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The following was posted as a comment by Walter Blackman to the Walter Blackman’s Political Insights blog – David, Blogmaster

Based on the link to the NIS investments, provided by NorthernObserver, all BU readers can now sing from the same Hymn sheet – see link https://www.nis.gov.bb/investments-2/

Here are the facts, and the questions to be asked:

The unemployment Fund is broke. Not a cent is left. No bonds, no cash. Nada. Zilch. Rien.
Where will the money come from to pay current and future unemployment benefits? Remedial action has to come down the pipeline very soon.

Government owes (i.e the politicians misused our money) $2.8 billion to the National Insurance Fund, and $0.1 billion to the Severance Fund. There is no cash in the Severance Fund. Where is the money currently coming from to pay the workers’ severance that employers are refusing to pay?

Is the law being broken with respect to the payment of unemployment and severance benefits?

The only way Government can repay the money owed to the NIS is through taxation. Who will the Government tax to get the $2.9 billion for the NIS?
The Baby Boomers have started to retire and will do so by the thousands every year until 2033. How will their retirement benefits be paid? Something has to be done very soon

At the beginning of 2015, the NIS was paying roughly $40 million per month (just think about the multiplier effect this has on our economy) in NIS retirement pensions. That amounts to $480 million per year, and $960 million over two years.
We can therefore understand what the Chairman of the NIS meant when he said: “there are sufficient funds there that we can see this through at least for the next two years.”

However, the Chairman went on to say: “So there is no cause for concern.”

Every BU reader can now look the Chairman of the NIS fully in the face and say: “We do not agree with your assessment of the NIS, Mr. Chairman. There is great, great cause for concern, and in fact, we are very, very concerned. Next time you speak, please tell us what is the Board’s solutions to the massive NIS problems we face.”

…what are the Board’s solutions?

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483 responses to “UNEMPLOYMENT Fund is Broke, Time for Straight Talk Chairman Leslie Haynes”

  1. GP Avatar
    GP

    HAL & CARSON
    YOU ARE TO JOIN IN THE DISCUSSION, YOU NEVER KNOW HOW EXPRESSING YOUR VIEW MAY MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

    BUT YOU MUST BE NICE LIKKLE BOYS AND SAY WHAT YOU ARE TOLD TO SAY YOU MUST NOT OFFEND ANYONE OR MAKE THEM VEXED OR MAKE THEM STEUPSE, AND YOU MUST BE PREPARED TO BE TALKED DOWN TO BY FOLK OF INFERIOR INTELLECT

    YOU MUST HAVE A GREAT SENSE OF HUMOUR WHEN YOU COME HERE

  2. Mariposa Avatar
    Mariposa

    The opposite is also true of the blog master who would allow any and everyone to crticize the past govt and never interrupts the blp yardfows mouthings
    The country social and economic slide has gotten so bad that when Mia speaks in lambasting terms about the public criticism the media tells her enough is enough
    Even as the murder rate keeps climbing to the number 50 Mia and the attorney general voice is silent
    Things dread and David has lost sight of that reality

  3. WURA-War-on-U Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U

    I can’t for the life of me understand what any of them are trying to cover up, particularly the thieves and racists in the fraudulent social partnership….they have been exposed for years, and long before that they were ONLY ATTRACTING thieves and racists like themselves, especially in the dependency racist tourism sector, particularly AFTER they went and ROBBED the likes of Simon Cowell and a bunch of other millionaires and billionaires in their 4 seasons scam…..they are only going to get the dregs of the earth, just like themselves to want to invest…to suck the money right out off the island…

  4. GP Avatar
    GP

    MARIPOSA
    AS WE USED TO SAY AT HC IN 6TH FORM IF THE BLOGMASTER TALKED INTO A BESSEMER CONVERTED HE WOULD PRODUCE LOTS OF STEEL . LOOK UP THAT ONE TO SEE WHAT HE TALKING
    THIS IS BARE FUN

  5. Miller Avatar
    Miller

    @ Carson C CadoganNovember 27, 2020 2:58 PM
    “BLACK PEOPLE want food to eat he is talking about a waterpark:”
    ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

    Those same “BLACK PEOPLE” also ‘NEED’ the housing project at Exmouth and the Chinese-built Performing Arts Centre at Brandon as they were promised by your deceitful lying politicians (DLP) since 2012.

  6. Carson C Cadogan Avatar
    Carson C Cadogan

    GP

    Take easy don’t let that worry you.

    What goes around , comes around.

  7. Mariposa Avatar
    Mariposa

    Cant imagine that if all the murders and robberies committed were against Whites that there would be so many and on a continual daily basis
    The AG once said that these crimes were part of a set criminal element
    Therefore i take it to mean that this criminal element mostly black lives does not matter in the overall scheme of justice
    But back to the racial lines i would bet that if these crimes where generated within the white community by now govt would have found resolution to stop them

  8. GP Avatar
    GP

    RE i would bet that if these crimes where generated within the white community by now govt would have found resolution to stop them

    NOT TRUE AT ALL
    THE GOVERNMENT IS CAPABLE OF GOING ANYTHING EXCEPT TALK………AND BEG………
    RESOLUTION WOULD INVOLVE CEREBRATION

  9. BAJE Avatar
    BAJE

    Did you coggers read the article? The project it is reported started five years ago. Who would have approved it five years ago? The blogmaster knows- the prime minister Mottley.

    Steuspe

    xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

    WELL. WELL. WELL.

    WHAT A PATHETIC ATTEMPT.

    YOU MEAN TO TELL ME THE BLP GOVERNMENT WAS ELECTED 2 1/2 YEARS AGO WHICH IS HALF OF THAT TIME AND NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE TO RESOLVE HENCE BUSINESS AS USUAL.

    YOUR ARGUMENT TO DEFEND DOESN’T EVEN MAKE SENSE EVEN WHEN TIED TO A 5 YEAR TIMELINE.

    HOWEVER IT IS YOUR BLP PARTY SO CONTINUE “SMARTLY”.

  10. BAJE Avatar
    BAJE

    Instead, what has been spewed has been the vilification of the media for doing their job and seeking answers to the questions being asked by workers. But the media have not been alone in attracting the ire of the new state and labour pairing. Opposition Senator Caswell Franklyn, seen by many as providing labour’s last stand in the prevailing environment, has also been the butt of attack for daring to question Government’s narratives. Mr Franklyn has put forward his opinion on the ramifications of the changes to the Severance Payments Act. Government and the Barbados Workers Union (BWU) have also stated their position. We do not propose here to examine the merits or demerits of the opposing views, but suffice to state two realities. Workers have not been taking to the streets in recent weeks because all is well on the industrial front. Whether the changes to the legislation have indeed left them at the mercy of employers or not, or have placed an extra burden on the state, or is being misinterpreted by those purporting to know, the reality is that there are workers who have been home for almost a year and are not getting all the benefits for which they would have contributed or for which the law makes provisions. They are gathering on the streets to protest, not to party. The second reality is that thus far he who has both been vilified and simultaneously courted by Government has been proven right in his every confrontation with the state thus far. And that reality was not created by the media.

    It is also interesting to note the convenient nationalism that nestles in the bosom of some of the island’s stakeholders. During last week’s tripartite press gathering, one social partner had an epiphany where the suggestion was that the media must be wary of what it reports since the country was being observed internationally by investors or others who might be targeting Barbados for business or pleasure. This epiphany came against the background of growing industrial unrest that had not been staged, managed or fabricated but merely reported by the media. One could not but reflect on the excoriating remarks made in relation to Barbados’ sustainability and viability during the pre-2018 period, and ponder on whether the speaker had travelled to Damascus within the last few years. Reporting truths should not be conditioned by political change or sudden conversion.

    We are in the midst of a debilitating pandemic and the Government carries a heavy burden. It has done well in several instances and is deserving of praise. The labour movement has served Barbados magnificently in the past and is also deserving of praise. However, when both misstep as all institutions do at some stage, they cannot and should not be allowed to twist the narrative to suit their purposes at the expense of workers, the media, or any solitary soldier filling a gaping void that has been created, some might suggest, in the name of capital. There are some things worth gathering to fight for.

    https://barbadostoday.bb/2020/11/27/bteditorial-workers-gatherin-to-protest-2020/

    xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

    HHMMM.

    I GUESS LOCALS THROWING SHADE.

  11. WURA-War-on-U Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U

    Yep…time to stand up for your rights, the black face sellouts in the parliament care NOTHING ABOUT the majority who elected them, all of this has been happening for way too many decades…time to stop electing lawyers and the other packs of self-hating wild beast to the parlliament that black people fund..,,

    …am going to stop calling the house negros animals, it’s a direct insult to the ones who show love to their own species, i’ve seen animals show more care, regard and commitment to each other than i’ve ever seen those two-legged savages display to their own Black populaton in Barbados in all my years….once they’re are elected and adorned with fake colonial titles and even faker pedigree.

    https://www.nationnews.com/2020/11/28/its-unfair-202011280300419945/

    “Former workers at the Savannah Beach Hotel are calling on other unemployed tourism workers to rally together and take a stand against what they deem as disrespect and unfair treatment.

    Their appeal followed a near two-hour protest by more than 20 ex-employees in front of the Hastings, Christ Church property yesterday. They complained about the inability to get their severance pay, described it as “unfair”.

  12. WURA-War-on-U Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U

    Oh yall can find the money to pay now that ya rotten human rights violating names got splashed all over the world, they always slither into the island when they hear how uncaring toward their own people the sellouts of parliament are, but this time they were in for a goddamn shock, disrespectful, low crawling racists that they are….that’s the only kind wicked sellouts invite into the island…

    People on the island now have a very useful social media weapon to expose all the wrongdoing against themselves in Barbados, they better continue to use it effectively going forward, nonstop, yall done know that ya government cannot be trusted at any time of the day, week, month, year, decade or century….since Mia and her gang think they can bully and obstruct the press for trying to help the workers get paid..

    “The Club Barbados Resort on Friday backpaddled on its earlier position and began the process of paying outstanding severance to its disgruntled former employees.

    This action capped off a weeklong protest in which the laid off workers became vocal and critical of the management’s decision not to pay them the outstanding monies but to refer them to the state’s National Insurance Scheme (NIS) to cover the costs.

    The payment process began on Friday ending the persistent agitation of employees who charged their former employer of going back on an earlier deal to pay their severance in two tranches – October and November.

    Today, dozens of workers streamed onto the premises of the Holetown, St James property to collect their severance payment, with mixed feelings about the ordeal.”

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

    “Legislation could soon be coming to make it easier to punish lawyers who steal their client’s monies.”

    Teets is weighing in, but am sure we’ve all heard this one before for decades…

    “New attorneys have been warned not to fiddle with client funds as they enter the profession at a time when they have to adapt to changing costing practices and other challenges.

    This was the charge yesterday from Chief Justice Patterson Cheltenham as he welcomed 32 lawyers to the Bar in his first such address after taking up duties from November 1.”

    Is that the best that one can do, regurgitating the same old shite we have been hearing for years, while knowing what the REAL PROBLEM IS, yes, he has to settle into a new job, but, last CJ i had high hopes would something about the corrupt supreme court, turned into another dud, so i will reserve judgement until this one shows his intent, will know soon enuff and will be more than happy to share with everyone……… he of all people knows what’s been happening with lawyers robbing and selling out clients, and the whole public every opportunity they get…………what about telling ALL THE LAWYERS IN THE BAR the same thing, including not TIEFING OLD PEOPLE’S PROPERTIES, robbing them and generations of their beneficiaries, and sharing it between themselves and with tiefing ass minorities…

    …how bout telling ALL the lawyers in Barbados to stop robbing the dead and unborn, how bout telling them to COMPLETE all their cases, stop dragging out cases that involve the elderly and others, they judges too can hold some blame, since they project themselves as enablers of these crimes, so the elderly and others could die before cases are resolved. insurance companies get to pay out less if anything at all and they all get a cut, because the vicious lawyers believe they are entitled to get paid for someone else’s pain and misery…how bout all of that..

    .new young lawyers are always trained under old greasy lawyers like the above pictured one, and they train them to be just as scummy as themselves, the stories about how they intern those lawyers are horrible, told by the new lawyers themselves, many left the profession immediately they entered it, because of those clowns…….this one is playing he don’t know that…

  14. NorthernObserver Avatar
    NorthernObserver

    I see that yesterday, somebody sold 2.2M shares of ICBL at the price of $1.78/share. Relevant only because the NIS is one of the larger minority shareholders, and this was the price offered recently by the majority shareholder. 2.2M shares is +/-11% of the shares not currently owned by the majority shareholder.

  15. David Avatar
    David

    @NO

    Speak English, are you saying ICBL are working around NIS?

  16. NorthernObserver Avatar
    NorthernObserver

    No.
    When the Bermuda company (BF&M) sold their majority share, that triggered the offer. The new majority owner, offered to buy out all minority owners at $1.78, which was well below the prior trade value of $3/share. The NIS owns +/-4M shares. Under local rules, if the majority can acquire 80% of the outstanding minority, then they can get the last 20% by compulsory acquisition. The math suggests the NIS may own just enough to block the achievement of 80%. [fyi there 39,346,682 outstanding icbl shares]

  17. David Avatar
    David

    @NO

    This is what you needed to post for the benefit of the ignorant and buffoons..LOL.

    Persaud if memory serves has indicated government will not be selling.

  18. WURA-War-on-U Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U

    Thompson said he wasn’t selling the minority shares in BNB bank either, and withing months it was….SOLD…

    Nothern….do you know if there are any pubic shares held by public companies in NIS…have they ever offered shares in the entity, i know first they will have to go public, IPO, but ya never know with lying politicians, cow and those other crooks who don’t even pay NIS for their employees, were too free to tief from that entity…

  19. Carson C Cadogan Avatar
    Carson C Cadogan

    All of these protest and not a BARBADOS WORKERS UNION leader in sight. The workers are having to take matters into their own hands, so many people speak to speak on their behalf but none to be seen .

    Where is INCHES, where is TONI MOORE, where is AKANNI , where is MARY REDMAN, the cat got their tongue??????

    They have taken the workers money as UNION DUES buy MERCEDES AND BIG BMW cars for them selves but they are not representing them. Is this NOT FRAUD???? Can they not be taken to Court in Barbados????

    WHERE ARE UNIONS SRTIKE FUNDS??????

  20. NorthernObserver Avatar
    NorthernObserver

    Which would seem to be the correct decision. The last holdout “may” be able to get a premium? But if the other minority owners also holdout (the initial post was merely to indicate ONE had budged at the $1.78), then it’s all moot.

  21. NorthernObserver Avatar
    NorthernObserver

    “do you know if there are any pubic shares held by public companies in NIS” (pubic…. lol)
    NO. The NIS does not have shares.
    http://admin.theiguides.org/Media/Documents/National-Insurance-and-Social-Security-Act-CAP47.pdf
    That said, the NIS itself, owns shares in a number of companies. Given their lack of recent reporting, I have no idea exactly what they own.

  22. Carson C Cadogan Avatar
    Carson C Cadogan

    Where are the Barbados Trade Unions now that the WORKERS need them most????? No protests, no marches against their beloved Barbados Labour Party Govt.?????? And their beloved Barbados private sector???? The WORKERS have to fend for themselves after they pay their Trade Union dues, no representation from the Barbados Trade Unions???

    What is going on?????

  23. Carson C Cadogan Avatar
    Carson C Cadogan

  24. WURA-War-on-U Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U

    This is the results of courting racist companies who are always on the lookout for free labor, happy to exploit black people, weak leadership, weaker labor laws allows this….i keep warning the Black majority to take their cases to international courts because your leaders are no good and never work in your best interest…the fact that they pay extremely low salaries, deduct and don’t pay in your benefits and turn the low paid staff into frustrated haters of black people prompted to attack their own….is more than enough reason to expose them even further worldwide…should have known there was a dirty boer pig hiding in the shadows somewhere…

    “Nyobi D. Naziah
    NovtemSmberfgu Se26 tmpoaisnssit 8oor:09e gPdslstidMghag ·
    Disgruntled G4S-Barbados Employees meet your company chief executive officer South African Ashley Almanza. In consideration of the recent handling of bajan staff by international based businesses operating on these shores, perhaps the government and the Union should consider making representations directly to the CEO. The BWU said they stand in solidarity with the disgruntled guards but should show the same by taking robust international action. G4S has not been shy of employee based controversy having lost a similar matter regarding their treatment of staff in Indonesia. G4S is the world’s largest security company measured by revenues. G4S has operations in more than 90 countries and over 570,000 employees worldwide. G4S is the globes THIRD-LARGEST private employer, the LARGEST European and African private employer, and among the LARGEST on the London Stock Exchange. G4S has a primary listing on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. It goes without saying, that G4S can easily afford to provide better pay and better working conditions for their bajan employees. In 2006, 2007 and 2008, G4S was the subject of a GLOBAL campaign by union workers alleging that its subsidiaries undermine labour and human rights standards.

    Some of these groups were organised under the banner of the SEIU-funded Focus on Group 4 Securicor. Group 4 or more popularly known as G4S, was the subject of protests at their Securicor’s annual general meeting in London. Was the BWU a party to the global campaign on behalf of G4S Bajan employees and the G4S operations here? In 2006, the US State Department Report on Human Rights in Indonesia, that was released in March, featured an ongoing dispute in Jakarta, Indonesia with G4S. In July 2006, the Indonesian G4S workers had a substantial win. Ashley Almanza became CEO of G4S plc on 1 June 2013, replacing Nick Buckles. He faced a pay revolt in 2019 over a £239,638 cash payment he was due to receive to bolster his retirement (about half million bajn dollars). The Investment Association, which represents British institutional shareholders, is understood to have given the payment an “amber top” rating, alerting members that it raises potential concerns.

    The Businessman and acountant from the once Apartheid system of South africa, Almanza, is also a director of Schroders and Noble Corporation. Bajans the Indonesians had to take their plight beyond the shores of G4S-Indonesia. Perhaps the employees of G4S Barbados should urge their Union Reps to commence the same. In 2011, G4S became a signatory to the UN Global Compact, the international standard to promote socially responsible business behaviour including human rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption. In 2013, G4S launched a Human Rights Policy, co-authored by human rights expert Dr Hugo Slim, aiming to align the company’s practices with the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and to introduce additional global guidelines for areas not currently covered by existing standards. Our PM is quite the vocal UN enthusiast, perhaps she can report the plight of the Bajan G4S workers directly on behalf of the workers to the UN. You may also consider contacting Suisse who are the biggest shareholders in the British company. G4S is a founder signatory of the International Code of Conduct for Private Security Service Providers (ICoC), a multi-stakeholder initiative convened by the Swiss government.”

  25. Hal Austin Avatar
    Hal Austin

    @ Baje

    Right again. The problem with the chairman is that if he were not chairman most people would just ignore his posts. They are among the worst on BU.

  26. David Avatar
    David

    The blogmaster will take your comment as a compliment. A man who once gave $1,000.00 to a stranger on the promise to buy a timeshare on the south coast. All you can do is criticize destructively criticize Barbados You and your gang of throwashade never have any thing constructive to say about Barbados. Be off and go and watch your rugby..

    Your hypocrisy knows no bounds, have no problem criticizing anonymous commenters but you are quick to agree and form alliance with same anonymous commenters once they agree with you.

    The pleasure this blogmaster gets every single day is to see your tail et al up and down BU’s pages, every single day. Not bad for a buffoon and illiterate eh?

    You may have the last word.

  27. WURA-War-on-U Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U

    “That said, the NIS itself, owns shares in a number of companies. ”

    and therein lies the rub, it’s the other way around. plain as day…the corruption BEGINS AND ENDS IN THE PARLIAMENT…with all involved from the social partnership of crooks dipping their dirty tiefing hands in public funds and their wicked slave catching mouths always up in Black people’s business all the time..

  28. Mariposa Avatar
    Mariposa

    This is Commisiong response to the Belize diplomat comments about govt cabinet

    Regarding Beale’s belief that Mottley should reduce her 24-member Cabinet, Comissiong added: “The test of whether a Government minister is justified is whether that minister is giving value for money. If that minister is producing and delivering something of value to the nation that justifies the expenditure on the minister. That should be the test you apply, not simply a question of numbers
    Xxxxxxxxc

    I must say i agree with Commisiong comments since Commisiong has served no worth of value or justifiable purpose in govt for the salary which he is collecting

  29. WURA-War-on-U Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U

    That’s the only way that pension fund could be CONTINUALLY ROBBED LIKE THAT for decades….until it’s now BROKE.

    Thanks Northern…ya just have to ask the right questions to arrive at the correct conclusions

  30. David Avatar
    David

    He is performing the same role as his predecessors Bobby Morris and Denis Kellman,

  31. Mariposa Avatar
    Mariposa

    David Nov. 28 2020 7.32am
    He is performing the same role as his predecessors Bobby Morris and Denis Kellman,
    Xxxx
    Poor u this one deserves a Steupse long and hard
    Your defense of govt is becoming pathetic

  32. David Avatar
    David

    Your answer says it all.

    Carry on.

    #yardfowl

  33. WURA-War-on-U Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U

    Group of Companies ponzi scheme, finally collapsed.

    Northern, it will be interesting going forward…

    ..black people need to stop spending their little pennies with all of these minority companies, let them all collapse..as they’re are about to, Mia’s picking up the people’s money by the hundreds of millions to bail them out while the people suffer, won’t mean a thing if they have no income, they will eat it all up….when there’s nothing left, that’s the end..for them..

  34. TheOGazerts Avatar
    TheOGazerts

    A good morning to all.
    Shoe some love and respect to each other.
    Let’s just focus on issues.

    @Wura …. You are now leading the TheO’s poll in selecting “The People’s Champion”

  35. TheOGazerts Avatar
    TheOGazerts

    I love typos
    Shoe, show shot, shod, shop
    stew, stow, stop
    Slew, slow slop
    And the winner is
    Shoe

  36. Carson C Cadogan Avatar
    Carson C Cadogan

    Hal

    Your articles are excellent keep up the good work.

  37. WURA-War-on-U Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U

    Theo…we need help to convince the people that they have to let go of what is basically NOTHING USEFUL OR PRODUCTIVE IN THEIR LIVES. created for them by DBLP crooks and sellouts……remove their minds from ALL mental enslavement, colonial brainwash, mindwash, politician LIES and start on their new journey to actually accomplishing something in their new freedom, away from lyinging, sellout politicains and evil, slave catching hungry, hand to mouth minorities feeding off their backs and off their children’s future…

  38. BAJE Avatar
    BAJE

    @ Mariposa

    David Commissong NDP, DLP, People Empowerment Party, BLP, ABC ETC., MUST SING FOR HIS SUPPER.

  39. GP Avatar
    GP

    HAL
    RE The problem with the chairman is that if he were not chairman most people would just ignore his posts. They are among the worst on BU.

    ONE OF THE THINGS I HAVE LEARNED IN LIFE IS THAT IT SEEMSTHAT YOU MUST NOT TELL THE TRUTH OR EXCEL, OR SEEK TO EXCEL, BUT IT IS VERY HARD TO GIVE UP THE PRINCIPLES YOU WERE TAUGHT IN CHILDHOOD AT HOME, AT SCHOOL AND AT SUNDAY SCHOOL, OR FROM YOUR BIBLE READING

    BAJE
    THINGS MIGHT HAVE BEEN BETTER FOR David Commissong & LEROY MCCLEAN IF BARROW HAD LIVED LONGER
    David Commissong DISSAPOINTS. HE DID NOT NEED TO PROSTITUTE HIMSELF AS YOU POINT OUT
    I AM PROUD THAT LEROY MCCLEAN HAS NOT

  40. I Ain’t Coming Back Avatar
    I Ain’t Coming Back

    How de RH wunna could sit in Barbados and put Leslie Haynes an associates of some of the white collar criminals who were charged with money laundering as chairman. Mia is de most deceitful politician and Arthur did warn wunna. Everybody silent

  41. TheOGazerts Avatar
    TheOGazerts

    You would not believe that I try not to comment but then one of you dig me out of my little hole…

    ABC???

    😃NDP, DLP, People Empowerment Party, BLP, ABC ETC., MUST SING FOR HIS SUPPER.😃

  42. BAJE Avatar
    BAJE

    You would not believe that I try not to comment but then one of you dig me out of my little hole…

    ABC???

    😃NDP, DLP, People Empowerment Party, BLP, ABC ETC., MUST SING FOR HIS SUPPER.😃

    xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

    I ADDED ABC BECAUSE THE MAN BEING WITH EVERYBODY THAT HE CAN RIDE COATTAILS.

    ABC IS FOR ANYONE I FORGOT OR FOR THE FUTURE

  43. WURA-War-on-U Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U

    It’s that labor law Mia amended to accommodate these greedy fckers, while knowing that the severence fund is broke that’s going to be her downfall..Accra is not a new kid on the block and should have systems in place to PAY THEIR EMPLOYEES WHAT IS RIGHTFULLY THEIRS..

    https://barbadostoday.bb/2020/11/28/accras-management-responds-to-protest-by-former-employees/

  44. TheOGazerts Avatar
    TheOGazerts

    Bake
    I got it first time. I thought it was very clever that’s why I gave it emphasis

  45. TheOGazerts Avatar
    TheOGazerts

    Baje
    Had to correct again here.
    Between typos and auto-correct I am dying.

  46. WURA-War-on-U Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U

    Theo…these days i have to surf, things just refuse to settle down in Barbados, this is going to keep going for at least another 2 years, they just don’t know how very difficult things are going to get for them because of their own actions through the decades, they will wish that they had DONE RIGHT BY BLACK PEOPLE..

    ….don’t even know how to tell them, but they will find out just as they did about the bullshit reparations TREND that they used to be on before the 50 billion dollar reveal…ah gotta save the laughing…

  47. David Avatar
    David

    Another beautiful day in Barbados. People are readying for Xmas, those in need will be assisted by the many charitable organizations as occur annually. The sun is out. Just passed a couple of popular beaches and Bajans are out enjoying island life.

  48. Hants Avatar
    Hants

    @ David,

    I Virtually down hwere by Paynes Bay Fish Market.

  49. BAJE Avatar
    BAJE

    SAY IT ISN’T SO

    xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

    Crime playing havoc on Barbadian communities

    Like COVID-19, crime is also a public health problem.

    That is the assessment of Professor of Management and Organisational Behaviour at the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus, Dr. Dwayne Devonish, who said both COVID-19 and crime had similar devastating effects on communities.

    “It is something that we have been touting for years, that crime is in fact a public health problem. When you look at COVID and crime you can draw some clear parallels because the kinds of impact that COVID has had on businesses, are pretty much the same for crime.

    “Think about it, if we had realized that there were convincing media reports that they were COVID cases that were traced at a business, you could see that many persons would divert their attention away and perhaps move to other areas to stay away because there is this type of psychological stigma that is associated there.

    “That is the same thing with crime because if someone is shot, you will find that the business would experience a reduced demand for some time,” Dr Devonish explained.

    He made the comments this morning while releasing the findings of his study The Social Cost of Crime via Zoom.

    He explained that the results came out of a two-part study conducted in 2018 on the social and economic impact and costs of crime.

    Professor Devonish explained that crime had a multi-dimensional effect on society.

    He said while some impacts were easily monetized, social impacts were less tangible, less direct and oftentimes made the monetization of the costs much more difficult.

    He pointed out that the study looked at a non-monetary social cost perspective and examined the perspectives of Barbadians and their experiences and perceptions of crime and its impact on their perceived safety and security.

    One thousand and fifty residents were interviewed for the study and these came from low, middle and high-income areas across the 11 parishes in Barbados.

    Social sectors such as the church, police, community groups and economists were also interviewed.

    Professor Devonish said the study focused on violent, personal crimes such as robbery, burglary and theft.

    He said one of the main findings of the study was that Barbadians were very concerned with the level of crime on the island.

    “The majority of Barbadians had a negative outlook of crime. Over 70 per cent of them indicated that the crime situation was very bad or bad,” he said.

    https://barbadostoday.bb/2020/11/27/crime-playing-havoc-on-barbadian-communities/

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    David

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    A good spot.

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