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Monday, August 6, 2018

Former Member of Barbados Parliament and Minister of Industry Indicted for Money Laundering

Donville Inniss Allegedly Laundered Bribes through a Long Island Company

A three-count indictment was unsealed today in federal court in Brooklyn charging Donville Inniss, a former member of the Parliament of Barbados and the Minister of Industry, International Business, Commerce and Small Business Development of Barbados, with conspiracy to launder money and money laundering.  The charges stem from Inniss’s acceptance of bribes from a Barbadian insurance company in 2015 and 2016 when he was a public official.  Inniss was arrested Friday and was arraigned today before United States Magistrate Judge Julie Sneed in the Middle District of Florida at the federal courthouse in Tampa.  Inniss was released on a $50,000 bond.

Richard P. Donoghue, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Brian A. Benczkowski, Assistant Attorney General of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, and William F. Sweeney, Jr., Assistant Director-in-Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation, New York Field Office (FBI), announced the indictment.

According to the indictment, between August 2015 and April 2016, Inniss engaged in a scheme to accept approximately $36,000 in bribes from high-level executives of an insurance company headquartered in Barbados (“the Barbados Company”) and launder that money through the United States.  In exchange for the bribes, Inniss leveraged his position as the Minister of Industry to enable the Barbados Company to obtain two government contracts.  Inniss concealed the bribes by arranging to receive them through a dental company and a bank located in Elmont, New York.  Barbados Company executives transferred the funds to the dental company using an invoice falsely claiming that the payments were for consulting services.  During the time of the charged conspiracy, Inniss was a legal permanent resident of the United States residing in Tampa, Florida and Barbados.

“As charged in the indictment, Inniss abused his position of trust as a government official by taking bribes from a Barbadian company, then laundered the illicit funds through a bank and a dental company located in the Eastern District of New York,” stated United States Attorney Donoghue.  “The Department of Justice will continue to hold accountable corrupt government officials here or abroad who use the U.S. financial system to facilitate their criminal conduct.”

“Donville Inniss allegedly used the U.S. financial system to launder bribes he received while serving as a government official in Barbados,” said Assistant Attorney General Benczkowski.  “These charges demonstrate the commitment of the Department and our law enforcement partners to hold accountable anyone who seeks to use our financial system to promote or launder the corrupt proceeds of their crimes.”

The charges in the indictment are merely allegations, and the defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.

Assistant United States Attorney Sylvia Shweder of the Eastern District of New York’s Business and Securities Fraud Section, and Trial Attorney Gerald M. Moody, Jr., of the Criminal Division’s Fraud Section, are in charge of the prosecution.

The Defendant:

DONVILLE INNISS
Age:  52
Barbados

E.D.N.Y. Docket No. 18-CR-134 (KAM)

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776 responses to “Former Minister Donville Inniss Indicted for Money Laundering”

  1. sirfuzzy Avatar
    sirfuzzy

    You may want to call this the ultimate “plot twist”. Please if you get a chance do watch “Miss Sloane” a 2016 movie.

    I am no saying D Inniss is a willing participant but “if pull comes to shove ” Ex Min Inniss maybe in possession of a lot of information that he can voluntary or not if things are not done to his liking. Maybe he is not so dumb as some are accusing him of.

    Maybe Chess vs Chequers? Which game is he playing or we think he is playing?

  2. John Avatar
    John

    If Donville is in possession of information and starts to sing, it isn’t only the Barbadian mafia that will be affected.

    Look what happened to a journalist who went prying in Malta!!

  3. pieceuhderockyeahright Avatar
    pieceuhderockyeahright

    @ the Honourable Blogmaster your help please with an item for brother Hants

  4. Mariposa Avatar
    Mariposa

    Now on transparency
    The veil if Ross location to Barbados has only been slighty removed
    What has not been revealed are those questions which details the people right to know concerning concessions granted or if they were any
    Most note worthy is Ross rapid response and Barbados helping Ross to avail itself to the apts / Houses at Cloverly which are not cheap
    It is apparant that missing out of the hustle and bustle if the love feast is how much did Ross cost the taxpayers of barbados to relocate to here
    Given the fact that barbados system of goverence has dwindled to a one man opposition the word transparency might have been given a glancing blow

  5. charles skeete Avatar
    charles skeete

    As a former Government Minister; i also hope that by now the entire Consular services in the USA of the Barbados Government both legal and otherwise would have been placed at the disposal of Mr Inniss to ensure that his rights are protected. That is what American Embassies do on behalf of their citizens in times of trouble.The vitriol emanating from the lips of many who themselves might like Mr Inniss be living in glass houses should be tempered with mercy until the ” MERELY ALLEGATIONS” are proved in a court of law.
    We should not lose our reason and allow our judgment to flee to brutish beasts.

  6. Simple Simon Avatar
    Simple Simon

    I have been a ICBL customer for nearly thirty years. I have made no claims. I have received no discount except for a minor one this year. i am wondering now if the company instead of sharing the sweets with their paying customers–I’ve paid the company more than $30,000 BDS–was instead giving my money to highly paid Cabinet member(s), that person or those people who also receive a generous salary, benefits and pension also out of my money– I wonder how long this has been going on, and how much of my money was given away. iI wonder too if a hurricane comes if ICBL will be in a position to pay me for any damage caused. I wonder too if I would not have been better off hiding my $30,000 under my bed, or even spending it on “dirty weekends” with my boyfriends.

    The Americans allege that Donville received $72,000 BDS, yet this company found it impossible to give me even a .72 cents discount.

    So yes, both the political class and the capitalist class know that the little people like me are idiots and that they can suck on our breasts until our nipples fall off.

  7. charles skeete Avatar
    charles skeete

    “Inniss should be made to repay every cent the treasury paid him since he went to Parliament.Further he got to be made to forfeit his pension.Its time taxpayers get redress for the sins of these robber barons”

    Get hold of yourself Gabriel- You are usually more thought provoking than those comments suggest.
    Has Mr Inniss been chargd and found guilty of any crime in Barbados?

    Do not let your emotion get the better of you.

  8. Simple Simon Avatar
    Simple Simon

    @Artax August 7, 2018 10:27 PM “We should note the “disclaimer” re: The charges in the indictment are MERELY ALLEGATIONS”

    But you can bet that the U.S. authorities had REASONABLE AND PROBABLE cause to believe that several crimes had been committed before they laid the charges and arrested the man.

    Hundreds of Bajans, maybe thousands fly to the U.S. every month. But you don’t see the U.S. government doing any mass arrests of Bajans do you?

    Most of us go to visit our great aunt Sally in Miami or New York or to do a little shopping, or a lot, lolll!!! or to attend a wedding or funeral or cousin Susie’s graduation, and we come happily back home without being molested by the U.S. authorities.

    Why?

  9. John Avatar
    John

    I wonder too if I would not have been better off hiding my $30,000 under my bed, or even spending it on “dirty weekends” with my boyfriends.

    +++++++++++++++++++++++++++

    I guess that’s what comes with being a coward and risk averse.

    We forget to live!!

    Still, no one can change the past, there is always the present and future.

  10. Simple Simon Avatar
    Simple Simon

    @David August 8, 2018 7:23 AM “What happens the humankind if there is nothing hope?”

    The suicide rate goes up. I am surprised that you do not seem to know this.

  11. John Avatar
    John

    Now if we take a walk about Barbados we will see Hope’s in every parish!!

    Must have been exciting to live in a time when Hope and Content were a feature of our lives … and we understood a bit more than we do now!!

  12. Simple Simon Avatar
    Simple Simon

    @James Greene August 8, 2018 8:36 AM “Donville was a company secretary for several offshore companies in Bim. ”

    What is the education and training required to be a company secretary in Bim.

    And does Donville have such training/education?

    Just asking for a friend.

  13. Simple Simon Avatar
    Simple Simon

    @Bush Tea August 8, 2018 8:43 AM “Artax has taken on an interesting posture with this question of how ‘the act of accepting bribes could bring down the BLP government. He is much too astute NOT to see how conditions have changed DRASTICALLY from the happy-go-lucky days.”

    back in 1984 my old man, may he rest in peace, warned me about a certain “gentleman” The old man said have nothing to do with him, I do not like the way he has treated his uncle, his own flesh and blood. I have lived to see that man in handcuffs.

    A 22 year old woman warned me more that 20 years ago about one of the characters mentioned.

    There were never any happy go lucky days.

    Only people who were fooling themselves.

    Perceptive people have always seen right through them. Have always seen the truth.

  14. Hants Avatar
    Hants

    Donville COULD have been ” framed ” so others could get plea deals. This is the USA.

    Have any of the persons involved in paying the bribes been charged ?

  15. Simple Simon Avatar
    Simple Simon

    @John August 8, 2018 9:23 AM “Look what happened to a journalist who went prying in Malta!!”

    The journalist did not go prying. She went seeking the truth, and for that she was sacrificed by evil people. Malta is not better off without her.

    And the big guts political/capitalist class are still busy being greedy and eating and drinking and smoking themselves to death.

  16. James Greene Avatar
    James Greene

    @ SS

    Yes…next

  17. Well, Well Avatar
    Well, Well

    Hardly a frame up..not with ICBL admitting that there was indeed wrongdoing at the insurance company and they dealt in-house with their employees who were involved, apparently all 3 were fired.

    The concerns people at the company have, chief among them being is why was Peter Harris of CGI Insurance sitting in on board meetings at ICBL, given his track record…that caused serious concerns at the company and many were happy to see some kinda intervention by the head office..

    The US will not investigate something for 3 years and get all their facts wrong.

    http://www.nationnews.com/nationnews/news/183888/icbl-action-wrongdoers

    “BF&M Insurance, the Bermudan-run parent company of the Insurance Corporation of Barbados Limited (ICBL), has admitted the company took punitive action against high-level staff in 2016 after learning of improper action within the organisation.

    But president and chief executive officer John Wight when contacted in Bermuda on Tuesday, did not release the names of those sent packing from the company, nor did he confirm if the firings had anything to do with a money laundering investigation by the United States’ Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) which led to this week’s arrest and arraignment of former minister Donville Inniss.
    “In 2016 the board of directors of ICBL became aware of improper conduct by certain senior managers. ICBL has a zero tolerance policy for this conduct and immediately dealt with the issue in the appropriate manner. I am not able to elaborate any further on this matter at this time,” the BF&M chief told the NATION, while taking time out from his annual holiday.”

  18. Negroman Avatar
    Negroman

    I do not support corruption and if it is true what Donville Innisss is allegedly to have done by collecting bribes as a government minister if convicted he must and deserve the punishment that will be meted out to him.
    Donville has not only embarrassed himself, but also us the people of Barbados as well as Barbados itself.
    However,I am disappointed with the press in Barbados especially the Nation Newspaper and Barbados Today. Donville Inniss was/is a prominent Barbadian who held high office. He has fallen from grace but I believe a certain level of respect and dignity ought to be shown to the gentleman by the press of Barbados.
    The media in Barbados has tons upon tons of photographs of Donville Innisss in their possession,yet they with the sinister plot to convey subliminal messages to the Black population of Barbados has decided to publish the mugshot of Mr.Inniss.Gullible,unsuspecting Black Barbadians are laughing and rejoicing in the predicament that Donville now finds himself,not realizing or unaware that negative images of Black prominent Barbadians are being convey to us by publishing the mugshot photo of him.
    Recently two white persons in Barbados Charles Herbert and Chris Rogers were charged for importing illegal drugs into the island. These two white common alleged criminals are supposedly high profile Barbadians. “Soft” photos of them were highlighted by the corrupt press of Barbados.No degrading photos of these two common white alleged criminals were shown.Why subject Black Donville Inniss and his family to the humiliation of publishing the mugshots of him. The mugshots of the white allegedly criminals ought to be shown also. Oh I forgot there are two Barbadoses one for rich white,Indian & Chinese and the other for us Blacks either rich or poor.

  19. NorthernObserver Avatar
    NorthernObserver

    @SS
    The joke is….how @John came across that ICIJ link…a wild search? It is filed under Malta??? If one goes to Barbados, then DI or DO’NI, pops like a firecracker on July 4th, and very few (I didn’t search all and this was sometime ago) he is listed as a Director, not the Secretary. Nothing untoward about that either. But they are a lot of companies. Blogger Greene is merely an apologist with minimal knowledge of all the info available on the ICIJ database. It isn’t the easiest database to search. And @John you are not required to post every link you find, but try Fiesta Catering, the name associated way back when the porn website news first broke.

  20. John Avatar
    John

    Long before Mia came up with the title “Minister of the Blue Economy” the title had been already taken!!!

    http://gisbarbados.gov.bb/blog/barbados-lauded-for-blue-economy-ministry/

    Donville was way ahead of his time!!

  21. NorthernObserver Avatar
    NorthernObserver

    @Negroman
    This is the small minded attitude so pervasive on the island. Both events are negative for BARBADOS. The EXTERNAL message is that both the private and public sector are ‘possibly’ involved in criminal activity at the highest level. Your average foreign investor or tourist doesn’t care the skin tone of the accused, the photo supplied, or much else, other than the accusations.

  22. James Greene Avatar
    James Greene

    very often off shore companies have directors and company secretaries in the jurisdiction that they are incorporated. it facilitates ease of operation and is sometimes a requirement to do business. many local service providers set up to function in this space. they provide administrative, secretarial, accountant, and other services to trust companies, accountant and financial firms etc. most local service providers operate as a wing of a law firm whilst others are stand alone. Donville has operated in this space for a while.

  23. James Greene Avatar
    James Greene

    that should read corporate service providers

  24. John Avatar
    John

    Politicians are generally speaking not a force for good.

    There will be some who will redeem the “profession” but too many pull it down.

    The first time I realized how dirty it was, was the first time I went to Chicago in the early 1990’s to a Trade Show and watched American TV also for the first time in the Hotel Room.

    At the time Dan Rostenkowsky was in the news.

    His name and face are etched in my memory!!

    https://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/12/us/politics/12rostenkowski.html

    There are always politicians (and other humans) falling by the wayside.

    Dan was a force for good at one time.

    Here is a current one in the US.

    https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/new-york-gop-rep-chris-collins-arrested-over-insider-trading-charges/ar-BBLENIL?ocid=spartandhp

    No doubt one time he too was a force for good.

    Money corrupts and pulls humans down yet money is a vital part of life …. a tool for evil or good.

    Politicians are human and like each human individual there is both good and evil within.

    Donville is just one more politicians that let power, influence and money corrupt him.

    Everybody makes choices, some are good and some are bad.

  25. John Avatar
    John

    …. and yet every one is redeemable!!

  26. Well, Well Avatar
    Well, Well

    Dumbville got a great opportunity to redeem himself right here, this is a great learning curve for him that he should embrace with gusto.

  27. Mariposa Avatar
    Mariposa

    Can some one associated with blp govt informed them that because the govt won the right to govern by an overwhelming victory does not mean that transparency was thrown out the door head face
    All said in reference to Ross medical school which became part of barbados economic landscape without public notification on how and what agreements were signed as an enticement to prefer barbados for relocation

  28. David Avatar
    David

    @ac

    Go and have lunch. You are spouting rubbish.

  29. Mariposa Avatar
    Mariposa

    Apparently when Domincas fatted calf became bony and nothing much was left for Ross medical to chew on
    The university thought it to be in their best interest to head for greener pastures choosing little ole barbados
    However inquiring minds would like to know what did it cost the taxpayers of barbados for Ross to relocate here
    The going price for Cloverly is not cheap and students living in those villages have to be wealthy or giving some kind of financial assistance which would more be the later
    Hate to be pessimistic but barbadians have already been burden with a horse drawn carriage laden with debt and cannot afford more

  30. Mariposa Avatar
    Mariposa

    I am spouting rubbish or mashing corns
    I think i am mashing corns
    Reason being Dominicas response gives an insight and provides relevant information for questions to be asked of this govt
    David relax if there is no sinster games in this equation govt can reveal with truthfulness
    Btw do not get you bibidis all twisted you might squeeze your balls

  31. Mariposa Avatar
    Mariposa

    David you want to wash and rinse Donville all day and night no problem
    But also give respect to those who want to speak on a subject that is connected to the barbados economy

  32. de pedantic Dribbler Avatar
    de pedantic Dribbler

    @Northern, you bring a clarity and objective to these issues which along with @PLT and a few others is refreshing.

    I also find some bloggers too apologectic in order to slant their personal or political bias.

    Not sure how Inniss’ business career as a company secretary supposedly makes his possible money laudering less real and criminal.

    The speculation of a frame and even the squeeze to give up bigger fish is far out there.

    A simple fact of this affair are the principals and where the fraud took place…as noted before, Tampa and NY have deep rooted Bajan communities and Mr Inniss has well entrenched connections with the co-conspiratorial associate cited in the indictments…

    …that’s not the base level scenario for a ’frame’.

    @John, what a name from the past. Dan Rostenkoswi…you went back to come forward and could have picked any one of hundreds of disgraced pols over that time.

    Your point is well taken that pols do good until the moment they don’t !

    That said there are some segments of the US political landscape that are simply very ‘corrupt/steeped in shady affairs’ and Chicago of Rostenkoswi hometown was one of those.

    Their gov was sent to jail some 10 years ago as well.

    Bajans don’t yet have that evidence based level of inherent corrupt practices (just innuendo) but if this Donville matter is the tipping point as some here suggest I suspect we can make the old style Chicago machinery or even the more recent NY shennanigans under Silver and Skelos look paltry!

  33. Mariposa Avatar
    Mariposa

    The subject of Ross relocating to Barbados is being talked about all over social media with a negative backlash of giving barbados image a third black eye in two weeks
    Yet the Duffus David tells me i am spouting rubbish
    Go figure

  34. Hal Austin Avatar
    Hal Austin

    Mariposa,

    It is David (BU) again showing his class. However, you are right. The fact the prime minister sees it necessary to offer an explanation of a business re-location shows there is more to it than is obvious. I want to know what is the Chinese man’s role in all this.
    The chairman fails to recognise that his words as moderator carry more weight than a mad wo/man from Googling from New York, Montreal or wherever.
    Here is a good example: if a mad man in the White House says there is nothing called climate change and changes policy, it has a global impact. If Ninja Man says there is no climate change, people will laugh. There is something not right about this Ross University discussion.
    But David is very deferential. The fact that the prime minister says that everything is above board means he will giggle and accept it. David is making himself the Ninja Man of the blog.

  35. James Greene Avatar
    James Greene

    Because a person’s name is mentioned in some correspondence or articles that some deem nefarious doesnt mean that the person is involved in slimey activity. sometimes it is the nature of that person’s profession and can be explained if we care to be reasonable.

    in other words because Donville has been charged with ML doesnt mean that everything he did is tainted in criminality?

    is everything that Herbert or Rogers did previous to being charged, criminal?

  36. David Avatar
    David

    Poor you, the fact that the PM unlike the silent Stuart which you’d have done shared governments position means nothing, instead you ran with what Volney who was part of a TT Government that refused to join the CCJ as one example. Anyone reading his crap sees it for what it is emotional nonsense.

    First it was the LEC.
    Then George Payne.
    Then it was the swamp.
    Now Ross.

    Anything that is anti Mia are upfront braying. Instead one wins credibility by being fair. Unfortunately for you DLP Yardfowls the talk on social media is about Donville Inniss charged in the US for laundering money and who will be next. Your turn will come this weekend to choke the newsfeed with your DLP annual conference. Again unfortunately Donvillr has been forced to withdraw.

  37. Well, Well Avatar
    Well, Well

    I know it’s a work in progress, but I too get tired, bad enough ya have the old exyardfowl, but when Ha, Ha is added to that mix, ya get a different and newer level of crazy.

    Where and when did Mia kidnap any of the owners of the Ross medical school and force them to choose Barbados because of what they perceive are ongoing problems in Dominica..none of you two are in Dominica to see the situation on the ground..yall are beyond dumb, but irrational is a closer description..

    The school is moving voluntarily.

    They did not think Dominca will be ready for their upcoming semester in January or whenever

    Yall cannot tell the medical school if to choose another island..it is their choice, so common sense says, if Mia had told them no..they would have gone to another island until Dominica gets what it needs to accommodate them…

    It is not rocket science, but whenever ya get Ha, Ha and exyardfowl on the same thread..mindless chaos.

    Neither of you should be allowed to go anywhere on ya own.

  38. Mariposa Avatar
    Mariposa

    Hal nothing surprises me about any of David’s response
    If a sister nation (Barbados) removing 30% of a another country GDP ( a poor country Dominica struggling from the ravages of a hurricane) without a thought and concern of that nation survival is alright
    Then those who sit here in high judgement of any one illegalites are bold faced hypocrites
    Both issues have a high level of moral judgement connected

  39. Georgie Porgie Avatar
    Georgie Porgie

    Hal Austin August 8, 2018 12:59 PM
    RE ROSS MEDICAL SCHOOL

    THIS MEDICAL SCHOOL WAS THE MAJOR ECONOMIC EARNER FOR DOMINICA ESPECIALLY AFTER GUEST STOP BUYING BANANAS FROM JAMAICA & THE WINDWARD ISLANDS

    AN OFFSHORE AMERICAN MEDICAL SCHOOL IS ESSENTIALLY A PARASITE

    THEY EXIST ONLY BECAUSE THERE IS SOME REGULATION THAT THERE MUST NOT BE ANY MORE MEDICAL SCHOOLS IN THE USA THAN THOSE THAT EXIST ALREADY

    THIS HAS BEEN SO FOR OVER 40 YEARS

    THE CARRIBEAN IS NEARBY TO THE USA AND THE ALL YEAR ROUND STEADY CLIMATE MAKE THE ISLANDS IDEAL AS A LOCATION

    ROSS MEDICAL SCHOOL BEGAN BECAUSE A VERY RICH MR ROSS WANTED A PLACE FOR ONE OF HIS SERVANT’S CHILDREN TO HAVE SOMEWHERE TO BE EDUCATED

    ABOUT 15 YEARS AGO HE SOLD IT TO DEVRY,- A US EDUCATION MAGNATE WHICH HAS EITHER SOLD IT AGAIN OR CHANGED ITS NAME

    MANY OF THE EXISTING OFFSHORE SCHOOLS SPRUNG UP WHEN FORMER ROSS PERSONNEL STARTED OTHER MEDICAL SCHOOLS

    AFTER THE HURRICANE LAST YEAR, ROSS HAS BEEN SEEKING A PLACE TO CONDUCT ITS BUSYNESS, BECAUSE IT FINDS THAT DOMINICA IS NO LONGER SUITABLE FOR ITS PARASITIC RELATIONSHIP THERE.

    ROSS NO LONGER CARES ABOUT DOMINICA. THIS IS NOT SURPRISING.
    OFFSHORE MEDICAL SCHOOLS HAVE NO INTEREST OR LOYALTY TO ANY OF ITS HOST COUNTRIES, AS THEY ARE ESSENTIALLY PARASITES.

    ALL THAT AN OFFSHORE SCHOOL BRINGS IS A NUMBER OF ” VIRTUAL LONG STAY TOURISTS” WHO RENT HOUSES, AND CARS AND SHOP IN SUPERMARKETS AND USE OTHER RELATED NECESSARY SERVICES.

    THIS HAS ADDED A LOT TO CASH STRAPPED COUNTRIES LIKE GRENADA, ANTIGUA, DOMINICA AND PROBABLY ST LUCIA.

    ONE OF THE MAJOR PROBLEMS THAT ROSS WILL BRING TO THE ISLAND…….AS I OBSERVED HAPPEN IN ST KITTS- IS THAT GENERALLY HOUSE AND APARTMENT RENTS AND OTHER SERVICES USED BY THE STUDENTS WILL INCREASE IN COST.

    AS A RESULT, HOUSE AND APARTMENT RENTAL PROPERTIES WILL BE OUT OF THE REACH OF THE LOCAL POPULACE

    MIA, (LIKE THE LAST DLP REGIME THAT EMBRACED ABOUT 5 SUCH SCHOOLS) IS ENTERTAINING ROSS BECAUSE OF THE ECONOMIC WOES IN WHICH BARBADOS FINDS ITSELF TODAY.

    IT IS IRONIC THAT A SMALL PROUD ISLAND LIKE RARATONGA, IN THE COOK ISLANDS REJECTED THE ADVANCES OF AN AMERICAN OFFSHORE MEDICAL SCHOOL IN 2007, WHEN ADVISED ABOUT THE MODUS OPERANDI OF AMERICAN OFFSHORE MEDICAL SCHOOLS, EVEN THOUGH ITS GDP IS FAR LESS THAN THAT OF BARBADOS.

    YOU MUST VISIT THAT ISLAND SOME DAY– IT IS VERY MUCH LIKE BARBADOS.
    YOU CAN GET THERE BY AIR NEW ZEALAND—THE BEST AIR LINE ON WHICH I HAVE EVER FLOWN.

  40. Mariposa Avatar
    Mariposa

    David first of all their is nothing “poor”about me financially or morally
    I earned my money legally and morally i do not accept immoral actions bent on self interest and thougt of as correct to be a part of my thought process
    To quote Voley Karma is a bit. Ch

  41. lawson Avatar
    lawson

    Look it all comes down to hurricanes ….if you were gambling with your business and had a lot of extra money you wouldnt care if you had to rebuild every few years ,but if if you wanted a reasonably predictable island for weather,govt, variety, and usually friendly people you cant go wrong by choosing barbados. Now the optics arent all that good but business is business maybe mia can throw them a bone…–maybe help with some work permits for them. .

  42. Hal Austin Avatar
    Hal Austin

    GP,

    We have sold our integrity. This is not the Barbados I used to know.

  43. Hal Austin Avatar
    Hal Austin

    Lawson,

    Scotland would be a good location.

  44. John Avatar
    John

    The world changed for ever on 15 April 2016

    http://biba.bb/no-need-to-panic-about-panama-papers-scandal/

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panama_Papers#/media/File:Countries_implicated_in_the_Panama_Papers.svg

    The demand for the services of shredding companies skyrocketed worldwide!!

  45. James Greene Avatar
    James Greene

    @Hal

    even if MAM poached Ross, what is wrong with that? except i would like to know whether she had to offer them anything.

    it may also mean that HH or Jung is working for their money.

    if MAM is to offset the austerity that will come later she has to attract businesses bringing foreign exchange to locate or relocate to Bim.

    Dominica’s loss is our gain

  46. Hal Austin Avatar
    Hal Austin

    James Greene,

    May be you are right. What I do know is the level of your integrity. Funny how these little things say so much about us?

  47. David Avatar
    David

    Logic and rational argument will elude some, ever time. Are they even aware that Ross has been operating from Tennessee and St. Kitts sine the hurricane? It was Barbados or another place.

  48. James Greene Avatar
    James Greene

    @Hal

    desperate times, mate. and it will get worse

  49. lawson Avatar
    lawson

    Hal yer noo wrang aboot that, everbody is relocating …madonna just moved to portugal because of donald trump….see he is making america great again.

  50. Hal Austin Avatar
    Hal Austin

    James Greene,

    So desperate you sell your collective integrity.

    @ Lawson,

    The UK is now taking citizenship off citizens – those who are naturalised and those born in the UK. Tough times.

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