From time to time the blogmaster retrieves the various manifestos shared over the years by the two main political parties in Barbados and it makes for interesting reflection. It is obvious the objective by the BLP and DLP is to baffle a gullible electorate. Have a read if you are a doubting Thomas – http://www.caribbeanelections.com/eDocs/manifestos/bb/blp_manifesto_2018.pdf.
The blogmaster was drawn page 30 of the BLP manifesto titled Rebuilding the Economy, Financing National transformation. Notwithstanding the country had to battle the Covid 19 pandemic for the last 3 years there is a view that with an unprecedented large Cabinet the government should have made more progress implementing several of the promises made in the 2018 manifesto.
Last week the government received a donation of personal equipment supplies and Minister of Health (former chairman of the controversial NIS) took the opportunity to remind Barbadians so far, fighting the pandemic has costed government about 100 million dollars. The ministry of health should be congratulated for being transparent and efficient to share the cost with the public. We will wait to have the number validated by the Auditor General.
While congratulating the Minister of Health for being able to share the cost to fight the pandemic so far – why should we be congratulating for this anyway – the public has seen roadblocks to ascertain the cost of the Barbados Digital ID Project. It is ironic that Minister of Industry, Innovation, Science and Technology Davidson Ishmael has been unable to share projected and or actual cost given the type of ministry he is responsible. It is too much of a big pill for the public to swallow he has no idea the cost of the project. He was quoted in the press as saying – “I am going to provide the public with the costs related to this project very soon. The thing is, we have the information relative to the cost [but] that information is spread across many financial years, many different components, many different agencies, departments and ministries”.
The blogmaster understands the ID project has had several iterations across financial years straddling BOTH administrations. Is Minister Ishmael saying that at minimum he is unable to share cost incurred under his BLP government with the caveat information will come at a later date regarding prior years expense? It is the height of arrogance by the minister and flies in the face of this government’s pledge to be transparent. Is this another case of public servants messing up the bookkeeping by being complicit with politicians in the award of contracts to private sector players?
In today’s Nation the editor in chief Carol Martindale calls out government ministers for not returning calls to journalists pursuing information in the public’s interest. Again a read of the 2018 BLP Manifesto promised a government committed to being transparent. In reality, it is about making promises to win votes from a gullible public, or shall we say damn lies. Is the proclamation of Integrity and Freedom of Information legislation still a promise?
We have a Ministry of Health quick to toss around a 100 million dollar price tag for propaganda purposes, BUT, in a another ministry there is a veil of confusion about how tax payers dollars have been allocated to the Barbados ID project. Why do we have annual Estimates debates and Appropriations Bills? Surely Minister Ismael can tell the public he serves monies allocated to the project under his term? Is this a case for the Auditor General to unravel in a special audit? This maybe the case based on what the blogmaster was been made aware. If only public servants would do the damn job and stop politicians from interfering ways.
Source: Nation
Who to blame, politicians or public servants for the delay.
Source: Nation
Ms Martindale need fear not that the NIS fund will be depleted before she reaches that magical age of collection as she may not make it pass the tape , and here is why. W
The government of Barbados, after intense collaboration with the ministry of health, has devised a three point action plan that provides the National Insurance Service with a solution to alleviate its challenge with the future viability of the Fund.
They are:
Covid protocols at all ports of entry will no longer be necessary.
The wearing of masks will no longer be required.
The “Three feet” social distancing is now deemed necessary.
The challenge the NIS faces is that projections indicate the numbers entering the workforce will be unable to guarantee sustainability of the Fund into the future due to a low birth rate. Compounding this is the fact that older people are now living longer. This has resulted in a drain on the fund as some are collecting more than they subscribed.
The above adjustments to the protocols should prove beneficial to the Fund as statistics point to the fact that older people are more susceptible to demise by Covid than younger Barbadians.
Not only DLP and BLP politicians think people are gullible.
“ If only public servants would do the damn job and stop politicians from interfering ways.”( @ David).
The minister refuses to inform the public as to the cost of the new ID cards as he promised.
Conclusion:
The public servants are complicit and must now stop politicians from “interfering ways”
Only the gullible would believe such nonsense.
It will go like this on VOB Brasstacks.
Hello David ( Ellis) can you hear me ?
Ellis: Yes I can hear you
Civil Servant: I am calling from the ministry responsible for the ID cards. I just call to let you know the cost of the cards is $xxxxxxxx. I know the minister had promised to tell the public but since he ain’t do it, I decided to call and let you know.
Ellis : Now that I have you on the line, can you tell the public why Bajans are so gullible.
Civil Servant: I really can’t answer that
Ellis : Well thanks for calling
Civil Servant: No problem David
Ellis: There you have it , the new ID cards cost $xxxxxxxx. Next caller……
Peace.
@William
Your blinkers will NEVER permit you to understand the PS approves money spend in his unit.
Is the Chief Electoral Officer a politician? Why did the Chief Electoral Officer under the former administration skim money from other budget heads to support a national id project that has since not proven fit for purpose and had to be dump? Who are the principals behind the private sector company contracted then and how much of tax dollars were they paid by the Chief Electoral Department.
Keep wearing your blinkers, luckily some of us don’t have used for them.
David,
Whose job is it to communicate these things to the public? Is it the job of the civil servant?
I do not understand that statement. If you want courageous whistleblowers that is different from wanted civil servants to do their job.
I am confused.
Don’t be confused, it is the public servant’s job to do their damn jobs and tell the politicians stay in their lanes. The problem is that the line between public sector and the executive has become blurred because of a lack of professionalism in the service.
#clearwaterbay
By the way, have we got whistleblower’s protection legislation yet?
David
From whence comes your knowledge of the Civil Service?
From everywhere Donna.
Some of you believe a critique of the public service means they aren’t hardworking public servants. The two shouldn’t be conflated.
Hopefully, the public gets more than a number tossed into the wind. The number of IDs issued and the average cost would help clear the air.
The minister would also earn big points, if he was able to show that the costs were similar to those incurred by others in the ‘same’ situation.
Who votes the estimates? The estimates are prepared by the Civil Service but must meet the approval of the political directorate. They must be in keeping with the policies and priorities of the ELECTED MEMBERS OF GOVERNMENT.
The Civil Service facilitates or carries out the policies of the political directorate.
There should be a line between creating policy and the daily processes and yes, especially in the case of chairpersons and boards of SOEs, the lines have been blurred but I am not sure how this relates to your point about who should be communicating with the public the cost of the ID programme.
Still confused!
Re. Ms Martindale’s statement : “Let me hasten to say that not all ministers of Government or public officials operate in this way, but those who do, need to change their modus operandi.”
From her comments, it appears some in the Media are trying to get questions answered but Ministers are not revealing any information unless its a photo-op show for the public!
If a journalist request information from a Minister and not receive a reply or answer, PUBLISH details of of the effort….eg:
“On Monday, dd/mm/yy, I requested information on the XYZ matter from Minister John Doe. To date the Minister has not acknowledged or replied to my requests!!!”.
The public will now know that, the journalist, is performing his/her job but not the Minister. Transparency on both sides is required!!!
@ks
The media house will be reluctant to call out ministers because in the scheme of things the government is a big ad/placement spender with media houses.
Hi David et al,
For those interested, I pulled all of the Manifestos I could find from the Caribbean Elections website and have uploaded them to opendatabarbados.org.
Persons can also find the Estimates, Annual Reports from the Auditor General (and other agencies), and more (e.g., basket of goods prices from 2020 from the DCCA). This new project seeks to build a mini open data portal of various GoB and non-GoB (fuel price sheet from my own collection spanning 2015 to 2022), information on Barbados.
Kind regards,
Amit Uttamchandani
https://opendatabarbados.org
@Amit
Thanks.
Unfortunately too many are not taking the time to informed their views about the workings of government and related matters. It took the prime minister to call the people to arms on the NIS matter, the same class of people mainly responsible for its mismanagement.
Since the 2013 NIS Actuarial Review it was gleaned by many this day would come.
“Some of you” does not include me. Every organisation and every person will have something about them that can be credibly criticised. The Civil Service is no different.
I am asking specifically about your point wrt communicating with the public the cost of the ID programme. Are Permanent Secretaries responsible for communicating with the public?
You are not going to deter me with the “some of you” bullshit. You are not going to deter me with the “emotional” label.
Once I believe something, I always argue passionately but I never let emotion get in the way of logic. Why? Because it makes no sense if one really wants to get to the truth of any situation.
And I have no agenda other than the truth. SO… if someone can present convincing alternatives, I am always willing to consider and adjust as necessary.
So…. I await your logical presentation!
“ I wasn’t present for a a recent meeting Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley had with media bosses to discuss the NIS issue , but I was told that as part of the discussion, she implored them to call her ministers on various topics and ask the necessary questions. I thought this was interesting because , as I have heard it before.”
Carol Martindale( Nation newspaper 8/30/22.
The Prime Minister did not tell them to call the Civil Servants.
Brasstacks :
Hello , Walter ( Blackman) can you hear me ?
Caller: Walter , I am a civil servant. I just call to tell the public they can call me when they have questions because the ministers are not returning calls from the press. And I just doing it because they ain’t listening to the Prime Minister, who tell the press to call them on topics.
Walter:So, you are saying that instead of the press calling the ministers , they should call you
Civil Servant: Yes
Walter : Well thank you and you can give your number to the producer.
Civil Servant : ok
Walter: There you have it members of the press, you can get that number from the producer and call that civil servant
Walter: We have another caller on the line……….
@David
I guess that is how ‘transparency’ works in Barbados??
@ks
As they say, it is not a perfect world. There is a balance we will have to always fight to protect the interest of the 90%.
Mindfulness #shorts
Politicians put in most of their effort in being elected and reelected during campaign periods.
The “promises” are plans and not daily reality when they go out into the world and encounter real life situations interact with other people and things go wrong against the plan initially had, how do they react then to all of this, what space are they reacting, is their practice so integrated into their life that they can respond from a place of awareness, peace, love and unconditional kindness or are they just reacting to it and all of a sudden they forgot what their whole practice did to become elected.
Therefore it may better to monitor what they do daily.
There was a much talk about Senate formation at start of the year, but they have gone quiet and seem to be lounging.
Agree with much of this comment Kiki. And it is a universal approach. We must keep up the people advocacy to ensure our concerns are always on the radar.
Expanding: Not only is the government a big spender but some politicians wield power like a club and use it against those who they see as opposition.
The comments on Minister/Civil Servants/PS are interesting. However, they should be reality based. Rules and processes may be there but we know who is the King. Subjects not known for courage obey and follow their king.
The political directorate is long because the public service has not been robustly defending its territory. This is the reality, allowing a faulty culture to subsume what should be. People in roles must manage.
I’m not sure what journalists and other people are concerned about, whenever there is anything of consequence on the horizon or on their doorstep the PM calls a Press Conference and lets them know how the Gov’t is going to handle it; this has been how it has worked over the past four years; they should be acclimatised to it by now.
@Sargeant
Do you forget before no press briefings were called at all?
“Whose job is it to communicate these things to the public? Is it the job of the civil servant?”
under their contract….civil servants can be FIRED for communicating anything to the public NOT APPROVED by the fools in the parliament…so if they tell them to LIE….that is what the public will get, if they want to keep their jobs…
there is a secrets act in the civil service..
all the blame for the LIES, sleight of hand, misinformation….and outright misdirection comes from the parliament…don’t let anyone tell you otherwise…
“but some politicians wield power like a club and use it against those who they see as opposition.”
imagine what they do to those who FALL UNDER their direct control and under the TREASON ACT…
“he media house will be reluctant to call out ministers because in the scheme of things the government is a big ad/placement spender with media houses.”
then they ARE NOT MEDIA HOUSES….they are MISLEADING VEHICLES FOR CORRUPT GOVERNMENTS…
I don’t know why wunna surprise I long see em is “6 of 1 or half dozen of de other “
I read this piece again and I am.even more confused?
Its title refers to politicians’ lying ways. It speaks to manifesto promises not kept. It speaks to lack of transparency by ministers. Then it ends with frustrations directed at civil servants for not stopping politicians from doing interfering.
What is the point of this piece?.
And that is fine Donna. The blogmaster’s target audience will get the meaning being conveyed in this blog.
David,
Who is the target audience? The top civil servants?
So you are telling the top civil servants to push back and defend their territory.
Fair enough. You could have put it better.
@Donna
The target will understand just fine.
https://videopress.com/v/oBRSVeYi
@ David
Yep, Your “target” audience is the gullible.
Happens every time.
Carry on smartly.
Peace.
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@David, I posted some weeks back on this related topic when we also spoke of the professionalism (or lack thereof at times) in the civil service as it related to effectiveness on projects. Then I gave broad agreement with your position vis the political directorate … however, good sir, in your posts above you have gone way past that sentiment and gone off the edge with your assertion in the CONTEXT of transparency and public disclosure of ministry details that “the public service has not been robustly defending its territory.”
Come on @Mr Blogmaster you KNOW that a civil servant CANNOT disclose ANYTHING seen or heard in their ministry without direct approval from their political masters and even then they better get that as a written directive to cover their ‘rear end’!
You are mixing apples and eddoes : So I revert to the prior discussion and note that I cannot agree with your context of professionalism when you say: ****”The problem is that the line between public sector and the executive has become blurred because of a lack of professionalism in the service.”***
It is reasonable to say that the Gov. of the Central Bank or a PS or Chief Medical Officer and such subject matter experts can “…do their damn jobs and tell the politicians stay in their lanes” when it comes to details of the mater at hand but that can NEVER apply to a situation where such a professional issues public data in contravention of said political master ….which is what you are SUGGESTING above.
Yes “People in roles must manage” but those are automatic grounds for termination – with little recourse for legal satisfaction. You are over the edge here!
@Dee Word
We ask you this- must the defense be in the glare of the public?
@DavidAugust 31, 2022 11:16 AM
I could not have named the medals better.
The only thing missing is a new title for the president!
How about:
Her Excellency, President for Life, Field Marshal Doctor, VC, DSO, MC, CBE, Lord of All the Beasts of the Earth and Fishes of the Seas and Conqueror of the British Empire in the Caribbean in General and Barbados in Particular, Queen of Scotland.
At least the new badges will ease the pain of our natives that, unlike the businessmen, they have only accumulated debts since 1966.
@David 11.04
You gine get lock up….pointing out political hypocrisy is treasonous.
I recommend Bushie for a Gold Trident of Excellence award, only because I hear they gave a miniature of that thing at the Garrison, of which he is so fond.
David,
I see that your target audience was the gullible at 11.04.
@Donna
LOL
David
It matters not how many broken promises unkept, how many lies told, how many are now being told or promises broken, how many lies will be told in the future or promises broken.
People like you are so addicted to these religious lies that the sacraments of the deified political culture will continue to be taken as if ordained by the political gods.
You can’t, on the one hand, irrationally apportion causality to the demos. And on the other, concede that the system is fatally flawed by broken promises, lies and the impossibility of getting politicians to make contact with truisms.
For there is no way, given our current system, for any demos to play any effective role when such a massive and historical deficit of truth exist. And that is only one major problem. Others may relate to the relative resources as misallocated in the David and Goliath unfair fight which David was bound to lose.
Noted with thanks Pacha,
@NO
Yours@2.16pm
Does that mean we will have to address BT as “Dr. The honourable Bush Tea”?
@Sarge
You could Leff out the Dr, and just do the Most Honourebble
So who is salivating for one of these whatever they are….
Wunna right to laugh at Bushie’s donkey….
Both Sargeant and N.O. done know that the Bushman don’t want no stinking Trident – neither gold nor silva…
Bushie’s award is stored in a safe place and will be inscribed in honor of the whacker, which Bushie relished.
For the time being, wunna could leave out the ‘Dr’, de ‘Most Honourable’, and the damn Pitchfork,
SIMPLE Bushie, or the more formal, Stinking Bushie is fine…
“For the time being, wunna could leave out the ‘Dr’, de ‘Most Honourable’, and the damn Pitchfork,”
lol
@NO
Right again. “Most” is the icing on the cake
Sarge
Based on the response from the man himself, looks like I’ll settle for the most honourable ole boar!!
Thought The Pandemic Was Bad? THIS Is What’s Coming
https://youtu.be/CqIJbLGV52c
On the topic of truths and promises
“The 2020 BOSS bonds and the 2022 BOSS Plus bonds are exempt from any restructuring that may take place at any time in the future, and if you listen to the experts from the Ministry of Economic Affairs, they will make it very clear that the circumstances which existed in 2018 in the first instance that led to a complete restructuring of Barbados’ international and domestic debt do not now exist, and therefore the notion of a domestic debt restructuring as was done in 2018 is an absolutely false narrative that does not exist in reality,” she said. (Sen Lisa Cummins)
Note the wording….”if you listen to”..
I en saying so, I only telling you what others, who know, are saying.
Fool me once…….
If the government cannot borrow by issuing bonds to service its obligations what is the alternative Northern?
Northern…can’t believe they have the nerve to push that scam…
The Bank of Canada is widely expected to deliver yet another oversized interest rate hike next week, lifting its policy rate into restrictive territory for the first time in two decades, but bets are split on whether or not a pause will follow.
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/money/personalfinance/bank-of-canada-expected-to-push-interest-rates-into-restrictive-territory/ar-AA11m3hG?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=1c8d3258418449539b5ba9f9778747b3
Barbados has many energy possibilities.
Solar. Wind. Wave.
.
Desalination is still possible to solve the drought problem
” the focus of the sugar mill will be on the production of “high-value” molasses and less so on sugar”
https://barbadostoday.bb/2022/09/01/mega-investment/
If the government cannot borrow by issuing bonds to service its obligations what is the alternative Northern?
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Same as anyone else who have run out of begging and borrowing options…
What do you think BUMS and Street Characters are…?
…or countries like Sri Lanka, Burundi and DR Congo?
When will you surrender to the REALITY that our donkeys are grass..?
By the sweat of his brows should a man eat bread… not by borrowing from the sweat of others.
@David
You should address that question to the MoF or any of the junior Finance Ministers or any of the many Consultants. You have Greenidge, Persaud, White Oaks, etc etc etc
Or maybe you could consider exactly what those “obligations” you reference are.
When is that IMF program decision due?
You already know my bets have been on the compulsory vs the optional, a long time ago.
If memory isn’t failing a decision is due this month.
Then Sept is likely to be an interesting month?
Sep 2, 2022 A Barbados Labour Party (BLP) supporter who said she walked through the sun and the rain canvassing for candidates for The City of Bridgetown seat, is feeling abandoned by the party in her time of need.
Wendy Lashley, a 65-year-old who lives in Hunte Street, The City, also worked as a part-time maid at the BLP’s headquarters on Roebuck Street, The City
Hants…ya got the jump on me, only just saw this video with these NASTY LYING POLITICIANS and the way they treat the Afrikan people who bend over backwards to get them elected…
Stop voting for trash……ALL OF THEM ARE TRASH…so stop voting for them if you don’t want this personalized treatment of NEGLECT and DISENFRANCHISEMENT…
So…where is this ladies pension and disability payments…
oh ah forgot THE PENSION FUND GET TIEF…
you notice these supporters of trash governments…can’t even afford dental care…..let alone healthcare or food.
https://www.nationnews.com/2022/09/02/commissioner-urges-householders-speak-guns/
Benefits are paid to those who paid into the scheme. She is not yet eligible for pension. Any benefits she is due will be paid, once she qualifies. The problem is twelve years down the line.
She needs some assistance from the Welfare Department, National Assistance Board and the Urban Commission or whatever it now is. I understand there is to be an amalgamation of all these entities.
Those she helped to get elected should now help her. It is a shame that it had to come to this.
Pensions Aren’t the Answer to Your Retirement Anxiety
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2022-09-03/retirement-pensions-are-no-more-risk-free-than-401-k-s
Source: Nation
Source: Nation
yeah….blame the HEIST of the pension fund.. on falling birth rates ….and increasing deaths for the last 6 years…sounds like a plan THAT NO ONE EXCEPT FOOLS BELIEVE..
People dying continue to outstrip newborns, says BSS
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“However, there was a 40 per cent increase in deaths in the same time, 1 004 this year versus 717 in last year’s first quarter. Nineteen centenarians were among those who died, an increase over the nine aged 100 to 109 who passed away in the first three months of 2021.”
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Do a search and see how many times Bushie had pointed out on BU, this 40% INCREASE in overall deaths (not just in Barbados, but wherever Covid vaccines were deployed).
Now that the actual NUMBERS are in, perhaps we can begin to see….
The bigger picture however, is that this project called ‘Life on Earth” has run its course. Like ALL life forms, this END phase comes along with disfunction, chaos, change, and confusion….
EVERYTHING, …from the weather, climate, earth resources, food, water, security, and even COMMON SENSE seems to be reflecting the degeneration associated with old age.
It will only get worse. So vaccinating our school children now, may actually make sense in the current circumstances.
@Bush Tea
TB sent a link over the weekend that meshes with your view, will try to cobble something later.
So is it true someone stole the steel frames from the chinese barns…
Has anyone else noticed our attraction to failures?
Duguid has been a textbook case in point. Lotta shiite talk …and NO success.
He was behind the short-lived license number plate tag – an idiotic scheme by ANY measure, given the ease with which any dishonest person could remove a tag from someone’s vehicle and fix it to theirs. There was absolutely nothing wrong with the license fixed on the INSIDE of the windshield.
One wonders how much money he wasted…?
He also came up with the Chinese steel houses and the shady ‘EAST WEST’ scam at $28M for 150 houses in six months. 18 months later, only a ‘show’ house and a few outliers to show …. and no word on the $28M spent, until the Auditor General does his thing next year.
So what happened to this chronic failure… ?
Was he made Junior Minister of dentistry and sent packing back to his failed business?
Nah!!! He is now SENIOR minister in charge of national infrastructure… according to today’s Nation.
LOL Oh SHIRT!!!
The REAL joke is that Duguid is TYPICAL of the country’s ‘leadership’ from justice, crime, agriculture, fine ants, trade, sport….. ONLY a CURSE can explain such a situation. Much like God did to Pharaoh when he ignored Moses….
Predicting that our ass is grass is a no-brainer….
SO BUSH TEA ARE YOU SAYING THEN THAT WE ARE IN THE LAST DAYS OF “THE LAST DAYS”?
ARE YOU SAYING THEN THAT WE ARE APPROACHING THE ONSET OF THE ESCHATON?
THEN SINCE THE ESCHATON BEGINS WITH THE RAPTURE OF THE CHURCH, AS ANY SOLID SERIOUS SCHOLAR OF SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY WOULD TELL YOU, THEN THE IDIOT AND BIBLE ILLITERATE, WHO WROTE ON THESE PAGES AFTER THE THIEVERY OF THE LAST ELECTION IN THE USA THAT “THE RAPTURE WAS RUPTURED” IS DENSER THAN THE DENSEST FOG.
SINCE THE ESCHATON BEGINS WITH THE RAPTURE OF THE CHURCH, AS ANY SOLID SERIOUS SCHOLAR OF SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY WOULD TELL YOU, THEN THE RAPTURE OF THE CHURCH IS IMMINENT, AND THUS THE PREDICTION IN ROMANS 13::11 IS MOST NOTEWORTHY,
And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.
ONE LOOKS FORWARD TO READING THE PROMISED THE RUBBISH FROM THE LONG WINDED FALSE PROPHET WHICH WILL BRING ITS USUAL MIRTH
ALTHOUGH ONE SHOULD BE SAD THAT THE MORON BEING OBVIOUSLY UNREGENERATED CAN NOT RIGHTLY DIVIDE THE WORD OF TRUTH .
BY THE WAY EVEN BEFORE THE START OF THE CHURCH AS RECORDED IN ACTS 2, JESUS PROMISED MARTHA IN JOHN 11″26 THAT THE RAPTURE WOULD OCCUR, SINCE WHAT HE PROMISED MARTHA, IS THE EXACT THING THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT REVEALED TO PAUL TO TEACH BOTH THE THESSALONIANS IN I THESSALONIANS 4:14-16 AND THE CORINTHIANS IN I CORINTHIANS 15:55 ET SCQ.
BT
IT HAS BEEN SAID THAT “WHOM THE GODS WILL DESTROY, HE FIRST MAKES MAD”
IS THIS NOT SEEN IN BIM AND ELSEWHERE–ESPECIALLY IN “THE GREATEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD EVER”
“Do a search and see how many times Bushie had pointed out on BU, this 40% INCREASE in overall deaths (not just in Barbados, but wherever Covid vaccines were deployed).”
Some fancy footwork there. Ali would be envious.
On the other hand, some believe that the increase in deaths was due to Covid-19.
Both sides have their champions.
I had the pleasure of driving up and down the wonderful motorways on the Platinum Coast at the weekend.
Everything like new. Thank you, great Minister Druid, for your amazing work!
Source: Nation
The fallout from collaborating with and facilitating CROOKS…
“Regrettably, apart from the government of the day opting not to tweak the fund at that time to extend its projected sustainability, it impaired the fund by deliberately accumulating arrears of employer contributions that it was legally obligated to pay,” he said.”
I did not remember this blog, which is much more appropriate for my comments.
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John2 September 15, 2022 7:56 AM #: “That statement should should be removed immediately. I am sure he can find a more appropriate statement and just leave it off.”
John2
That’s exactly my point.
Although I understand Layne’s intentions, I believe parliamentarians should develop empathy between themselves and their constituents, or any other persons who are seeking their assistance.
A more humane statement would’ve achieved that objective.
Instead, using that ‘old saying,’ suggest he’s being intolerant and contemptuous of them.
Mr. Skinner
What concerns me is the fact that, during an election campaign, politicians go into constituents’ homes, pretending to be friendly and concerned about their well-being, sitting on their floors, eating food, drinking drinks and promising ‘the moon and stars,’ because they’ll do anything for a vote.
After ‘winning the seat,’ the “duly elected representatives” immediately becomes inaccessible to the people who elected them, while surrounding themselves with ‘pimps and yard-fowls’ who take pleasure in treating constituents with contempt and ‘doing the dirty work.’
I remember during the 2013 election campaign, the representative for our constituency and his entourage were canvassing one afternoon.
The politician’s brother asked the few of us who were gathered together, if there was anything we wanted.
A friend of mine said he wanted a job. The politician’s brother said he ‘did not know if MTW, Drainage Unit or NCC wanted people.’
When the representative came, he spoke with my friend and told him to visit the constituency office.
When the guy visited the office, the representative gave him a recommendation letter to take to a particular state owned agency that was under his portfolio.
After leaving the office, he tore up the letter. I agreed with him because that letter was only a convenient gesture to say the representative was doing ‘something’ for the guy.
If his INTENTIONS were GENUINE…… and the guy was a member of ‘the inner circle,’ the politician would’ve either sent or taken him to the SOE…… and he would have gotten a job.
A guy and girl who canvassed for the politician and are members of his constituency branch, were REWARDED with certain jobs at NCC and Constituency Councils respectively.
Former MP for Christ Church East Dr. Denis Lowe has died
https://starcomnetwork.net/blog/2022/09/16/former-mp-for-christ-church-east-dr-denis-lowe-has-died/