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Fighting Corruption at the Port Authority and Grantley Adams Airport

Several times this blogmaster has listened to Commissioner of Police Tyrone Griffith share with the public his perspective that corruption at our ports of entry is a big reason illegal guns enter the island. Every time Griffith makes the statement, trade unionists feel compelled to defend the public workers fingered.  Griffith has been targeted in his criticism by naming the Bridgetown Port and Grantley Adams Airport.

It boggles the mind why Customs Officers and the Police appear not to have a close working relationship given a common national security mandate. To quote Commissioner Griffith :-

The reality is that where there is corruption, there will always be problems. And so, if the system is corrupt, then we are not going to get the information and support. You have to work together to break the back of those crimes. And so, even though the intelligence says that, you are not going to get that tip that breaks it…There is corruption. There must be some form…there must be corruption if you are going to have the number of firearms that are coming onto our shores illegally…then there has to be corruption

One has to give credit to Commissioner Griffith that his public criticism is based on credible  intelligence. After all, it is what he does. There comes a point when country must come first and those in charge must demonstrate the leadership required to get the job done.

Against the foregoing a recent court martial case against David Harewood of the Barbados Coast Guard amplified the concern shared by Commissioner Griffith.  Without rehashing the transcript of cellphone conversations between Harewood, a senior Coast Guard official had with some unsavoury characters- this blogmaster is satisfied those responsible for guarding national security interest have been compromised.

The BU household has been cautioning Barbados authorities for many years we are in a bad place and must change the way we have been managing our affairs. The same lack of leadership that has seen the growth of a sub culture in the transportation sector has propagated to every facet how we do business on the island.

The World Bank chronicled the “corrosive” impact corruption has on the ability to exercise good governance.

Most importantly, corruption breaks the trust between the citizens and the state that is critical for development to work. We know bad governance is one of the four major drivers of poverty, alongside conflict and violence; unchecked population growth; and the effects of climate change and natural disasters – Fighting corruption: the importance is crystal clear

The government and much of civil society seem to be consumed with confronting the unprecedented economic challenges of the times. We should not lose sight of the fact that a society is more than an economy.

The country waits on the operationalizing of anti corruption and freedom of information legislation promised top the electorate 50 years ago by a Tom Adams government.

 

 

108 responses to “Fighting Corruption at the Port Authority and Grantley Adams Airport”

  1. fortyacresandamule Avatar
    fortyacresandamule

    @David. International protocol and best practices in today’s border security environment, require cctv to be installed at all major port of entries. Custom is not exempt from such modality. IMO/ISPS plus USA border security container security initiative comes to mind.

    All custom officers and mgmt should be polygraphed and a lifetsye audit conducted on a regular basis.

  2. John A Avatar
    John A

    Forty lord you want the unions shut down the island for 3 months now! After all it look like customs tell them what they will do and then the unions tell the government, who say YES SIR and the issue dies.

  3. David Avatar
    David

    @fortyacres

    It begs the question why the authority in Barbados has experienced no end of trouble to implement.

  4. Hants Avatar
    Hants

    Added 11 June 2019

    ” Lawmen are investigating a shooting at Tweedside Road, St Michael.

    One man has been shot.”

  5. Vincent Codrington Avatar
    Vincent Codrington

    @ David BU at 4:21 PM

    You are entitled to create your own reality. From where I stand the Barbados economy DOES NOT OPERATE that way. You need to put some distance between you and the Kool Aid dispenser. You are being misled.

    @ John A at 4:50 PM

    For some reason David is deaf to the idea that the revenue collection system has more leaks than the BWA distribution system.

    I wonder why.

  6. Vincent Codrington Avatar
    Vincent Codrington

    David BU

    Entrepreneur is the most ab/misused word in the vocabulary of economic commentators in Barbados after productivity. Entrepreneurs are investors who take risks in launching a new product or service. The areas you suggest public workers should seek employment are not only overcrowded but are as old as Adam. There is nothing enterprising in them.

    Central Banks are created to regulate the money supply. When illiquidity constrains economic growth their job is to create money. When there is too much money in the economy to the extent where inflation is rampant or there is an outfow of money, it reduces the money supply.

    What caused the large outfow of money/ foreign currency 3 years ago? If you can answer that half of the puzzle is solved.

    David BU
    It is time for me to catch the ZR Van. Too much BS in town.

  7. John A Avatar
    John A

    @ Vincent

    Patience my friend patience……

  8. fortyacresandamule Avatar
    fortyacresandamule

    @John A . The GOB should never compromised the security of this country to any self-serving interest groups.

  9. fortyacresandamule Avatar
    fortyacresandamule

    @John. Let the union stike all it want. The GOB has to stand firm and grow some balls on this issue, even If it means firing all those people. The collective security of the nation trumped the self-serving interest of any group called unions or whatever ACROYN they go by.

  10. John A Avatar
    John A

    @ FortyAcres

    I agree with you 100% without a doubt. The Thing is it came across as if because the unions were told by customs no it was left there. Which leads me to ask why the minister of finance, the attorney general or security officials did not override if and say ” sorry fellows it’s about state security and it must happen.”

    Fellows need to take a page out of Ronald Reagan’s book!

  11. fortyacresandamule Avatar
    fortyacresandamule

    @David. Sometimes I wished our political system was built upon a benevolent dictatorship model like Singapore. Nothing gets implemented on time in this country. Even simple basic task becomes rocket science to the political directorate. Too much of anything is never good . And democracy is no exception.

  12. Artax Avatar
    Artax

    “Many may not know but businesses have been laying off a worker here and 3 there for the last few months. In that environment where is the opportunity for new ventures to open, far less sustain themselves?”

    John A

    You above comment is true.

    Even the hotels are “laying off” employees or have them working “short hours” per week. JADA recently “laid off” some employees, while offering an option to those who were willing to be severed. However, there was some wrangling between the workers, their union and the company as it relates to severance payments and conditions under which they were to be severed.

    I often hear the politicians and others talking about entrepreneurship and encouraging people to establish their own businesses. The reality is that Barbados is a small society with even smaller demographics and target markets, especially for certain businesses. Some people are of the opinion there are too many individuals graduating from university each year as doctors, lawyers and other so called professionals.

    The market for lawyers, for example, has become “oversaturated.” So too as the market for “nail technicians,” beauticians, hairdressers, barbers, vendors, freighters, taxi and other PSV operators. The car rental industry has grown tremendously over the past few years, with permit numbers in excess of H4000. Some people have been forced to rent their vehicles for as low as $400 per week because of the competition.

    Another reality is that many owners of small to medium businesses do not file or pay value added or income taxes. This is an area where much needed revenue is lost. Yet these entrepreneurs are the first ones to “cry foul” when, for example, there is an increase in bus fare. And they are the first ones that insist they benefit from tax funded health care and their children with education, health care, as well as subsidized school meals and bus fare……. without contributing to the tax system.

    Yet another reality are the scores of non-nationals who have been entering Barbados to engage in prostitution, illegal vending and being hired “off the books” by several janitorial (cleaning) firms, shops, bars, restaurants, supermarkets, stores and other retail outlets.

    Take a drive any night along Jemmotts Lane and Bay Street and you would see the side walks lined with scantily dressed Jamaicans and Guyanese prostitutes. Go to the environs of the old Fairchild Street market to see that area has been overtaken by several Guyanese who build and operate illegal bars, selling food and beverages WITHOUT the required liquor licenses and health certificates. That area has been earmarked for redevelopment, and I’m sure that those illegal non-nationals will be the first appealing to the government to give them market space. Non-nationals are also squatting indiscriminately on lands owned privately or by the state….. and are securing “house spots” for their relatives and friends.

    These people don’t pay income taxes or contribute to the National Insurance Scheme……. nor do they make any meaningful contribution to the Barbados economy. These are FACTS we often “turn a blind eye” to.

    Now this Mottley administration has allowed all and sundry to enter Barbados, with their spouses or girl/boyfriends, who will also be eligible to work without work permits and their children will have the same privileges as Barbadian children relative to tax-funded health care, day care and education from nursery level to tertiary level (which, in MY opinion, should be reserved for Barbadians).

    The NEW EXCUSE is that Barbadians are not having children, hence Barbados is under-populated.

    However, when one mentions these things, they are accused of being xenophobic or they oppose regional integration……. or told in the past, Barbadians migrated to Guyana…….and have been migrating to the UK, USA and Canada for several years.

  13. WURA-War-on-U Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U

    ” The GOB should never compromised the security of this country to any self-serving interest groups.”

    As long as those BRIBES ARE PAID..GOB could give SQUAT about the island’s security, it’s all about the million dollar bribes and the big houses and big rides…to themselves.,showing off about how much better they are than those who elected them..that is what shallow, trifling, uppity negros do.

    And as we clearly saw from president Mia’s UK cockup..it’s all about WHO GOB CAN ROB…AND since they ran out of people on the island to rob, they are now forced to MOVE THEIR THIEVING WAYS OFFSHORE….but it was a COLOSSAL EMBARRASSMENT…and FAILURE.

  14. Jean Avatar
    Jean

    @Artax
    I could not have written a better response . You have documented some of the social and economic ills plaguing this country and they give me angst. My question is : what can be done about this degradation when the political machine and others turn a blind eye for the sake of the “almighty” dollar and so-called inclusiveness. SMH.

  15. Hal Austin Avatar
    Hal Austin

    @John A

    You are absolutely right. Government should force through its plans, and if union members do not like it, then they can voluntarily remove themselves from work. Two, three, four months without pay would soon clear minds.
    By the way, if government is sending home workers, and the private sector is, where is the much talked about economic growth going to come from? We deserve answers, apart from the hocus pocus voodoo of foreign reserves.
    President Mottley told the London audience that there was need for moral and ethical politics in Barbados. Is this going to be a topic on BU?

  16. David Avatar
    David

    Why Cameras Should NOT be Focused on Customs Officers
    Posted on August 28, 2015 by David 95 comments

    The Attorney General Adriel Brathwaite is on public record agreeing to the installation of cameras in areas ‘worked’ by Customs Officers. As the minister responsible for advising the government on legal matters it is noteworthy laws do not currently […]exist to support the use of recordings in our Courts.
    This is called politicians blowing hot air through the nether regions.
    On the face of the issue commonsense suggest the deployment of CCTV to monitor the interactions of Customs Officers with the public is the correct approach. However, there is the other view to support why cameras should not be focussed on Customs Officers when conducting business with the public, especially importers. Here is an extract from the Agreement on Implementation of Article VII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994 (Article 1 — 24).

    Article 10
    All information which is by nature confidential or which is provided on a confidential basis for the purposes of customs valuation shall be treated as strictly confidential by the authorities concerned who shall not disclose it without the specific permission of the person or government providing such information, except to the extent that it may be required to be disclosed in the context of judicial proceedings.

    The admission just this week by the Attorney General runs counter to the above, a perspective worthy of consideration at a time when subversive elements have taken deep root in our small country.

  17. John A Avatar
    John A

    @ David

    The cameras need only to be placed in the customs area at the airport, the shed that handles the barrels and the warehouse that handles LLC or what is described as consolidated cargo.

    Those steps and the scanning of containers leaving the port will go a long way in collecting much needed revenue and hopefully improving our national security.

    My question though is who will man the cameras? Will it be a case where those manning them will be independent of customs?

    In other words if the person on the camera noticed for example a person sailing through customs at the airport with 5 man sized duffle bags, what power will they have to ask the customs officer why wasn’t she or he checked?

    Not that I ever expect to see one camera installed but just curious.

  18. John A Avatar
    John A

    @ Hal

    I see nothing so far introduced that will encourage economic growth. Regardless of the hocus pocus of moving around a few tax bands and then taking the saving from it and more back in New forms of direct taxation, like the 61% increase in Land tax on some home owners, there is no growth plan.

    My view is based on simple maths. Any time a budget takes more out of an economy post budget than pre budget, that said budget will end up dampening growth.

    We imposed say $200 million more in direct taxes on bajans yet we do nothing about collecting the $500 million owed to the state through unpaid VAT and other forms of indirect taxation.

    There will be no growth in this economy until government and business stop fighting over every available dollar in liquidity, especially if government insist on taking it at source as opposed to allowing it to filter through the economy and then take it in indirect forms of taxation like VAT

  19. Hal Austin Avatar
    Hal Austin

    @ John A

    But the prime minister and her advisers tell us that their austerity policies, BERT, will lead eventually to economic growth. Can they plse tell us how? Unless David BU has the answers?

  20. John A Avatar
    John A

    @ Hal

    I would love to hear too because if after removing more out the economy in New taxes than was circulating before leads to economic growth, then I congratulate government for defying every rule of economic theory and coming to a different conclusion.

    I do not support direct taxation because all it does is stagnate growth. With indirect taxation like VAT the money is allowed to circulate through the economy and then taken at the end. Not only that but by its very nature VAT benefits from being a compound tax. So the item that came in the port legally and paid vat on entry, if it passes through 3 businesses before the final consumer, contributes to the state on 3 more occasions.

    Instead however of addressing our broken system of indirect taxation, we instead look at new direct taxes which in turn will remove liquidity at source and cause the economy to stagnate further.

    Of course all are welcome to defy what I just said but those that try need to know they would be saying that the rules governing economic activity are all wrong.

  21. John A Avatar
    John A

    @ Hal

    When the government says ” Bert will mead to growth in the end” I feel this is what it means.

    ” look wunna stop asking questions, don’t worry it going all be fine down the road, trust us.”

  22. John A Avatar
    John A

    Meant will lead to not mead. Lol

  23. Miller Avatar
    Miller

    @ John A June 12, 2019 7:53 AM
    “I do not support direct taxation because all it does is stagnate growth. With indirect taxation like VAT the money is allowed to circulate through the economy and then taken at the end. Not only that but by its very nature VAT benefits from being a compound tax. So the item that came in the port legally and paid vat on entry, if it passes through 3 businesses before the final consumer, contributes to the state on 3 more occasions.”
    +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

    You cannot ‘totally’ get rid of all forms of direct taxation.
    How else would you get the rich to contribute a ‘fairer’ share to the national pie since the incidence of indirect taxation falls more heavily on the low-income earners?

    Would you get rid of property (land) taxes? What would replace it? VAT on water as it is on other utilities?

    If you see VAT as the most sophisticatedly effective tax regime why then does Dr. Worrell think otherwise?

    Don’t forget the goodly doctor- according his most ardent fan on BU William Skinner- is the doyen of the academic world of Economics.

    What Worrell ought to be ‘advising’ on is the ‘economic’ impact of that $300 million in foreign reserves which disappeared (miraculously so) just after the February 2013 general elections.

    VAT is the preferred option for indirect taxation for an economy like Barbados which is primarily consumption driven based on its wide-ranging network of importation, storage, distribution and retailing of finished goods.

    The problem with the local VAT regime is that it is afflicted with too many zero-rated and exempt goods and services and constantly undermined by widespread political interference in its operational efficiency and tax collection efforts.

  24. John A Avatar
    John A

    @ Miller

    No one is saying to get rid of direct taxation what I am saying is there must be a balance between the tax forms. Right not that is not the case as it appears because we can not get Vat and other indirect systems fixed we have decided to instead go behind direct taxation mainly.

    As for the rich not paying taxes, aren’t they by your own admission in a position to consume more than the poor and hence contribute more In vat to the system?

    I am having trouble following the argument based on the above

  25. John A Avatar
    John A

    @ Miller

    Also the problem with the vat system is not so much the zero rated goods but the ineffective system of collections. How else could the VAT office be owed in excess of $500 million in receivable with little being done to collect it?

  26. David Avatar
    David

    @John A

    Who owe this 500 million? Is the net of monies owed?

    Who would government allow VAT monies owed to be outstanding for so long? What is missing from the analysis?

  27. WURA-WAR-on-U Avatar
    WURA-WAR-on-U

    wait…wuh happen..all the BU yardfowls DIED …since the UK FIASCO last Saturday..lol

    they giving BU a break..

    or they too ASHAMED…lol

  28. John A Avatar
    John A

    @ David

    I can only qoute the information we were given. No where in the Central Bank figures or The Auditor General’s report was a list of the receivables or payables published. I do remember though a sizeable amount was in fact owed by government entities who collect vat, but somehow forgot to pay it over to the vat office.

  29. David Avatar
    David

    @John A

    This is the point . What is the net owed to government. We must work with the material number to have a proper analysis.

  30. WURA-WAR-on-U Avatar
    WURA-WAR-on-U

    “President Mottley told the London audience that there was need for moral and ethical politics in Barbados. Is this going to be a topic on BU?”

    you do know that president Mia was BULLSHITTING the audience in UK to TIEF THEIR MONEY …right?

    don’t get as deluded as she is..

    since she returned from HER UK cockup..have you seen:

    the racism and apartheid dismantled..

    the corruption addressed

    the thieves who robbed the treasury and pension fund ..locked up

    the people who lost their properties and money to her two wicked ministers returned to the elderly and their beneficiaries

    she went to the UK for one thing only…TO ROB..any black bajan or bajan descendant to put the money in stinking cow bizzy and all the other minority thieves hands..that is all she knows.

    that is all she WILL EVER DO..

  31. John A Avatar
    John A

    We have adequate systems here in terms of vat and duty collection. The problem is like everything else we leave them when broken and try to create new ones.

    I think it is fairer to have a system that allows those that can afford to consume and pay more to do so, while not penalizing the poorer who can’t as in the case with the increases on the water bill for example.

    That way the man who buys a Suzuki pays less Vat and duty on it than the man that buys a BMW. If we used the direct tax logic the same duty would be placed on both cars, hence one consumer would be subsidising the other.

  32. John A Avatar
    John A

    @ David

    From memory more than half of the net owed to the vat office is in fact owed by government entities. The amount government owed the private sector In vat refunds was a bit less than what the private sector owed government. In other words while the net owed by the private sector is there, the biggest chunk owed would therefore be made up of government entities collecting vat and not paying it over to the vat office as they would be collectors only.

  33. John A Avatar
    John A

    So if we must blame vat and indirect taxes for failing us one of the biggest causes of the failure is the said government we elected to ensure the system worked.

    When I say government I mean all both past and present.

  34. Miller Avatar
    Miller

    @ John A June 12, 2019 9:07 AM
    “As for the rich not paying taxes, aren’t they by your own admission in a position to consume more than the poor and hence contribute more In vat to the system?”
    ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

    John A, we are referring to the ‘incidence’ of the VAT.

    It falls much more heavily on the low-income earners than on the “well-off’ and better-up” financially speaking.

    In other words, the low income earners pay a much bigger share of the incomes in VAT than the so-called rich.

    How do we narrow that massive gap to ensure the effective delivery of public goods to all and sundry, rich and poor, employed and unemployed, healthy and sick?

    Barbados has one of the most comprehensive and indeed sophisticated taxation system in the world.

    The problem is Not with the legislative framework but the widespread political interference in its operational network and bungling incompetent operators called civil servants trained at the school of subservience and corruption.

  35. Dullard Avatar
    Dullard

    BBs are a bunch of sheep.

    Here we have a Blogmaster arguing the case for displaced workers to take the plunge into ‘entreneurship’ knowing full well that entrepreneurship for the majority population is a byword for gigs like roadside vending, lawn cutting, cleaning, etc.

    Vincent Codrington is 100% spot on in stating that this is disgraceful given the $Billions pumped into education.

    Artax also makes very valid points. People from everywhere come to Bdos and do as they like with little consequence but, let a local try the same thing and it is brimstone and fire.

    The hierarchy is beginning to crystallize and in a few years will look something like this:

    Bajan White
    Foreign White
    Local Indian, Syrian, Chinese, Other
    Any other foreigner
    Bajan Black

    BBs have to be amongst the silliest on this planet. How can a group of people so consistently and vigorously act against their own best interests?

    …But we are world class and punching above our weight !!

  36. John A Avatar
    John A

    @ David.

    David the last figure I can remember that was owed the vat office by government was confirmed by Sinkler In the final days of his reign.

    He said then ” government entities owed the vat office in excess of $200 million and it is a matter I will be looking in to.”

    I don’t know if he meant $201 million or $400 million, nor do I know what looking in to it meant.

  37. John A Avatar
    John A

    @ Miller

    But that is why the vat is fairer to the poor because it gives them the right to choose how they consume. They can decide if the want to buy whisky or rum. The rich will buy the whisky and pay accordingly and the less wealthy can decide their move.

    Surely a system of tax that gives the tax payer a choice has to be better than one that is rammed down their throat?

    Let’s us agree to disagree on it but what we can both admit is that it is badly managed and abused by no one more so than the said governments both past and present that we elected. When government is by far the single biggest receivable owed to the vat office what more proof you want on that?

  38. WURA-WAR-on-U Avatar
    WURA-WAR-on-U

    just as the CORRUPT BLP GOVERNMENT WANT IT..

    “Bajan White
    Foreign White
    Local Indian, Syrian, Chinese, Other
    Any other foreigner
    Bajan Black”

  39. Hal Austin Avatar
    Hal Austin

    @ Dullard

    President Mottley told the London audience at the weekend that the population of Barbados is already too small. She quoted bogus figures about Surinam, Singapore and Guyana as evidence of this fantasy analysis.
    The president is not details person, and I am sure her so-called economic consultants/advisers have convinced her that she needs a growth in population to get productivity growth. Nonsense.
    Look out for demographic changes in Barbados. Your figures may be more accurate than you think.

  40. Dullard Avatar
    Dullard

    @Hal

    It doesn’t take a prophet to see the long term fate of the traditional Bajan.

    Have a look at the Edutech project for evidence of the president’s capabilities.

  41. Hal Austin Avatar
    Hal Austin

    Have you heard Sagicor advertising their residential homes? Where is the regulator?

  42. Miller Avatar
    Miller

    @ John A June 12, 2019 10:00 AM
    “But that is why the vat is fairer to the poor because it gives them the right to choose how they consume. They can decide if the want to buy whisky or rum. The rich will buy the whisky and pay accordingly and the less wealthy can decide their move…”
    +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

    So should the GoB impose VAT on water to help reduce wastage and excessive domestic consumption?

    Don’t get me wrong. I am all for VAT. It is the most sophisticated and reliably effective tax once managed properly and fairly without partisan political interference.

  43. John A Avatar
    John A

    @ Miller that is a good point for discussion so let’s explore it.

    The old pensioner living alone in his little house would of paid roughly $40 a month on the old base rate. He now pays roughly $80 as a result of the sewage tax being added to it.

    The wealthy man living in Royal Westmoreland with a pool who had a $400 a month bill, saw his go to $440 when the sewage tax was added. Where is the equity in that.
    Had Vat been added instead to the water bill below are what each would of paid .

    Pensioner from $40 to $47
    Millionaire from $400 to $470

    Which way sound more fair and equitable to you?

    Don’t worry you slowly coming around to the side of indirect taxation vs direct!

  44. Miller Avatar
    Miller

    @ John A June 12, 2019 12:41 PM

    You seem to carry a rather ‘pointed’ in your ‘intelligence’ sheath.

    So let’s explore this direct vs. indirect tax duel a bit further.

    What are your views on the imposition of withholding taxes on dividends, interest and other investment-type incomes?

    Should VAT be levied on the settlement of insurance contracts?

    Remember every little bit helps!

  45. Miller Avatar
    Miller

    Miller June 12, 2019 4:18 PM

    You seem to carry a rather ‘pointed’[dagger] in your ‘intelligence’ sheath.

  46. John A Avatar
    John A

    I don’t believe I’m withholding tax on dividends at all as in my view it is a form of dual taxation especially to the owners of companies when it comes to dividends.

    Why should an owner of a company pay tax on a dividend when the company already paid tax on the profit?

    On insurance claims they should be settled In full inclusive of vat. Again double taxation as when the claim is paid to me I then have to go out and replace the item and in so doing I must pay vat. I should therefore be given the vat in my settlement as I will pay the vat when I purchase the replacement items

    They are some areas that need a bit of cleaning up I would admit but we need to address them and ensure that both the state and tax payer get a fair deal.

  47. Hal Austin Avatar
    Hal Austin

    Tax revenue and not profits.

  48. fortyacresandamule Avatar
    fortyacresandamule

    @JohnA. The poor will still pay a larger proportion of their income on even basic food stuff vs the rich who indulged on caviar and champagne because of the large income gap between both groups.

    Wealthy people in today’s capitalistic system hardly pay their fair share of tax. They have exploited all manner of loop hole in the system hence the proliferation of tax havens. I am for capital gain tax and any form of other taxes on the weathy to level the playing field.

  49. SirSimpleSimonPresidentForLife Avatar
    SirSimpleSimonPresidentForLife

    @Artax at 2:01

    If there were no Bajan men willing to buy risky sex from strange Jamaican and Guyanese women there would be no Jamaican or Guyanese prostitutes on Jemmott’s Lane.

    The Bajan men should go home and get free clean sex from their Bajan wives, but they need to use condoms until such time as they test negative for all sexually transmitted diseases.

    If the Bajan men don’t have wives, then they should find themselves one each.

  50. David Avatar
    David

    @Simple Simon

    Have you factored the 3 month incubation period? They should wear condoms for about 3 months after the negative test.

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