Prime Minister of Barbados Mia Mottley signalled to the Nation she is in favour of removing Nelson statue BUT a national conversation should be a prerequisite. The Prime Minister maybe of the mind we need to seize the opportunity – given to us with the rise of #BLM – to bring as many Barbadians to the same place in thought to what it means to remove a colonial symbol offensively planted in Heroes Square in 2020. Surprisingly a significant number of Barbadians could care less if Nelson statue is moved. The sentiment by this group is captured in the mouthing of Minister of Tourism Kerri Symmonds delivered in Parliament last week –
I am now at an age and stage in life where I am not interested in the optics. You could pull down a thousand statues and it will fill nobody’s belly. I am interested in filling people’s bellies, I am interested in making sure that people have comfort when they sleep at night, that their children have satisfaction that they are going to inherit something in the land of their birth, and until we come to that point we are having an artificial debate…
So let us come to the point where we are dealing with the substance. Psychologically, it might make things better in terms of the optics, it may make people feel there has been an achievement. That can be debated. I am neither for nor against quite frankly, but my feeling is that we cannot take our eyes off that ball called substance. That substance is how do we economically empower the working class people of Barbados so that they and their sons and daughters can be those people who are the guardians of the commanding heights of this country’s economy…
Minister of Tourism and International Transport Kerrie Symmonds
Symmonds’ infantile statement was balanced by a more relevant position shared by the Barbados Private Sector Association headed ironically by White Barbadian Edward Clarke. For a long time Black Barbadians have come to accept that although in the majority the economic power on the island resides with a small group in Barbados. Back in the day former Minister of Labour Don Blackman coined the term “White Shadows”. Up to now the White Shadows group or to use a more euphemistic reference- power elite, have been happy for Barbados to wear the label of being a crypto racist society. Who wants to rock the boat if the waters are deep and choppy? It is only the ignorant and dishonest who will not acknowledge that White privilege has its origin in a colonial past that gave birth to today’s ‘establishment’. The work of building an equitable society continues and it must start with addressing embedded biases nurtured in the minds of our people for centuries. BOTH Black and White.
The blogmaster is of the view the national conversation, if it materializes, must be had in this context.
See statement from the Barbados Private Sector Association:
Barbados Private Sector Association: Moving Forward Together
Added 29 June 2020
Chairman of the Barbados Private Sector Association Edward Clarke (FILE)
“The members of the Barbados Private Sector Association (BPSA) continue to be engaged together with other Social Partners in the process of rebuilding our economy and society following the Covid-19 pandemic’s significant impact. At the same time, the BPSA too is cognizant of the present global, social and economic realities which could impact our small developing nation’s ability to achieve “the future we want”, for all citizens and residents and the generations to come.
“Given the need and opportunity for us to ‘reconstruct and rebuild’ nationally, occurring at this time of global conversation on racial tensions and inequities, attention must also include a focus on imbalances that currently exist in our country. It is therefore timely, and necessary, to honestly look at the society we live in with a view to progressing Barbados to become a model of inclusiveness, diversity and equality of access for all. Undoubtedly, this process must necessarily include discussion on racial division and economic enfranchisement in Barbados.
“BPSA recognises the benefit of consultation and dialogue and regards these as being critical if any meaningful positive national change is to be achieved. More importantly, such consultation and dialogue must be of a calibre to develop an implementable plan to address, with success, the issues including any inequalities and inequities. It is anticipated that such a plan would be underpinned with a commitment from all stakeholders to be part of the change process.
“We also signal BPSA’s support for the removal to a more suitable environment the statue of Lord Nelson which was erected on March 22, 1813 to commemorate the anniversary of the British Royal Navy’s victory in the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. Indeed, the renaming of Trafalgar Square to Heroes Square renders the current positioning of Lord Nelson, overlooking the seat of our National Heroes, incongruous.
“BPSA stands ready not only to be engaged in the dialogue but also for each of us to introspect and to answer all well formulated, collective calls to action drafted with the input of every voice of our nation.
“We therefore call for discussion and engagement on these matters of national concern with a view to agreeing specific and tangible actions, as collectively, we journey to achieve ‘One Barbados’.” (PR)
“While Frederick Douglass would probably be disappointed (but not surprised) that the so-called land of the free hasn’t lived up to its promises of liberty all even centuries after he delivered his rousing speech, “What to the Slave Is The Fourth of July,” I imagine that he would be proud to see his descendants continuing his legacy of speaking truth to power.
To mark America’s Independence Day in 2020, a year which has laid bare the injustices still suffered by the descendants of slavery in the United States, NPR released a video of five young Black people descended from Douglass reciting his speech about the annual national celebration.
Ranging from the ages of 12 to 20, Douglass’ great-great-great-great grandchildren powerfully deliver lines from his famous speech that feel even more poignant today.”
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Some old farts on here would be proud of this totally evil shit….they should at least show some shame…
these pretend slave masters in the minority community still believe they have a captive work force, still sabotaging all of the Black population’s efforts to progress, excel and grow wealthy…but we will show your mangy asses…and as for those low crawling sell outs for black face leaders…ticktock..
“THROWBACK THURSDAY: Picture of a man who was born into slavery, taken around late 1800s at Codrington College. Though his name was not recorded for the photograph, he was in effect one of the last Barbadian slaves alive at the time. After being freed, he still lived on the plantation and worked a plot of land for subsistence and to sell, as was customary at the time in Barbados after slavery finished. With nowhere to go in the island, high land prices, lowest wages in the Caribbean, an excessive labour force used to keep labour costs down and the plantocracy blocking emigration and any attempts at higher education, many freed people were now forced to still live and work on the plantations still as the planter elite wanted a captive labour force and feared a mass exodus in the post-Emancipation period. Aside from its Christian mission, Codrington College was also a plantation and an institution that utilized slave labour with no qualms, even going as far as branding slaves with the word ‘Society’ to indicate they were property of the College, a practice stopped after 1741 after the slaves complained about it and marched to Bridgetown to demand proper treatment from the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts (SPG), who oversaw Codrington College’s affairs. The SPG belonged to the Church of England so in effect the slaves at Codrington College and the plantation lands all belonged to the Church of England, who owned and oversaw all the affairs of the plantation. It was only after 1790 and the anti-slavery movement in London that the College was forced to offer better living and working conditions for its slaves and The College only released the slaves when it was forced to in 1834 by the act of Emancipation. The entirety of Codrington College as it stands today was built many times over using slave labour.”
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The fowls may know who signed this in 1973…fowls always know..
decades later, none of them can get their acts together…..jokers, the people who elected you are way more intelligent than any of you will ever be..
“The Treaty of Chaguaramas established the Caribbean Community and Common Market, later known as CARICOM. It was signed on July 4, 1973 in Chaguaramas, Trinidad and Tobago. It was signed by Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tobago.”
Hmmm. Interesting perspective. I see the Bajan Condition as a hindrance to development. I do not mean buildings. I mean to people and cultural progress.
This is apropros, because of the title topic and with Waru presenting a hardline view, largely, the Bajan Condition is a result of the plantation and slave society. The rest is due to being a small island, suffering the same issues as any small society. Insularity, jealousy, gossipy. Some of which also derived in Barbados from the plantation era.
Looking in hindsight, on events growing up I can now look back and acknowledge the extent that this impacts lives. Which is why I responded as such to agree with PLT in a prior and recent discussion on the impact of the plantation era and slave society on everything today.
But what does anyone expect, that such a brutal life and period do anything but leave indelible scars that eat away at a society?
This is also why I suspect, despite discussion being important, whether the real change will come from the youth, rather than those so closely brought up under such mindsets.
Does distance in time resolve, or are the sins and hardships of the fathers forever etched in time? I think that it is important to frame the discussion in a manner that seeks to resolve issues, without being destructive.
It would seem that Waru disagrees, from what is written, however, to move forward in a smooth manner, this is an approach that should take precedence.
Further aggravating the discussion, are the racial issues still evident in other regions, most particularly in that which impacts us all to such a degree, the USA.
We cannot ignore that this creates further mistrust of anyone who speaks of reconciliation and resolution.
Nevertheless, unless we approach this with the aim of soul cleansing and furtherance of development of the people, rather than in anger, we will create more issues.
As noted before, above, we should take care to judge without knowledge, as some are so ready to judge Mr.Clarke, based on his skin color, while he is certainly one of the most rational and genuine people that I have met and as I said, to my knowledge, not of the old colonial class. Yet his skin color brought attack.
That worries me. Because it demonstrates the barriers to any discussion, very simply.
One Donna’s second point, re the Overseas Bajan Condition, I am trying to understand what you mean. If you mean that overseas bajan sees themselves as special, not so sure. As I said, the diaspora did what they had to. Most that I have encountered, are open minded and strongly identify as bajan. Also, very nice people.
Yes, they just want to be loved. One must remember that many went through trials and tribulations, on their way to success.
I can only imagine what our forebears went through on their respective journeys, whether on the streets of Panama, New York, Ontario or London.
It could not have been easy. That they all want a piece of the rock, a place to call home, is significant. But many have met resistance, sadly.
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@ the Gentile Donna
You commented “… Donna July 4, 2020 2:25 PM
I am wondering about this new rule that says Bajans must not inhabit their homes while undertaking major renovations and additions…”
Piece de Prophet wants to ask you if you feel that such an Act shows that Mugabe Mottley gives a really bad word bout you and other bajans
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Crusoe…and am an old softy in comparison, they should be thankful that all is happening is they are being stripped to shift the balance of power to benefit its rightful owners the majority Black population..
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Donna
A Building Code is coming into force and if the aim is to create a resilient housing stock that is built to specific standards, then inspection is important. There is provision in the Act for a temporary occupancy certificate, which I believe should asdress renovations/self-build. I don’t get the hysteria.
How will it affect the practice of lower income Barbadians who build wall around the chattel home from the pocket?
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The smartest investment right now is in your ancestral lands…the majority population can then develop the island that was so neglected by two incompetent corrupt governments… themselves, cut out the middle men in the pariament, their hangerson, yardfowls, racists and thieves..
Wonder who they are going to torment and terrorize when they are all kicked out of the parliament that the people fund…the people are up, most fully awake…
..BTW has the government inspected to see if all those one door stores along Tudor Street, Swan Street etc….have EMERGENCY EXITS yet, remember the Campus Trendz fire in Tudor St. claimed the lives of 6 young women because those stores are allowed to operate WITHOUT ANY FIRE EXITS….priorities are still not worth shit and definitely does not benefit the majority who pay all the taxes and the salaries of you deceitful parasites..
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In Barbados we pretend that we don’t know what racism is. We focus on Harbour Whites and the Boatyard. They may be bad, but really.. if white people don’t want your money, give it to black owned clubs!
What about the real racists? The people who have the power to affect your life chances negatively? And who blatantly use that power over and over to destroy black people and prevent them from improving their quality of life?
Last week a law passed in the Senate. A law reminiscent of the law that Mottley passed back in the 1950s at the behest of his white masters to stop black people from co-operatively owning houses in Sandy Lane.
This new law introduces several monstrous provisions:
Draughtsmen can no longer design house plans. So now for your lil 2 bedroom house that you building on family land, where once you could get a draughtsmen draw de lil shed roof for $250, you now need an architect. They start at $2500. Why would a caring government do this?
If you want to add on a lil bedroom.. you can’t live in the rest of the house. You have to move (to where?) or beg the government permission AND PAY FOR A PERMIT to live in your own blasted house. How exactly is this the action of a caring government?
After going through all the hoops, and almost doubling the cost of the renovation/extension, you then have to SEEK GOVERNMENT PERMISSION AND PAY FOR A PERMIT TO LIVE IN YOUR OWN BLASTED HOUSE!! Does Mia really care?
The most hilarious part is that this is being sold to gullible Bajans as a ‘safety issue’. Blink blink. Can someone please provide evidence of the number of deaths by renovation we have had in the last 50 years? Is it so high that we need preventative legislation?
As usual with this Administration-in-reverse, the measures have been ‘rolled back’ and will not be enforced YET. This means of course that the measures will stay on the law books and will be arbitrarily enforced when the government feels allyuh have forgotten or when the government has someone that it wants to grind.
#ThinkWeStupid
#TheyDoanCare
#EndSystemicRacism”
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FREEDOM FINDS IT CONTRADICTORY THAT SOMEONE THAT IS AN ANTI-FREE MARKET CAPITALIST CLAIMS TO TEACH OTHERS ENTRAPEURNSHIP?
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Freedoms thoughts were “Exactly what type of Entrepreneurship is PLT teaching in an Organisation Heavily Subsidised by the EU and makes him Wealthy! For a man with Marxist Leanings what exactly is he teaching them?
FREEDOM THINKS PLT FALL MORE IN LINE WITH SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP-
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The main goal of a social entrepreneur is not to earn a profit, but rather to implement widespread improvements in society.
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The main difference is that social entrepreneurship focuses beyond simply generating a profit, and measures its performance on the positive impact the business makes on society – whether social, cultural or environmental.
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The rich are getting richer, and the poor are… also getting richer. What’s driving this Wealth Creation Process? In this video, Daniel Hannan explains why it is Capitalism — and Capitalism alone — that has led to the Unprecedented Eenrichment that is the central fact of Western life.
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@ Enuff July 4, 2020 7:12 PM
A Building Code is coming into force and if the aim is to create a resilient housing stock that is built to specific standards, then inspection is important. There is provision in the Act for a temporary occupancy certificate, which I believe should asdress renovations/self-build. I don’t get the hysteria
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If you are NOT part of the inner circle of management from the political class how do you get to know, so intimately, the future?
Where is the commonsense of passing in Parliament a piece of practically unenforceable legislation when it is not going to be proclaimed before donkey y(e)ars down the road?
Haven’t you guys learnt any thing from the last administration?
Or are you just in the competition of passing legislation for passing legislation sake when both the administrative and judicial bureaucracies are comatose despite all investment therein?
Where is the last piece of ITAL other than in the museum of political promises of deliveries and abortions?
Stop putting the ‘one-wheel’ cart loaded with impracticalities before the red-painted donkey of obvious stupidity.
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Nelson Nelson Nelson ?
Let the people determine the end result. “Vote”
Cricket. On this Day 1942-20-07
Barbados dismiss Trinidad for
16 in 69 minutes, Derek Sealy taking 8-8; West Indian cricket domestic first class record.
BDS dominated the sport for many years. They were periods we had 9 players on the West Indies test cricket team. No more kneeling down Cricket, Beach Cricket, Street light/Road Cricket, Coconut limb bats, Young Breadfruit Balls, Cricket all-over the Island in every minute area. The Aussies have five year old kids in Cricket camps. What happened to us??????
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@ the Sage Annunaki
You noticed how the First of the Rented Jackasses Hee Hee who we shall beat because he is Rented
Always knows all their inside strategies?
And can give you blow for blow what Mugabe intends?
Heheheheh
But how comes it that he cannot answer WARU’S question about all the stores in Bridgetown?
She said and I quote
“…BTW has the government inspected to see if all those one door stores along Tudor Street, Swan Street etc….have EMERGENCY EXITS yet, remember the Campus Trendz fire in Tudor St. claimed the lives of 6 young women because those stores are allowed to operate WITHOUT ANY FIRE EXITS…”
Dem feel people stoopid in truth
But we going show dem who Stoopid at de next General Elections
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David
That’s where I see the temporary occupancy certificate fitting in. Given our culture ofvself-build, the government could not have intended to ask people to move. It has to be a case by case basis in these situations, with an emphasis on getting the building code enforced.
To the usual fools trying to paint me as an insider, it is called reading, watching and listening. As for the proclamation of Acts, I am not part of the government so N/A. Though I don’t see what would take the bill long to proclaim.
The claim about draughtspersons is false too:
“Except for simple building applications, all building plans submitted to the Board shall be prepared and submitted by a competent registered professional;
stamped with the name and address of the registered professional; and
signed by that registered professional.
“In this section, “simple building application” means an application to construct a dwelling house or duplex dwelling of not more than two storeys, the gross floor area of which does not exceed 232.5 square metres; a building of not more than two storeys in height containing
more than two dwelling units, the gross floor area of which does not exceed 465 square metres; or a commercial building of not more than two storeys in height,
the gross floor area of which does not exceed 465 square metres.”
Furthermore, if one reads the Act carefully, it talks about DETAILED plans Post grant of planning permission but Pre-construction. These are the plans that must be signed by an architect for buildings that are not “Simple”. There is a difference between an application for and grant of planning permission and permission to build. So a draughtsperson could actually draw the planning drawings for a non-simple building, an architect would just have to sign off/draw the detailed drawings.
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Look I give up. The BU rabble may proceed.
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TonyJuly 4, 2020 10:36 PM
BDS dominated the sport for many years. They were periods we had 9 players on the West Indies test cricket team. No more kneeling down Cricket, Beach Cricket, Street light/Road Cricket, Coconut limb bats, Young Breadfruit Balls, Cricket all-over the Island in every minute area. The Aussies have five year old kids in Cricket camps. What happened to us??????
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By the time our cricketers reached test status they had by far more cricketing experience than any other cricketing amateurs in the world.
We slept it, ate it and drank it.
When test match was played in Antigua, on the days off Ambrose could be found in his village of Sweets playing cricket for pure fun.
The problem with us is we lost the fun aspect of the game trying to emulate the professional approach our opponents followed to be able to compete on our level.
Now our youngsters never learn to play for fun and India with one of the largest economies in the world can afford to sponsor competitions for youngsters that give them the experience that counts.
We now have a plethora of coaches who are paid for by cricket in other countries and we have forgotten how to play it for fun and enjoyment and how to think cricket.
I can’t see us ever being the cricket powerhouse we were in the past.
It will be interesting to see if this summer in England proves me wrong, I sure hope so!!
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Some of wunna should read more and attack me less.
“Amendment of section 2 of Act 2019–5
Section 2 of the Planning and Development Act, 2019 (Act 2019-5), in this Act referred to as “the principal Act”, is amended
by……..inserting the following definitions….. ‘Building Code’ means the Code of engineering, design and public health standards applicable to the construction of buildings provided for by the building regulations;”
Wuh insert means? It is neither insider nor secret information, it is all in the public domain. But when yuh is an egofowl yuh just know how to respond one way.
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Well…with fowls being fowls, Fowl Enuff as usual is making an ass of itself on BU….ya are not in charge of anything….THE PEOPLE ARE….sit ya ass down in a corner and shush…hush….ya only a fowl…
. https://www.nationnews.com/nationnews/news/246500/planning-pause
“Government may be returning to the drawing board to ensure Barbadians are “comfortable” with the legislation, following a public outcry that has caused them to put the Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2020 on hold.
This is after sections of the bill which was passed in the House of Assembly and debated and passed in the Senate last week, drew widespread criticism from callers to talk shows on two radio stations and social media, prompting Minister in the Ministry of Economic Affairs Marsha Caddle to respond.”
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The protection of the Black Family worldwide, including in Barbados and the Caribbean has never been more important, there is no longer any excuse. Stop the experimentation on the African descended. Only weak leaders would allow these centuries old crimes to still be perpetrated against their people in the 21st century.
▼Article XVII. Indigenous family 1. The family is the natural and fundamental group unit of society. Indigenous peoples have the right to preserve, maintain, and promote their own family systems. States shall recognize, respect, and protect the various indigenous forms of family, in particular, the extended family, as well as their forms of matrimonial union, filiation, descent, and family name. In all cases, gender and generational equity shall be recognized and respected. 2. In matters relating to custody, adoption, severance of family ties, and related matters, the best interests of the child shall be a primary consideration. In determining the best interests of the child, courts and other relevant institutions shall take into account the right of every indigenous child, in community with members of his or her people, to enjoy his or her own culture, to profess and practice his or her own religion, and to use his or her own language, and, in that regard, shall take into account the indigenous law of the people concerned and their points of view, rights and interests, including the positions of the individuals, the family, and the community.
▼Article XVIII. Health 1. Indigenous peoples have the collective and individual right to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical, mental, and spiritual health. 2. 3. Indigenous peoples have the right to their own health systems and practices, as well as to the use and protection of their vital medicinal plants, animals and minerals, and other natural resources for medicinal use in their ancestral lands and territories. States shall take measures to prevent and prohibit indigenous peoples and individuals from being subjects of research programs, biological or medical experimentation, or sterilization without their free, prior and informed consent. Likewise, indigenous peoples and individuals have the right, as appropriate, to access to their data, medical records, and documentation of research conducted by individuals and institutions, whether public or private. 4. Indigenous peoples have the right to use, without discrimination of any kind, all the health and medical care institutions and services accessible to the general population. States, in consultation and coordination with indigenous peoples, shall promote intercultural systems and practices in the medical and health services provided in indigenous communities, including training of indigenous technical and professional health care personnel. 5. States shall ensure the effective exercise of the rights contained in this article.
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States shall ensure the effective exercise of the rights contained in this article.
You think that is is right for a suck pooch specialist like Hee Hee the first of the Rented Jackasses to have to come to BU and explain the policies of a government that ran a campaign of full disclosure?
You get de optics?
What you thanking he for?
Dat is de job we give Mugabe Mottley to do and which she plus 29 other ministers fvucking up
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Piece…this government will learn that when the people have decided that they have had enuff of the thievery, racism, oppression, lies, deceit and generational exploition practiced against themselves while insultingly and disrespectful using their own money, when the PEOPLE the BLACK MAJORITY realize that they have the POWER to take back ALL THEIR ECONOMIC and DECISION MAKING POWERS from useless corrupt governments and parasitic minorities UNDER INTERNATIONAL LAW …the criminal class of ministers, lawyers, minorities will just have to HAND IT OVER…peacefully and quietly with no fight back…it’s not theirs..never was, never will be…
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They should appreciate the fact that they are not the ones having to deal with this particular scenario playing out in US…just give the people what is RIGHTFULLY THEIRS…and stop with the sell out nig*er slave crab mentality just because you were elected to the parliament BY THE PEOPLE and that yall have practiced with such false pride for the last 50 plus years.
If you think my generation is forceful and hardline, wait until alyuh parasites and thieves meet the next generation…ah can tell ya now, ya don’t want to meet my grandchildren, never, ever…just give the people back their ECONOMIC AND DECISION MAKING POWERS, AND THEIR LANDS…that they are entitled to under international law…you goddamn thieves…
What does sit say about a government that introduces a policy one day and ‘pauses’ it the next? It is not the first time. Does this give you confidence that this government discusses policy in a detailed way in Cabinet, or that proper position papers are prepared for Cabinet by senior civil servants? In any developed society this would have been a resignation issue. It is not just the incompetence on the part of a civil servant, or even a junior minister. This should have been discussed at Cabinet, the right questions asked, and then a decision made. The buck stops with the president.
Barbados is a failed state.
@Freedom Crier July 4, 2020 8:10 PM
“FREEDOM FINDS IT CONTRADICTORY THAT SOMEONE THAT IS AN ANTI-FREE MARKET CAPITALIST CLAIMS TO TEACH OTHERS ENTRAPEURNSHIP?”
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You are correct that I am a social entrepreneur because I prioritize making a contribution to community benefit over making a profit for myself.
You are wrong if you think that the EU grant to a nonprofit organization enriches me… they have auditors that prevent any sort of nonsense of that type.
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This is matter where Grenville could make a solid contribution as he has done in the past.. I hope he takes this soft ball that was served to him and hit it for six.
It is time where he avoids issues that lead to self-inflicted wounds and focus on those where he can use his strength and expertise.
Write a new article or polish-up an old one and submit it.
LOL Waru if you want to see thieves exploiters racists crabs in a barrel just imagine if somehow there was reparations.
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Yeah Lawson…we know the usual thieves, racists etc are plotting and planning with the black face sell outs to tief the reparations belonging to the Black population too…
This is matter where Grenville could make a solid contribution as he has done in the past.. I hope he takes this soft ball that was served to him and hit it for six…(Quote
A very positive contribution. This is where it should end.
It is time where he avoids issues that lead to self-inflicted wounds and focus on those where he can use his strength and expertise.
Write a new article or polish-up an old one and submit it…(Quote)
Negative and an at tempt to stab Junior in the back. Ty7pi9cal passive/aggressive.
what are you trying to start Waru…have you learned nothing from bugs bunny……hey spike…what spike… what do you wanna do spike………
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Don’t need to spike anything, Articles of human rights laws are spikes and WEAPONS Enuff…there is an Article for everything…as the need arises i will post…..FOR MAXIMUM EFFECT…
…it’s very clear by the videos posted, the comparison is STARK, the differences highlight themselves……the US affair is a completely different scenario BUT ONLY as it relates to the difference in cultures, social attitudes etc and a few others things… ya cannot expect what is happen there to happen in Barbados, two different peoples although from the same African descended bloodlines and same experiences in the last 400 years, but socialized differently over the centuries..
a completely different method has to be used for Barbados…to end the crimes that the government thinks looks cute to visit on the people generation after generation.
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Is that how you see it.
Yo will have to find a next playmate.
In passive mode.
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Enuff,
The hysteria is as a result of there not being adequate discussion. The average person has difficulty with legal language. This seems to have snuck up on people. People cannot be expected to trust laws or regulations that sneak up on them.
If it is as you say, and I dare say it had better be because the people will not stand for anything but, it appears that this administration’s head real real hard. Why alarm people when they could do an extensive education programme to avoid it?????
When are they going to get the horse IN FRONT OF THE CART????
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Enuff
“You think that is is right for a suck pooch specialist like Hee Hee the first of the Rented Jackasses to have to come to BU and explain the policies of a government that ran a campaign of full disclosure?”
What kinda sorcery is this? I read the RH bill online. Full disclosure. I watched Sen.Kay McConney in the Senate saying similar things about the draughtsmen and how there was consultation. I watched Sen Caswell, Sen Monique etc raised the occupancy and draughtman issues. I also heard Prescod raised a concern about the occupancy and how it would affect certain households. I don’t work formally or informally for the government. I read, research (Google🤣) before I talk. The BU gang has for years, in support of GPII, rightfully lamented the lack of an enforced building code. Now one is coming, we are complaining and sadly about a measure that will protect the most vulnerable. Because I assume a certificate of occupancy demonstrates compliance with the code, which in turn legitimises some kind of eligibility for home insurance. A nurse is not a doctor; a para-legal is not a lawyer; and a draughtsman is not an architect. We want to go to heaven but doan waan lay down in Two Sons. Coming out of the senate vote, the government should have immediately started a public education series to avoid confusion.
We need the building code. Not many Barbadians followed the Town Planning consultations held early in this government’s tenure.
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Donna
Crusoe,
I have met returning nationals who fit in quite well and others who had problems. I have met stay at home Bajans who welcomed them home and I have met others who tried to shut them out. I have met returning nationals who tried to ram their ideas down the craws of stay at home Bajans, refusing to let them get in a word edgewise and I have met others who tactfully and respectfully offered their points of view. I have met stay at home Bajans who were eager to benefit from the experiences of returning nationals and I have met others who are overly sensitive and resistant due to having an inferiority complex.
My point is that Bajans cannot all be described in that negative way. I and many others would love to have you guys back and your ideas.
So…. if you don’t want to be lumped together as suffering from an Oveseas Bajan Condition then do not lump us all together. Some of us have risen above the effects of slavery.
You guys are not all blameless. Neither are stay at home Bajans.
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Donna
Now… back to race relations! We have people saying that Edward Clarke is a genuine person and probably means what he says. Doubtless there are those who would oppose him. It is up to him to bring them along. He can’t do that if we reject him outright.
Who knows what could happen? This is why I say we should approach it with cautious optimism.
There has been an obvious shift worldwide why don’t we believe it can happen here?
Not sure of what your meaning is of the bajan condition but it sounds like office with only women working there
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WURA-War-on-U
“When are they going to get the horse IN FRONT OF THE CART????”
because that is what DBLP has ever done since 1966, hence that is why the island is so degraded, and to top it off…most of them ARE LAWYERS…wuh i know some paralegals in certain states in US who are not only licensed to practice and represent in the courtroom too, but are masters and very skilled at interpreting and applying laws, lawyers always have to ask their advice, as a matter of fact they do all the work for the real joke lawyers all the time…
the issue with the 2 Deputy COPS comes to mind, that only happened just LAST MONTH.. ….real lawyers who are the PM, AG etc…IN GOVERNMENT …having problems interpreting the law and not knowing what legislation applies where…lol
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Cuhdear Bajan
@lawsonJuly 5, 2020 10:12 AM “Not sure of what your meaning is of the bajan condition>”
There is no Bajan Condition. It exists only in Hal’s imagination.
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WURA-War-on-U
“There has been an obvious shift worldwide why don’t we believe it can happen here?”
Donna…i saw some race discussion scheduled for 6:00pm to 7:30 this evening in Barbados, I think it was on barbadostoday, but none of the known practicing racists names have appeared on that list…ah so want them to come out and talk so we will get their lying excuses for practicing racism and generational thefts against the majority for decades…ah cant wait…
let’s see just how much balls and disrespectful talk they got for the majority population…now..
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Miller
@ Donna July 5, 2020 9:56 AM
“Who knows what could happen? This is why I say we should approach it with cautious optimism.”
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But it has been always ‘some’ people of European descent who have fought to achieve the freedom of the black people in the West.
Always there have been the ‘Go(o)d’ people who were sent from Above to fight for the cause of Justice and fair play among humanity.
That’s why there should be a memorial, in whichever form, to William Wilberforce and his supporters in Barbados instead of the overarching prominence of the racist Lord Nelson.
Without them black people would always be in physical and mental captivity despite the sacrificial contributions of those martyrs and people like you who have seen the Light of understanding and wisdom and want to share it in whichever manifestation among their fellow brethren of ‘lost’ souls and clearly not knowing that they were made in the image of the Star.
Just look how it is taking the white people to teach blacks that Ms Mary-Jane is a plant for both good and bad and not only the reincarnation of Satan according to the white man ‘economic’ dictates.
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WURA-War-on-U
Well….these claimed that they were so wealthy and punching above some imaginary weight in all their delusions…so of course it would be hell to get significant funding when ya bragging and boasting while hiding the poverty YOU created, especially when the people to whom these loans are designated to help…NEVER SEE A DIME nor the opportunities arising from such gestures. But once again US comes through for Caribbean people…..i said PEOPLE…as in majority population…not minority thieves, racists nor tiefing lawyers and ministers.
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