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”
There you go Carson old boy.
@ Alvin Cummins July 24, 2017 at 7:12 PM
“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.”
“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.”
Alvin, can’t you see you are contradicting yourself by those two conflicting statements?
Did or didn’t the IMF ‘recommend’ those measures proposed in the “BUDGET”?
But we are glad to see that you are seeing the inevitable road to the IMF door.
Shades of 1991, indeed! Even when the economy was firing on all cylinders and batting like Sir Garry.
The current economically stifling measures will have even a worse impact than those which were introduced in the many versions and iterations of the same homegrown package sold to Bajan fools since December 2013 with the disgracefully dismissed Guv of the C B being the chief salesman of junk bonds and bullshit.
Ok
you have published something which can not be verified, how about publishing HERBERT’S letter now?
What value should we place in the word of a Prime Minister. Should we dismiss Prime Minister Stuart’s promise as election campaign rhetoric? Should we dismiss the promise the late Prime Minister David Thompson made to CLICO policyholders? Are we finally willing to say to politicians, ENOUGH!
Read Nation article PM’s Word
So why dont Fruendel publish the letter, that is what a real leader would do to prove his case and regain the lost trust of the people…whom he is paid a salary to serve.
Ping Pong….it is clear Fruendel and is fools were playing slick, buying time for the next 10 months and it blew up on them…lol
they got stabbed by their masters
yall just got thrown under the bus by the minorities you enrich and put before ya own people and ya still keeping secrets for them…
useless slaves….they will destroy you.
DAVID
WHAT VALUE should we place on HERBERT’S WORD?
“Business folk make views clear”
NO, NO AND NO!
The Barbados Private Sector Association (BPSA) supports neither the recent budgetary proposals nor the trade union-led industrial action taking place.
And it has also not engaged in any show of no confidence against Prime Minister Freundel Stuart.
The position was made clear by the association’s chairman Charles Herbert following a two-hour meeting with its members ”
Then two days LATER there he was encouraging Businesses to close down their businesses and give staff a Bank holiday WITH PAY so that he and they could march REAL BUDDY LIKE.
THE SAID SAME HERBERT.
http://www.nationnews.com/nationnews/news/98857/business-folk-views
Alvin
Chuckle……why don’t we settle the entire issue by calling elections now.
The Prime Minister said that he was not negotiating the policies of the Government with anybody who has NOT faced the electorate.
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Suppose de body brings de electorate with him/her?
Sounds like an awful lot of voters in the electorate marched today!!
Ask the 20,000 voters that marched today.
This man HERBERT is more fun than a barrel of monkeys.
@ David
Forget the idiot Carson..
Let the dead bury their dead.
Why are we talking about the dead?
There march was about sending a message to the BLP…about the kind of Barbados we want.
It was sweet as shiite!!! …an atmosphere not seen on the streets of Barbados since the 1980’s
Thousands of mostly DECENT people, …of all races, ages, abilities …all intermingling like family….
..no nasty low-minded, gutter-ready wukking up and drunkenness
..no nasty language and fights
..working people …concerned for the future..
Shiite!!!
Bushie could hardy believe it… SOME BAJANS ARE NOT BRASS… 🙂
@Bush Tea
Felt like having some fun tonight that is all.
DAVID
One thing about you, you like using numbers which you think will get your crooked Barbados Labour Party into Parliament in numbers sufficient to form a Govt.
In the run up to the 2013 election you were spouting numbers of 28 to 2.
Barbados Labour Party 28
Democratic Labour Party 2
Now you are back with numbers again?
You just getting old but you are not learning anything?
Charles Herbert is more intelligent and competent that EVERYONE in the WHOLE DLP …put together – even if Stephen Lashley does the arithmetic …and comes up with $20M.
It is therefore refreshing to hear that the pissy DLP yardfowls are attacking him… Bushie would have had second thoughts about him, …if brass bowls who like Froon and Stinkliar ALSO liked Herbert…
@ Vincent
The public sector workers have to get a salary increase first, then the elections will be called. Have patience.
bush tea
Wonder of wonders!!!!
You are no longer calling your fellow Bajans , BRASSBOWLS?
I CANT BELIEVE MY EYES.
Hopefully Mia and her gang, once elected do not make the same mistakes, being slaves for and serving Fruendel`s Mangoose, instead of the majority population.
WELL WELL
The DLP is going to be returnd to office for a third term.
Don’t get tie up.
And the thing is you are talking so much about Barbados and you don’t even have a vote here. so your words don’t count.
Old Like
@ John who wrote “Suppose de body brings de electorate with him/her?”
Well that may be fortuitous. It makes for greater effectiveness and efficiency in getting one’s message across. However, the message received may not be message which was sent. Something like what happened as a result of the CBC telecast of the PM’s speech at the constituency luncheon. 20000 didn’t get the PM’s message or did they?
if the numbers are correct, ya see those votes ya expecting next year….ALL marched against yall today, ya would be lucky to get one seat…..
someone said it could have been up to 50,000 marching against the government today….
@ WW&C
Hopefully Mia and her gang, once elected do not make the same mistakes,
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Hopefully, the situation will be such that Mia and her gang will be FORCED to be on their Ps and Qs …out of fear that those DECENT Bajans who stood up for RIGHT today will be UNAFRAID to do it again …and AGAIN should politicians do shiite….
Left to Bushie, there would be another march on Friday UNLESS the dead idiots in charge have called elections by Thursday…
The on Monday next week …
EVERYONE STAYS AT HOME AND HOLDS A WAKE FOR THE DLP…
Up de damn thing..
How long are we going to lug around a bunch of dead bodies?
Bush Tea July 24, 2017 at 8:02 PM # said “march was about sending a message to the BLP…about the kind of Barbados we want.
It was sweet as shiite!!! …an atmosphere not seen on the streets of Barbados since the 1980’s”
The march this morning was the best welcome home present I can imagine.
AG takes dig at march leaders
The numbers are increasing by the hour.
First it was 10,000
then numbers man DAVID raised them to 20,000
now some one else is saying 50,000
by this same time Tuesday night they will be 250,000
I am hoping that I will be wrong. But I doubt it.
@ John July 24, 2017 at 8:00 PM
“The Prime Minister said that he was not negotiating the policies of the Government with anybody who has NOT faced the electorate.”
How come he will have to be prepared to ‘negotiate’ with IMF in the coming weeks/months? Will he be faced with a Hobson’s choice of black horses?
Will the IMF be facing the electorate in the upcoming one-horse race since the yellow DLP horse saddled with an obese jockey will be ‘scratched’ because of a broken leg received while exercising at the Garrison but too close to the monument dedicated to Satan?
A very poor outcome of a protest march !
The DLP government is still intact & not brought to it’s knees as promised by the organizers !!!!
In the 2013 general election campaiythe BLP claimed they had 25,000 persons at their Haggatt Hall rallly …….in a space that can only hold about 6,000 persons !!!!!!
The Dems ain’t budging the PM ain’t budging !!!!
So all your BLP political sheep 🐑…..keep chewing on your cud !!!!!
Bushman…it`s time.
Carson….which ever way, yall lost the trust of the people…so you are doomed either way.
there was solidarity today and it was not with the government.
that is a death knell.
An idiot of a very high order.
Be warned!
“The Prime Minister said that he was not negotiating the policies of the Government with anybody who has NOT faced the electorate.”
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Which electorate did Jerkham, baloney and bizzy face..?
…by this same time Tuesday night they will be 250,000
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Got THAT shiite right Carson….
Left up to Bushie, by the third march up to Bay street it may well be…
REAL people hate wunna donkeys hear…?
Dey wanna UP the damn ting….
OMG, David
Thanks for posting that picture of that old goat……..
I was searching in your archives for it since another blogger posted it………..instead of spending so much time bowing down and worshipping at the altar of the DLP, serving the wicked deceitful DLP, he could really spend some more time looking after himself.
This march today really has them rattled to the point where they seem to be going bonkers!
If only 5 or 6 thousand had turned out, he would be here gloating………but alas, people of all classes and races came out peacefully to show their displeasure with this government.
The PM did a disservice to the country last night (I actually watched the man). I think as well as a lot of the marchers today that his condescending tone and rhetoric brought out many more people.
Good question…all 3 of them making up half of Fruendel’s Mangoose….his masters.
So glad they threw him under the bus…should have been on of those GO buses…those are huge.
It’s sad when neither the PM nor his ministers know their place…are always combative to the union, their members and workers in general…
Hear the idiot Carson gloating about government knowing about discrimination against and sexual exploitation of workers, never doing anything about it and hinting that they never will because of today’s march…what a low class, bottom feeding bunch…no one should ever vote for them again…
I could not even read Alvin’s nonsense, not even the first paragraph, cause it sounds very much like they believe the government can retaliate against the marchers and the unions when these are the people they should be looking to make peace with…or be thrown out of parliament….which it appears is a slam dunk.
There is no disputing the fact that the foundation of today’s march, was lies.
There is no disputing the fact that the foundation of today’s march, was lies.
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Right again!!
…probably started when Froon said that he knew nothing of CAHILL…
…or was it when he said that UWI fees would not be cut…?
…or perhaps when Stinkliar said that the 2% NSRL would be just temporary…?
Did somebody mention lies?
@NorthernObserver July 24, 2017 at 11:28 AM “Hence my surprise, and disapproval, that Herbert would write the need to “avert social unrest”. That could be construed as an implied threat, versus a consequence of actions taken/not taken.”
I see no implied threat. However I do see a warning that if people feel mistreated they will protest, sometimes violently. It has happened in every country, in every era, under every form of government. Bajans are human.
And because we are human, we will sometime protest, and in the past this protest has sometimes become violent. The capacity to protest, sometimes violently is embedded in every single human being.
I know this.
You know this.
Stuart knows this.
Herbert knows this.
@Hal Austin July 24, 2017 at 2:30 PM “Government has now lost the confidence of the people and of business…It now has lost the PR battle.”
I am so glad to see that you have awoken from your coma.
Bushie how come yuh ent shout muh out? Yuh play yuh ent see mu BUT ah see yuh flat boxy self trying to wine behind de truck. Dat march was a good one. Yuh ent see de BIG BLACK RAT dat run thru de crowd over de bridge. I say dat was Froon running to Bay St. fuh cover! It nearlyrun over muh foot and de crowd did jumping high.
Mia took a lot of flack when she built a prison at Dodds and used the old US Naval Facility at Harrison’s,St Lucy to house temporarily the majority of prisoners.It was a logistical nightmare but this indefatigable woman rose to the occasion.You see the hell Guyana is going through with a similar situation.And we had even Worrell at CB complaining about the repayment of the loan for building Dodds.Barbados a tourist destination would have been doomed if Glendairy had burned under the watch of Nitwit Braffit and this poor rakey lot comprising the DLP.Prisoners would have been in that march today if Nitwit had to deal with the problems Mia handled.In addition this same Mia handled the logistics of Cricket World Cup,enacting and passing special legislation connecting our territories as a single space for purposes of immigration and emigration.OSA had confidence in Mia then to handle these 2 big projects.She did so admirably.What is the reason OSA detests Mia nowadays.OSA,say it or stop talking about the woman as though she is a pariah.
@Artax July 24, 2017 at 3:48 PM “This march is a lesson for Freundel Stuart.”
But still the question is “Is he capable of learning this lesson?”
@Carson C. Cadogan July 24, 2017 at 5:40 PM “As someone said, the BLACK Trade Union Leadership must realise that you cant be a friend of the chicken and the Mongoose.”
Since Fruendel has called the private sector (read the white people) predatory cats, lions and mongooses tell me again why did Jepter apologize for calling them parasites?
And those of us who are Bajans, especially those of us who like Freundel, are country Bajans, know that to be called a sneaky, egg sucking, parasitic, thieving mongoose is the very worse kind of insult.
Bushie
Why are you allowing the BLP to laugh at you?
Why are you setting up yourself for disappointment, again?
What could explain how you, as our intellectual prop, could over and over again, when the chip are down, defend duopoly politics as if vanguard?
You cannot be so naive to consider that any message could be sent to the BLP other than your spineless desire to have the BLP in power again.
No further reading, by the duopoly, will go into the meaning of this march. And you MUST know this.
We’ve had potentially more profound marches before this. Last time the BLP emerged with 15 years in ‘power’ and nothing changed for the better.
Even crimes committed last time have not be answered, and will never be, once you now sanction these old crimes.
A highly intelligent man like you must see some external forces with the potential to inform local changes. Things lesser mortals are oblivious to.
We see external forces making things far worse. And consider that the dominant local forces, including the BLP, will merely serve to further consolidate economic power into fewer and fewer hands.
Your notion about the least bad is also self delusional.
Or the thinking about not throwing out some baby with some dirty bath water. That too has long been a logical fallacy.
Politics in Barbados, in duopolies more generally, are nothing more than acts of public masturbation and we find it quite difficult seeing the Great Bushie spilling seed in such a wasteful fashion.
” why did Jepter apologize for calling them parasites?”
You would have to ask him that question the next time you see him?
@ Pacha
Boss … you have to work with what you have.
Life is like that.
Brilliance is not about being a genius – it is about maximising the ACTUAL potential at your disposal.
@ Islandgal
Bushie had his eyes on someone looking like you, …but what the hell happened to that ‘coke bottle body’ yuh had…?
What has gravity done to the ‘bubs’…
Looks to Bushie that IslandGuy overdoing it yuh…. 🙂
Better put him on a leash….
The workers were given a Bank holiday by their bosses and paid for it. Next year we will see the same again, but this time THE WORKERS WILL BE PAID TO VOTE by their bosses.
Today was the dry run.
What say you HERBERT?
@Alvin Cummins July 24, 2017 at 7:12 PM. “Bargaining begins with each side presenting an extreme position, but not an unrealistic position.”
Can you explain for us simpletons the difference between an extreme position and an unrealistic position?
Tek ya time thinking before ya respond.
The Nation puts the crowd size at 21,000+