On the 29 th of July 2022 on the floor of the Senate Minister of Tourism Lisa Cummins during wind up on Resolution: Special Loans Act, Cap. 105 – Scotland District Road Rehabilitation made a surprising revelation. At about 2hrs. 12 mins into the video Cummins explained that a loan agreement with China in 2017 included a condition which exposed Barbados sovereign assets to China in the event there was a default by the government of the day.
A few days later former Minister of Tourism Richard Sealy – who was in office during 2017 – issued a robust denial to what Cummins stated. Quoting Sealy’s rebuttal:-
There is nothing in the agreement about any airport or seaport being [claimed] in the case of default.
I do not know where that young lady got her information. I do not know if she is being misguided . . . [but it is] absolute total rubbish,” he said.
The former minister of tourism added that the agreement was regarding the Sam Lord’s Castle Hotel Project. He said the arrangement with COMPLANT (the China National Complete Plant Import Export Corporation) was for the project to be a discreet one which could stand on its own.
The Government (then) was determined not to have a repeat of the HRL (Hotels & Resorts Limited)/Gems of Barbados fiasco so there was an exit plan where as soon as we completed the job, the private sector would come in and do what they had to do, which is exactly what this Government is doing,
Source: Nation Newspaper
The blogmaster is unaware the public has been satisfied what is the truth in the matter raised. No documents have been made public as far as the blogmaster is aware to satisfactorily clarify the matter. What is the purpose of our existence if our leaders cannot do so with integrity. What is the purpose of a democracy if people remain silent.
This shouldn’t be she say/he say type of nonsense, The Minister is a member of Cabinet she should be able to back up her statement and let the chips fall where they may.
BTW why didn’t the Minister contest a seat in the last election? It isn’t like she is long in the tooth and looking retirement in the face, she had the same responsibility in the last Parliament and given the BLP’s hold on the electorate would have been a shoo in in any constituency. The Gov’ts has a major focus on Tourism, the incumbent Minister should be in the H of A not in the sleep Senate where careers go to die.
@ Sargeant,
There is no DLP opposition in parliament so the Minister is not constrained to factual statements.
How will we know who is telling the truth ?
HantsSeptember 29, 2022 8:51 AM
@ Sargeant,
There is no DLP opposition in parliament so the Minister is not constrained to factual statements.
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There is no opposition, so Parliament is unconstitutional!!
The Minister himself is not a factual entity so he can say whatever he wants.
Sorry, …………….. she can say whatever she wants!!
The government shared the clause from the loan agreement, it was published in a Barbados Today story that ran around the same time. As shared it seemed to back up what Cummins said
The usual conspiracy theories. Instead of guessing, let’s wait for an official announcement from the Supreme Leader´s headquarters.
Fred
Correct! We will pretend the airport and seaport do not form part of our sovereign assets. Note Sealy never said sovereign assets weren’t mentioned, he said airport and seaport. It is like talking about Barbados and because Ch Ch and St. Michael are not mentioned, they can be exempted.🤣
Can somebody post the link? This matter is worth discussing.
@enuff
Imagine we have a highly publicized difference of opinion regarding the conditions attached to a 2017 loan agreement between China and Barbados. A former MoT calls the current MoT a liar, according to enuff and Fred there was some explanation posted to BT and now the matter has faded. There is no attempt to hold people accountable for misleading the public. This is how we roll.
@David
#DEBT_TRAP_DIPLOMACY has been rampant in Africa, Latin America, Caribbean & wherever #ChairmanXi can his nebulous financial tentacles…
“Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, the region’s GDP growth hovered around a distinctly sub-par 0.8 percent; meanwhile, more than two-thirds of Caribbean states have a debt-to-GDP ratio of over 60 percent. In many countries, nearly 20 percent of government revenue already goes to debt repayment. Since 2010, St. Kitts and Nevis, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Belize, Grenada, and Jamaica (twice) have defaulted on and restructured their debts. Across the board, it is important to note that these small island economies have very small GDPs – Antigua and Barbuda comes in at $1.6 billion; Grenada at $1.2 billion; and Barbados at $5.2 billion – which inherently casts doubt on the feasibility of paying back future loans in the hundreds of millions of dollars.”
“At the same time, the Caribbean remains a difficult region for entrepreneurship and trade in general. According to the Ease of Doing Business Report, the highest ranked Caribbean country is Jamaica at 71 followed by St. Lucia at 93. While Chinese loans come with the promise of economic diversification, the realities on the ground indicate that infrastructure development will not be remotely sufficient to facilitate either that outcome, or the promised increases in GDP growth. There is little reason to think Chinese loans could be paid back without becoming a burden.”
https://youtu.be/_-QDEWwSkP0
@TB
The debt trap is a global issue, as NO stated on another blog, we are addicted to debt.
@ David
GOVs hide the true import of the Chinese influence in Black countries, as it is a dubious form of NeoColonialism on steroids, and the “Black Boys” who run our countries are made rich in order to turn the other cheek & to look the other way… They may suggests that the #ChineseDebtTrap is a mythology but you & I know what’s UP!!!
https://youtu.be/sOOFSJqBYTY
Look Fowl….where is the link, yall think people are dumb enuff to take yall LYING WORD FOR IT…
” and the “Black Boys” who run our countries are made rich in order to turn the other cheek & to look the other way…”
that’s all they have done for the last 100 YEARS since the little traitor bloodline negros were allowed to slither into slave master parliaments…
..remember Dumbville told a federal judge “dah iz how we duz do business in Barbados,”
don’t look for anything to every change IT CAN’T…they all carry the same lowcrawling mindsets….
have they buried “where’s my cut” yet…
that’s what they do, their “watch muh nuh” ,modus.
The Minister made a statement in one of the Houses of Parliament which was refuted by the former Minister. Both can’t be telling the truth. If Mr. Sealy is telling the truth then Minister Cummins is lying to the House, which is a serious offence with only two options: her resignation; or her removal from the Senate. If Mr. Sealy were lying, I am sure that by now, the Government would have produced the documents to substantiate Minister Cummins’ assertion.
Ms Cummins should produce the documents or resign.
Hi Caswell…..hope all is well with you.
DavidSeptember 29, 2022 1:48 PM
@TB
The debt trap is a global issue, as NO stated on another blog, we are addicted to debt.
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It isn’t that we are addicted to debt!!
Borrowing is the only way we get money.
Successive Governments have destroyed the booming economy which built up the assets that are now depleted and secure the debt.
Caswell FranklynSeptember 29, 2022 2:42 PM
The Minister made a statement in one of the Houses of Parliament which was refuted by the former Minister.
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The former Minister is the only person who could speak in the constitutionally formed Houses of Parliament.
The other minister is an imposter.
So, who is telling the truth?
Which one you would believe?
They are absolutely the VERY WORSE thing that could have ever happened to Afrikan people post slavery., those lying, corrupt negros given tiny power…over their people……
When the World Ends
so will Debt Problems
Why Worry
Drum Village
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcTlEYt_6Aw
@David, you know that this remark really is DIFFICULT to accept re:
That suggests that the entire elected opposition of the day, public commentators like yourself, Mr Frankly and others ALL missed that startling bit of news!
How was that possible!!!
We may indeed not hold folks accountable as you say but surely a contratc by the former govt with a default clause giving China any legal control or ownership of our national assets as noted above would have generated widespread loud noise.
On the flip side of that: why would a govt minister make outlandishly false remarks as this one is so accused???
Is our politics (worldwide) now about clicks and viral public notice leading to personal recognition/branding with little concern about accuracy!
So far the link to the BT article mentioned remains elusive.
Our honourable government is doing its best. The official government channel will soon bring together and explain the nuances in the interpretation of the treaty. Until then, we should be patient.
In the meantime, we should cheer the next IMF programme and the coming job cuts at the SOEs.
Trust in the government is the highest civic virtue!
Tron, year 1 NR, year 4 SL
David
Maybe you should have paid attention when it was in the news. I remember back then you weren’t so keen. I hope there’s consistency when it comes to source/evidence. Becausen many on BU just spout. You remember the cash for jabs claim? You asked fuh evidence?🤭
@Enuff
It suits you for it to be buried? Where is the link? Even if it was clarified there is still a bigger issue to address.
A case of the political class hanging?
Chinese debt trap is all over Africa,
YOUTUBE China takes over Uganda’s Airport for failing to repay Loan.
{How Beijing is weaponizing depts.}
Maimane asks Ramaphosa on detail of china’s Loan.
China own half of Barbados, check out how many guest houses are under their ownership.
Russia Blows Up Gas Pipelines, Declaring an All-Out Energy War It May Already Have Lost
anish Defense shows the gas leaking at Nord Stream 2 seen from the Danish F-16 interceptor on Bornholm, Denmark on September 27, 2022. Credit – Danish Defence—Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
There may be no clearer sign of an enemy in retreat than his scuttling his own ships, which is what Putin appears to have done on Monday by blowing up the main pipelines for exporting Russia’s natural gas to Europe. Putin may be in effect declaring an all-out energy war by completely cutting off fossil fuel exports to the West, but by waiting seven months after invading Ukraine to do so he has lost the advantage. Although the energy crisis will rage on, Russia has lost the energy war.
A series of three explosions ruptured parts of both Nord Stream 1 and 2 on September 26 in what seems to have been an act of coordinated sabotage. A possible fourth leak was also just identified. The natural gas pipelines, each running from Russia into Poland with a capacity of 55 billion cubic meters (bcm) per year, were a key part of Russia’s efforts to wield energy leverage over Europe and to hurt Ukraine. Nord Stream 2 in particular was intended only as a way of bypassing Ukraine so that Kyiv would be deprived the roughly $3 billion annual transit fees for moving the gas of Russian state-owned giant Gazprom into the European Union. Meanwhile, Russia earned $120 billion per year from energy exports to Europe in the ten years leading up to the invasion, much of which came from natural gas sales through Nord Stream 1, and which constituted two-thirds of the Russian state budget.
Although both pipelines had gas in them that is now leaking out into the Baltic Sea in a literally unprecedented ecological disaster, neither was operational at the time of the explosions. Putin had used Nord Stream 1 over the last six months to blackmail Europe by gradually reducing gas flows and periodically shutting it off for “maintenance.” Gazprom then stopped it completely on September 2. Nord Stream 2 was never operational. Ukrainian officials and energy experts had long said that Russia would invade as soon as Nord Stream 2 was complete. And it did.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/russia-blows-gas-pipelines-declaring-152121714.html
Ah see the LIARS still can’t produce the link they said exists…
I’m lost here.
First I “think” former Minister Sealy means discrete, vs discreet.
In my limited experience it is unusual for any of the Chinese agencies to seek “unspecified” loan collateral beyond the project(s) for which the loan monies are intended.
Hence, for the Sam Lords project to be collateral in the event of a default is well within past experiences. But for the loan to have ‘unspecified’ collateral, of general state assets, (an airport, a port or whatever) is unusual. It exposes both sides. China, like commercial lenders wish specific assets whereby they are ahead of all others.
Further, it would be interesting to know, if the GoB had provided collateral for the loan, how did the current administration, and several years after the loan had been finalized, get the terms of the loan altered? I am certain there are many other ‘nation borrowers’ who would like to know.
and got the nerve to talk about people shoulda been there to read it…..LYING THROUGH THEIR TEETH…..because all of this played out within the last few weeks so that nonexistent link could not have gotten very far in archives…
David
That dat July 29 is correct? That’s kadooment weekend
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Hypocrite
U did not call ur friend a liar when he was ask to produce a link / evidence .
Think it June
The former minister replied on July 2nd
In nation on July 3rd
so yall don’t know how to access nationnews archive for this nonexistent link…
the LYING fowl brigade, ya got dates but can’t produce the link……
“FredSeptember 29, 2022 9:17 AM
The government shared the clause from the loan agreement, it was published in a Barbados Today story that ran around the same time. As shared it seemed to back up what Cummins said.”
since 9:17 this morning this claim was made, another Fowl said it’s also in barbadostoday, the lead Fowl jumped out to second it…… two newspapers and not a fella can find it…
..i feel asleep for HOURS woke up and still no link.
Wily told you THAT China Loan Agreements ALL have a NON DISCLOSURE AGREEMENT(NDA) which “exposed Barbados sovereign assets to China” if loan cannot be repaid or NDA info is disclosed.
It’s a GUARANTEE for China that it gets it’s money or assets or first call on other loan repayments, ie IMF payments.
Read and weep Barbados, China’s got you by the short currlies.
@Wily
Your position is not supported based on the agreement.
https://www.barbadosparliament.com/uploads/sittings/attachments/9993fbb98b7efd35cbea24238a69911e.pdf
@ Caswell Franklyn September 29, 2022 2:42 PM
“Ms Cummins should produce the documents or resign.”
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Totally agree with you, Caswell!
While she is at it trying to retrieve the “documents” instead of resigning, she should try to find the agreement which gives similar guarantee(s) to the recently borrowed money from the same Chinese lending AGENCY for the so-called rehabilitation of the roads in the Scotland District.
Why would the Chinese lenders ‘demand’, like Shylock, their guaranteed pound of flesh for a hotel project which can easily be commandeered while road-works earmarked for St. Andrew/St. Joseph/St. John East Coast areas- which will soon end up in the sea as a result of ‘Climate Disaster’- are left unencumbered like the grant given, under the previous DLP administration towards the construction of the national Performing Arts Centre at Brandons or even the Stadium at Waterford expected under the current lot of liars?
Miller…….. glad you see how the Fowl Brigade sleaze around with their slick, nearly invisible LYING…they been doing it for YEARS on here but got a little too ELABORATE and carried away with this one and cahn produce the evidence…
some of us might have, but there is NO WAY Caswell and others would miss something as important as that within the last month or two…in, not one, but two newspapers as the fowls were so assertive in proclaiming.
Waru of all people accusing somebody of lying?
I never claimed something was in not one BUT TWO NEWSPAPERS and then CAN’T PRODUCE IT….
David
If the ‘discussion’ is about the US$170M loan Barbados acquired from China Exim Bank for the redevelopment of the Sam Lord’s Castle hotel, which is to be operated under the Wyndham brand, then, the loan agreement can be found on Parliament’s website.
Outrageous!
SEALY DENIES BARBADOS’ PORTS PUT UP AS COLLATERAL FOR LOAN FROM CHINA
By Emmanuel Joseph
Absolute nonsense and a total fabrication.
That is how former Minister of Tourism and International Transport Richard Sealy has described the claim that the Freundel Stuart administration signed a loan agreement with China that would allow Beijing to own any of the island’s ports of entry if the country had defaulted on repayment.
The allegation was made on Wednesday by Minister of Tourism and International Transport Lisa Cummins in relation to the US$170 million loan agreement signed by the previous government to finance the Sam Lord’s Castle Hotel project.
Her comments came during debate in the Senate on a resolution to seek approval to borrow $256 million from the Export/Import Bank of China for the Scotland District Road Rehabilitation Project.
“There is a provision within this loan agreement that this administration spent a lot of time navigating because of that loan under the Democratic Labour Party that put Barbados in a position – and I want people to hear me clearly – where sovereign assets owned by the State were liable to be picked and owned by a foreign entity if there was a default on the loan,” the Government Senator told the Upper Chamber, adding that the assets included “a port, an airport…anything to be picked”.
But in a robust response on Friday, Sealy said the Tourism Minister’s claims were outrageous.
“It was just an outrageous, complete and total untruth,” he told Barbados TODAY.
“Completely fabricated. There is no provision in that Sam Lord’s Castle loan for the People’s Republic of China and/or any company of theirs to take up the airport or seaport if we default on that loan,” he insisted.
Sealy argued that a careful examination of the contract would not support Cummins’ assertion.
“So I don’t know where that foolishness is coming from. I felt compelled to respond because of what, unfortunately, has been happening around the globe, particularly in Africa, with some of these loans with Chinese companies.
“But that is not a possibility with the Sam Lord’s Castle loan. It can stand on its own as a commercial project, and this same government is continuing with it because they recognise it.
So I don’t know where that nonsense is coming from,” he insisted.
The 36-page loan agreement of November 13, 2014, a copy of which has been obtained by Barbados TODAY, does make Barbados’ sovereign assets liable as collateral on default of the loan. However, nowhere in that contract is there any mention of ports of any kind, neither was any state property specifically identified.
Article 5.5 of the agreement states: “Neither the borrower nor any of its assets is entitled to any right of immunity on the ground of sovereign or otherwise from arbitration, suit, execution or any other legal process with respect to its obligations under this agreement, as the case may be, in any jurisdiction.”
Article 8.1 was even more direct with regards to Barbados allowing China to levy on its sovereign assets.
“The borrower hereby irrevocably waives any immunity on the grounds of sovereign or otherwise for itself or its property in connection with any arbitration proceedings pursuit to Article 8.5 hereof, or with the enforcement of any arbitral award pursuant thereto,” stated the document, signed by then Prime Minister Freundel Stuart and Deputy General Manager of the Concessional Loan Department of the China Exim Bank, Tong Qing. emmanuekjoseph@barbadostoday.bb
https://epaper.barbadostoday.bb/html5/reader/production/default.aspx?pubname=&edid=ecf80376-88de-4028-96ff-0233c84fe1ed
Archive July 1 2022
Who claimed that it was in two newspapers ?
@MillerSeptember 29, 2022 6:37 PM
Any demand for resignation is totally unfounded. The devil’s pact with the Chinese serves only to maintain the illusion of prosperity for our indigenous, lazy masses. Without this debt, there would be no troublemakers and rebellious union leaders like the former senator, simply because our indigenous masses would be unemployed or would have emigrated.
The former senator and agitator should finally accept a government offer for an ambassadorship and then, like Jeff Cumberbatch, keep quiet forever.
Only silence guarantees prosperity and security in our realm.
You fool. I was talking to David and referring to the article he posted from the nation news
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The Government (then) was determined not to have a repeat of the HRL (Hotels & Resorts Limited)/Gems of Barbados fiasco so there was an exit plan where as soon as we completed the job, the private sector would come in and do what they had to do, which is exactly what this Government is doing,
Source: Nation Newspaper
Yuh too fast
The former senator and agitator should finally accept a government offer for an ambassadorship and then, like Jeff Cumberbatch, keep quiet forever.
Only silence guarantees prosperity and security in our realm.
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Tron
You have nailed it this is how the game is played locally.
MillerSeptember 29, 2022 6:37 PM
@ Caswell Franklyn September 29, 2022 2:42 PM
“Ms Cummins should produce the documents or resign.”
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Totally agree with you, Caswell!
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Resign from what?
How do you resign from something that doesn’t exist?
Bread and butter
Incompetence. If he had test fired one shot every year from 2011, he would be out of bullets already. Leave the frigging man alone.
‘Under duress’ – by Barbados Today September 29, 2022
Eleven years after being accused of having an unlicensed gun and ammunition, Renee Ricardo Hope told jurors that he placed his initials on a confession statement written by police officers because he felt his life was in danger.
As he tearfully delivered an unsworn statement from the dock, Hope maintained his innocence, saying that he knew nothing about the illegal firearm and bullets.
The 48-year-old of Ashdeane Village, Black Rock, St Michael, was back in the No. 4 Supreme Court on Thursday as his trial continued. He is charged with possession of a .32 automatic pistol and eight rounds of ammunition on May 21, 2011.”
Based on the 7.41pm entry, my earlier comments were incorrect. It does appear the collateral received was indeed a non asset-specific claim against
Barbadian State assets.
It also seems odd, that BT would publish Sealy’s comments, without asking him about his interpretation of the loan documents which they had.
The blogmaster finds this matter to be incredible.
More bread and butter
I’ve seen a lot of talk about the falling British pound and its impact on tourism.
If folks still want to travel, they will look for cheaper destinations. Discovering cheaper rooms, sun and sand elsewhere may remove Barbados as a destination for years to come.
More bread and butter
I heard a discussion where folks were calling for a return of the death penalty, probably by hanging.
https://barbadostoday.bb/2022/09/29/the-right-to-die/
Not certain where I stand but convinced we have a bloodthirsty lot.
More bread and butter
Did you notice that two elected BLP officials are speaking out about the neglect of their constituencies?
Is this the first sign that 30-0 configuration may change? Are we seeing a fracturing of the party?
Boys and girls, you have to look beyond the headlines. Put 2+2 together.
I am trying to hold on
The frenetic activity, press conferences, big dollar deals, possible imminent domain, flights from Qatar and Africa, NIS, IMF, BERT, BOSS, new hotel construction, tourism initiatives …
Here’s my advice
https://youtu.be/0vQkd2vUiIA
@David
If the #BridgetownPORT* is not collateral for any borrowed #ChineseInvestment – then show us the “PROOF” – for what would the #MAMGOV have to hide???
Have you lots seen what is going on in #OZ???
https://www.wsj.com/articles/chinese-port-lease-near-u-s-troops-australian-training-ground-draws-fresh-scrutiny-11663761602
Wherever the Chinese have been allowed to sow those nebulous monetary seeds under the guise of investment – are all being re-THOUGHT except for the #DotardsInAfrica!!!
Check ya’self Barbados!!! The Chinese are “TROJAN HORSES”!!!
Chinese #Belt&Road is buying very thing it can with all that surplus #USDollarDEBT but principally “PORTS” and most folks who wear rose-coloured binocular do not see the “CON”… Why do you think that the $US is so strong right given all the #TOXICDebt she has? Well, SIMPLE: Chinese owns “TRILLIONS” of US Debt and spends that debt money on buying up Western assets – farmland, PORTS*, tech etc… So the “MASSIVE CON” that #AmeriKKKa will go to war over #Taiwan or anywhere else is the biggest “SCAM” on the earth right now!!! The “ONLY” way WAR* starts between the two is if China “DUMPS” US debt and “CRASHES” the US… The GLOBALISTS* will continue their intrigue until some fool lights the fuse leaving no choice for #WW3!!! Meanwhile China “DOMINATES” & will have the power (LIKE PUTIN) to turn off the “SPIGOT” – making the world “POOR” or do what the Chinese says (as we are seeing begin to happen in Europe over (“RUSSIAN SANCTIONS)… Why all of a sudden – all these #RIGHTWING_EU-GOVs???
https://youtu.be/EgIz7yTwSuA
@TB
Inflation at 10% in the eurozone these days?
@David
I see what you are saying in regards to the “SUPPLIED” pdf but that really says nothing in the larger scheme of things…
C’mon Bruh, we are told to give “HUMANS” the benefit of the doubt but as I posited in my piece referencing #PoLIEtical Atheism – there are many of us that have “ZERO-TRUST” in #LyingCorruptPoliticians who believe that they are above the law and can wield & deal to suit their own pockets & that of their cronies…
I would be the 1st one to rejoice if the Chinese do have their hands on the people’s assets but (tell me BIG BRUV) – how can we be really sure??? Do you think what is done in the dark with a “CROOKED” handshake, WINK* & a NOD* ever comes to the fore for public gaze & scrutiny???
What happens after the #MAMGOV is finally toast & ran out of office & as she rides off into the sunset with her “OFFSHORE BANK BALANCES” & the then ADMIN* of the country has to reveal to the people of BIM the shenanigans that took place under her watch because there was “NO CREDIBLE OPPOSITION” of any worth to hold them to account???
Sorry, David for being such a “DOUBTING THOMAS” but I will believe it when I see it… Until then, these dirty, lying, slithering, corrupt BASTERDS* would never have my “TRUST”, “VOTE” or “CONFIDENCE” in any area!!!
@TB
Based on what has transpired with one of two MoTs deliberately trying to mislead the public AND the fourth estate AND residual political opposition in the country feigning silence, there you have it.
@ David
Inflation is a “MASSIVE CON” in my estimation, Bruh!!! I may not be alone in this massive sleight of hand “TRICKONOMICS” but whenever the “GLOBALISTS” want to achieve a specific end-GOAL*, they always “CRY WOLF” that there’s not “ENOUGH” to go around- so let us “CUT TAXES” (1st) 4 THE RICHEST (2) “TRICKLE-DOWN Reaganomics for the “POOR” & (3) let’s put up interest rates & “BORROW” more “FAKE MONEY”!!!
QUESTION: Who does all this benefit???
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/jun/04/the-big-con-how-neoliberals-convinced-us-there-wasnt-enough-to-go-around
Inflation is a hidden tax levelled on “FOOD, ENERGY, YOU NAME IT: so as the “COST OF LIVING GOES UP” – the chances of living goes down… And who loses & DIES*: THE POOR (perfect EUGENIC STRATEGY)!!!
Forgive me, but all the “CONSPIRACY THEORISTS” who warns us of:
Vaccine Mandates; Vaccine passports; Endless Lockdowns; Wars & Rampant Inflation to name a few have not gone away…
Now WARNS of:
Digital IDs/Chinese Social Credit System/Scores; Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs); Climate Lockdowns; Energy Rationing & a Morsel of Stale Bread for the POOR Basterds who cannot pay their way!!!
#Time2PayAttention (unless folks are so #MorallyBroke – its nigh impossible)
@TB
With rising interest rates it might explain why Mottley administration is hunting cheap money by renewing agreement with the IMF. Lest we forget the Barbados economy is not what it is being cracked up to be. The IMF has become the ‘benefactor’ of last resort. The bevy of financial consultants on taxpayers tab is money well spent?
Happy Sabbath!
@David
“Based on what has transpired with one of two MoTs deliberately trying to mislead the public AND the fourth estate AND residual political opposition in the country feigning silence, there you have it…”
Well, I say no more!!!
Time 2 get to work as “WIFEY” returns from vacation today & I have much to do (including (SABBATH PREP)!!!
Be blessed & continue 2 inspire!!! You’re doing a great job, my friend…
David
As the link has been posted and proves what I said, what was that about me wanting to bury tings? Imagine BUers (especially the serial soliloquist now asking for links, the same one that for over 10 years had pictures to prove houses she saw at Coverley), post all manner of piss and you let it flow. But now want to accuse me of trying to mislead and wanting tings buried? Piss in muh RH pocket do.
@Enuff
The blogmaster asked for the link and it was posted. It does not change the fact it is a serious matter that needs further discussion. You need to focus on serious comments.
“he same one that for over 10 years had pictures to prove houses she saw at Coverley),”
i still got the photos of the coverley dog houses……they still look like .differently colored mutt shelters from the highway…..don’t need any photos, all anyone has to do is drive up there…
but dont have the time for a bunch of puny cowardly mice pretending to be men who can only attack Afrikan women….
..i actually got REAL BUSINESS TO MIND that BELONG TO ME…..don’t have to run errands for a fella…
https://trinidadexpress.com/opinion/letters/hardly-in-awe-of-mia-s-slick-talk/article_8370597e-40ec-11ec-aae6-53548ab114df.html
this is what yall are stuck with, vaccine scams and slick talking crooks, i have no such disability..
sorry:
they still look like .differently colored DOG KENNELS/mutt shelters from the highway
Hmmmm……
Is it becoming more and more obvious which ‘side of the fence’ ‘The O Guy’ sits. 🤔
However, there will be always be disagreements in every relationship, whether it’s between family, relatives, friends, club members, or members of political parties.
Ironically, when talk of the ‘Eagar 11’ and bickering between Estwick, Sinkler & Stuart surfaced in ‘ DEMS camp,’ and ‘elected DLP officials were speaking out about the neglect of their constituencies,’……
…… BLP supporters were quick to ask if Barbadians were “seeing a fracturing of the party.”
The DLP supporters were similarly quick to respond that it was just disagreements among friends and, there weren’t any subsequent resignations from the party as a result.
In response to ‘The O Guy’s’ observations, I’m sure the BLP supporters will likewise claim what we’re witnessing, is ‘just a little in-house dispute.’
I’m always amazed how party supporters are able to interpret the SAME situations DIFFERENTLY.
what the Fowls, Pimps and Slaves should be asking wunna selves is ARE YOU THERE YET?
wen i call wunna ignorant, evabody get vex, everyone else is calling yall ignorant though….get vex at that..
“At least banks can say they provide security. What are people getting when they invest in Mia Mottley’s promises? For those of us not living in Barbados, it costs us nothing to ooh and aah in amazement.
It’s only a matter of time until it all hits the fan in Barbados under the Mottley administration. By then, we would find someone else to gush over. The people in Barbados won’t have the fortune of wilful ignorance on their side to blank out the grim reality.”
Enuff
Hmmmm……
So, men highlighting the misinformation and misinterpretation of information ONE (1) WOMAN (???) usually POSTS to BU, which only serves to MISLEAD the forum……
…… means they are “a bunch of puny cowardly mice pretending to be men who can only attack Afrikan women….?”
Okay.
Then, wouldn’t that SAME DESCRIPTION be EQUALLY APPLICABLE to that SAME WOMAN who delights in “attacking African WOMEN” in this forum, namely Donna and Cuhdear Bajan, on a REGULAR BASIS?
What words should be used to APPROPRIATELY DESCRIBE that same woman who CONSTANTLY spews UNTRUTHS “just to make things interesting,” fraudulently copied someone’s email address to send FALSE INFORMATION, makes FALSE ACCUSATIONS and issues MEANINGLESS, EMPTY THREATS?
Perhaps “a puny cowardly mouse pretending to be a woman,” is perhaps too good to describe her.
David
You need to too, and this should involve discouraging the unsubstantiated. Unless you value quantity over quality.🤣🤣
This issue was in the news since early July and I noticed it was ignored here. But back then you were busy on your 50th iteration of Mottley’s bloated cabinet, talking about the Auditor G should be immune from civil suits (yuh notice how they completed mixed up Oistins and Bridge Street?) and Kinch Gate etc. By the way, any updates on the latter?
@David
“Your position is not supported based on the agreement.”
Your NOT LISTENING.
CHINA HAS A DNA CLAUSE ON ALL LOAN AGREEMENTS WHICH PREVENTS BORROWERS(Barbados) from disclosing the agreement details or the loan agreement becomes IMMEDIATELY ACTIONABLE.
COUNTRY IS SCREWED.
look how long it took for the fowl liars…..along with nuff nuff pressure to finally come up with a kinda sorta NOT DETAILED info and links about the beggars agreement with China….from 9:17 am yesterday morning….to about 8pm LAST NIGHT…nearly 12 HOURS…
“CHINA HAS A DNA CLAUSE ON ALL LOAN AGREEMENTS WHICH PREVENTS BORROWERS(Barbados) from disclosing the agreement details or the loan agreement becomes IMMEDIATELY ACTIONABLE.”
this is spoken about a lot on the Afrikan continent….so FRAUDS and FOWLS….ya FAILED AGAIN…
yall are NEVER GONNA WIN….ya know why…..some very intelligent people, even if they got ulterior motives, decided that YA ARE NOT EVEN GONNA GET REAL NEWS ANYMORE…
and many of us know not to put everything out there, we learned our lesson…..yall look really good regurgitating endless SHIT and going around and around in circles…another 16 years of that cahn kill ya…
I wonder if those who are interested in bread and butter issues could explain to me why the cost of goods in Barbados is grotesquely inflated.. I went to a cafe in St Thomas and was charged in excess of 55 Barbadian dollars for a sandwich with some side chips and a couple of lukewarm beverages. In England, the equivalent cost would be two thirds less!
I know for some, you would not be convinced unless I were to produce a receipt. However in the real world, the average Bajan is unable to cope with the rising cost of living. Has anyone noted the cost that taxi drivers charge. Why are they not on meters?
Some of us on BU are insensitive or more likely unaware as to the daily economic burden faced by your average Bajan. We prefer to tear each other apart rather then use or eyes to assist us to question and to challenge the genuine issues faced by many on the island.
Walk the streets, take yourselves out of your usual comfort zones and try to find out how the masses are suffering. Do this before the country sleeps walk its way to lawlessness and outright anarchy.
“Some of us on BU are insensitive or more likely unaware as to the daily economic burden faced by your average Bajan. We prefer to tear each other apart rather then use or eyes to assist us to question and to challenge the genuine issues faced by many on the island.”
no, they think when they attack us, that things will change because they look and sound so good for massa… and their useless politicians…..while the country sinks lower and lower into that place OF NO RETURN…
they WILL NEVER LEARN that they cannot win anything when reality is out there and galloping toward them at HIGH SPEED…
the blighted and cursed plight of yardfowls and the ignorant..
@ Africa Caribe
Conspiracies
You peoples seem to be hung up on the fringes of the black and white society with soundbites of Pan Afrikanists Activists and Globalists NWO Covid Banking China Conspiracies so let me break down the real deal about the New World Shuffle
Devils Pickney
The Globalists White Supremacists in the New World Colonies of Americas and Motherland UK and Europe are Devils Children who love too much war and want to rule in dominion like Satan and divided the world into White and Coloureds
Jah Jah Pickney
African Caribbean Afro American Pan African stock are original Man Woman and Child of God
China
While West was playing Games of Racial Wars
Chinese were developing developing nations in South America, Asia and Caribbean
West have many tropes about the bad Chinaman and unfortunately Bajans eat up their crap
New World Shuffle
Whatever problem scenario comes along such as Covid War in Russia Global Recession
You know damn well 2 faced white folks NWO MO will be to manipulate situation for their benefit.
God gives the order for the New World Order
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7YWSC1IP1U
Remedy Solution for the Galactic Soul
Loving mother nature is in our soul
But instead of just singing going back to Africa lyrics they should unite with colour people worldwide to take over the whole world with peaceful revolutions, there are more people of colour than white and some whites are open minded about the race of the human race
Gangs uniting can takeover the cities
Warriors come out to play
Can you dig it
Get with it
Right on Right on
“I wonder if those who are interested in bread and butter issues could explain to me why the cost of goods in Barbados is grotesquely inflated.. I went to a cafe in St Thomas and was charged in excess of 55 Barbadian dollars for a sandwich with some side chips and a couple of lukewarm beverages. In England, the equivalent cost would be two thirds less!”
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/sep/30/nhs-nurses-not-eating-at-work-in-order-to-feed-their-children-survey-finds
Artax.
The lady from st Thomas was alway like that
Hats use to do it for St. Andrews
First time I can recall it from the guy in St. Peter doing it.
I tink the guy from St. John did it at least once ( can’t remember if it was in parliament though ).
IMO. The eager eleven was a different situation.
TLSN…am sure that bit of UK news by the lying fowl will cause the children in Barbados to SUFFER MUCH LESS…
…when a real food famine hits, as it will EVERYWHERE….they can just drop an immediate link to show us…LOOK wuh 100 children died from starvation in UK and only 5, 000 died in Barbados….
UKs POPULATION = 67 MILLION
Barbados’ population = 285 THOUSAND tops…
UK can afford to lose a few million people including children…
wuh Barbados BARELY got 1/4 million people and maybe 35% of that is children..
and that’s the level of IGNORANCE driving fools..
Barbados has always been a poverty-stricken country because CORRUPTION, thefts, oppression, exploitation and disenfranchisement of the Afrikan population are TOO HIGH….all engineered by CORRUPT GOVERNMENTS AND CRIMINAL MINORITIES.
“Barbados › Population
286,641
Population: 288.725 Pop. ages 0-14: 18,6 % Life expectancy: 75,4 years Under-5 mortality rate: 12 ‰ Main problems faced by children in Barbados: Poverty Although the poverty rate in Barbados in 2007 was the lowest in the Caribbean region, it was still relatively high at 14%.
TheO Wood love to see fractures. But beside the neglect as highlighted by the guy from St. Peter didn’t he read the praise / highlights of the things that were done ?
so whenever you hear the LIARS say that Barbados is a wealthy island….they have no damn resources so i don’t know what they are wealthy with…..they really mean and are referring to THE CRIMINALS WHO RoB the Afrikan population..
Caswell should issue a BU apology to the senator (Liisa )
ALL OF YOU LIE TOO MUCH…
and your LIES pauperize and kill Afrikan people…
Wunna listening to Brasstacks ?
Artax,
Oh shite! The other member of the Justice League arrived with the usual bag of super crap!
Super power – talking loud and saying nothing.
Let no-one attack another…….unless it is The Warrior who has bought the BU rights!
Murdaaaaaah!
I remembered reading the articles. I”m surprised that they escaped others.
And out comes some “clown” posting shite from some Guardian (The Justice Leaguer’s favourite) comparing the 2×3 island to superior developed white man land!
So Lil Donna can read that NHS nurses ain’t got bus fare nor food in England.
And in more second hand information news – my cousin’s wife recently returned from England and told me that she stayed hungry for hours until she got to her destination rather than buy the ridiculously priced sandwiches at one of their airports.
Proving that it all depends on WHICH CAFE YOU WENT TO!
The objective here is to paint Barbados “BLACK” in every way.
Yet….here is Lil Slave Donna and her son eating, drinking whatever they want, whenever they want and travelling, for the most part, by taxi. I have never had cause to complain about the rate. Sometimes they are even hesitant to charge me what I know should be the rate. I give them what it should be.
Man, life in Barbados has its problems like everywhere else!
No doubt there are serious hard times ahead for most of the world’s people because leaders have effed up WORLDWIDE!
I CALL ON OUR LEADERS TO STOP ALL SHITE AND DO THEIR BEST TO MITIGATE! AND I CALL ON CITIZENS TO HELP EACH OTHER WHEN THEY CAN.
It is now or never for Barbados.
Tourism authorities are looking to move swiftly to get additional airlift into Barbados with the departure of Eurowings from the domestic market.
Chief Executive Officer of the Barbados Tourism Authority (BTA) Dr Jens Thraenhart said Barbados and other countries in the region are faced with the reality that the German airline has cancelled all its Caribbean flights.
Fast forward to a year later: Today, September 29, 2022. There has been rain on the island since weekend. The past few days alone the rain has been incessant especially in the west and north of the country. We now have photos and videos of severe flooding in Holetown and while some of us may want to comfort or fool ourselves into believing the footage is old, sadly it is not. The flooding not only has affected residents and businesses, but it has disrupted school at St James Primary and Frederick Smith Secondary.
welll…at least they CAN’T LIE and PRETEND their way out of that one…
” The flooding not only has affected residents and businesses, but it has disrupted school at St James Primary and Frederick Smith Secondary.”
i could swear that they SWORE they had fixed the flooding around that area YEARS AGO…..as usual they probably meant only for the hotels and everyone else can swim..
Repeat the Mantra Remix
Ask yourself the following while expanding your mind out to the limits of your perception and wait for the universe to answer your questions and remember the answers that it gives you
[1] Who Am I?
[2] Who was I before I became physical matter in this present reality?
[3] What is my purpose in life in this present reality?
[4] How can I achieve this stated purpose?
[5] What information do I need in this present time?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPgVVr3kqiY
Newsflash – flooding will occur EVERYWHERE depending on the intensity of the rainfall.
Therefore, the Government misspoke when they spoke about fixing the flooding problem.
One can only MITIGATE in flood prone areas.
I have never seen it said that Barbados is a wealthy country.
Who said that?
A patient at the Psychiatric Hospital?
“There has been incessant rain.”
INCESSANT…. not a two hour heavy shower.
Common sense sure isn’t common.
TLSN…….borrowing BEGGARS…
“Gov’t’s borrowing is scary – Howard
Article by
Barbados TodayPublished on
September 30, 2022
Barbados is in a serious debt trap and the sooner government is willing to admit this and come up with a strategic development plan, the better.
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This is the view of retired university Professor of Economics Michael Howard who laments that while borrowing is necessary for economies like Barbados, the country is facing a major problem because government’s present borrowing is unsustainable.”
“There is a danger of borrowing too much and this is what [Prime Minister Mia] Mottley seems not to understand,” he told Barbados TODAY.?
you don’t even need to have a degree in anything to understand when ya OVER BORROWING….simple business sense would tell ya that ya in a IRREVERISBLE TRAP…
but dem look real good, i was just surprised that the fowls did not fly out to celebrate….ah guess even them, i doubt it though, maybe coming to a kinda sorta understanding in their schooled way, that this is not going to end well.
too late, too late…
in an IRREVERSIBLE TRAP…
noticed that the nuisances who bottom feed on here, don’t even have what it takes to arrive at any sensible solutions..
ah guess even them, i doubt it though, maybe coming to a kinda sorta understanding in their schooled way, that this is not going to end well….am being kind ok….cause if the PM don’t understand what’s really going on in the debt game, AMONGST OTHER THINGS that we know they don’t even know exist., how could their fowls…lol
“Newsflash – flooding will occur EVERYWHERE depending on the intensity of the rainfall.”
This! Say it louder for those in the back.
It comes down to the rate of RUN-OFF. Ask anyone familiar with flood risk and surface water management.
“MINISTER DENIS LOWE RESIGNATION MUST BE ON THE TABLE -FLOODING @CLARKES ROAD. ST. JAMES – GOD BLESS BIM ON INDEPENDENCE DAY”
Posted on November 30, 2016 by David 284 comments
The more things change…………………..
Lying Fowl….work was done in that region where there a swamp like area, where the water gushes down from the Trents area next to the hotel….i believe the work on that lasted for at LEAST 2 YEARS OR MORE…
and if i recall correctly…..it’s been MANY MANY YEARS….both the government and the business people in the area FUNDED IT…
so again, you and the bottomfeeder FAIL…
keep trying to attack every comment i make and embarrass yaself.
Government Debt is not like Household Debt or even Corporate Debt
it is much bigger than a breadbox
but that does not stop the lower class simpletons in the peanut gallery acting loud with bad reasoning
Spiritual Healing
Sacred Rhythm Mix
Cosmic Arts Dub Version
Saraba / Iya KO KO
Saraba Iya KO KO (Urubu Marinka Remix)
Yet Miss Mottley went to St. James Speaks to face the music on the very day that St. James Secondary School was flooded, the same place were the meeting was held.
I did not see her running, hiding or pretending.
September 30, 2022 10:59 AM
welll…at least they CAN’T LIE and PRETEND their way out of that one…
this comment was made in relation to this…and was made BEFORE ANY COMMENT ABOUT FLOODING….
.get it through your head…i actually ignore your shit….
“Tourism authorities are looking to move swiftly to get additional airlift into Barbados with the departure of Eurowings from the domestic market.
Chief Executive Officer of the Barbados Tourism Authority (BTA) Dr Jens Thraenhart said Barbados and other countries in the region are faced with the reality that the German airline has cancelled all its Caribbean flights.”
William….i don’t know what to tell them, and now that REAL NEWS is being removed from the superhighway…..wuh they will be MUCH MORE LOST THAN THEY ARE RIGHT NOW..
they better learn some BRAND NEW SKILLS.
PMMIA
https://barbadostoday.bb/2022/09/30/pm-holetown-flooding-not-as-bad-as-before/
“In 2020, USAID in collaboration with the Government of Barbados, completed the seven-year Water Resource Management and Flood Resilience Project to alleviate flooding in the communities of Trents, Holetown, and Speightstown.
It included upgrading culverts, erecting new drainage channels, and managing stormwater flows.”
it’s clear more work needs to be done…
..how could the lying Fowls FORGET A 7 YEAR PROJECT…to reduce the flooding…in the Trents area…
ah take it that the latest attempt to use me as a DISTRACTION….really, really BLEW UP on the fowls this time around….i keep telling yall to STOP DOING IT, YA WON’T HEAR….keep up the good work…
at least Fowl Enuff can count my posts and seen as actually contributing something, as useful for something..if nothing else..
so how many are going to get LAID OFF like fowl eggs….4 thousand……6 thousand….civil servants….ah know ya got at least 25, 000….so a few thousand here and there won’t matter.
stop trying to use me to cover up government shit….LAST WARNING…
I know Hants is a middle of the road guy, so I find it difficult to understand why he keeps saying PMMIA
Prime Minister Missing In Action
That’s not the Hants I know
Financial consultants like to say that “Past successes is not an indication of what will happen in the future”
I must use the same escape clause, “Past behavior of ‘duopolists’ is not an indication of where I stand”.
For the record, I am ready to whip Ronnie O should he start to fail. So far, his track record is above excellent.
I stand ready to heap praises on Mia when the situation occurs.
Dah Barbados Today link catspraddled a lotta the spouters. Only the shameless soliloquist, who is known to possess a contortive tongue, continues to pollute the blog. 🤣🤣
@ TheOGazerts,
From now on it will be PMMAM. lol