Successive governments including the incumbent have teased Barbadians about transitioning to a republic. Now that we have witnessed the decommissioning of Nelson statue the question being asked is- are we there yet?
David, blogmaster
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Republic yes! Only if it comes with a warranty that the slavish and colonial minds of the vast majority of Bajans are also disabused.
Otherwise it can have no meaning except for the engagement in the only industrial practice Bajan elites and minions so love – adding the title of “President” to the lexicon of repectability.
Steupse a long drawn out rabbit hole
Right now govt only concern should be placing barbados on a path of economic sustainability
wink wink talk about republic when as independent nation the whole country going to down hill faster than fast
Yellow blue and black needs a good dress rehearsal and not one wrapped in the word Republic
That’s how nasty, petty and small minded DBLP are, spouting about republic for decades when in office and can create all kinds of scams to rob the treasury and pension fund, but once in opposition, the crab mentality sets in and they care even less about the bests interests of the Black population, everything becomes a pappyshow, while they play with the people’s minds and tje only goal is to tell enuff lies to be elected…
…this dirty crowd still stinking up the haunted house gotta go, they rob the people, loose racists and thieves on them, they will create total havoc when they no longer have anyone to pass the blame to..when they commit their numerous crimes, they will see themselves now as the real slave masters….and go full blown criminal on the black populaion……Mia gotta go..
Pacha ya right, the people on the island must rid themselves of the slave mentality and colonial bullshit that the more intelligent know is a fabrication of the same system that brutally enslaved their ancestors, , they’re the only ones who can emancipate themselves from mental slavery and free their own minds, but while transitioning, they will first they have to do something about the present sellout human rights violating government and their evil sidekicks in the tiefing social partnership….it’s now all in the people’s hands, they can SHUT all the minority businesses down PERMANENTLY, simply by not shopping with them for the next 5 years, by then they will get the message and all be gone, it’s beyond ugly how they robbed these people of their benefits…..with government’s collusion, cause government robbed the employees too…..viciously.
“Right now govt only concern should be placing barbados on a path of economic sustainability”
Oh Rasshole, I dump my rum and water all over my sweater.
@ Northern.
Satan lecturing sin pun being bad! 😂
@ chancellor David
“My feeling is that money could be better spent building a polytechnic and community college in the north of the Island”.
I concur…
De former US Naval Facility 1957-1979/Temporary Prison
Republic..
A form of government in which the people or their elected representatives possess the supreme power
a political or national unit possessing such a form of government
a constitutional form in which the head of state is an elected or nominated president
any community or group that resembles a political republic in that its members or elements exhibit a general equality, shared interests, etcthe republic of letters.
Are we ready $ ?????
Before talking long winded nothingness about republic
Mia better find an AG cause the murder rate keeps climbing and he is no where to be found near close to fifty deaths
People bodies found in wells and gullies
Republic where and when
The difference between a republic versus a democracy?
The main difference between a democracy and a republic is the extent to which the people control the process of making laws under each form of government. A voting majority has almost unlimited power to make laws.
Are we ready ???
The republic idea sounded real possible if they could get their STICKY FINGERS on 50 billion dollars of reparations money on the spirits of our brutalized ancestors…….ah guess it don’t sound so possible anymore……..🤣🤣😂😂🤣🤣
they must think our ancestors went somewhere..
When people withhold spending power, they break companies. Black Friday sales in US was a bust today, totally unheard of, but Black Americans are buying Black , so they are screwed anyway , a good position to take if yall want to get rid of the minority parasites in Barbados and their nasty ways, shut them down.,
It is going to interesting to ‘see’ if the current administration- which has unilaterally announced its intention (without referendum) to go the republic route, banana or otherwise- will be awarding any knighthoods and dame-hoods for this year’s Independence celebrations.
Why award a monarchical sounding title this year which would only make the person parading like a monkey in the uniform of a new banana republic look like a genuine small-island assho**le still expecting to be addressed as Lord Sir Jack Elliot and Lady Madam Jenny Miller?
Under the new republic will the senior officers in the RBPF and the BDF be ditching in the Constitution river their royal pips and monarchical medallions which currently bedecked their uniforms?
Why no re-label the ‘dying’ Queen Elizabeth hospital the Nita Barrow Memorial Medical Care Centre or rename it in republic style recognition of the ‘sterling’ contribution of some other outstanding Bajan medical practitioner, be it nurse or doctor.
Miller
Republic would not necessarily mean the end of the demand and awarding of colonial socalled honours.
There will be no Barbados without them.
Ah haven’t heard anything about republic since the reparations BUST…lol
Miller….we shall see, am still waiting to hear Prof. Shillary..
@JohnA
had to put the sweater in the wash lol….that aside, I like the sport, it is an unknown level of hypocrisy.
@HA will tell ya I don’t like her politics. But its too sweet. And she provides a few gems occasionally.
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“Why no re-label the ‘dying’ Queen Elizabeth hospital the Nita Barrow Memorial Medical Care Centre or rename it in republic style recognition of the ‘sterling’ contribution of some other outstanding Bajan medical practitioner, be it nurse or doctor”.
The name:
Queen Elizabeth Hospital will be something of forgotteness
Our National Hospital will be: Ernest Deighton Mottley Medical University Hospital.
On the date of selection???
no offence but… 280,000 on 431 km² becoming independent is no big deal
Any man who drinks rum and.water cannot be a logical or critical thinker
A real man either goes on the rocks or a mixture of coke
But rum and water lol i just fell.off my chair dying wid laughter
“Any man who drinks rum and.water cannot be a logical or critical thinker. A real man either goes on the rocks or a mixture of coke.”
@ NorthernObserver
Whenever I ask Mariposa anything, it seems not only to upset her, but other people as well. So, to avoid any conflict, I decided to take up this issue with you instead.
When people say they want a rum, scotch, gin, vodka etc, ‘on the rocks,’ it usually means they want the beverage served with ice ONLY.
I’m trying to understand something here. Lets assume, as Mariposa suggested, you decided to sip shot of Old Brigand ‘on the rocks,’ which, I’m sure you’ll agree, is essentially rum and frozen water.
When the ice melts, even if you decide to add more ice or not, doesn’t your drink become rum and water?
At this stage, do you lose your status of being a “real man” and ability to “be a logical or critical thinker?”
@Artax
ac can provide a few gems. This last one, is one of those gems. Too, too sweet. You simply cannot make this stuff up.
A good initiative to attempt to get into the heads of the young ones.
Mia tells students of leadership roles
Head boys and head girls from 85 public and private primary and secondary schools have been told of the importance of their leadership roles.
This was the advice of Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley yesterday as the children were presented with their badges in a ceremony at the Gymnasium of the Garfield Sobers Sports Complex.
Wear with pride
Telling the children to wear the badges with pride, she said: “Long after all of us are gone, I want you all to remember this moment. Leadership is at all levels in this society, not just at Prime Minister.”
Mottley said that “leaders insist that the right things must be done”.
Minister of Education Santia Bradshaw, in addressing the audience that included Members of Parliament (MPs), senators, parents and education officers, told the new “leaders” to “write a different narrative”.
“We see you as the future of the country. We have seen negative behaviours and images in the schools and that isn’t all that can come out of schools. We the leaders of the nation have to inspire you to be the change we need,” she said.
The students were presented with their badges by various MPs after knocking elbows with Mottley and Bradshaw.
The near two-hour ceremony saw performances by Dominic Brathwaite and De Mighty Bit Bit. (NS)
https://barbadostoday.bb/2020/11/28/university-professor-says-accountability-lacking-in-caribbean/
“Professor Alleyne said while the Barbados Labour Party administration recently made an attempt to pass integrity legislation, it was unfortunate it was foiled.
He predicted that legislation would be brought up at the next election.
“It was a bold attempt to implement legislation, because every time corruption comes up it is when there is an election. A year or so after, nobody is interested in the corruption anymore so it becomes a political tool,” Professor Alleyne said.
“As life would have it, in August 2020 it was defeated. I guess it will probably come back up around election time.”
The game and it’s outcome are known, but it will still be played. 2023, 2028, …
Has John Beale statednanything new we have not aired in this space?
I love Mottley long winded speeches not only do they provide comedic relief but they also tickle my funny bone
Hee hee
Now on to the business of leadership
Mottley has been a member of Parliament ever since Eve was a gal
She knows all the ins and outs of govt
Yet for the life of me i am yet to see her leadership directed by moral persuasion
The Nelson Statue comes to mind for within the removal was pomp and festivity no chastising of Nelsons wrong doings on slavery
BLM comes to mind her words indicative to represent that the issue did not called for retribution
The workers severance pay comes to mind
Toni Moore being placed as a govt minister when her purpose as Union Head would have been better served absent of full-fledged govt intrusion
Allowing COVID to enter barbados shores as an alternative to building the economy
Homosexual Unions
Tax waivers for the wealthy
John Beale is an honorary diplomat, interfering with the internal affairs of Barbados. He should be called in by the foreign minister and given a good talking to or, preferably, the government of Belize should be asked to withdraw his honorary position. Bet you nothing will happen.
He is not the first; we had that Guyanese guy, I think his name was Faria, who got involved in all kinds of things. We are incompetent, the state has failed and it will all end in tears.
How do you know the details of the protocol guiding the accreditation of Beale?
Dont know whether Beale should have kept mouth shut or opened but this i know Commisiong opened his mouth and said this
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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
Commissiong words are appropriate to say the least which fits Commissiong like a glove
In the two years of which Commisiong has been part of govt he has collected a salary for doing nothing
https://barbadostoday.bb/2020/11/28/legal-changes-to-govern-lawyers/
(The truth is… First, I want back my money/property and then you can penalize the lawyer. I don’t want him/her resting up in jail planning how to spend my money when released. Claw back ill gotten gains)
BT
“There are, however, some challenges that we have to address and the Chief Justice has opened up discussions with me about bringing some much needed amendments to the Legal Professions Act so that we could more swiftly and more effectively deal with lawyers who run afoul of the code of conduct and in particular those who use their client’s monies,” Marshall said.
“I expect that we will be giving some priority to making the necessary amendments to the Legal Professions Act, which, truth be told, is in serious need of being modernized and being made more responsive to the needs, not just of the lawyers but to the needs of clients and the community that they serve.”
@ Hal
John Beale should be dismissed/removed immediately. And then you have Mottley’s chief defender , Ambassador David Commissiong stepping in critiquing John Beale;two ambassadors expressing disagreement in public. This is who we are. Pure nonsense.
Peace
@William
Out of curiosity, who is the sending state?
Who should dismiss Beale?
@David : ” A good initiative to attempt to get into the heads of the young ones.” Good , yes. Initiative(new/start) maybe not.
The Hindsbury Primary School recently installed 32 prefects.
From an enrolment of 366 at the all-girls school, this group of young leaders, along with their teachers, will be promoting high standards and discipline at the school.
After receiving their badges, the new prefects pledged before their principal, teachers, parents and well-wishers to “honour and uphold the school rules” and assist teachers in developing and maintaining discipline amongst the pupils.
Corporate communications administrator with the Barbados Light & Power Company, Jackie Marshall-Clarke, was the keynote speaker and encouraged the children to strive every day to be at their best.
With the theme Pushing The Boundaries Of Excellence, Marshall-Clarke said good habits and a positive attitude were major drivers in achieving excellence.
“Actions become habits and excellence emerges as a result of your actions performed well and consistently over time,” she said.
Principal of the school Nola Cummings-Lewis congratulated the parents first of all on the achievement of their children.
“The good work and good habits being recognised today must have started at home.
“We support this and ask that parents continue to work with their children to develop habits that will shape their future,” she said.
Included in the young leadership team, were head girl, Makayla Carrington and deputy head girl, Kianna Mason.
Along with the other prefects, their responsibilities will include assisting with lunch-time supervision and becoming a “big sister” to other students. (PR)
Nation Newspaper October 24th,2014
@Artax
I was once told if rum was made for children it would have in sweet drinks. So, rum and anything is for children. Real men go straight up !
Peace
@WS
Very Good…
🙂 But highly offensive to a man who believes the God rested on the seventh day with a rum and coke.
Now I may have offended GP
🙂
@ William
We do not even understand the common rules, In fact, the Barbados government should not even have to demand he be removed, that should automatically be done by the Belize government.
It comes back to competence and failure. Beale could not have done that in any developed country unless he had his bag packed.
In fact, I cannot understand how a former Barbados diplomat could turn up as an honorary diplomat for another country.
Tomorrow is independence day, after 54 years we know even less than we did all those years ago. @William, ignore the apologists. Stupidity knows no bounds. Plse remind me: is Beale a black man? Don’t answer. I know.
You are clawing back now that Mia should dismiss Beale?
How dishonest.
@ David #2 A good initiative to attempt to get into the heads of the young ones.” Good , yes. Initiative(new/start) maybe not.
Prefects get leadership training
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THIS YEAR, the students were in control of the annual prefects’ seminar.
President of the Barbados Association of Principals of Public Secondary Schools, Vere Parris, said the decision had been taken for the prefects to have key roles this time around to give them added life experience as young leaders.
“This year the format is somewhat different as it is being led by the prefects and not the prefect masters. We believe there is a lot to be gained from young leaders of Barbados coming together to exchange ideas, network and learn from others who can inspire them,” he said.
The event included remarks from Parris, the feature address by managing director of the Freemind Institute Errol Griffith and a series of group sessions. (CA)
Nation newspaper October 15th 2014
PS I know some guys who are into coffee makers. They are always buying the latest with the newest gadgets attached. They always say they have the newest with the latest “bells and whistles”. I never heard them talk about if the quality of the coffee had improved. Becareful with bells and whistles my Dearest David , concentrate on the quality of the product. Students need environmentally healthy schools and the poorest still need tablets. But right now MPs handing out prefect badges is really about the latest bells and whistles.
Peace
You are so dumb. I believe that English is a foreign language to you. Mia cannot sack Beale because she does not employ him. He is an honorary Belizean diplomat; and the foreign minister can request that he be withdrawn by the Belize Government, or remove him from the country, not sack him.
Alternatively they can call him in and give him a rollicking. This is clarity for the blog, not for the chairman who would not understand in a month of Sundays.
@WS
Very good.
You are shiwingt great form early in the day.
Kiss to you.
Lots of love.
#onbehalfofthebuhousehold
Remove John Beale from the country?
Typo looks like an insult.
“You are showing great form today “
RE Remove John Beale from the country?
WHY? IS HE NOT A BAJAN? IS THIS STATEMENT AND THOUGHT NOT RANK RACISM
HOW IS HE DIFFERENT TO THE SLIME AND SCUM THAT LEADS THE COUNTRY. AND SOME HERE THAT THINK THEY ARE IMPORTANT?
MUST WE ALL SAY WHAT YOU THINK?
IS HE NOT ENTITLED TO AN OPINION JUST BECAUSE HE IS WHITE?
YOU THINK JOHN BEALE CARES ABOUT WUNNAH?
WHAT HE SAID WAS TRUE
There you go, John Beale is an old Lodge boy.
I KNOW THAT………. SO WHAT ? “EVEN” LODGE BOYS ARE BAJANS (L0L).
PK CHELTENHAM WENT TO LODGE TOO
I HAVE A BROTHER WHO WENT TO LODGE
See this comment posted earlier by the man from the Covid 19 infested country across the pond.
You are so dumb. I believe that English is a foreign language to you. Mia cannot sack Beale because she does not employ him. He is an honorary Belizean diplomat; and the foreign minister can request that he be withdrawn by the Belize Government, or remove him from the country, not sack him.
Alternatively they can call him in and give him a rollicking. This is clarity for the blog, not for the chairman who would not understand in a month of Sundays.
@ Hal
No need to combat the Blogmaster. He’s a really nice guy, not dumb at all, he just loves his country more than anybody else.
@ TheOGazerts
We need to discuss our major export product more. Rum . Its the only thing we , who think for ourselves , have in common with some on BU. We drinkit , they drink it. @ Austin promotes gin ! oh well…….or were you referring to the bells and whistles on the coffee maker ?
Peace
Rum production and distribution in the main is not controlled by Barbados concerns.
So at what is usually one of the proudest moments of a young person’s life they are told don’t tief or else.
https://barbadostoday.bb/2020/11/28/lawyers-who-break-bond-of-trust-will-get-no-sympathy/
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