talking about a race card.What about Maloney,Bjerkham
Tempro and those in hiding like Kyffin who reaping all the sweets.Andrew Bynoe of Carlton threw his hat into the ring.He was very lucid and spoke as one who has an excellent command of the language we speak.That to me is a patriot,putting his money where his mouth is,doing so with the pride and industry of which the dipper boasted.
https://www.facebook.com/krystle.marshall/videos/10155347060591488/?autoplay_reason=gatekeeper&video_container_type=56&video_creator_product_type=0&app_id=350685531728&live_video_guests=0
@Pacha
We are on the same page.The undervaluation of local companies was about lazy local plantation management a la Plantations Holdings that CLICO bought and asset strip.
#UP-DE-TING…..
DE MESSAGE….
” WE WANT TO TAKE BACK DE COUNTRY ”
THE NEXT PM HAS SPOKEN.
Thanks for the video David July 24, 2017 at 4:11 PM #
“Imagine these DLP sycophants talking about a race card.What about Maloney,Bjerkham
Tempro and those in hiding like Kyffin who reaping all the sweets.”
Gabriel…dont tell me you missed what’s going on, those you called along with Cow and Bizzy are Fruendel’s Mangoose…there is so much more going on here….so who did you think he meant.
But now that Fruendel in his anger and vexation has admitted that these employers are Mangoose, how is he going to start getting rid of them out of the treasury, away from taxpayer contracts, the NIS pension fund all those decades of concessions. … all the other eggs these Mangoose have been sucking for decades……
….and direct that money internally to the black majority, whom these millions not only belong to, but can be used to create jobs for the black youth who have no opportunities, no hope and are getting involved in crimes…..causing problems on the island.
There has to be a turn around….worry about the succesive generations of black youth with no jobs….forget the few whites who survive anyway, they were sending a message…by marching.
As disgusting as Fruendel is, he knew what he meant, that did not just slip out.
Dont get your vision cloudy, just watch carefully..
It’s Fruendel’s and Mia’s job to get rid of Fruendel’s Mangoose, all of them, they dont need them to win or lose the election….
…remember these people still owe NIS Pension 120 million dollars for 4 seasons scam…with Mia as 4 Seasons attorney…dont get blinded.
@Pacha
“BS&T was largely controlled by the Mutual.” Not accurate. The Mutual, may have been the single largest shareholder, but that holding never gave them control, largely or actually. The same Mutual, now Sagicor, I believe is also the largest single shareholder in GEL, but at <15%, control remains elsewhere.
A question becomes WHO is the Elite in the business community, the Blogmaster referenced earlier. The Trinis? Sagicor is by far the largest local player, and their BoD also contains plenty Trinis. The owners of multiple hotels? Ambev? Or the local business owners who “fly low”, excluding Simpson, who in terms of size is bigger by far than many of the rest combined.
And part of the referred to “under valuation” relates to the HORRENDOUS charges applied to share purchases and sales on the BSE. And with listings falling, it can only get worse.