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I emailed Minister Abrahams the following, I am hoping that he receives many hundreds:

Minister Wilfred Abrahams,


You have failed to protect the vulnerable girls at GIS by removing all the staff who are implicated in the systematic torture of children by routinely incarcerating them naked in a bare concrete cell for days and weeks on end.

This treatment was contrary to the United Nations Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. It was also in breach of Article 5 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

I understand that you have ordered that such torture not be repeated, but you have left the torturers in charge of the institution and you have left vulnerable girls in their charge. Furthermore, you have publicly stated that you have confidence in the staff who inflicted these inhuman and degrading assaults on vulnerable children.

Your catastrophic error of judgement has made me deeply ashamed of my Government.

You have left me no choice but to insist on your immediate resignation from your position as Minister of Home Affairs, Information and Public Affairs.

Yours sincerely,

Peter Thompson

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416 responses to “Pressure Mounts on Minister Wilfred Abrahams to Resign”

  1. WURA-War-on-U Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U

    William…who do you suggest to do the investigation for it to be independent and above board, it can be no one on the island….or it will end up in another pappyshow like the removal of nelson statue…too many lackeys hangerson and yardfowls…

    we have been calling for outside entities for a long time, but then do you remember what happened with the FBI investigation into some mess with BLP and Straughn….one government says they left the report on a desk ,the other government said they couldn’t find it…..and not one of them thought to get another copy from FBI….

    am sure they all still think it’s a big joke…since they slithered out from under it..

  2. WURA-War-on-U Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U

    right….and Mia is going to ask her cousin’s husband to resign…i know we saw pigs fly once, but this is a stretch..

  3. William Skinner Avatar
    William Skinner

    @ David
    There have been two cases of excessive punishment at two institutions. Both are equalled in severity. We cannot allow the Fun Ranch issue to just disappear.
    @ WURA
    That is the damn problem : Who will guard the guards. You are absolutely correct.
    @ PLT
    Lawson Bailey once wrote in a newspaper column, that he Barrow, Sir Kenneth Hunte (KR Hunte) were at Culloden Farm. The DLP had a political meeting in St. George. Barrow put some lamb chops in the oven. He then told Sir. Kenneth: I going to St George now , and put some lashes in you. By the time I get back the lamb will be finished. “
    At that time Hunte was like where Maloney is now- calling the shots.
    And then there was the Public Order Act.
    You talking about mirror image- pick sense from dat………

  4. WURA-War-on-U Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U

    If something is not done soon about black governments and their love of slave laws and slave codes, things are only going to ESCALATE…are yall prepared for the fallout?

  5. David Avatar
    David

    @William

    The Fun Ranch incident had a different flavor. Corey Layne has a body of work helping disadvantaged children.

  6. William Skinner Avatar
    William Skinner

    @ David
    Question: Was a child/ minor tortured at the Fun Ranch ?
    We can’t pick and choose on these matters.

  7. Artax Avatar
    Artax

    William Skinner March 22, 2021 8:55 PM #: “In any society that actually takes children’s rights seriously both the Fun Ranch and the GIS would have been closed immediately after the tortures were made public and or discovered. We need a full investigation of both. Anything short of such action is a sick joke.”

    @ Mr. Skinner

    I can understand your point about closing and conducting a full investigation of the GIS, because, over the years, there were several reports of inmates allegedly being ill-treated by staff.

    However, I do not understand where you’re going with the Nature Fun Ranch, which is a privately operated project. There was one reported incident of four (4) individuals torturing a 14 year old boy. An investigation was conducted by RBPF, the four guys were arrested, charged and brought before the Court. They subsequently admitted to committing the offences and are now awaiting sentencing.

    Bearing the above information in mind, I’m curious to know why should the Ranch be closed, what will be the focus of the investigation and who would conduct it?

  8. WURA-War-on-U Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U

    “At that time Hunte was like where Maloney is now- calling the shots.
    And then there was the Public Order Act.
    You talking about mirror image- pick sense from dat”

    they keep replaying the same evil in African lives and only to benefit themselves…an ugly scenario THAT MUST END…they need real jobs….away from anyone who looks just like them, the only reason more crimes are not committed against the population is because of the social media SPOTLIGHT..

    ..i remember how hard they and the deviant minorities tried to END social media in Barbados.5 years ago ..with the same racist cow ranting and raving how they gotta get social media and the internet off the island….he should be in handcuffs too……that was before PLT put in an appearance, he won’t know what they did, how much money they spent and the way they mobilized everyone, the deceased DPP., the commissioner, Owen, Mia, this one that one, they had everyone on board, take down social media at all cost….to protect their criminality against the Black population, slave laws and slave codes from being EXPOSED…….

  9. Heather Avatar
    Heather

    The sitting of Parliament today occurred in an alternate universe! Obvious of what is happening in Barbados.

  10. WURA-War-on-U Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U

    Heather…ah can’t wait for the debt to reach at least 5 Billion dollars…NONE OF WHICH has anything to do with the African population…they should work overtime to STAY CLEAR…

    so they can brag and boast as much as they want about how much they borrowed, they are the ones have to find ways to pay it back…or they can try selling some slave laws and slave codes……and a couple of the deviant minorities.

  11. William Skinner Avatar
    William Skinner

    @ Artax
    “Bearing the above information in mind, I’m curious to know why should the Ranch be closed, what will be the focus of the investigation and who would conduct it?“
    Investigations are held to ensure that if there were previous acts at the enterprise, they would be investigated. Where there is smoke , there had to be fire. Because a crime was admitted at the ranch, it does not necessarily follow that there were more or that was the only one. The fact that a crime was committed is the salient point here. The Fun Ranch being private is of no relevance, we all should operate under the law.
    I maintain that there should have been at the very least, an investigation and it should have been closed until the investigation was concluded.. You know full well that that the powers that be will choose the persons investigating .
    The question remains : Was this an isolated incident or were there more? Are there other goings on at the property.
    How is punishment usually carried out? Are these people trained to supervise the children/ young adults ? These are pertinent questions, taking into consideration what is now public knowledge.
    Why one standard for the GIS and another for the Fun Ranch ?
    Why was the culprits only identified after the parent went public?
    Why were those who tortured the child still working at the ranch?
    Why was the parent given the run around before she went public?
    If she had not gone public would the culprits have been brought to Justice?
    Was there an attempt to cover up the atrocity?
    Is this any different from what transpired at GIS ?
    Why can we call for Abrams to be fired and the owners of the ranch not put under the microscope?

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

    The words cow used was that “the internet was not suitable for Barbados, he should be made to explain what that means…first thing i wanted to know is why this dried up old creature had any right speaking for me, or anyone else who knows that he was out of line…

    William…these are playing around with each other’s lives and now they have torture of children….i don’t even want to think about what women are going through.

  13. NorthernObserver Avatar
    NorthernObserver

    From his lengthy post it appears @Tron was on the edge of suggesting the PM should step down.
    As the Supreme Leader, she must shoulder the ultimate responsibility for this situation and step aside.
    A full investigation is needed to determine who took photos of this child, and to whom were they transmitted.
    It is clear to all, the PM has lost control. If her ‘reports’ feared the Guillotine, such behaviour by adults would never occur. There is clearly an absence of control. Accountability is top down, not sideways or any other way.

  14. cosmo.x Avatar
    cosmo.x

    Honestly something needs to happen because if these beings can do this… Imagine what sicker plan they will try to pass off as normal and try to cover up to try to keep this dead system alive. If anyone wants to go against this system they need to be spiritually protected and backed up , trust me I know because when I look at these people in these positions I sense a sinister , sick energy from them and who knows what they are using to keep the people in chains spiritually.
    Words can only do so much because it is not normal that this dysfunctional system has been struggling to stay afloat for over 54 years fuelled by the energy of the Afro Barbadians sorrow and pain. Why do you think every day they have to post bad news , fear mongering and even treat us inhumanely , where is that energy , those emotions going to? These tactics are the same ones used by slave masters during those times to keep slaves in line. As I said this situstion is something that reveals that these occourances are deeper than all of us think.

    @WARU The reafrikanising of us as a people is THE ONLY WAY to move forward because holding onto a European mind in an African body is not working for us.
    The African identity is not what the West presents (and many African channels on youtube such as Wode Maya shows that)
    To free their minds from that a person has to go extremly deep and it will be worth it. It means freedom from an identity forced ona people that elevates a eurocentric ideal and values that is not our nature.
    Discussion for another day because I do not want to go off topic and I am not around people that are African centered such as I and refram from speaking about it because people become triggered and say the most outrageous things about Africa it makes my head spin.

  15. William Skinner Avatar
    William Skinner

    @ WURA
    “William…these are playing around with each other’s lives and now they have torture of children….i don’t even want to think about what women are going through.”
    This is always the problem with our country. Here we have two children, supposedly in the care of institutions that are supposed to
    rehabilitate them. Both end up tortured. Imagine sending your child to the Nature Fun Ranch and he or she ends up being tortured ; burnt, and that is to left just so because two people went in court and admitted to the horrific crime. Why should the principals of that facility not be questioned via an investigation in order to discover if more children are or were in danger or could be in danger This is a serious matter but just because certain people are involved they think that a court case can suffice.
    So I guess that if somebody comes forward and admit that they put the child in a cell stark naked at GIS; they can go court; get a fine and everything goes back to normal.
    Both the GIS and the Nature Fun Ranch are in the same damn boat.

  16. Tron Avatar
    Tron

    @NorthernObserver March 22, 2021 11:43 PM

    Which contribution are you referring to? You are confusing me with the notorious opposition, i.e. PLT or the outspoken senator.

    To accuse me, the most fair and balanced of the neutral commenters on BU of such a thing borders on the most serious character assassination! Have I not always been totally neutral? Even Enuff and Lorenzo sometimes doubt our Supreme Leader, while I remain neutral to her under all circumstances in the greatest need, like the heroes in the old sagas. Did I not call for wage cuts for all, and specifically excluded our Honourable Ministers? I mean, you really can’t be more fair and balanced than that. Nobody can exercise more Nibelung loyalty. Not even the 6th army in Stalingrad or the American soldiers on Bataan Death March.

    There is no question of any member of the government resigning at all. We need all hands on deck during the pandemic, and first and foremost our Supreme Leader, the Most Honourable Prime Minister.

    Northern, you must correct your accusation against me immediately!

  17. 555dubstreet Avatar
    555dubstreet

    How To Heal Your Trauma of Personal, Intergenerational and Collective

  18. David Avatar
    David

    Highlighting the issue of juvenile justice
    This is Part 1 of a three-part series looking at juvenile justice and the rights of the child.
    By Faith Marshall-Harris
    Mounting public concern has been expressed, and rightfully so, about conditions and circumstances of juveniles detained at Government Industrial Schools (GIS), also known as reform schools.
    These concerns are by no means new. What is new is its widespread nature, which has been intensely sharpened by alleged proof provided by social media and the multiplicity of voices raised. The problem is that these schools are still governed by laws dating back to the 1930s.
    As long ago as when I was a magistrate in the Juvenile Court, there has been outrage at how these wards of GIS were treated. Many of us protested, recommended reform, sent letters and latterly emails – my last email was sent in December 2020 to the line ministry, but obviously concerns with COVID-19 and its invasion into the prison seemed to have upended the investigation requested.
    It was pointed out then that since 2015, reports of abuse at Barrows prompted calls for an investigation. It seems that this only led to the victimisation of the perceived whistleblowers and so the matter was laid to rest with no improvement of the conditions there.
    Volunteered at GIS
    Long before that, others have been agitating. Indeed, I was privileged to speak with a wonderful lady, 88 years old, a veteran social anthropologist and social worker who, when not travelling the world, volunteered at GIS.
    She was also able to testify to the abuse she saw there, such as brutal beatings, the verbal and psychological abuse and neglect of the girls at the then Summervale. This was in the 1980s. So, too, did a few other visitors, whose charities focused on helping the girls.
    They, too, spoke of similar abuse and these allegations ranged from the 1990s to the present day.
    There has been ample corroboration. Even though some details can be disputed, there are too many stories which are identical from volunteers, former wards and officers who have worked with the institutions. This has now been elevated to members of the board, so it is time that the investigation and reform begin.
    As fate would have it, major reform of the legislation and of the structure of the schools themselves, which had been delayed by the recent COVID-19 spike, has been discussed and plans put in place just before this recent outcry. They say God moves in a mysterious way.
    Deprivation of the liberty of a minor, that is, putting him/her in an institution such as a reform school (Government Industrial School) is governed by certain international standards and rules, to which we have voluntarily subscribed since the 1990s as part of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). These are the UN Standard Minimum Rules for the Administration of Juvenile Justice (the Beijing Rules); the UN Rules for the Protection of Juveniles Deprived of their Liberty (Havana Rules) and the UN Guidelines for the Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency (the Riyadh Guidelines).
    These should be read in conjunction with General Comment No. 24 (2019) on Children’s Rights in the Child Justice System. The latter, the most recent, was developed and issued by the UN CRC, the treaty body of experts of which I am a member. They all, without exception, state that children should only be deprived of their liberty as measures of last resort when all else fails, and for the shortest possible time.
    The best interest of the young person deprived of liberty should be of paramount importance at all times.
    Documented evidence
    Because it is recognised that children differ from adults in their physical and psychological development, a separate and differentiated system has been developed in treating those who come into conflict with the justice system.
    The Principles of Child Justice enshrined in the CRC, which we have voluntarily ratified since 1990, require that every child accused of having infringed criminal law should always be treated in a manner consistent with the promotion of a child’s sense of dignity and self-worth.
    “Documented evidence in the fields of child development and neuroscience indicates that the maturity and the capacity of abstract reasoning is still evolving in children due to the fact that their frontal cortex is still developing.”
    (General Comment 24 of 2019).
    The guidelines and rules all provide that no child should be placed in solitary confinement; that any development in respect of the child, such as transfer from a facility because of health challenges, the child’s parents, guardians or significant adults in the child’s life must be informed prior to the removal and should be made aware at all times where the child is placed and why.
    Right to legal counsel
    These rules and guidelines also include, inter alia, such matters as the right to legal counsel, to continued education and training, to recreational opportunities and to medical attention. It is also stipulated that a minor should not be subjected to harsh or degrading correction or punishment in any institution.
    It is unanimously recommended that instead of incarceration, other measures should be employed, such as probation, supervision and care orders, placement with a relative or fit adult and restorative justice. Where deprivation of liberty is justified, as a last resort, we are urged to ensure that it is applied to older children only and is strictly time limited and subject to regular review.
    Faith Marshall-Harris is UNICEF’s Barbados champion for children.

    Source: Nation

  19. David Avatar
    David

    Laws lagging behind rest of world’s
    This is Part 2 of a three-part series, which began in yesterday’s
    SUNDAY SUN, looking at juvenile justice and the rights of the child.
    by FAITH MARSHALL-HARRIS
    AN IMPORTANT ASPECT of the guidelines and rules is the decriminalisation of “status offences”, such as wandering. Status offences are criminal offences which are only committed if you are a child. No adult is criminalised for leaving home in circumstances where no person knows their whereabouts. If this goes on long enough they are deemed a missing person. This is not so for children. Instead, they are considered to have committed the offence of “wandering”.
    Most of us who advocate for children have been preaching to officials for many years that children who are wandering are more often than not running away from some issue at home, more particularly abuse, sexual abuse.
    Girls have the highest statistics for wandering and with good reason. They are often fleeing unwanted attentions of male adult relatives or friends of the family and quite often they are not believed when they report it. Some, having been sexually abused, seek similar gratification elsewhere, outside the home, and become promiscuous. Still others get involved in the sex for drugs trade as instigated by others and many are trafficked. Yet these victims are the only ones criminalised.
    The majority of these girls are seeking care, love and attention, mainly in all the wrong places, and could be placed with a relative or other fit persons (example, godmother) and given supervision orders. Instead they are very often re-abused and re-victimised by the justice system. This has become a stain on our national character.
    Former judicial officers were aware that our legislation lagged behind the rest of the world, rooted as it was in the 1930s, but sought to apply modern remedies, although not legislated. They used judicial discretion, which is provided for, in relation to status offences such as wandering to ensure that no juvenile was deprived of their liberty for such a charge and certainly not for first offence. Why are we seemingly reverting to draconian measures although we are well aware that reform of the child justice legislation and child protection is imminent?
    We should be taking note of “recent scientific findings in the area of development and neuroscience which indicate that adolescent brains continue to mature in teenage years affecting certain kinds of decision making and continue into the early twenties”. (General Comment 24). Adolescents get into inevitable conflict with adults at home and feel more comfortable away from home. We now understand that because of their evolving maturity and developing hormonal activity, they feel the need to establish their autonomy and seek freedom from restrictions. They test the boundaries.
    On the other hand, we also know that the frontal lobe is not yet fully developed and this can lead to disastrous choices and consequences. They therefore need protection not punishment.
    Depriving children of their liberty in circumstances where the conduct disorder is as a result of developmental delays, disabilities or ADHD, is particularly reprehensible and to inflict such severe punishment as solitary confinement borders on cruel and inhuman punishment. It is recommended that such children should not be in the Justice system at all.
    Looking at the present allegations regarding minors at Government Industrial School (Barrows) in particular I would first wish to allude to the issue of whether privacy rights are being violated. I would suggest that this may be a moot point in that I am not aware that the identity of the minors has been revealed, to whom they are related, where they previously lived or indeed anything about them other than allegations have been made as to their treatment there, allegations which should be taken seriously and investigated.
    But even if privacy rights were violated, their right to have their best interest upheld has to be the primary concern. If they are abused, then it is in their best interest that this be abated at the earliest opportunity. It is a matter of balancing rights. Most young persons who are of an age and maturity to speak for themselves often admit that they prefer to have wrongs done to them fully ventilated in exchange for privacy rights where matters are kept quiet and violations continue unchecked. I suspect most of us would opt for that too.
    In any event the rules also provide that officers who become aware of abuse in the facility have a duty to report it to higher authority. I would suggest that in this digital age this may mean electronically since they were not believed in the past.
    Faith Marshall-Harris is UNICEF’s Barbados champion for children. The final part will be published in tomorrow’s DAILY NATION.

    Source: Nation

  20. David Avatar
    David

    The time for reform is now
    This is the third and final part of a series looking at juvenile justice and the rights of the child.
    by FAITH MARSHALL-HARRIS THERE NEEDS TO BE an urgent review of operations at the Government Industrial School (GIS) and new protocols put in place based on the minimum standards and guidelines.
    We have been promised that this will take place shortly and this is provided for: “The objectives of social integration should be secured by regular inspections and other means of control, carried out according to international standards, national laws and regulations by a duly constituted body authorised to visit the juveniles and not belonging to the detention facility.” (Section 14, Havana Rules). “Independent and qualified inspectors should be empowered to conduct inspections on a regular basis and to undertake unannounced (my emphasis) visits on their own initiative and they should place special emphasis on holding conversations with children in the facilities in a confidential setting.” (General Comments 24).
    When inspection and review take place, and in order to ensure full compliance, it is vital that certain pertinent issues are raised. Those listed are by no means exhaustive and in no particular order of priority.
    1. Every minor held in detention should be held in “conditions and circumstances which ensure respect for the human rights of juveniles”. (Section 12, Havana Rules). Juveniles deprived of their liberty have the right to facilities and services that meet all the requirements of health and human dignity. Bearing these principles in mind, there must be continuous oversight, evaluation and measures instituted for follow-up.
    Professional qualifications
    2. The Rules and Guiding Principles emphasise training and the requisite professional qualifications for the officers who operate the facility. These must be constantly reviewed.
    3. Every juvenile should, in accordance with local and national standards, be provided with separate and sufficient bedding, which should be clean when issued, kept in good order and changed often enough to ensure cleanliness.
    4. Disciplinary measures which deprive children of their basic rights, such as visits from family, legal representatives, food, water, clothing, bedding, education, exercise or meaningful daily contact with others violate the rules and guidelines.
    5. A child should never be placed in solitary confinement, and if he/she has to be held separately from others for reasons of safety, that child should remain at all times in the presence or under the supervision of a suitably qualified staff member and a full report for so doing should be submitted to the authorities without delay.
    6. Officers must be made aware that disciplinary measures must be “consistent with upholding the dignity of the child”… and that “disciplinary measures in violation of Article 37 of the Convention On The Rights Of The Child are strictly forbidden, including corporal punishment, placement in a dark cell, solitary confinement or any other punishment that may compromise the physical or mental health or well-being of the child”.
    Corporal punishment
    7. Juveniles should not be subjected to corporal punishment while in detention. This is in line with Article 7 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the Declaration on the Protection of All Persons from Being Subjected to Torture and Other Cruel and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.
    8. The archaic practice (as alleged) of placing newly committed wards in isolation to sleep on cement floors with water thrown on them is cruel and inhumane and must be immediately eliminated as it is in contravention of our treaty obligations.
    9. There should be zero tolerance for fights among wards and any resulting injuries must be immediately attended to. No illness of a ward, no matter how minor, should be ignored.
    10. The rules require that the parents or guardians should be informed when a minor is to be removed from the facility and taken elsewhere – for example, to the Psychiatric Hospital – and the reasons for doing so. They should be informed before the minor is removed. The minor’s family should be made aware at all times of the minor’s whereabouts and of any significant developments with regards to the minor. For this purpose, accurate and up-to-date records must be kept for all wards.
    11. Solitary confinement should not be used as punishment because of mental challenges presenting as suicide risk. If a minor appears to be a suicide risk and that risk is deemed so grave as to necessitate removal of decent clothing and bedding while in solitary confinement, the relevant assessment must be made by competent psychiatric authority and the minor transferred to a psychiatric facility (e.g.,The Thrive Unit), where their mental health may be more competently managed.
    12. A juvenile deprived of liberty has the right to make complaints without censorship to the competent authority. There should be ease of access for the purpose and minors should not be punished for seeking to have perceived wrongs addressed.
    13. Juveniles in the justice system have a right to legal representation and there should be full cooperation with these representatives to ensure the juveniles’ rights are upheld. While the state is parens patriae (parent of the country), the state must cede and work with parents, guardians and legal representatives who wish to be involved and to assume responsibility, provided this is in the best interest of the child.
    14. There must be an accurate record made of donations from the multiple benefactors of food, clothing and devices and these must be fairly distributed to all children and should not be hoarded and used as rewards for so-called good behaviour. This must also apply to the state’s provision of food and medicines. There should be no substandard diet or punishment rations such as biscuits and water which could lead to malnutrition. All wards should be given a wholesome, appetising and nutritious diet.
    15. All wards should be afforded access to the highest level of education attainable. All wards should be taught arts, crafts, skills to assist them to transition to adulthood so that they can reintegrate seamlessly into the wider community. Certification should not bear the name of the institution in order to avoid stigmatisation and discrimination.
    The rules and guidelines are convenient standards of reference and should be incorporated into national legislation or domestic law. We have not done so over the past decades but it is now being worked on. As I understand it, child justice legislation was completed between 2018 and 2019 but is not yet before Parliament as it awaits companion legislation governing child protection. Reform has been slow in coming and several children have suffered, taking indelible scars into adulthood.
    Sadly, in Barbados we have been failing the test for juvenile justice by a long way, and in this particular we are definitely not punching above our weight. Reform has become very pressing and urgent. The time to turn the tide is now.
    Faith Marshall-Harris is UNICEF’s Barbados champion for children.

    Source: Nation

  21. WURA-War-on-U Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U

    “by FAITH MARSHALL-HARRIS THERE NEEDS TO BE an urgent review of operations at the Government Industrial School (GIS) and new protocols put in place based on the minimum standards and guidelines.”

    so what were all of them doing all the time and why only now address the archaic laws that is causing all of this, ….as a former magistrate and a UNICEF member she should have the influence to make the AG remove the laws….writing articles is fine…if they produce results…

    “So I guess that if somebody comes forward and admit that they put the child in a cell stark naked at GIS; they can go court; get a fine and everything goes back to normal.
    Both the GIS and the Nature Fun Ranch are in the same damn boat.”

    it exposes the LOW VALUE…from the parliament to the man in the sreet, puts on Black lives….the social reduction of the population that took place over time is manifesting..

    PLT chose a hell of a day to go after abrams to resign, the same day Mia was addressing African ministers of finance..it was the right time to let everyone on the continent know what goes on in slave society Barbados anyway..

    “Imagine what sicker plan they will try to pass off as normal and try to cover up to try to keep this dead system alive.”

    that’s it right there, they already have some evil plan in place, the reason why they are hiding information about Africa from the people…

    “who knows what they are using to keep the people in chains spiritually.”

    they got them good, they have to be released from this black government bondage, it’s not off topic, it’s all tied in.

    “The reafrikanising of us as a people is THE ONLY WAY to move forward because holding onto a European mind in an African body is not working for us.”

    that is what they don’t want, as i told PLT it goes so much deeper, Black lives were destroyed on that slave island for being too black, for recognizing and accepting their Africanness…the whole idea was to KILL the AFRICAN IDENTITY in as many people as possible, that’s why the young are targeted with such brutality…this time the black faces are doing it to benefit themselves…..and now got the nerve to be pretending for Africa…they better get it out of their heads, if they believe they are using Africa as any trading post for their known crimes against African people.

    they will learn that our ancestors went nowhere.

  22. TheOGazerts Avatar
    TheOGazerts

    Three very good articles.
    When were they written.

  23. WURA-War-on-U Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U

    PLT…they are going to take this personal, because things were already being stirred up under them to the nth degree…..you turned it up a few more notches.

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

    Theo…if you tell some people on the island that this is playing out, they will tell you that you are a liar..

    I can’t even laugh the way it worked out yesterday…totally stunned though to see nothing was preplanned.

    can’t make any of this up.

    but if Mia don’t do right by Africans in Barbados, she will pay a very heavy price.

    she never mentioned she was addressing African finance ministers yesterday, always doing things in stealth and outside the knowledge of the BLACK POPULATION THEY HAVE TO BEG FOR VOTES…

    let’s see if she still keeps the Sixth Region information from the people.

    can’t blame me for any of this..

  25. David Avatar
    David

    To focus on the matter at hand. Faith Marshall-Harris since leaving the bench has been a fierce advocate for children. In fact one can say she has been a lone and authoritative voice. It is good (used advisedly) the GIS matter is the straw that broke the camel’s back. The blogmaster is reasonably confident we will see rapid change as it relates to child protection and related matters. Social advocates should be encouraged that change is possible even if it comes at a price.

  26. WURA-War-on-U Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U

    All fine and dandy…but why can;t ANY OF THEM HAVE THE OFFENDING LAWS REMOVED..

    it’s okay to rattle off accolades…but what is actually being done to TRANSFORM the island away from a slave society sans slave codes and slave laws still on the books….what price could removing human rights violating laws cause?

    they shouldn’t even be there in the 21st CENTURY.

    i repeated for YEARS…that a dude found slavery laws still existed in a southern state in 2013 and WITHIN MONTHS after the exposure THOSE LAWS WERE GONE, and the legislation finally upgraded….they were supposed to be ratified 150 years ago and some clown “forgot”

    changing procedures and practices is NOT ABOLISHING VIOLATING LAWS….that’s just tweaking it so it can still be reused…but the laws remain untouched…

    no one need to spoon feed a bunch of people who are LAWYERS….it’s tiring, insulting and disrespectful to the population who pay their salaries.

  27. 555dubstreet Avatar
    555dubstreet

    As I was harping on about yesterday, I think Barbados dwells in the grey area between old slave laws and abusive behaviour and practises that are from the legacy of slave culture, where people disrespect those they consider lower such as workers, children in care or custody, poorer, lower class etc and is a unhealthy mindset issue that needs to be addressed from the top down in every aspect of life.

  28. WURA-War-on-U Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U

    555…the problems go so much deeper…

    check the video on the other blog, which prompted my below comment…Mia is openly deceiving the AU…..no wonder the conference was a secret…it’s a good thing information now travels at the speed of light these days…i would not want any of them representing me in my Motherland…i could give a shit about their financial problem…they brought it on themselves…tief not, want not….the more important thing right now is having them remove the slave laws and slave codes and free the population from generational bondage…that they all keep in place…..

    Yall need to watch Mia very closely…she enables and condones minority rule, racism, apartheid and oppression against Africans in Barbados and trying to deceive the AU otherwise…..like it has not been that way for 54 years…
    and refuse to address any of it, how deceitful is that.

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

    So yall see how damn dangerous these people are…and have no plans to change.

  30. 555dubstreet Avatar
    555dubstreet

    War on UUU
    Although I agree with you in principle I think you ratchet up the rhetoric a couple of notches too high.
    Mia may be trying to build bridges and links with Africa to ratify trade deals before announcing them and may be working on the same Afrocentric plan pragmatically before making formal announcements of official policies that are agreed and is working on the collective interests of all Bajans.

  31. David Avatar
    David

    @Kiki

    That is not the reason. A strategic alliance with AU means the Caribbean can leverage scale.

  32. 555dubstreet Avatar
    555dubstreet

    A back to Africa movement for all who wish to go and an integrated Caribbean and African Union could be the long term plan

  33. William Skinner Avatar
    William Skinner

    @ WURA
    Mottley has successfully convinced the country that she knows nothing about the ills of the society; that all this is new to her and they have bought it lock stock and barrel. Mottley is one of the architects of all the socio economic ills that confront the country and has been confronting the country. She is just pretending that she is solving problems , which were created and encouraged by the political class of which she and her ilk have been an integral part. In other words , she is as much a problem as all that is wrong with the country. In her case its both generational and political. She has been a member of the BLPDLP political Mafia from birth. She has even publicly reference Errol Barrow as her “real” grandfather. Her credentials within the establishment are impeccable.

  34. Miller Avatar
    Miller

    @ 555dubstreet March 23, 2021 8:28 AM
    “A back to Africa movement for all who wish to go and an integrated Caribbean and African Union could be the long term plan..”
    +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

    You have just hit the head of the nail to that pesky Bajan green monkey solution.

    There will always be very little trade or integration between the Caribbean and Africa until there are direct communication and travel links between the Caribbean and countries on the western side of the African continent as there were during the ‘good ole active days of the slave trade.

  35. David Avatar
    David

    @Miller

    You are off base, this is geopolitics. How SIDs can flex in a space with giants.

  36. Miller Avatar
    Miller

    @ David March 23, 2021 8:49 AM

    “Geopolitics”??

    And Barbados is playing alone hoping to punch above its weight ? Why not Caricom?

  37. David Avatar
    David

    @Miller

    Mia is the Chair of the World Bank Committee , she is representing SIDs/developing states. Stop locating all your comments local.

  38. WURA-War-on-U Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U

    “Although I agree with you in principle I think you ratchet up the rhetoric a couple of notches too high.”

    can’t blame me for that…Mia started and i quote…”we SURVIVED minority rule…blah blah blah” she started WRONG..

    in addition, don’t care who she is trying to integrate with, Black/Africans in Barbados don’t need her or any sellouts to RECONNECT THEM TO AFRICA…they can easily go through the SIXTH REGION DIRECTLY….i posted the info to the blog………don’t need Mia for a thing, all the information is OUT THERE…all Black people have to do is reach out…..and CONNECT IMMEDIATELY….and i already know those who have, there is already a FORMED GOVERNMENT…..under the umbrella of the AU…

    she can take her pretend self and deal with the mess they all created on their own…….not my monkeys, not my circus.

  39. WURA-War-on-U Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U

    “Mottley has successfully convinced the country that she knows nothing about the ills of the society; that all this is new to her.”

    thinks she’s being slick…they would LIE TO THE PUBLIC and have them believe they need them to go to Africa…NO THEY DON’T….thousands of diasporans already moved to the continent just in the last 2 years…no Caribbean or other government needed…..she is trying to AVOID addressing minority rule, RACISM, apartheid, oppression and suppression of the Black majority…that they are the ones KEEPING IN PLACE….they definitely didn’t want anyone finding out about the slave laws and slave codes….she chose a bad day to address the African finance ministers, when it was all being exposed.

  40. WURA-War-on-U Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U

    Mia BYPASS the Sixth Region instead of working with them…..and that is the bottom line..

    if yall had read the information i posted, it’s plain as day, and as long as she is doing that…..it’s not to benefit the Black population.

  41. 555dubstreet Avatar
    555dubstreet

    Barbados has less to offer and more to gain from links with Africa. Best way to do this is become part of the family,
    Not sure how far they will get flexing strength geopolitically as Africa does not need it. Individuals are linking up already but not nations.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKZsWZbPiyg

  42. WURA-War-on-U Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U

    Time for Mia to RECOGNIZE the Sixth Region government…they are the ones with ALL THE TOOLS necessary for the African populations in Barbados and the Caribbean/across the diaspora to make an easier transition…..

    555..none of that stops her from doing what she has planned, but the needs of the Black population has to come first as it relates to reconnecting to THEIR ANCESTRAL LANDS….the people are already settled in the west so no one need to reinvent the wheel…the issue is about the continent..and African descendants….don’t care about anything else the people will make their own decisions on how they want to proceed re economic wealth….etc

  43. Miller Avatar
    Miller

    @ David March 23, 2021 9:20 AM

    So what’s new about Barbados (not Mia) playing a role on the World stage?

    Didn’t Arthur play similar roles?
    Who was the PM when the late Koffi Anan described Barbados as “punching above its weight” even though Barbados had dropped from being the No.1 developing country in 1994 to somewhere at the late 40’s on the rung of the UN Human Development Index at the time of Anan’s visit?

    What about the Minister Doc. Lowe under the previous administration who had a leading hand in ‘fashioning’ SIDs policies even going back to when Sir E.L. Sandiford played the role MAM is now playing?

  44. David Avatar
    David

    @Miller

    You are being a little pedantic. Let us try to offer constructive criticism if we must.

  45. WURA-War-on-U Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U

    This is not the time to play games with BLACK LIVES…

    “Paris, March 21, 2021

    Press Release

    On the occasion of March 21, SOAD launches the Caucus of Pan-African Lawyers

    On the occasion of March 21, the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, the State of the African Diaspora launches the Caucus of Pan-African Lawyers. After the Caucus of Pan-African Political Leaders, created in February, this new tool is launched in March to better defend Africans on the Continent and in the Diaspora.

    The Minister of Justice of the State of the African Diaspora, Mr Joaquim Batista Xavier Filho, stated : « March 21, is a very special date, and all leaders, opinion makers, lawyers and other people who fight against Racial Discrimination in all parts of the world, need to reflect and act quickly in an organized, structured and strategic way against this true absurdity of racial discrimination ».”

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

    Millert..check out the above…AND THERE IS MORE..

  47. WURA-War-on-U Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U

    we don’t even need the halfassed lawyers in Barbados anymore….they would never defend us against racism, minority rule, oppression and thefts of estates from the elderly and their beneficiaries anyway…

  48. 555dubstreet Avatar
    555dubstreet

    Mia could off / offer a network of the brotherhood of retired Barbados Scholars to Afrika

    Louie Vega @ dragon-i (Continuous DJ Mix)

    but seriously
    Some people with money are going to Africa, others are selling up to do so.
    Children should be sent on exchange trips for an education in the culture and peoples.
    Adults could work there for periods same way.
    Many would like to return to their spiritual home but do not reach.
    There are tales of rastas who have gone and got stranded and have lost family to help get back.
    Safety and security needs to be established for migration.

  49. WURA-War-on-U Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U

    PLT…this is your Q.

  50. WURA-War-on-U Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U

    555…these people are way ahead of you…..this is not helter skelter….this is AN ORGANIZED DISAPORA GOVERNMENT…

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