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”
Pressure should be put on both Fruendel and Mia to rid the island of these Mangoose…..
….to put the wealth into the hands of the black majority, their own wealth, so that opportunities and jobs can be created for the black youth….generation after generation going forward…things cannot continue as is, the crime rate will go up significantly.
Stop concentrating the wealth in the hands of the minority Mangoose gang….or there will be unrest.
Anyway, there is also a story behind the Hyatt scam that is waiting to come out, I suspect that is what set Fruendel off, but it is his own fault for catering to Mangoose in the first place.
All the big smiles Mia got….she better dont come with the same shit again….catering to Mangoose. egg suckers..
Try as I might I cant get that damn image out of my head..lol
@ Well Well
You seem consumed by race.
Present day Barbados is more divided by class than by race.
If we can achieve the objectives of full transparency and accountability as repeatedly advocated on this blog the resulting sunshine will go a long way to disinfecting many of the ills, racial and otherwise, afflicting us.
When government enacted the ERA, these same private sector heads said employees now have too much rights and the want a review of the act. I think thats one example of what PM Stuart was referring too which his chicken-mongoose, lion-lamb phrases. Another example is the calling out of workers during a tropical storm, even though the all clear wasnt given. Then same workers and you on here, was crying down that private sector big-wig. And calling on government for clarity and legislation. Chicken-mongose. Lion-lamb! Frenduel and you all on here, knows how it goes.
“Present day Barbados is more divided by class than by race.”
Old Baje…if you dont see it being one and the same…then ya lost, racism is still being practiced by the tiny dying group of bajan themed whites today, as it was practiced in the 1800s…
..what is cutting these ministers asses is…they should have banned racism 50 years ago from the country….
It’s not too late…they still can.
Because you or others may have marched shoulder to shoulder with a couple Bajan whites, it dies not mean they want their grandson to marry your grand daughter or vice versa….or they sure as hell will nit invite you into their homes for dinner or to their private parties.
get ya head on straight…yall are too easily fooled…that keeps the shit going on indefinitely.
@ Gabriel July 24, 2017 at 3:56 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.”
Now that there is every likelihood that the superciliously arrogant Fumble and his equally stupid goons will not be returned to office in the next round of general elections there is very little chance the DLP would be attracting the attention of their former financial backers like the same names mentioned in the above.
These are shrewd investors who would not deliberately back a three-legged horse with a ‘blindingly’ obese jockey on its back in a two horse race. There will be no more expensive ads saying “NO to Privatization”.
Will Kyffin be backing away from the BNTCL deal now that the fate of the DLP has been sealed by today’s events?
If Fumble had even a shred of decency and class about him he would see the writing on the wall and leave the scene with whatever little bit of moral fibre is left in him.
But what can we expect from a man who was once promoted as the paragon of morality but had no compunctions about telling a Big lie to a little school boy followed by the nasty dessert of bragging about it with the 2013 election date written in stone and sewn to the pocket lining of his trousers.
Why not do himself a huge favour by repeating a Sandiford move and upset the whole kit and caboodle to pave the way for economic replanting and fresh growth via an IMF-supported standby financing arrangement and a far-reaching structural adjustment programme to save Barbados from economic implosion.
You never know, but sometime down the road Fumble himself, in true Muttley style, might just be awarded accolades similar to those ‘worn’ by Sir Lloyd.
What about Baron “Fraudel” from the blackened House of Stuart?
It looks like a few people attended and they were well behaved too, Bajan style.
“When government enacted the ERA, these same private sector heads said employees now have too much rights and the want a review of the act. I think thats one example of what PM Stuart was referring too which his chicken-mongoose, lion-lamb phrases.”
I dont often agree with Kevin, but in this instance he is correct….
But the Mangoose gang are of both government’s own making…the ministers of both governments never put the Mangoose in their place and allowed them to suck more and more eggs, now they got fat mangoose with power to shift workers to their will….that is dangerous.
Neither government likes being on the sides of the unions or the workers. …big mistake.
What both governments should start doing to regain the trust of the people…since they shot that to hell with their uppity arrogance, no one niw trusts government, including their own Mangoose…
…..start observing worker’s rights and human rights in Barbados….stop letting the Mangoose violate worker’s rights and human rights.
@ Well Well
I observe my children interacting with white kids and they and their friends just don’t see race anymore. It is us old people that thinking about race all the time.
In any case, you can’t legislate to change what is in a man’s heart. We have to address past injustices by creating more opportunity for those at the bottom.
That photo is Trumpesque, difference is, the people were actually there.
It is amazing how these negropeans are color conscious when elections are nearing. Fool me once shame on you; fool me twice shame on me;; fool me every damn election cycle…..
Left Barbados 36 years ago and the same song was playing ..
Chuckle….here we have a govt operative complaining about the workers being hoodwinked by the private sector when at the same time the entire country is being royally hoodwinked by the govt and the ones suffering the most from this caring govt is who else but the said same workers.
Damned if you do and damned if you dont…..the eternal plight of the worker.
The same workers who in 2013 believed the no layoff call from this caring govt……lol…….3000 went home…..I wonder how many will go this time if they ever one the elections after crying long tears that all of NSRL is to prevent layoffs as opposed to optics for the IMF which would not be required if the applied for assistance……..loil…..but that would be political suicide…..so we suffer……ah Bim… we weep for you.
Old Baje…..children dont see race, it’s their parents and grand parents do, and it’s when they get older you see the changes taking place in their demeanor and they tend to hang out with their own kind…..and shift away, this been going on for centuries…it will take centuries to change, so dont hold ya breath..
I agree with you…there has to be a shift in the distribution of wealth on the island to save generations of the black youth…ya cannot keep losing ya young people to prison and death because they have no hope and no opportunities, .
Owen drove us towards the cliff. Sincler knew that we were near to the cliff and drove us still nearer. Then he put his foot on the accelerator like Thelma & Louise. Then, when he could see the edge he holler, “Oh Shite” and slamms on the brakes. But the the tryes screaming and skidding and we about to go over …………….
If Fruendel had the intelligence or respect for workers and their rights, the unions and their rights, the majority population and their rights, he could turn all this around before election…but his ministers are also dumbasses who like to lie to the people.
Interesting…..
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING.
As someone said, the BLACK Trade Union Leadership must realise that you cant be a friend of the chicken and the Mongoose.
Some people are guesstimating the marchers at around 10,000 people.
What we witness today was the cat and the rat pretending to be friends.
Carson……..yall get stabbed by the Mangoose…lol
Mangoose have sharp teeth, they bite…lol
Ya bleeding…
That should have taught you and Fruendel and the other ministers a lesson…
But did you learn..
Or when the Mangoose start smiling in ya faces again…will ya revert to ya old slave habits…of selling out ya people and not returning the wealth to ya people…giving it away to Mangoose..
Herbert wrote a letter to our Prime Minister promising “Social unrest”, then he ought to be ready for the consequences. “Social Unrest” has been taking place in Venezuela for the past 4 months. So far to date over 100 people have been KILLED either by gun fire or burning alive in the streets. I do hope that HERBERT is prepared for this. But I also hope that Black people in Barbados also realised that the people who start these things are never ever casualties when the gun smoke settles.
Thank you for that video, Vincent.
The BLACK stooges in the Trade Union leadership will quickly realise that they are nothing more than pawns in a game. They are what the Communists used to refer to as USEFUL IDIOTS.
Carson…stop being melodramatic. ..what will really cause social unrest on the island, is the wealth imbalance, which both governments refuse to make right, you have all the wealth, contracts, concessions, loans etc concentrated in the hands of 6 to 10 Mangoose, for the last 30 years, ya have corruption and other wrongs that are causing the disenfranchisement of your own people..
Ya have no jobs for your youth….which is causing rising crime..
Ya have certain criminals in society not going to prison for drugs, guns, insurance fraud etc while the man in the street gets 7 month for stealing a couple chocolates or a bag of weed and government refuses to address these imbalances.
That is what will cause social unrest…
It’s Karma and yall bad planning caused the Mangoose them to stab ya in ya back….lol.
….plus I suspect there is also much more going on.
Vincent, the NSRL is not meant to avoid civil service layoffs. It is meant to delay them until after the next election. The gov’t knows they will lose it if it is called now.
Hal, it is incorrect to say that the private sector and workers have now lost confidence in gov’t. The private sector lost confidence in gov’t 5 to 6 years ago. In their first term there was massive losses of foreign investment through lack of facilitation and bribe solicitation. since then there has been massive capital flight from local businesses and individuals. Now we are on our last economic legs the workers we needed to rise up years ago finally have.
‘There will be no economic recovery under Fumble’s Fools’ shirts and some cold water would’ve made me some money today.
I was told today that the police were told to expect 20,000 people. They reckoned they had about 25,000. I took a detour for a ‘water break’ and met up the riot cops in a side road carrying gas masks.
The fact is this, this gov’t is done. The racist story on WhattsApp about Popular Discount originated from a gov’t minister’s phone. They have no legs left to stand on. If the 2017 budget is not revoked this country will be brought to its knees.
You do realize that without the vote of the same “union stooges”…and workers yall violate their rights and join with the Mangoose to disenfranchise them……yall will never be returned to parliament.., never..
So…your choice..
… personally, I woukd cut all those Mangoose loose, they are fat enough and instead concentrate on the unions, their members and the majority population whose votes you need.
The Mangoose are through with you, you have served ya purposes as slaves.
The same people who marched against Sandi, many years later admitted that what he did was right and that it saved the country. We so dumb that we cant learn from history. Especially our own history. I said they were demonstrating their right to be stupid. A lot of these people think in slow motion.
Since CH wrote the letter as head of the PSA, that letter must be in the public domain. Anybody got a copy?
If government had done right by the workers in the country for the last 9 years, stay friendly with the unions and all other workers, especially those paid slave wages….. instead of being confrontational and hardline….toward overtaxed workers.
.ya wont have to worry about some silly little letter from one of your own Mangoose.
When ya sow the wind, ya reap the whirlwind.
Was looking at a “Frankly Speaking by Caswell (June 15. 2014).
Going to toss this on the wall and see if stick as the election process has to be more than changing from EverReady to Duracell.
A politician becomes eligible for a full pension after serving 10 years in parliament and reaching the age of 60 (or older).
Politicians must declare their assets to some government office every three years
An immediate criticism is that only the rich would enter politics, but I believe that politicians would work harder to serve the people if you move sharing of the fatted calf down the road and also examine how the calf is shared,
“The Mangoose are through with you, you have served ya purposes as slaves.”
Wrong as usual!!!
The mongoose is eager to install the OREO party. To wit the Barbados Labour Party.
But elections is due next year and they are afraid that the people will once again re elect the party of the people the Democratic Labour Party(as they will).
A day can be a long time in politics never mind the better part of a year. In 2013 the Mongoose poured millions of dollars into the OREO PARTY election campaign only to witness the wise people of Barbados get in its way by re electing the Party of the people. As a result they got no return on their investment. Ever since they have been angry with the Democratic Labour Party.
“I was told today that the police were told to expect 20,000 people. They reckoned they had about 25,000. I took a detour for a ‘water break’ and met up the riot cops in a side road carrying gas masks.”
This is the same gas mask and riot shields Adriel Nitwit had imported some years ago and lied to the people about it.., everyone knew they had it…hope the police used the shields to shelter from the rain and the gas masks to hide their laughter..
The ministers are mischievous, one of them posted a shit article to ND this morning and got cussed poisonous fir his or her troubles. ..ah bet they sorry now.
Carson…yall have to stop lying to the people, they are your bosses, you are their servants.
Ya are not the servants of the Mangoose. .lol
@ Carson C. Cadogan July 24, 2017 at 5:42 PM #
“What we witness today was the cat and the rat pretending to be friends.”
Then your DLP administration must be the cheese trapped like piggy-in-the-middle.
Mene mene tekel upharsin. Your end is nigh. Run for cover.
The thousands who marched equate to votes. You should keep this top of your skull with a general election on the horizon.
“The mongoose is eager to install the OREO party. To wit the Barbados Labour Party.”
That means the Mangoose are through with you…
…they are exchanging you for the other gang of slaves…remember, all yall slaves are interchangeable.
Same system…get rid of old useless slaves, ship in another gang of slaves easier to control for a time,
“Ever since they have been angry with the Democratic Labour Party.”
So why yall still giving them NIS money by the millions, contracts, concessions, taxpayer’s money.?
How much the Mangoose begging yall to thief from NIS for Hyatt….
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That was my intent on my post as I said every one knows that the lay offs have to come and if these were re-elected just like the 2013 no layoffs the same would happen after this election.
Thousands who would have voted for the OREO party anyway. So nothing was gained by them anyway.
@ Carson C. Cadogan July 24, 2017 at 6:15 PM
“In 2013 the Mongoose poured millions of dollars into the OREO PARTY election campaign only to witness the wise people of Barbados get in its way by re electing the Party of the people. As a result they got no return on their investment. Ever since they have been angry with the Democratic Labour Party.”
The same can’t be said about Maloney and his white financial shadows. They have indeed received more than just a ‘return on their investment” in the poor workers’ Housing Credit Fund.
Just look at the Valerie and the Grotto with the Hyatt kickbacks in the pipeline!
But the once fatted calf has transformed into an emaciated dying old cow ridden by an obese jackass called Fumble. Your DLP asses have now become parched grass that not even the mongoose and rat would want to play in.
I hope the workers were not too timid to use the opportunity for them selves.
This was a great chance to tell the bosses who were along side them marching, not to deduct their NIS and then don’t pay it in, not to force them to work when there is a National shut down, and don’t forget to give them an hour for lunch as the law dictates and not half hour, to promote them on merit and not to give the Manager job to their 16 year old grand son who is dumb as an ox, when they have guests from overseas don’t require female workers to provide them with sex, and so and so on.
This was a wonderful opportunity for such dialogue. Seeing that they were now buddies.
David,
The BIG march took place. Based on the speeches made by the leaders of the march I still have to understand what the purpose of the march was. One leader said it was because of lack of dialogue between the Government and the unions, because Government would not engage with the. I seem to remember that a union leader some time ago, when seeking to convince government of the necessity of consideration of a wage increase; in spite of a presentation of government’s estimates of expenditure and revenue; prepared by public sector workers, showing the precarious position of Government, and despite the dismissal of the Governor of the Central Bank because he objected to government borrowing (through printing of money, i.e, loans) to pay the same public sector workers, indicated that he was prepared to begin negotiations by asking for a 25% increase, still expected to be talked to or negotiated with. Bargaining begins with each side presenting an extreme position, but not an unrealistic position, when all the figures are presented. The unions are not being led, they are being misled by their so called leaders.
I read the IMF report, of the staff participating in the article 1V consultation. The second to last, and last paragraphs should be required reading over and over for the Union leaders (ALL), and the Private sector leaders. It reads:
“Continued fiscal discipline, with economic growth are essential to securing Barbados’ future. They will be critical to bolster international reserves and support the currency peg. Only a substantial and a sustained reduction in the fiscal deficit, which will put the debt-to-GDP ratio on a solid downward path, will restore the country’s credit rating and attractiveness to investors.
The May 30th budget accelerates the pace of adjustments. It seeks to address the fundamental imbalance between revenues and expenditures that has characterized Barbados’ Public finances in the past decade and to significantly reduce new funding requirements. The budget is primarily focussed on raising revenues while shoring up international reserves, including through an increase in the NSRL which impact mostly imported goods,rising from 3%to10%…”
There is no doubt in my mind that the IMF had a hand in the preparation of the BUDGET. They left the island on 29th May. They knew what was coming and had no objection.
What the reaction of the unions, the opposition (even though the Leader of the opposition was part of the consultation team), and others, is that the reactionary elements in this society are still following a slavish attitude. If the same medicine had been recommended by the IMF; (foreign; and what Bushie would call albino-centric elements), there would have been no protest marches. They would have held their noses and swallowed the medicine. But because it is a home-grown package, fashioned presented by Black people, and does not advocate borrowing to support the balance of payments, or devaluation, the same people want to kill the party in power, and create strife.. Shades of 1991.
before I forget,
When they see them at the bus stop waiting for the bus and they are driving up in their Audi SUV, don’t leave them stranded, give them a lift home. After all we are now friends and fellow marchers.
I scratch your back , you scratch mine.
@Alvin
Not a boy in this forum expects you to understand.
David;
My mother used to use an expression in reference to people who would not listen or understand. She called them “hard mouth cows.”
At last the union leaders should understand
DAVID
If you really want something to do profitable, get a copy of the letter HERBERT wrote to OUR PRIME MINISTER promising “social unrest”
And publish it.
OUR PRIME MINISTER said that he had to read it, re read it, read it upside down, read it from the back, READ IT FROM ALL ANGLES, because he could not believe that HERBERT put something like that in writing to him.
@ Carson Cadogan
Did the Prime Minister not say that with regard to the removal or adjustment of the NSRL at this time, “That will not happen.”?
What dialogue are these marchers then expecting to take place?
The Prime Minister explicitly stated that fiscal policy is the sole prerogative of the Cabinet of Barbados and not subject to the review and approval of any private sector body.
The Prime Minister said that he was not negotiating the policies of the Government with anybody who has NOT faced the electorate.
Do you agree that should the Prime Minister meet with the private sector association or the unions with regard to the already imposed tax policies that this is a declaration of surrender and evidence that the present administration is not fit to govern?
Has the Prime Minister painted himself into a corner? As a student of history what did you learn from the previous experience of a large number of Barbadians taking to the streets to protest the actions of a DLP administration? Ten thousand marched then, twenty thousand marched today; should I prepare for 28 years of BLP administration?
Well said Alvin.
`Carson C. Cadogan July 24, 2017 at 7:10 PM #
I hope the workers were not too timid to use the opportunity for them selves.
This was a great chance to tell the bosses who were along side them marching, not to deduct their NIS and then don’t pay it in, not to force them to work when there is a National shut down, and don’t forget to give them an hour for lunch as the law dictates and not half hour, to promote them on merit and not to give the Manager job to their 16 year old grand son who is dumb as an ox, when they have guests from overseas don’t require female workers to provide them with sex, and so and so on.
This was a wonderful opportunity for such dialogue. Seeing that they were now buddies.`
….and the government knows all of this, condone it, do not lock up these Mongoose gang for it, do not protect the workers from it…
all the government does is demonise the workers and the unions…you are slaves to the minorities, you serve and protect them…you do not serve the majority who pay your salaries….you got what you deserved….look after your own people first.
Ping pong
Lightning does not strike the same place twice. That is for your edification.
Our PRIME MINISTER is a very intelligent man.
He is not only well educated, but even more importantly he is imbued with a great deal of COMMON SENSE.
Also he is surrounded by a very capable team of Cabinet Ministers and advisers.
Nuff said!!!!