A recent picture of the Hyatt location on Bay Street i
One of the more interesting revelations made by Prime Minister Mia Mottley at yesterday’s press conference was the waiver by the last Democratic Labour Party (DLP) of duties in the amount of $330,000 on a Mercedes Benz AMG GLC Coupe on April 12, 2018- to be used by a Director of Sales of Hyatt hotel.
The point needs to be made that the construction of the Hyatt hotel was shrouded in uncertainty in uncertainty after the decision was handed down by Dr. The Hon. Madam Justice Sonia L. Richards on December 20, 2018.
The question to whom it may concern at Hyatt hotel headquarters- what is the name of the Director of Sales?
Prime Minister Mia Mottley’s Press Conference (1 June 2018
No wonder Trump hates German cars.
Mercedes Benz rocks the planet!
I do not understand how a hotel that has not yet received planning permission or started construction can appoint a Director of Sales who qualifies for a duty free vehicle? I have asked Hyatt for confirmation on who has been appointed?
How many other hotel Director of Sales drive at Mercedes Benz AMG GLC on Barbados?
We, I , call them crooks, liars and scumbags and you all behave badly and post all 30 must GO , More Proof to come, suckers again, within 18 to 24 month Mia Shall be gone or sooner as soon as the DPP and COP do their work, Alex Mitchel BFP
Lock Stinkliar to hell up…………..this is a clear abuse of the power of a MOF.
Does anyone remember how Freundel Stuart got his security detail to run a team from the Nation away when he did a site visit to Bay Street saying that it was a private meeting?
Look how things change……..all his power disappeared in the twinkling of an eye.
I constantly asked on BU whether the BTII had sold the land at Bay Street or whether the BTII would have put up yhe land as equity in the project. Needless to say there were no answers until now years and months later the PM revealed yesterday that she was told by the BTII that they have a cheque in hand for 5 million dollars.
So did Mark Maloney intend to build on our land and not pay for it? Lock Stinkliar, Freundel and Sealy up!
While looking for this Mercedes Benz AMG GLC Coupe you might stumble upon two or three others. If you heading into the country Easy, Hall and pull some big gates…………………..you might find two or three Mercedes Benz. Sounds like a His and Hers arrangement. Not much Baloney in this here story.
AS THE DAYS GO BY WE WILL SEE MORE AND MORE WHY IT IS THAT THE LORD ABOVE ALLOWED THE RESULT OF THE ELECTION ON MAY 24TH TO BE 30-0
THESE REVELATIONS ARE UNBELIEVABLE!
NO ONE WOULD DO THIS AGAINST THEIR OWN HOUSEHOLD….SO WHY AGAINST THE COUNTRY THAT ALLOWED THEM TO SERVE AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL
All I can do is quote Calypsonian “All the politicians do is make mock sport at people.” The prison and the Gems Project Edutech. The list goes on.
This should read Calypsonian The Mighty Gabby
Anne you can change your name as much as you want, we still know wunna.
Enuff I have no ties to the Bees or the DEEs nor am I a political pimp. As my grandmother would say all ar same pot of pumpkin.
When is the prime minister’s press conference scheduled for this evening?
https://www.facebook.com/SupportMiaMottley/videos/1829340210466846/
IMF here we come!
Barbados local debt being restructured.
Was Mia tearing up at the end of the briefing?
Since it is becoming clear that an audit is not necessary for a lot of things because of the already proven mismanagement and misappropriation of public funds involved…why not just skip to the part where outside agencies are called in and requested to investigate…all of these agencies just wait to be invited in..
..no sense playing games with enquiries which will only suck money which the taxpayers don’t have and it’s unfair to even ask the population to pay more given how much they have already lost…., just go after those million dollar bank accounts, they all leave paper trails.. go after the properties and all these overpriced vehicles that robbed the taxpayer money to be imported…
Show no mercy, none of them showed the people any and they have no more parliamentary protections, what a nerve….lock them up.
Is the Hyatt scam not still lingering in the Supreme Court.
Joseph Atherley looked and behaved like a guilt man in the news presser he did today.
I just cannot understand his logic…….he has no problem with the BLP and the PM, he is not upset that he was not named in the cabinet, he is not forming a party, he is not joining the DLP……
So what the hell is his problem having been just given an overwhelming mandate from the people a week ago………he wants to be the the opposition.It is all about the $129,000.
@ David,
$ 64,000 Canadian dollars. Would be a good investment for a returning national. lol
https://www.mercedes-benz.ca/en/vehicles/build/glc/coupe/glc43c4
@David, The title should read WAIVED instead of WAVED. Will comment in substance later…
Thanks Jeff!
I hope people are carefully assessing what Mia is saying and trying to see if what she is saying is true and not swallowing everything hook,line and sinker.
She stated that when the blp left govt they left a debt of about $6 billion dollars – BIG LIE
The BLP left a debt of $ 8 billion dollars and by the first quarter of 2017 the dlp had racked up debt amounting to $5 billion.
If you start with a lie you cant end up with the truth.
All that feel good ‘churchillian’ talk will not cut it.The reality which you were aware of is facing everyone in the face,so stop the theatrics.You read the IMF Reports,you participated in discussions with all the rating agency – and I am sure you were not giving glowing reports to the representatives of these agencies.
You heard (rather you must have read) the last budget presented – since you walked out of parliament -you knew the business class was withholding their money yet you didn’t encourage them to invest to help the country – so now you got the reins and the end of the stick you are now holding is shitey.
Just remember business people are only in it for what they can get out of it.
She sold the barbadian public a lie and she is now trying to cover her arse.Everyone knew what the economic situation was .Therefore any responsible leader would have been more sober in their pronouncements and giveways.
Let see what the future holds.I wish the best for all of us but I am not optimistic.I trust NO politicians.If you don’t believe me check out that move by joseph artherley and see why they can’t be trusted.
@ David June 1, 2018 4:16 PM
“IMF here we come!”
Told you so many moons ago! The GoB should have gone in 2014-2015 when the option of a ‘soft’ economic restructuring programme could have been negotiated without undergoing to wide a social services dislocation and public sector decimation.
Maybe Christine Lagarde would have some sympathy or even empathy for Mia’s plight and allow her to keep the dollar as it is currently pegged to the greenback.
Mia has to ‘divest’ those SOE’s as a matter of emergency with parasitic agencies like NISE, Productivity Council, Commission for Pan African Affairs either merged or closed down.
@Miller
That report produced by the committee headed by Justin Robinson and included Jeremy Stephen et al to rationalize SOEs is of any use you think?
For the record I do not agree with the DLP waiving three hundred and thirty thousand dollars for a director who was not even in position at the time and the Project had not even commenced, but lets get real – that could only be chicken feed when you compared that to the $87 MILLION DOLLARS – NOTE NOT THOUSANDS THE DLP GAVE AWAY – BUT MILLIONS under the BLP – to a foreign owned bank First Caribbean Bank,that had money coming through its eyes,ears and mouth.
Arthur asked her to address that since he had said no to the waiver and she was silent – not a peep from her on that.But she could talk now and release information about wrong doings.
Her father also got a waiver of hundreds of thousands of dollars of back taxes he owed.
So Pot calling the kettle black lol.
@T.Inniss
Who waived in both instances?
Agree that those entities like NISE,Pan African commission,Rural & Urban must all be dis banded now.Enough wastage of taxpayers money.Pinelands the whole lot.Its time for some of these organisations to stand on their own 2 feet and wean themselves off the nipples of the country.It sore man.
Include in that all the concessions the private sector will be looking for.I wish there was some way we could pull back some of those concessions given to Sandals – they were too generous and for too long.
David
Certainly not the prime minister and minister of finance at the time Owen Arthur at the time who said NO!.
Political parties will be the death of the people, they are way too toxic and corrupt.
Borrowing money, printing money and stealing money is not working, the exgovernment seem to have done not even the bare minimum…for 10 long years.
@ T.Inniss June 1, 2018 4:58 PM
“I hope people are carefully assessing what Mia is saying and trying to see if what she is saying is true and not swallowing everything hook,line and sinker.
She stated that when the blp left govt they left a debt of about $6 billion dollars – BIG LIE
The BLP left a debt of $ 8 billion dollars and by the first quarter of 2017 the dlp had racked up debt amounting to $5 billion.
If you start with a lie you cant end up with the truth.”
Now who is telling the ‘bigger’ lie here?
Have you assumed the role of the fired Stinkliar?
The statistics of the Central Bank position for the period 2007 to 2010 do not support your biased propagandistic position.
Now that Cleviston Haynes is no longer under the heavy watch of that bully and brute Sinckler, he can easily confirm that you are just another nasty liar still behaving like a bare-neck yardfowl.
From which source are you getting your ‘misinformation’? From Sinckler’s personal diary where a decimal is drawn like spotters and skinners to express a percentage in the form of a fraction?
Maybe you are using the dunce Denis Kellman’s brand of accounting by blaming the change from the cash basis to the accrual basis for the accumulated deficit since 2006.
@ T.Inniss June 1, 2018 5:12 PM
“For the record I do not agree with the DLP waiving three hundred and thirty thousand dollars for a director who was not even in position at the time and the Project had not even commenced, but lets get real – that could only be chicken feed when you compared that to the $87 MILLION DOLLARS – NOTE NOT THOUSANDS THE DLP GAVE AWAY – BUT MILLIONS under the BLP – to a foreign owned bank First Caribbean Bank,that had money coming through its eyes,ears and mouth.”
Why don’t you listen to William Layne who was the PS in the MoF at the time?
It was a widely agreed ‘ministerial decision made against the backdrop of the many spin-off benefits to accrue to the economy of Barbados.
Why do you think the FCB has its regional HQ in Barbados employing Bajans and other regional staff similar to the CDB?
What you should be enquiring about is where the money to build the Hyatt hotel will be coming from? Is this an FDI project or another Maloney mausoleum funded by the taxpayers and NIS contributors?
Where did the money come from to import the Mercedes for a non-existent Director of Imaginary Sales?
The new MoF would be within her legal right to recover any duties and taxes foregone because the vehicle was purchased / imported under false pretenses or through fraudulent means in cahoots with Stinkliar.
Miller
You are telling me a Permanent Secretary can overall his boss – the Minister of Finance?
@T.Inniss
You need to encourage the Dees to venture from the dark spaces they scattered since last week Thursday any start to blog.
I hope they are reading what you are saying.They seem to have withdrawn into their shells.
sorry earlier comment should read – * a permanent secretary can not over ride his boss – the Minister of finance.
This REDWASH has the dems going bat shit crazy………all logic and reasoning seemed to have escaped them since May 24th!
Dems lost……..time to get over it!
I know the PM MAM is getting on with the job at hand.
The DLP PISSED poison on everything so that nobody could touch it when they left…They PISSED on the economy, they PISSED on good Governance, They PISSED on accountability…they did not give a DAMN about Barbados. After watching the press conference yesterday the DLP must be declared the largest criminal organisation in Barbados…..I am reluctant to even support PM Mia Mottley to offer two Senate seats to the DLP. HOW can any rational thinking person support the DEMS. Fumble and his Cabinet must be LOCKED UP!!!!….the 30-0 election result is more than deserved. THEY DON’T DESERVE NOT ONE RH SEAT!!!!
Scorched earth policy is what a retreating army does to the enemy as they turn tail and run. They destroy any and everything of value that cannot be plundered in order to punish those coming after them and leaving nothing of value for the conquering army. That is what we have here. Barbadians were the enemy and the DLP government the retreating army. But you know what? Had we rid ourselves of this rotten lot five years ago, this would not be happening today. If you voted for them five years ago AND again five days ago, go ahead and hang your head in shame. This is what you have done to our nation and our children yet unborn.
@ T.Inniss June 1, 2018 6:00 PM
“Miller
You are telling me a Permanent Secretary can overall his boss – the Minister of Finance?”
No “TI”, the total idiot!
What Mr. Layne explained was the process and the factors involved that led to that ministerial decision in which the projected wider economic benefits far outweighed the short-term tax revenues arising from the transfer of property involving the merger of Barclays Bank and CIBC Barbados.
Does that make sense to you T I?
Think Cost-U-Less and you might just get your hard head around such a well-informed decision-making process.
Which would you go for? The shopkeeper C-U-L competing against the indigenous traders or the merged regional banker prepared to employ your university graduates from the school of business and finance?
Maybe Dr. J. Robinson should raise his embarrassingly swollen head above the parapet and guide you in choosing the ‘right’ option.
Since you know so much about the workings of the Ministry of Finance why don’t you tell us who was the MoF, either substantive or acting, that signed off on the waiver of interest and penalties for MAM’s old man?
Or do you prefer to put the genie back into the can of worms?
@ GP,
You have been a veteran stalwart on BU for how many years? And yet you appeared surprised about these so-called revelations which emanated from Mia’s press conference. You are in good company, Czar MIa shared your sentiments. However for the rest of us who have followed BU these last five years, none of this comes as a revelation; rather, it confirms what we have always suspected: the DLP was the party of sleaze which practised corruption on a grand scale.
It would appear to me that Czar MIa is building a case that is likely to lead to the jailing of a large number of high profile figures. Should she go down this route, she will acquire legendary status. Terms such as the Mother of the nation will be used to describe her. The day is approaching when either her bust or her statue will replace that of the infamous pitchfork in the Garisson.
Make history Mia!
No Miller, first you tell me who was the minister who signed off on the FCIBC waiver.
I waiting patiently to see these convicted politicians. I hope it does not end up the same way the last BLP lied and destroyed a man – Brandford Taitt on the St Joseph Hospital – and after all the investigations and enquiries,the man was proven innocent but by that time his reputation was destroyed and he died a broken man.
Mia in true nasty fashion of the BLP is going down the same road – throw out nuff allegations out there- hold some files and papers in your hand – muddy the waters and tarnish people’s name – even though your hands are not clean – and at the end of it don’t come back to the people and say the charge was not true.
TYPICAL BLP PLOY!
@ T.Inniss June 1, 2018 7:53 PM
“No Miller, first you tell me who was the minister who signed off on the FCIBC waiver.”
The then Minister of Finance!
At least we can identify and measure the economic benefits arising from that decision to waive the property taxes.
What are the projected benefits arising from the waiver of duties and taxes on a luxury vehicle to a non-existent Director of Sales for an imaginary Hyatt erection?
Which comes first? The erection of the orgasm? You ought to change your moniker to Onan, T I!
note the word ‘who’ – Miller.Tell me who was the minister.
What is the name of the Minister of finance acting or substantive who approved the waiver for $87 million for FCIBC?
@ T.Inniss June 1, 2018 8:26 PM
Well, well, what a surprise! And all along we were thinking that you were fully seized with that vital piece of ‘confidential’ information.
Don’t you think you should be hearing it from the mouth of the same horse ‘who’ raised it on a political platform which backfired resulting in a resounding 30-0 defeat?
The braying jackass who has now been dispatched to the political wilderness of oblivion and condemned to the notoriously negative pages of Bajan history has nothing to lose since he has already broken his ministerial oath to the Crown.
Let him also tell you ‘who’ the minister was?
That jackass for a Muttley ought to be stripped of his ‘Right Honourable’ status.
Steupes.Very Predictable.
@T.Inniss
You have to give context to your query. Owen Arthur framed his prosecution of the two matters in a way to suggest Mottley is culpable. Evidence shows she was not the acting MoF or Prime Minister in Arthur’s absence. What is the point?
T Inniss all the spin you are trying cannot distract from the revelations made by Ms Mottley about the deeds of the Dems,so reel and come again.You sound like a disgruntled Dem who is shell shocked by your heavy defeat trying to distract people from the serios issues at hand but it will not work.How can someone get a waiver for a non existent position Mr inniss?Where the hell were you when the Dems were wrecking the economy J/A?Where you come from all of a sudden?Take a leaf out of Ms Holder and the Trni Dem and go underground with your rubbish talk.
@Georgie Porgie June 1, 2018 2:45 PM “NO ONE WOULD DO THIS AGAINST THEIR OWN HOUSEHOLD….SO WHY AGAINST THE COUNTRY THAT ALLOWED THEM TO SERVE AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL
Because the DLP government had lost ALL respect from we the people”
An we too eventually lost all respect for all of them. The divorce was finalized on Thursday 24 May, 2018
Set the scene in Parliament in a years time when the Government brings it’s estimates of expenditure to Parliament for debate.
The debate will be a farce.
Then think about the budget to follow.
Think of the various replies to the budget in the past from the leader and members of the opposition.
Now imagine we have Reverend Joe as the leader and sole member of the opposition who rises after listening to Mia for hours to respond.
Just think and you will see the utter futility of the actions of Mia and the Bees in trying to force a senate and parliament.
Are there any adults around to stop this charade?
Call the elections and stop messing about.
Forget the negotiations, forget the dirt.
Let a fresh Government and Opposition do the job.
They will deal with the dirt and get us on the road.
Mia and the Bees are a disaster.
For heavens sakes stop this foolishness.
I took careful note that the order to waive the duty on the car was made on April 12, 2018. At that time Parliament was dissolved. As a result, the order could not be laid in Parliament. As soon as practicable after the opening of Parliament that order must be laid. After that either house can resolve to annul the order within 40 days of of being laid.
The ball is therefore in the Government’s court if it wants to waive the taxes.
“She stated that when the blp left govt they left a debt of about $6 billion dollars – BIG LIE.”
T. Inniss
Could you please present to this forum the evidence to substantiate your claim……….
………..such as Central Bank and Auditor General reports, statistics from the ministry of finance, IMF consultation reports or reports from the international financial and rating agencies?
If you cannot, then likewise (and from now onwards) we should also “assess your contributions to determine if what you write is true and not swallowing everything hook, line and sinker.”
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“You have to give context to your query. Owen Arthur framed his prosecution of the two matters in a way to suggest Mottley is culpable. Evidence shows she was not the acting MoF or Prime Minister in Arthur’s absence. What is the point?”
David
It is clear T. Inniss is a disgruntled, hypocritical DEM.
He wants this forum to BELIEVE Stuart’s comments relative to the alleged $87M waiver to CIBC/Barclays Bank………
…………but we should DISBELIEVE Mottley’s findings because, in his/her mind, it’s all part of a “BLP ploy.”
I cannot understand why the DLP do not “recruit” competent yard-fowls to defend the party’s position in these forums.
What Inniss should do is present the evidence to substantiate his/her claim……..it’s that simple. Bring the proof that Mottley was acting finance minister at the time and signed the waiver.
@T.Inniss June 1, 2018 4:58 PM “you knew the business class was withholding their money”
Maybe the business class was afraid to put their money in the hands of a bunch of wild boys,
If so who can blame them.
The more salient point is that it is incumbent on leaders to find a way to build consensus/partnerships to achieve the goal. Government’s mandate via its agent minsters failed to build a cohesive civil society and would have contributed to the sad state of affairs we now find ourselves. Working in prime minister Mottley’s favour is that events have piled up to force consensus which will make her job easier at the bargaining table.
Don’t know how accurate but there are also accusations of others importing mercedes and having taxes waived at taxpayer’s expense…6 days before elections, hopefully this criminal scam against the taxpayers by the fruendel exgovernment can also be voided…and promptly,..
All the Fruendel ex government ever did in office for a decade right up to the end, is to rob the majority population to benefit a few…and themselves.
All the Blp yardfowls who are firing off their pens,have you seen the evidence that Mottley is now alleging?
Have you examined the papers or files?
Is that the true full story?
I won’t be responding to every crap you all write so let me make that clear but It seems the same standards you all used when judging stuart and his team,should be used to judge mottley and her team.
You all would like people to believe that everyone who has accused mottley in the past is just a case of sour grapes or they don’t like mottley or they jealous or some such thing but reality is going to hit you hard in the face one day and the very thing that you think is the best thing now will be an aversion to you.
Some people asking the former govt to respond but did mottley ever respond to owen and payne,marshall,gline and toppin’s charge that the hundreds of thousands left in the blp coffers went missing under her with no explanation?
Did she respond to her who intervened and granted her father tax waivers of hundreds of thousands of dollars or the $87 million dollars waivers to first Caribbean bank or even her not having a legal certificate to practice?
Did she respond to charges from maria agard,david gill,hutson Griffith and others how she worked behind the scenes using dirty tatics to oust them out?
What seem so sweet today will one day be like poison to all the hangers -on.
This 30 -0 win that seems like the best thing ever going to be the biggest mill stones around your necks.
@T. Inniss
Why should she have responded in a classic case where the DLP formatted a campaign to attack her and needed her to respond to feed the strategy? She detected that the majority of public opinion was on her side and from a strategic stance ignored and was able to withstand the broadsides. Bajans for the majority were turned off by it. If Arthur had something to accuse Mottley of, he should have been more pointed read supported his accusations with paper work. Instead we had his surrogate Glyne Murray suggesting we wait for Arthur’s memoirs to be published.
David
The examples I have given go way before this election and involved not only the DLP or Arthur but other individual members of the party
Arthur would not have had the paper work at the time when he had the press conference but Stuart had copies of it.But remember david the DLP is never as good at this thing as the BLP.I agree with you If I were the DLP I would have found some way to release that evidence even using social media which from the campaign and leading up to it – it was clear the DLP party has not mastered that area as yet.
@T.Inniss
Be that as it may the Arthur accusations were specific as you alluded. They were obviously designed to slur Mottley in the heat of the political campaign, it fizzled when the evidence did not support. It as a blunder by the DLP campaign that relied on attacking Mottley frontally and covertly. Cold analysis of what transpired. It is all moot now, time to rebuild and rescue Barbados. Be part of the solution, Barbados first!
I took careful note that the order to waive the duty on the car was made on April 12, 2018. At that time Parliament was dissolved. As a result, the order could not be laid in Parliament. As soon as practicable after the opening of Parliament that order must be laid. After that either house can resolve to annul the order within 40 days of of being laid.
The ball is therefore in the Government’s court if it wants to waive the taxes.
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In other words this is a red herring.
We don’t need red herrings, we need a reelection to end this impasse
I’ve seen a number of billions ($B) appearing in various comments. I g one assume that the population of Barbados was 300,000 then a debt of $1B means the average Barbadian is responsible for $3.3K in debt. A debt of $5B put that average around $16,5K.
In other post, I’ve seen some try to localize the problem to the Garrison school and Sinckler. Whilst that may be comfort to some, the problem is far worse. How do we get a party without a sense of patriotism, that does not care one iota for the welfare of the country, only interested in enriching themselves and turning the nation’s business into a series of scams. This was more than the failure of a “small school’s” boy, it was a failure of the education systems to teach pride and national responsibility.
3.It is surprising how the “DLP” has absent itself from the political scene and left a number of yardfowls to fight and protect it’s retreat These politicians have in fact heeded the good old advice of “Take the money and run”.
One would hope that Mariposa et al were paid on a monthly basis. In this case, we may hear less of them as time passes. One would have hope that they would have given the nation a chance.
Mia Mottley’s transgressions were punished by the elections that followed those transgression.
Given the stage we were act and that fact that the nations as a whole Just rejected the DLP, for us to begin a rehash of events prior to 2008 is not productive.
Theogazerts
You don’t ever hear the blpites saying that or making that mistake.
In order for you to chart the future you have to recognize and understand your past.Thats all.
For those mathematically inclined, calculate the ratio y/x for 30 > y > 0 and for 0 < x < 30 and x + y = 30 with x and y being integers.
Actually anyone can do it once they have a calculator … a cell phone will do!!
Better, use a Smart phone because it is smart and you can trust it to be always right!!
The ratio and its limits expresses what the constitution says in words.
Fill in the blanks below starting at x = y = 15.
15/15 =1
16/14 =
17/13 =
18/12 =
19/11 =
20/10 = 2
21/09 =
22/08 =
23/07 =
24/06 = 4
25/05 = 5
26/04 = 6.5
27/03 = 9
28/02 = 14
29/01 = 29
30/0 is undefinable except mathematicians call it infinity.
Dividing by 0 is impossible … everybody learnt that at school, some at kindergarden … and some even before!!
If you don’t believe me try dividing 30 by 0 on your calculator!!
It will tell you like I am telling you “Can’t divide by zero”
We can only have a value if the integer on the denominator is not zero
Put simply, the constitution as it is written, does not permit a one party state …
or mathematically a one party state does not compute.
John,
The waiving of duties is, in simple words, the transferring of wealth from the poor to the wealthy. Poor people have to pay for their motor vehicles; the wealthy claim them as tax deductibles, even though the vehicles are used privately.
There are two other conditions imposed on the variables x and y
X>1 AND Y > 1
These arise from the statement in the constitution “There shall be a Leader of the Opposition, who shall be appointed by the Governor-General by instrument under the Public Seal.”
Of course you will realise that the condition x + y = 30 arises from the division of the house of Assembly into two, those who support the government and those who do not.
Parties are not mentioned, just the Do’s and the Don’ts.
So you see, the constitution makes perfect mathematical sense as well as legal sense, no need to change!!
I am not nearly as sharp as I was mathematically so I will rely on the Mathematical Eagles on BU to check my logic.
the wealthy claim them as tax deductibles,
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Tax avoidance is ok, tax evasion is another thing!!
Applies to the wealthy and not so wealthy.
Aren’t you saying that the fundamental problem is the Government’s ability to collect tax?
Had the last lot been able to do its job right, there may not have been the need for the Responsibility Levy or whatever it was called.
Parties are not mentioned, just the Do’s and the Don’ts.
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Who does the Right Reverend Joe represent in the House of Assembly?
Answer, in his own words as I understand them “I am just there to take up physical space”!!
@John
Wondering why you want to have an election all over again
I hear that you are busy campaigning in St. Michael North West as that is where the margin was the smallest.
Good luck if they do a do over.
To all members of BU. Have a great Saturday afternoon…..
Here is how this thing can play out.
Parliament will form even though it is based on the Right Reverend Joe.
The Right Reverend Joe will suddenly develop pangs of conscience and resign forcing a by election.
He will never have to answer the budget speech because he is not capable!!
His seat will be declared vacant by Parliament and an election called.
The BLP will probably not run.
If that happens I suspect the DLP won’t run either!!
… and if any of the other parties and independence have any sense, they would not run either!!
In the absence of the leader of the opposition, government will push through its desired constitutional changes and hey presto, a one party state defined.
Anti-Money Laundering Legislation is absolute garbage.
Applies to Barbados and small nations. But any jackass can open an account in Miami with lots of money from ‘gosh knows where’.
Just another way of controlling money flows on small nations but the large nations get away with nonsense.
PS That should read ‘large nations and corrupt people get away with nonsense’.
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Why is government compulsorily purchasing land to hand over to a private company to build a hotel (see below)? The compulsory purchase of land should be for public policy purposes, not to ad business chums.
Barbados is a failed state. It will all end in tears. (Hal Austin)
The compulsory acquisition of land on Bay Street for the construction of a new and improved Hyatt Centric Hotel has ht another snag.
Barbados TODAY understands there is disagreement between government and at least one landowner over the value of the real estate and the necessary price for acquisition to occur.
Attorney General, Dale Marshall disclosed that at the center of the disagreement is the land owned by businesswoman, Asha Ms Ram Mirchandani on the spot which currently houses the Liquidation Center.
Attorney General Dale Marshall and Asha ‘Ms Ram’ Mirchandani
“The owners have told the Government of Barbados that they have no difficulty acquiring the property, but they want a certain amount of money and the valuations we have don’t support that. So it is a process that we’re going through, but at this point I don’t know if there’s any sense elevating it beyond what it is,” said Marshall.
“Every time the government seeks to acquire property, it exercises its right of eminent domain and an owner would have his right to a view as to whether it is worth X or Y and as far as I am concerned that is the only issue between the Government of Barbados and the owners of the property.”
While Ms Ram refused to comment on the disagreement, she directed Barbados TODAY to her son, Rabi Mirchandani, a director of the family business. He indicated that after contracting a “reputable” real estate company to provide a valuation of the property and providing a copy to the government, the company was yet to receive a response.
During a March 13 sitting of Parliament, Prime Minister Mia Mottley revealed that Government was against the previous plan of having the Hyatt built on two spots in Bridgetown. She said it would now be constructed on three lots after Government’s compulsory acquisition of land, which includes the nearby Mirchandani-owned property.
At the time, she expressed hope that “we can reach an amicable agreement on the quantum of price”.
In his response however, Mirchandani said: “The Government of Barbados expressed an interest to purchase our land on Bay Street on which the Liquidation Center operates. We were informed the purpose of purchase is to facilitate the Hyatt project, which we recently became aware, is to increase from 189 rooms and 19 residences to 350 rooms.”
“Conversations led to negotiations where each party was to provide a current market valuation of the land using the land acquisition rules,” said Mirchandani in a statement.
The acquisition process still requires parliamentary approval, after which “it shall be lawful for the Governor General…to declare the land to have been acquired…” according to section 5 of the Land Acquisition Act, Cap. 228.
By that time however, the Mirchandani family is hoping to have the matter settled on good terms.
“We have been operating the business, the Liquidation Center since 1993 and quite a number of employees and customers who have supported us over 25 years all depend on us as we do on them. The cost for relocation of our business was calculated by a reputable real estate company and while we recognize the keen interest of the government to see the Hyatt hotel become a reality, we too would like the opportunity to continue our family business even if it is at an alternate location,” said Rabi.
The project, which was first announced in October 2014 by then Minister of Tourism, Richard Sealy under a Democratic Labour Party (DLP) administration has been fraught with controversy. Ms Ram at the time placed her full support behind the project, indicating in February 2017 that she intended to take full advantage of the development.
The following month, social activist David Comissiong filed an injunction for a judicial review of the permissions granted by then Prime Minister Freundel Stuart to Hyatt developer Mark Maloney for construction of the hotel. This was based on a perceived failure by Maloney to carry out an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) at the construction site. At the time, he also questioned the impact the proposed 15-storey hotel would have on the area, which has been designated a UNESCO World Heritage site.
Following a change of government, Comissiong, now Barbados’ Ambassador to CARICOM expressed his willingness to withdraw the legal challenge if Government agreed to his key demands.(Quote)
Where have you gone David Commissiong,
A nation turns its lonely eyes to you
Woo,woo,woo
What’s that you say Misses Prime Minister
Critic Dave has left and gone away
Bay(St.),Bay(St),Bay(St)
With apologies to Paul Simon for bastardizing his lyrics
” We were informed the purpose of purchase is to facilitate the Hyatt project, which we recently became aware, is to increase from 189 rooms and 19 residences to 350 rooms.”
So Hyatt is going to be much bigger than the original proposal.
Keep waiting
Recently had the pleasure of being accommodated at the Hyatt
Needless to say amongst the best of leading hotels
The Hyatt would never be built with Barbados govt changing plans
Forget it
@ Hants
That would call for a fresh planning application. Has there been one? Has Commissong been neutralised with a job title and diplomatic passport?
Pray tell how a big establishment like Hyatt with a signature plan for all its hotels world wide which includes well planned and timely budgets for constructions would suddenly go along with govt proposals for change to its orginal plan for the agreed building on the orginal proposed grounds
This govt seems to belive that they have a right to dictate to who and whomever they please
Hyatt plans will not be determined by any govt especially Third world govt
Reason being Hyatt would then have boxed itself into a corner by having to compromise with other countries when having to make agreements
Right now all i see are smoke and mirror plans by govt pretending to want to have and accept Hyatt knowning full well that the most likely to happen would be those locally attached to the building of Hyatt would be standing out for their own interest
What we are also seeing in this charade put on by govt are a medley of govt clowns bringing folklore to the people
Location, location, location, one of the principal rules of Real Estate. Forget Environmental assessment the only issue with the proposed Hyatt must have been the location and if the Gov’t proceeds with its plans for land acquisition that means the additional area under consideration for purchase must have been covered by EA or is in the bag.
If a 189 room Hotel would cast a giant shadow over the surrounding neighbourhood, what will a 350 room one do? Oops! That argument about shadow was cited by a former “activist” who has now seen the light , unfortunately some of want to remain in the dark.
Government should not be acquiring private land to hand over to another private enterprise. Government should only acquire land for the public good…public facilities, roads, low cost housing, etc. Mr. Austin is right. Barbados is a failed state.
@ Sargeant,
I am guessing that the additional land is needed to reduce the height of the original planned building and build a tiered 3 to 5 story structure.
The question is how much will this redesigned Hyatt cost the tax payers of Barbados..
Sargeant May 14, 2019 10:17 AM
“If a 189 room Hotel would cast a giant shadow over the surrounding neighbourhood, what will a 350 room one do? Oops! That argument about shadow was cited by a former “activist” who has now seen the light , unfortunately some of want to remain in the dark.”
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The Ambassador has seen the light, alright.
The light which shows the way out of this political cul-de-sac of a financial conundrum leading to the abandonment of this scamming project.
Where would this government get the money to pay for land on which a monstrosity for a hotel will be built by a private sector business mogul?
Is this project going to be constructed using a PPP financing arrangement?
What would the IMF say about this?
Where is the foreign exchange to build hotel?
Who are the ‘new’ consultants hired to advise the government?
@ Miller,
When Government compulsorily acquire land how long do they take to pay for it in Barbados ?
Until the amended application is shared with the public what do we know?
@Hants
I suspect u r correct. They likely have changed Brand from Centric to ???? They have many to choose from
https://www.hyatt.com/development/ourbrands
I always wondered about the 32 condominium units in Centric.
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