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[Barbados Underground] The decision by the principals of Ross University School of Medicine to relocate to Barbados has sparked a debate across the region. The blogmaster sees the decision for what it is, Ross’ owner made a BUSINESS decision to move from hurricane ravaged Dominica to a user friendly – out of the hurricane track – geography.

The more important question Barbadians should be asking is what concessions were given to Ross University School of Medicine by the Mottley government. While in opposition Mottley and team were strident in the call for concessions given to Sandals, Cost-U-Less and a few others be shared with the public. Guess what, the public is none the wiser after being in office for more than three months.

In response to requests from members of the BU family to create a blog space to facilitate debate the blogmaster is pleased to share the letter Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit issued to President and CEO Lisa Wardell of Adtalem Global Education – parent company of Ross University – last month to inform the discussion.

Thanks to the BU family member for sharing!

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347 responses to “Ross University School of Medicine Debate”

  1. John Avatar
    John

    John
    August 11, 2018 8:30 AM

    Despite effluent being off the street for the last two months, Minister of Water Resources Wilfred Abrahams has revealed that the long-touted solution of the injection wells has failed.
    +++++++++++++++++++
    NUTS was the comment of my Geologist friend at the time!!

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

    …………. and it was never touted as a solution, just a stop gap measure!!

  2. John Avatar
    John

    If you want someone to blame go back to the records when it was built and you will get a whole set of culprits!!

    That is if those records exist!!

  3. Mariposa Avatar
    Mariposa

    This is not the first or worst Hurricane in Dominca in Ross 45years of being located on the island
    The issue does not only lend itself to Ross relocating but in the manner and way how the Barbados govt did not give a thought or concern in working alongside the govt of Dominica in looking for an alternative solution a solution which would have aided the Dominican govt in helping to keep Ross
    If Dominca economy was not fragile or unstable the outcry of words like back stabber and judas would not be heard
    However because of the callousness based on the lack of a humanitarian concern for the people of Dominica the blacklash is furious and would remain a sticking point in the minds of the Caricom heads of govt for a long time
    The excuse about Hurricane prone is poopy cock used to satisfy and clear the conscience of those who did Dominica wrong

    Taking away 30% of a country weakened economy is akin to economic terrorism

  4. TheOGazerts Avatar
    TheOGazerts

    @8:36 a,m
    Suggest leaving and returning after 10:36…
    Incoherent

  5. Bush Tea Avatar
    Bush Tea

    @ David
    Perhaps the BWA GM should never have been hired…..
    The problems there are much bigger than the GM.
    …but that is another topic…

  6. Tron Avatar
    Tron

    Congrats PM MAM

    for bringing a serious and big investor to Bim
    with better, qualified jobs than Mrs Cahill, Sandals Plantation and Del Mastro.

    Barbados first!

    Imagine what would have happened under a DLP administration. After asked for “gifts”, the investor would have left the room after 1 min. This is simply the reason why very arrogant Dems like so-called Priest Hewitt should stay where they are – abroad. A weak figure like Hewitt cares lots about former Barbadians abroad in England, but he never filed in a so-called complaint against gov ministers for the Barbadian Police to investigate and to protect fellow Barbadians at home. Hewitt, a man who always put foreigners first shall never climb into Mercedes MP 2.

  7. Mariposa Avatar
    Mariposa

    Bush Tea
    Barbados is now consider public enemy #1 in the region because of trampling on the poor and downtrodden
    The bible says that God would make the enemy a footstool of those the enemy did wrong
    God does not lie

  8. A. Dullard Avatar
    A. Dullard

    “THE FACT THAT THERE HAVE BEEN NO HURRICANES IN BARBADOS SINCE 1955 MEANS ONLY THE GOD HAS BEEN MERCIFUL TO BARBADOS, NOT THAT BARBADOS IS ESSENTIALLY A BETTER PLACE CLIMATE WISE.”

    Yes God has been merciful.
    However, geographically and statistically the evidence is all there. Why do Dominica, St Maarten, Haiti, etc seem to get more storms than Barbados, Trinidad, etc? Most Atlantic systems veer northwards often by passing Bdos or, when they reach Bdos are too weak to cause castrophic damage. SO the more northerly islands are more likely get hit, and hit hard. Why do you think that the reinsurers charge higher risk premiums in those islands (Florida too) than in Bdos?

    “WHAT HAPPENS THEN, TO ROSS, IF NEXT YEAR A SEVERE HURRICANE SHOULD BE EXPERIENCED BY BARBADOS?”
    That’s what risk management is for, to plan for such contingencies. But a sever hurricane could also Hit Dominica too, ah lie?

  9. David Avatar
    David

    It is tiring debunking your nonsense.

    #acyouareontosomethingkeepatit!

    Ross did not contribute 30% of GDP says Ambassador Henderson
    Dominica News Online – Friday, August 10th, 2018 at 12:28 AM

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    Vince Henderson says the figure of 30% is not practical. File photo

    Dominica’s Ambassador to the United States, His Excellency Vince Henderson, has refuted the suggestion that the now- departed Ross University accounted for as much as 30% of the Dominica’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP).

    Ross has permanently relocated to Barbados where, according to Prime Minister Mia Mottley, the university’s $100.00 million contribution will represent 1% of that country’s US 4.8 billion GDP (2017 figures).

    Speaking on Kairi FM’s Next Level Programme recently, Henderson said Ross’s contribution to Dominica was in the region of 7 percent.

    “From the figures that we have and since 2006, if you recall, the government started categorizing education services as a category for the purposes of looking at the economy and the growth in the economy,” he said. “And the figures from 2013 to 2017 show that there was about 11.3 percent that education services contributed to GDP and out of that include public education services and when you remove that and get to private it is about 7.6 percent, with Ross giving 6.2 and All Saints giving the rest [1.4 percent].”

    Henderson continued, “When you look at that, even if we are to say that we didn’t capture all the data properly, there is the underground economy that you could not capture because it’s underground, even if you were to cater for that, that is a far cry from 30 percent.”

    He said it means that about 23.8 percent wasn’t captured.

    “I mean that’s not practical,” he stated.

    However, in an article which was posted on Dominica News Online on July 13, 2018, Neal Nixon, a member of the Green Haven Group, reaches a different conclusion in making the correlation between Ross University’s contribution and Dominica’s GDP. He broadens his measurement to include the impact of income from Ross on other aspects of the economy outside of the education sector. In Nixon’s calculations, Ross made an annual contribution of about $109.4 million (as per table below) dollars to Dominica’s economy and using a GDP of $580 million (Dominica’s GDP last reported by the World Bank a year or so ago), he concluded that Ross University accounted for 19% of Dominica’s GDP, 19 cents of every dollar generated.

    Ross University’s Annual Contribution to Dominica’s Economy
    Tuition and Fees $83,835,000
    Rental Expenses $8,748,000
    Living Expenses $14,813,280
    Other $2,000,000
    Total Contribution $109,396,280

    But those whose businesses and livelihoods have been affected by the Ross move, do not appear to be interested in revenue to GDP ratios whether 7%, 19% or 30%. Their main concern, some have told DNO, is the unavoidable reality of their economic demise with no remedy as yet in sight.
    http://dominicanewsonline.com/news/homepage/news/ross-did-not-contribute-30-of-gdp-says-ambassador-henderson/

  10. John Avatar
    John

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_medical_schools_in_the_Caribbean

  11. Hants Avatar
    Hants

    Benefit of Ross moving to Barbados.

    The protrusion on the ABC highway at Coverley. will be removed.

    Can’t risk a serious accident involving de Amurcans.

    The decision to let Ross move to Barbados is a good one. In the dog eat dog / crabs in a barrel world

    of Capitalism, increasing profits trumps morality.

  12. John Avatar
    John

    Education is lucrative …. medical education is even more lucrative!!

  13. Bush Tea Avatar
    Bush Tea

    Barbados is now consider public enemy #1 in the region because of trampling on the poor and downtrodden
    +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
    What does that mean ..?

    Barbados is now the #1 banana republic in the WORLD … because of DLP malfeasance over the past ten years – which followed BLP idiocy over the previous ten years.

    Your continued interjections – along with those of the UK based idiot and failure, Hal; and the indigent, and often-fired, ex-scholar GP; only serves to illustrate the low IQ that pervades the damn BB Bajan psyche – and to explain how these political monsters have been able to destroy, what was well on the way to becoming, a GLOBAL MODEL small country ….in 20 short years.

    WAIT…!!!!
    Mariposa is addressing ‘Bush Tea’ now….?
    What happened to Bush Shite bozie…? LOL ha ha ha

    BTW…
    GP is an idiot. He is probably suffering from some chronic degenerative condition that affects his mental capacity…
    The point being made was that as a result of the TRAUMA associated with 2017 hurricane experience in Dominica, students and others associated with Ross would naturally be less inclined to return to the same environment. This places pressure on the owners to seek alternative arrangements so that prospective customers will choose THEIR college rather than a competitor’s.

    It is a psychological thing….
    If someone suffers a bad trauma in a particular location, it becomes VERY DIFFICULT to return there and continue as if nothing happened… Normal people often seek a change in circumstances in such cases…

    Only a deranged moron could interpret such an argument as one based on climate change…
    …or Hal.

  14. Hants Avatar
    Hants

    @ Bush Tea was it you who said CSME is bare shiite ?

  15. Talking Loud Saying Nothing Avatar
    Talking Loud Saying Nothing

    I’m staying out of this argument. However, I would like to commend Mia on her solid reply to this so-called controversy.

    There is no unity or loyalty within Caricom or the region. The region has to work in unison to avoid these conflicts of interest; and has to recognise that it is in a race to the bottom if each island continues to outbid each other in order to attract foreign businesses.

    Hal, Mia is absolutely desperate to rebuild the Barbados economy. Personally, I believe that these other Caribbean Islands who are calling out Barbados are a bunch of hypocrites.

  16. David Avatar
    David

    The blogmaster is aware of Dominicans who made the decision to relocate to other countries with their families. The point here is that those living through the last Hurricane were scared out of their lives. To argue that Barbados should have declined the offer of ROSS to relocate here boggles the mind. What we want to know is what was given to that entity including Maloney.

  17. Are-we-there-yet Avatar
    Are-we-there-yet

    I have to agree with GP and Hal Austin re. their main point that Climate Change is unlikely to be of significant importance to the issue of Ross relocating from Dominica to Barbados. I think the most likely relevant medium term effect of climate change is possibly sea level rise and Barbados would be much more susceptible to that problem than Dominica would be.

    Regular susceptibility to the depredations of major hurricanes is the factor that separates Barbados from Dominica at this time and afaik there is no scientific indication that Climate change per se., is likely to negatively affect Barbados in this regard in the near future. The regular patterns of Hurricane tracks in the Eastern Caribbean have not changed significantly over the past several decades. Barbados and Tobago have consistently been on the verge of those tracks while Trinidad and Guyana are essentially outside the zone. Dominica and most of the OECS countries are firmly within the zone of susceptibility to regular hits by hurricanes. But, nevertheless, the point that Barbados could be hit by a severe hurricane this or any other coming year is well taken.

    However, imho GP’s and HA’s attack on Mia’s acceptance of the offer of the Ross university to relocate their university here, as most posters to this blog have pointed out, flies in the face of urgent national necessity and reality. Barbados is in dire financial straits right now and Mia would have been guilty of blatant prime ministerial malpractice if she had allowed the opportunity of Barbados earning significant foreign exchange, and also finding productive use for a white elephant, to go a-begging at this time. Hal needs to educate us some more on the accepted Eurocentric tenets of the kantian factors that should inform the identification of the best interests of Countries / Governments, vis a vis those of Individuals, and how those factors trump the normal ones that are used in making urgent decisions.

    What is the correlation of level of individual corruption in a Country and good government? What is the correlation of individual religious sanctimony and good governance?

  18. David Avatar
    David

    @AWTY

    Have a reread of Sanders article, he is saying the issue with ROSS is a non argument and given the vulnerability of SIDs to climate change this is a better discussion we should be having.

    The World Bank Group delivered $20.5 billion in climate-related finance in the last fiscal year, but while that helps to build climate resilience in some states, it does nothing to stop or even to curb the disregard that is driving the destructive forces of Climate Change.

    Last September at the United Nations, Dominica’s Prime Minister, Roosevelt Skerrit, declared: “We are shouldering the consequences of the actions of others. There is little time left for action. While the big countries talk, the small island nations suffer. We need action and we need it now.”

    Dominica has just experienced yet another blow from Climate Change – investment, too, is not secure and it has nothing to do with poaching.

    There is another Climate Conference in December in Bangkok. Caribbean countries should raise the banner, bang the drum, and rail against the coming of the night between now and then.

  19. Talking Loud Saying Nothing Avatar
    Talking Loud Saying Nothing

    Very interesting view.

    “In the series, we visit each country to learn more about the respective citizenship by investment programs and life on the ground on the islands. The fourth episode covers the Dominica CIP and will be followed by the final episode, which covers Saint Lucia.”

  20. Hal Austin Avatar
    Hal Austin

    Here is a Platonic allegory: two homeless and hungry men and sitting next to each other on the street; they each have a packed lunch which they are saving for when they are hungry; in the meantime, one has to go to the lavatory and while away the other one steals his lunch. What is the moral of that story? That since the thief is desperate to secure a future meal he has a moral right to look after himself or that no matter how hungry and insecure, he should not steal from a fellow starving unfortunate?
    Apart from the claims of foreign earnings, which I dispute, how many jobs will Ross bring to Barbados? What types of jobs, apart from domestics, maintenance people, so-called security, clerical, etc, all respectable jobs, but how about lecturers and biomedical researchers?
    Will the students and staff be making demands on our free-at-the-point-of-need health service?

  21. Georgie Porgie Avatar
    Georgie Porgie

    A. Dullard
    August 11, 2018 8:35 AM
    @Blogmaster David
    Why did you create a blog to further prolong this non-issue?
    A straightforward business decision was made to relocate a business from Dominica to Barbados, mostly driven from the ill effects of a major storm. Plus Barbados with all its faults, is still a better place to conduct business than most Caricom countries.
    In fact, I think the debate is totally misplaced. The issue is this.

    I AGREE WITH YOU 100% HERE
    RE Why should an off shore medical school be generating between 30% and 40 % of the GDP of an independent sovereign nation? PM Skerritt should really be asking himself some tough questions.

    THAT IS A VERY IMPORTANT QUESTION, AND WORTHY OF CONSIDERATION
    IT IS KNOWN THAT DOMINICA SUFFERED A SEVERE SETBACK WHEN GUEST STOPPED BUYING BANANAS FROM THE WINDWARD ISLANDS AND JAMAICA

    RE “WHAT HAPPENS THEN, TO ROSS, IF NEXT YEAR A SEVERE HURRICANE SHOULD BE EXPERIENCED BY BARBADOS?”
    That’s what risk management is for, to plan for such contingencies. But a sever hurricane could also Hit Dominica too, ah lie?

    SO WHAT? THAT DOES NOT MAKE MY QUESTION A STUPID ONE.
    ROSS SUFFERED THROUGH DAVID IN 79, AND A FEW OTHER HURRICANES SINCE. WHERE WAS THE RISK MANAGEMENT THEN?

    IT IS INTERESTING TO NOTE, TOO, THAT ROSS IS LEAVING BEHIND SIGNIFICANT INFRASTRUCTURE AND A RECENT HEAVY INVESTMENT IN ITS PLANT IN PORTSMOUTH.

  22. TheOGazerts Avatar
    TheOGazerts

    “But, nevertheless, the point that Barbados could be hit by a severe hurricane this or any other coming year is well taken”

    One man gets it….. We could be in the position Dominica now finds itself in, if fortune turns against us.
    How long will it last?

  23. Georgie Porgie Avatar
    Georgie Porgie

    RE Apart from the claims of foreign earnings, which I dispute, how many jobs will Ross bring to Barbados? What types of jobs, apart from domestics, maintenance people, so-called security, clerical, etc, all respectable jobs, but how about lecturers and biomedical researchers?

    RELATIVELY FEW JOBS apart from domestics, maintenance people, so-called security, clerical, etc,

    WHAT WILL BE BROUGHT IS REVENUE FROM RENTALS OF ACCOMMODATION, VEHICLES AND USE OF SERVICES SUCH AS SUPERMARKETS MAINLY

    RE Will the students and staff be making demands on our free-at-the-point-of-need health service?

    PROBABLY

  24. Mariposa Avatar
    Mariposa

    What about the concessions Mia gave
    Still waiting to hear a PR stunt relating how on much of the taxpayers monies was a large give away to entice Ross to leave Dominic after all to quote the blp minions with foreign investors it is all about money
    Transparency i calling for

  25. watchman Avatar
    watchman

    @Mariposa

    I am redirecting some of your words to form a statement that most Barbadian agreed on the 24 May 2018 to end the callousness, and economic terrorism of the DLP

  26. TheOGazerts Avatar
    TheOGazerts

    I seem to recall where a hotelier was threatening to go elsewhere if one of the islands did not meet the terms we are asking for.

    Are we witnessing the rearrangement of chairs on decks of sinking ships.?

  27. Are-we-there-yet Avatar
    Are-we-there-yet

    Oops! Just read over my post above (9:25 am) and realised that I had essentially missed or rambled on the main points that I was trying to make. Will redo and post later.

  28. Georgie Porgie Avatar
    Georgie Porgie

    RE However, imho GP’s and HA’s attack on Mia’s acceptance of the offer of the Ross university to relocate their university here,

    WHEREAS HAL AUSTIN AND OTHERS HAVE ATTACKED Mia’s acceptance of the offer of the Ross university to relocate their university here, PLEASE KINDLY NOTE THAT GP HAS NOT.

    RATHER GP HAS EXPRESSED THE HOPE THAT ROSS WILL EMPLOY YOUNG LOCAL DRS TO TEACH THE BASIC SCIENCES, AND SO COUNTER THE NEED TO PAY MONEY FOR WORK PERMITS WHICH HAS GENERALLY PLAGUED OTHER SCHOOLS.

  29. TheOGazerts Avatar
    TheOGazerts

    Correction
    I seem to recall where a hotelier was threatening to go elsewhere if one of the islands did not meet the terms He are asking for.

    Are we witnessing the rearrangement of chairs on decks of sinking ships.?

  30. Georgie Porgie Avatar
    Georgie Porgie

    RE John August 11, 2018 2:46 AM

    Someone mentioned to me that at the time of the Grenada invasion the St. George’s University sought to relocate to Barbados but was denied permission.Is this true?

    YES. IT WAS DECIDED THAT OFFSHORE MEDICAL SCHOOLS WOULD NOT BE CONVENED IN THE UWI CAMPUS COUNTRIES.

    JAMAICA WENT AGAINST THIS IN JANUARY 2011 WITH AAIMS MEDICAL SCHOOL WHICH HAD, I AM TOLD, ONLY 50 STUDENTS IN JANUARY 2018–MAINLY FROM JAMAICA, AFRICA, AND INDIA

    WHEN BARBADOS BECAME CASH STRAPPED AFTER HURRICANE DLP UNDER CHRIS AND FUMBLE THE FLOODGATES OPENED FOR THE INFLUX OF OFFSHORE MEDICAL SCHOOLS,

    Reagan invaded Grenada based on the American students there.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._George%27s_University

    Today there are over 6,000 students and the fees are about $26,000 USD so clearly it is a major contributor to the economy of Grenada

    NOTE THAT ALL OF THESE ARE NOT MEDICAL STUDENTS AND THAT ST GEORGES UNIVERSITY IS A TRUE UNIVERSITY, RATHER THAN AN OFFSHORE MEDICAL SCHOOL ONLY, THAT CALLS ITSELF A UNIVERSITY

  31. Georgie Porgie Avatar
    Georgie Porgie

    NOTE ALSO, THAT BY BUYING UP ALL THE CLINICAL SPOTS IN NY, THAT ST GEORGES HAS MADE IT VERY DIFFICULT FOR STUDENTS OF THE SMALLER SCHOOLS, AND ROSS, TO GET CLINICAL ROTATIONS IN NY, AND TO GET CLINICAL ROTATIONS IN ONE AND THE SAME LOCATION. THIS IS VERY DESIRABLE.

  32. A. Dullard Avatar
    A. Dullard

    @Hal
    “Will the students and staff be making demands on our free-at-the-point-of-need health service?”

    You raise a very good point. Everyone is touting the supposed benefits but no one is saying anything about COSTS.

    But however way you slice it, this will be a boost to an economy that is in the ICU.

    Barbados brek and beggars can’t be choosers.

  33. David Avatar
    David

    A good comment extracted from the blogmaster’s facebook page.

    Kerwin Alkins Ppl are so accustomed to decisions involving government to be made in the best interest of the minister instead of the ministry or country that they have forgotten that a private entity will USUALLY act in the best interests of its shareholders, so they get maximum return. Funny, how that works.

  34. Georgie Porgie Avatar
    Georgie Porgie

    RE 45govt August 11, 2018 2:47 AM

    What is a degree from this institution worth in the real world? Is it better for instance than those Indian ones proclaiming “Bombay, Failed”? We have all heard of the St George’s School of Medicine in Grenada, but who knew their offices are listed as a hole-in-the-wall business centre in Winchester, UK?

    St George’s School of Medicine in Grenada IS NOW WELL ACCEPTED IN THE USA
    SGU IS A GOOD SCHOOL BECAUSE IT HAS GREAT LEADERSHIP BY DOCTORS WHO KNOW ABOUT MEDICAL EDUCATION, AND HAVE DONE THE CORRECT THINGS. AND MAINTAINED HIGH STANDARDS

    GRENADA WAS VERY FORTUNATE WHEN BIRD TOOK AWAY THE CHARTER HE HAD OFFERED THEM, AND GAVE IT TO AKANDE OF UHSA, CAUSING ST GEORGES TO BE CONVENED IN GRENADA RATHER THAN ANYIGUA.

    THOSE WHO HAVE FOLLOWED THE HISTORY OF ROSS ON VALUEMD, KNOW THAT ROSS IS OF LESSER STANDARD, SINCE OLD MAN ROSS SOLD IT TO DEVRY. THE LAWYER WHO WAS VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN THE GUIDANCE OF ROSS’ FORMER SUCESS, WENT TO ANTIGUA IN 2004 AND HAS ESTABLISHED THE SUCCESSFUL AUA.

    DEVRY HAS SINCE EITHER SOLD ROSS AGAIN OR CHANGED ITS NAME

    IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, DEVRY HAD ALSO OWNED SABA & MUA (BOUGHT FROM FREDERICK) AND ST MATHEWS AND ALSO.I THINK AUC

  35. Mariposa Avatar
    Mariposa

    Appreciate the cross talk and comments about how and where these medical schools are located and causes for them being in the carribbean reason which all goes to good goverence and transparency
    However because Mia has not given details as to how much concessions were granted to Ross one is lead to belive that the concessions were plenty and should not be revealed by this govt
    Which sheds more light on the matter and if Mia told a bold faced lie when she interjected the Hurricane story one which seems to be a replacement to cover the reason for Ross relocating to Barbados

  36. David Avatar
    David

    Yes, while she is at it, share the concessions for Sandals, Cost-U-Less, Karib Cable and the lot!

  37. Georgie Porgie Avatar
    Georgie Porgie

    MARIPOSA/AC

    IF YOU HAD SEEN THE NUMEROUS GRAPHIC PHOTOS AND VIDEOS OF POST HURRICANE DOMINICA, YOU WOULD APPRECIATE THE ROSS PROBLEM

    RE because Mia has not given details as to how much concessions were granted to Ross
    WHAT CONCESSIONS? DID SHE GIVE OTHER CONCESSIONS THAN THOSE GIVEN BY STUPID JONES TO ABOUT 5 OTHER MEDICAL STOOLS!

    YOUR DLP LEAD BARBADOS TO BE CASH STRAPPED, SO THAT IT HAS HAD TO ACCEPT 5 OTHER MEDICAL STOOLS BEFORE ROSS

    HOW HAS MIA DONE ANYTHING THAT THE VICE CHANCELLOR OF BIU HAS NOT?

    BEGGARS CAN NOT BE CHOOSERS

  38. David Avatar
    David

    Gosh GP, is that you?

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  40. Are-we-there-yet Avatar
    Are-we-there-yet

    GP, re. your 9:51 am post.

    My apologies!

  41. Wily Coyote Avatar
    Wily Coyote

    @David

    Off topic, David did you see the latest BWA announcement that the south coast sewage plant injection wells are a FAILED PROJECT that cost taxpayers $3.7. Did Wily not tell you this recently, new proposal to build outflow pipe into the sea off Worthing beach is but another kneejerk reaction not supported by proper design and EIA assessment. Just another same old MICKEY MOUSE government reaction.

  42. Mariposa Avatar
    Mariposa

    David you are not being clever
    Leave it to you to push forward your distractions on behalf of the blp which all but expose your true identity as a hypocrite

  43. Georgie Porgie Avatar
    Georgie Porgie

    RE Gosh GP, is that you?

    MEANING WHAT?

    I AM SPEAKING OF WHAT I KNOW
    I HAVE SAT AT A BANQUET WITH THE STAFF OF IUHS AND THE WHOLE CABINET OF ST KITTS AT OTI IN 2002
    I HAVE A LITTLE IDEA ABOUT WHAT GOES ON

  44. James Greene Avatar
    James Greene

    i have to ask- did MAM give back the Benz that Freundel order?

  45. TheOGazerts Avatar
    TheOGazerts

    @Mariposa
    I like your jabbing and bobbing and weaving, It seems as if you decided to play the part of a pit-bull.

    I hope that you realize that you failed the island as a citizen when you decided to be just a DLPite. A jab at Freundel and his cabinet may have saved us some pain.

    That is one of the issues with yardfowl

  46. David Avatar
    David

    Just enjoying your comments this morning.

  47. Guest Avatar
    Guest

    Why –

  48. john2 Avatar
    john2

    DEM two aint disagree that it was ross decision to move to Barbados.
    DEM two hate MM guts and the Bs and will do and say anything to hit at them.

    If MM has refused ross and they did move to Trinidad then them two jackasses would be on MM case about how she let Ross get away when Barbados suffering.

    They would even, conveniently, point out that Ross was leaving anyhow so MM should have accepted.
    Because she did just that, then for them conveniently, she steal ross from Dominica.

    nothing MM or BLP do will please dem two jackasses.

    they will always take the opposite side of the coin

    MM = heads = PM
    so
    HAL and Mariposa will always be TAILS (as in two tailholes).

  49. Well, Well Avatar
    Well, Well

    A real nonissue..the exyardfowl must be feeling deflated.

  50. NorthernObserver Avatar
    NorthernObserver

    “IT IS SAD, HOWEVER, THAT ROSS SHOULD HAVE TO LEAVE DOMINICA, BECAUSE BACK IN 78 WHEN ROSS APPROACHED THE HEADS OF GOVERNMENTS, AT THAT MEETING IN JAMAICA, ONLY THE PM OF DOMINICA WAS INTERESTED.”

    If you read Adtalem’s SEC filings, one will note the senior management has changed significantly in the past 18 months, including that at Ross U. Further Ross was acquired by Adtalem a few years back. Hence despite the name, those involved are completely different from ’78. The world changes.

    In addition to your comment on NY spots, the financial aid available from US Govt programmes, and their own financing of students, seems to be key.

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