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The Barbados government is in the process of initiating another bold policy that without a doubt will be contentious. The draft policy prepared by the Barbados Population Commission was recently posted to the Barbados Government Information Service website to garner feedback from the public during the month of March 2023.

What cannot be refuted is that Barbados is an ageing population, when this is coupled with a declining fertility rate – Houston, we have a problem. On the current trajectory the quality of the labour force; talent pool and revenue opportunity will be negatively impacted.

If there is a problem showing on the radar the controllers (policymakers) have a responsibility to work with stakeholders in civil society to solve. The Barbados Population Policy is meant to dispassionately analyze the current state of play to inform a policy to drive a sustainable society covering the period 2021-2040.

Barbadians at home or in the diaspora are vested in a relevant population policy. It is imperative therefore Barbadians take the opportunity to submit feedback on the draft documents available.

The blogmaster’s position, we need to be proactive and bold with decisions today to ensure a greater tomorrow for the next generation. It will call for astute decision making and planning to nurture the best country for our people notwithstanding our limited resources.

If our population is ageing drawdown on the social security pool gets worse if we do nothing. How do we infuse the labour pool with required talent to ensure competitiveness? There are social and changes to the environment in our ecosystem we also have to contend.

A tenet of the system of democracy we practice is that participation of the citizenry is integral to the process to determine the best outcome. See the documents posted by government to solicit feedback from the public.

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118 responses to “Draft Barbados Population Policy Available for FEEDBACK”

  1. John Avatar
    John

    Bush Tea on March 1, 2023 at 7:01 PM said:
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    @ David
    What MPH What!!??

    Singapore is no useful reference point for Brassbados.

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    Nobody seems to understand that Singapore’s growth was only possible because of geography and common sense.

    Under the Straits of Jahore connecting Malaysia to Singapore a large diameter pipe was run to give access to the huge water resources in the rivers of the Malaysian Peninsula.

    Malaysia treated the FRESH water, used what it needed and sold the rest back to Malaysia!!

    By the time Malaysia realised it was getting a raw deal it was locked into a decades long treaty with its neighbour.

    Singapore then was able to develop way beyond what seemed possible and its high end economy has generated the resources to improve rainfall catchment, recycle water in sewage and more recently, desalinate sea water.

    Lee Kuan Yew realised Singapore’s sovereignty relied on its access to water and planned accordingly.

  2. John Avatar
    John

    Nobody seems to realise that Singapore also has the busiest port in the world!!

    We probably used to hold that title in the days of sail.

    No one seems to realise sugar output prior to the 1900’s was tiny because the milling capacity was capped.

    It was trade which allowed Barbados to punch well above its weight!!

  3. John Avatar
    John

    This is interesting.

  4. David Avatar
    David

    The point made about Singapore in the video is a simple one, M for meritocracy, P for being pragmatic and H for honesty. These are the pillars that country used to transform the country. Doesn’t it make sense for Barbados at this juncture to be equally pragmatic and borrow from their success?

  5. David Avatar
    David

    Call to weigh population options
    THE BARBADOS POPULATION POLICY has far reaching implications for Barbados’ social and economic development.
    This was the theme of a media orientation discussion of the executive summary of the draft Barbados Population Policy headed by chair of the Barbados Population Commission Roberta Clarke, who was accompanied by some of the commissioners with wide experiences during a Zoom meeting on Tuesday.
    Commissioner P. Antonio “Boo” Rudder described the policy as one which “needs to be looked at very carefully because for example if we are looking at numbers. . . I saw within the last week that Machel Montano in Trinidad had a fete where he had 25 000 people. There is a lot of talk in Barbados about monetising culture but it is extremely difficult for us because of our low and decreasing population for people in the entertainment industry to earn a decent living. So when we are looking at these things [decreasing population] we need to look at all the parameters because it is an extremely complex situation”.
    “Within the short term the only thing that I see that we can objectively do is to employ the concept of managed migration. That presents other problems. So I am saying that across the board everyone has got to be very careful in how they analyse this situation so that we can have clear guidance in terms of how we proceed with the type of solutions which we may select,” Rudder added.
    The public can access the draft on the Barbados Government Information Service website up until March 31 and comments sent to
    populationpolicy@barbados.gov.bb.
    Clarke said the commission was “diligent in our analysis taking the best guidance from the demographic projections and then analysing some of the impacts. In relation to managing migration we are saying the first responsibility is to take care of those who are here now, but that may require us to bring in people to help take care of those who are here now”.
    She said those who were coming to Barbados would “fill unmet needs not take away jobs”.
    The draft policy offers a detailed cover in its summary’s opening statement which says that Barbados has one of the lowest population growth rates in CARICOM.
    “The total population has grown by just 24 per cent in the last 60 years. Since 1960, birth and fertility rates have consistently fallen and fertility rates have dipped below replacement since 1980. Off-setting this decline has been only a modest rise in immigration levels alongside a decline in outward migration of Barbadians. This combination of factors, unless specific policies are advanced, will result in a declining population.”
    It said if fertility rates were maintained at 2.1, in 2020 the population would have been 360 000 and by 2050 would grow to an estimated 400 000.
    It was noted that an aging population, without any intervention, would result in decreases in the workforce, increases in the care responsibility of a minority for the majority of the population; declines in government revenues as the taxbase contracts and a likely decline in economic, social
    and cultural dynamism.
    “Over the next 30 years, the dependency ratio will grow to nearly two dependents per person of working age, placing strains on families and social care and security systems. Care of the elderly is expected to nearly double in its demand of financing from just under 20 per cent of total health expenditure to nearly 40 per cent. The social and economic costs of an ageing society with a preponderance of retired persons are broad, complex and conditional on responses.”
    Reported in the draft which outlines three interrelated policy goals: demographic [which] proposes an increased population of working age people to ensure economic and social vibrancy; human security for all present and future generations; management of interactions between people and the environment to secure the ecological balance now and for future generations. (JS)


    Source: Nation

  6. Numbers Game Avatar
    Numbers Game

    Perhaps the abstract extrapolations models and forecasts of how many people will be required need to challenged as nothing is set in stone.
    If X amount are needed, then a piecemeal approach could be adopted so that social effects are monitored and infrastructure developments are in place to accommodate all.

  7. David Avatar
    David

    This is a final warning to those who continue to disrespect the blog. The blogmaster will delete comments where the intention is to detract from the substantive issue. No need to reply.

  8. Yolande Grant - African Online Publishing Copyright (c) 2023. All Rights Reserved. Avatar
    Yolande Grant – African Online Publishing Copyright (c) 2023. All Rights Reserved.

    *Answer:

    Did Barrow not talk about this Singapore model since the 1960s, wuh i could remember hearing bout it as a child…before 10 years old…still hearing about it over 50 YEARS LATER…still not implemented…Singapore has SINCE MOVED ON….and wunna still dere talking and NOT doing…but want evabody to fall in line like sheep for another 50 years of the same charade…

    do yall even understand WHAT IS REALLY HAPPENING on the island and globally…? No need to answer….i know you dont…that is what defines you….

    Pacha tries, but i wont waste that energy…got better things to tackle.

  9. Bush Tea Avatar
    Bush Tea

    @ David
    Doesn’t it make sense for Barbados at this juncture to be equally pragmatic and borrow from their success?
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    It does make sense.
    However we also need to be pragmatic in our assessment of the situation.

    1- Meritocracy is a bridge too far for us.
    Our whole mentality has been to promote family, friends and bribe-payers.
    No one gives a hoot about competence.
    Case in point:
    With all the shiite filling the news every day, commentary has remained almost exclusively on what the BLP says and occasionally what the DLP says…
    No one bothers to consider what the PROVEN EXPERTS (those who have acquired a long history of being proven to be right- not those on Brass Tacks with just shiite degrees)
    Even BU is somewhat guilty of this… though to a lesser extent than most.

    2 – Pragmatism?
    Boss, we just allowed another White Bajan to sell a key National asset to an English firm after DECADES of exploiting local labour and resources (including questionable Government grants) to build a multimillion dollar Empire.
    This after practically EVERY other productive asset has been GIFTED to foreign PIRATES by clueless ‘leaders’ who are UNABLE to resist petty bribes.

    3- Honesty?
    Ha Ha Ha
    Murduh!!!
    OH Shirtttt!!! . ..bout Hay!!?
    Boss…
    – Leroy Parris walking bout FREE as a BIRD!
    – NOT A SINGLE Lawyer can dare to have their Client Account audited and published
    – Not a BOY dares to examine what happened at Four Seasons and Clear Water…
    …and the Radical Vaccines – How did that exemplify ‘honesty’?

    Don’t mek foolish sport with Bushie Mr Blogmaster.
    In Singapore, at LEAST 200 of those F%$#^rs would have been executed, and our NATIONAL treasury would have been in the BLACK – just like Singapore’s ….

    Chalk and Cheese Boss!!!

  10. Yolande Grant - African Online Publishment Copyright (c) 2023. All Rights Reserved.. Avatar
    Yolande Grant – African Online Publishment Copyright (c) 2023. All Rights Reserved..

    “Even BU is somewhat guilty of this… though to a lesser extent than most.”

    My point exactly…you have well informed minds like Pacha’s…who does phenomenal research with much to contribute, lots to offer, am sure if given the chance and not attacked and abused, William and others, not me, cant stand wunna shite and have no interest, but others can be equally useful with what’s approaching….but no, still reading the same regurgitated shite as a solution, sans anything progressive from over 50 YEARS AGO….and we are in 2023..

    “In Singapore, at LEAST 200 of those F%$#^rs would have been executed, and our NATIONAL treasury would have been in the BLACK – just like Singapore’s ….

    Chalk and Cheese Boss!!!”

    FORTHWITH…that is what we should be calling for they and their bribemasters PUBLIC executions, instead of digging up gonowhere mouthings of the LONG DEAD from over half century ago….when exposure is inevitable…each and everytime, the same MO…cover up….

    Bushman…they dont even listen to you, as a BU elder…but got talk for me….and can never remember when they are running that decades old scam…my memory still works….and i doan do coverups.

  11. Yolande Grant - African Online Publishing Copyright (c) 2023. All Rights Reserved. Avatar
    Yolande Grant – African Online Publishing Copyright (c) 2023. All Rights Reserved.

    More importantly, your puppet minion governments are not in control, never have been, of anything other than facilitating oppression, exploitation, thefts, the dishing out of racis, apartheid and disenfranchisement of the majority…that’s why they join in, ..that’s the only roles they are allowed and relish….their power is only OVER YOU and ALL that’s NEGATIVE including capture..it will ALWAYS BE THAT WAY…something ya LYING deceitful politicians will never tell you.

    Did Barrow not tell you that you one day you will find out you dont own the island, well you dont, never did….at least to his credit he gave ya a headsup…so all the anti-other islanders idiots who believe that regional migration will take something from them, wuh dey cahn tek wuh yuh NEVER OWNED…

    if ya want to find out how and why, the dynamics and mechanics…do ya own research cause you NEVER listen to the people who do…and then put themselves in harms way to tell you….those are the ones you abuse and attack….now ya on ya own and stressed out…you put yourselves in that position, you had years of warnings and time to do otherwise. That’s why people like myself will now watch and never get involved any further. Can’t anymore anyway.

    Pacha..ya see am done, outside of the basics..

    On another note:

    “CDC quietly confirms at least 118 children and young adults have “died suddenly” in the US since the rollout of the covid vaccines”

    these people know they screwed up and have to pay out…hope the copycat minions in Barbados know they have to as well, and still get prosecuted down the line…….cause their clown doctors who are also looking at prosecution and even worse..were still pushing this death crime on children publicly as recently as January…

  12. John Avatar
    John

    “The trade-to-GDP ratio is an indicator of the relative importance of international trade in the economy of a country. It is calculated by dividing the aggregate value of imports and exports over a period by the gross domestic product for the same period. Although called a ratio, it is usually expressed as a percentage.”

    Singapore has a trade-to-GDP ratio of 320%, among the highest in the world.

    Barbados, like Singapore, was once a trading hub through which most trade from Europe to North America passed.

    It was never about sugar in the 17th/18th/19th centuries in the days of sail, it was all about trade. Milling capacity was capped by wind power limiting the output of sugar to miniscule amounts.

    Our nitwit historians got it wrong and in so doing have totally twisted up the thinking capacity of most Bajans. Understanding the economics of trade and the principle of conservation of energy was simply beyond the one trick ponies they are.

    Our politicians jumped on the bandwagon and their lack of understanding doomed Barbados.

  13. Yolande Grant - African Online Publishing Copyright (c) 2023. All Rights Reserved.. Avatar
    Yolande Grant – African Online Publishing Copyright (c) 2023. All Rights Reserved..

    Hope yall keeping up with the news about this….CBC or CMS or whoever they are these days….nationnews has an article..

    Doan even call my name…the 100 year old fraud ya wicked politicians perpetrated have finally caught up…keep belching out Singapore…did not happen in over half century, not about to happen ever.

    “Can you see? All the govérnments are being forced to do this. Never in history has so many countries had to conform to an agenda like this.”

  14. John Avatar
    John

    Yolande Grant – African Online Publishing Copyright (c) 2023. All Rights Reserved. on March 2, 2023 at 6:55 AM said:
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    *Answer:

    Did Barrow not talk about this Singapore model since the 1960s, …

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    He never saw the pipe across the straits of Johore and assumed Singapore was doing it on its own.

    Even if he had xray specs or sonar to look underwater, his background was in law and he could never understand the technical aspects of what might have seen.

    You just have to watch the treatment of the limited water resources of Barbados to understand he and successive “leaders” did not have a clue and were no more than thieves.

    They promoted the building of houses which consumed most of the available water and got their cut without promoting the building of an economy which would sustain a country.

    Any housing development will have its associated politicians, the price in the early 60’s was $35,000 a pop, payable to the cashier of the DLP.

    The separation of talkers from reality has brought about the downfall of many.

    There comes a time when they have to do and whatever they attempt will be unsuccessful without some vision and understanding of how things work in the real world and not some contrived environment they prefer to concoct.

    Meritocracy, pragmatism and honesty are all swept under the carpet and ignored, hence the result we see in Barbados.

    Better see if there is any cheap oil to drill but even if there is, they will screw this up as well.

  15. Yolande Grant - African Online Publishing Copyright (c) 2023. All Rights Reserved. Avatar
    Yolande Grant – African Online Publishing Copyright (c) 2023. All Rights Reserved.

    Similarly, they dont understand how oil flows…

    “He never saw the pipe across the straits of Johore and assumed Singapore was doing it on its own.

    “Even if he had xray specs or sonar to look underwater, his background was in law and he could never understand the technical aspects of what might have seen.”

    Hindsight is always 20/20…they were never going to put technical experts in charge of the island, only whom they trained and can fulky control…the clueless to any masterful development…the paper degreed prideful and boastful…empty vessels..dont you see it’s still ongoing…without end….they will ALWAYS screw up everything…it’s their fate..

  16. Redguard Avatar
    Redguard

    Here in the face of statistics you claim using only your limited anecdotal “evidence” that only a few women don’t want children.
    But what the document does not go into is the fertility rate for educated professional women (your independent women). We can all guess it is even lower than the average and we can all guess why. My guess is selfish individualism but you reason men.
    For someone who claims to be independent you sure depend on men a lot to explain every malady you and your feminists face.

  17. TheOGazerts Avatar
    TheOGazerts

    I saw the best reason we need 185,000 new Bajans. I am wondering if I dream this stuff up or if I lost sanity for a few minutes. I am searching for the story because I want to provide you with the actual statement before I give it my spin. I can remember a number 2,500 or 25,000. The story is so sweet, I have to bowl before I get my hands on the ball. What a thing.

    Here is the reason
    “With our aging population, the number of people attending fetes are down. We need more people so that those holding fetes can make money”

    That will be a hell of a fete. I reckon we should be able to get at least 70,000 in attendance. Even if I’m 100, I want to be there.

  18. TheOGazerts2 Avatar
    TheOGazerts2

    Please do not confuse this moniker with TheOGazerts.
    The similarity and juxtaposition of the letters do not make us friends or relatives.
    I do no now that fellow.

    Have a great Day Barbados

  19. TheOGazerts Avatar
    TheOGazerts

    Arghhh.. The typos gave me up.

  20. David Avatar
    David

    @Bush Tea

    There is a reality, there is a retiring class of businessmen who feel no obligation to sell to locals or local consortium. Maybe this is why we need to bring in new blood. Unfortunately as Donna opined it means a New Barbados.

  21. David Avatar
    David

    The issue s not where Singapore is today, it is about the tenets of their success. What drive the transformation.

  22. TLSN Avatar
    TLSN

    Would it be an exaggeration to claim that Barbados has been led by a cartel of crooks since 1966. To be told that the country requires an increase in its population of between 80- 185,000 for the country’s self preservation, by 2035, is a scandal of the highest order; and should be greeted as a slap in the face to all black Barbadians.

    Do not let these crooks who have been “mis-governing” you since since 1966 get away with this. The buck stops with our leaders who have failed their people on a catastrophic scale.

    In London, close to London Bridge we have a museum called the London Dungeon. It highlights how torture was administered in medieval times. One can hear the terrible noises of someone been placed on a machine designed to stretch their limbs beyond their natural limits until they popped!. These contraptions are still in working order, but considered surplus to today’s requirements within the UK. Perhaps they could be exported to the Barbadian masses. I’m certain they would be able to find a need for them.

    Perhaps Mia will explain to her people how Barbados has found itself in the position that it needs to augment its population with tens of thousands of non-black foreigners. What role has she played in this disaster?

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    Yolande Grant – African Online Publishing Copyright (c) 2023. All Rights Reserved.

    William…something is about to pop…as usual, they managed to piss off sumbody….when they have for years thought i was the problem…although assured many times, i was not, still isn’t….they will now see and learn that people are not as stupid as they believe.

    They will see, i can sit, say nothing, and the momentum will hold….indefinitely.

    John…things dont look good…..unless the REAL powers that be send in their technical experts..i dont see why they wouldnt as it’s in their best interest to do so.

    .but these airheads cannot be relied on…they are failures….relying on crooked minorities who only look out for self…a go nowhere approach…that’s why the island looks so dilapidated, no matter how many millions in patchwork they throw at it…

  24. Yolabde Grant - African Online Publishing Copyright (c) 2023. All Rights Reserved. Avatar
    Yolabde Grant – African Online Publishing Copyright (c) 2023. All Rights Reserved.

    TLSN..it’s harsh…but at this time, the island can only sink lower and lower with these types of mindsets…something has to be done…they were useful to those who own them, for a time…but that was then….

    …it looks even worse for the majority who blindly rely on and believe in them…..

  25. Vincent Codrington Avatar
    Vincent Codrington

    An interesting approach to kite flying;but very dangerous should these ideas be taken seriously.

  26. John Avatar
    John

    Yolande Grant – African Online Publishing Copyright (c) 2023. All Rights Reserved. on March 2, 2023 at 10:04 AM said:
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    William…something is about to pop …..

    ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

    You may be right!!

    https://imgur.com/fxMkOKU

  27. David Avatar
    David

    @TLSN

    How do you know if the influx will be non Black if it does occur? Let us not engage in scaremongering.

  28. Dub Reasoning Avatar
    Dub Reasoning

    Barbadians chat about becoming a Singapore when they should chat about becoming a better Barbados. Some initiatives to be more like Singapore can be achieved and taken in small steps. Rastas show how people should reason, the African roots is the route to success.

  29. David Avatar
    David

    The reference to Singapore is how can we borrow from their success, in other words, a pragmatic approach. Comprehension please!

  30. Vincent Codrington Avatar
    Vincent Codrington

    The problem is will Singapore’s success be Barbados success. Singapore is Singapore and Barbados is Barbados. Social objectives and cultures are different.Our solutions must speak to our needs and well-being.

  31. Dub Questions Avatar
    Dub Questions

    Questions Questions
    No Answers
    We just bury the dead when they die
    So instead of making huge plans with huge steps
    Better to think how to structure your 24 hours
    and put a little bit of what you want to develop there
    inside that day
    because instead of huge steps
    what we are using as a method
    is continuity

  32. Yolande Grant - African Online Publishing Copyright (c) 2023. All Rights Reserved. Avatar
    Yolande Grant – African Online Publishing Copyright (c) 2023. All Rights Reserved.

    https://nielharper.com/blog/

    John…elections was only last year as someone brought to my attention, but everyone is on the campaign trail…and in election mode, holding meetings, they said the rush is because of a court case that has been adjourned 5 times showing that the government is illegitimate and which they can very well lose….that is why another election is being rushed through after 1 year…

    Hope that is not the reason we are distracted with the Singapore BS…everyone knows and is sharing information.

    Educate yourselves on the Neil Harper blog..am too busy to be bothered, gotta get back to my projects so can only drop in and out.

  33. David Avatar
    David

    @Vincent

    Of course not, the comparison to repeat is how do we borrow from policy measures there and elsewhere. In this case the idea that our governance system can be improved by holding prominent public officials accountable, expecting honesty to be a priority in transactions and meritocracy. Can’t we agree that these three characteristics should be given priority?

  34. John Avatar
    John

    Vincent Codrington
    on March 2, 2023 at 10:42 AM said:
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    The problem is will Singapore’s success be Barbados success. Singapore is Singapore and Barbados is Barbados. Social objectives and cultures are different.Our solutions must speak to our needs and well-being.

    ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

    Agree.

    But given that Singapore and Barbados started their independence in about the same position and at about the same time, Singapore’s success highlights Barbados’ failure.

    Clearly, we had as someone said above, a cartel of crooks running the show.

  35. John Avatar
    John

    Isn’t it an insult to Barbadians for the same faces who led the country down the slippery slope to be reappearing once again to take back up the baton of leadership?

    The cartel has no shame whatsoever.

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    Yolande Grant – African Online Publishing Copyright (c) 2023. All Rights Reserved

    Cant figure what’s happening with the BU lineup but it appears i put this the wrong place.

    “The failings of the EBC with regards to data minimisation, lack of data security, and transfers to inadequate jurisdictions opens them up to legal liability, possibly even a class action lawsuit, in the event that individual(s) experience significant harm or violations of their rights due to the EBC’s negligent actions.”

    One BU clown already believes he can use the EBCs incompetence to come after me, and think he is untouchable because of anonymity, but when am ready, the soft in the head will see..ah know yall idle and have very little to do outside making yaselves public nuisances…but there is a cure for you…in your ignorance, you wont stop until someone makes a prime example of you.

  37. Bush Tea Avatar
    Bush Tea

    There is a reality, there is a retiring class of businessmen who feel no obligation to sell to locals or local consortium. Maybe this is why we need to bring in new blood.
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    Boss…You REALLY need to confer more with the original David….

    Like Walter Blackman, you seem now resigned to the inevitable brassbowlery that Bushie has preached now for a decade.

    What happened to your much vaunted optimism bozie?

    These local white people leveraged their ill-gotten wealth from the plantation era, and then managed to bribe, cajole, and browbeat our ‘Judas-like’ politicians to hand them the keys to our treasury – with tax relief, VAT forgiveness (Stealing of VAT payments by citizens), non-payment of NIS dues, and by secret loop-sided contracts – designed to GUARANTEE them business success – ALL on the backs of taxpayers.

    Now that they are too old and too rich to enjoy the largess handed to them, they are choosing to sell out to foreigners who have no interests in us – beyond our value as easy profit targets.

    ..and this is your response? …’it is a reality’? …no outrage?

    Well well!!

    You will find out that the ’New blood’ that is coming are even worse than the old plantocracy elite – but more refined and more mercenary.

  38. David Avatar
    David

    @Bush Tea

    Still optimistic but not unrealistically so.

  39. Donna Avatar
    Donna

    I do not depend on men to explain anything in which they have no part. I state facts. You, on the other hand, ALWAYS come to BU BLAMING EVERYTHING ON WOMEN! This is a ridiculous position when discussing issues that OBVIOUSLY have to do with relationships between women and men.

    It takes TWO to tango!

    You mention some study, probably foreign, without bringing the details. And we all know that the devil is in the details.

    Your study may reveal the fact that educated women are focused on careers. Did your study answer the question of WHY?

    Obviously, there would be various reasons, because women are different. (Just in case you didn’t know.)

    Some women want the stimulation and satisfaction of utilising their abilities to their full extent. Some women want to maximise their earning potential and enjoy the material side of life. Some women just wish to be independent of the whims of men. Some believe they have something of value to contribute to society. Some wish to provide for any children that they may have and SOME WATCHED THEIR MOTHERS GET THEIR TAILS LICK IN BY MEN and determined that this wouldn’t happen to them.

    But YOU, you never even consider that at all!

    My anecdotal evidence is based on KNOWING many
    of the educated women in Barbados. This is a small society. And by KNOWING, I mean interacting with them on a deeper level than most men seem capable of doing. Women, in certain circumstances, can bare their souls! WOMEN talk about things other than cars and sports.

    I say to you that though many educated women may limit the number of children they have AND delay having them in order to pursue a career, they have not fundamentally changed in their desire for marriage and children. Their standards for what constitutes marriage material are higher.

    They demand more from their men and many refuse to settle.

    So… there is a part for men to play in increasing our birth rates. To suggest otherwise would be absurd… truly ignorant.

  40. John Avatar
    John

    Donna on March 2, 2023 at 12:06 PM said:
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    It takes TWO to tango!

    ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

    Not if one of the two is above a certain age.

    Simple fact of life.

    A woman has a certain appointed time to reproduce and the more that is put off the lower the birth rate will sink and men will have to turn to surrogacy if they want to reproduce.

    In which case it may take 3 or 4 to tango.

  41. TheOGazerts Avatar
    TheOGazerts

    Some are strong proponents of diversification but there are two sides to this coin

    Which side do you prefer:
    Given that all individuals are unique –
    A diversification that make more of them and less of you, or
    a diversification that makes more of you and less of them.

    My dear friend (554 😎), I know where you stand.

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    Yolande Grant – African Online Publishing Copyright (c) 2023. All Rights Reserved.

    John ….have you seen it yet, they thought they could SNEAK IN another election after just one year, trying to get away from the case before it starts and a decision is reached, hence adjournment after adjournment….5 in all so far and the case cant start…. cause according to the experts, they are very likely to lose at the CCJ level…

    But ya see how many other cases in their interest they managed to push through…

    Sleight of hand, slick tricks, think they can spring another surprise election on the people…what Singapore what..that one is getting uglier each time it’s used as a trojan horse…..they really do need a new script…

    Let’s see them try to bamboozle the people this time and lose, or wait for the case to actually start and finish..

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    Yolande Grant – African Online Publishing Copyright (c) 2023. All Rights Reserved.

    Bushman….the only solution to save the island seems to be to import a majority white population that wild negros will be too afraid to disrespect like they do the Afrikan population, but, then that will be the end of black leadership..in just a matter of years.

    ..especially if ya get that same number they are seeking from Ukraine…the way that war is going those people will need to get out eventually if there is no end in sight…. Europe is already balking at taking care of them or taking in anymore. US is taking in plenty.

    Maybe Pacha can expound on that..

    Population of Ukraine…44.62 million.

    .they will definitely then get the population numbers they seek…..want to see them saying no to that…..everything is now so fluid, anything is possible.

    ……small politicians…dey dog then dead..dem useless anyways…not a fella will miss them…just bear in mind, dependent beggars and borrowers have no power and even less say.

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    John

    Yolande Grant – African Online Publishing Copyright (c) 2023. All Rights Reserved. on March 2, 2023 at 5:15 PM said:
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    Bushman….the only solution to save the island seems to be to import a majority white population that wild negros will be too afraid to disrespect like they do the Afrikan population, but, then that will be the end of black leadership..in just a matter of years.

    +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

    The island isn’t going anywhere!!

    The question is, Save the island for whom?

    With a birthrate under 2.1, local Bajans will eventually die out.

    The island will then be up for grabs!!

    I suspect the grabbing been done already!!

    Another option is to import some women under 30 and leave it to the Bajan men to repopulate the island.

    Only thing is we will have to compete with China which is in the market for nuff nuff women.

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    John

    I am sure Bajan men of all ages in Canada and elsewhere would flock back to Barbados and offer their services if they got to know of the island’s dire problems.

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    NorthernObserver

    Wait Bushie. On the one hand, the whites could only run distribution companies (you have a good term for the practice) and now one of these distribution firms, which operates in 30+ countries, became a “key National asset”?
    Not stinking Northern, no investment, so I could not get accused of exploiting a soul. I’ll let my fellow Canucks and Trini’s do that.

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    Nice up the dance

    One of the Benefits of Slavery and Immigration is it has distributed or brought Black people all around the world which nice up the dance musically speaking. Rasta brethren are better than white boys and girls.

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    John

    Hosea 8:7
    King James Version
    7 For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk; the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it yield, the strangers shall swallow it up.

    +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

    Here’s what will probably happen with Barbados.

    “Strangers shall swallow it up”.

    We made bad choices after independence.

    We and the “cartel of crooks” sowed the wind.

    We did not have to follow the post independence “cartel of crooks” blindly.

    But we did.

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    Marcus Garvey: ‘Look for me in the whirlwind’

    “They” tried to ban this freedom speech against the most fundamental principle and right of freedom of speech
    Therefore the BU posse will have to read and memorise this text for homework
    You show that you are a letter from Christ, the result of our ministry, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts. Such confidence as this is ours through Christ before God.

    https://speakola.com/political/marcus-garvey-look-for-me-in-the-whirlwind-1924

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    Yolande Grant – African Online Publshing Copyright (c) 2023. All Rights Reserved.

    “Only thing is we will have to compete with China which is in the market for nuff nuff women.”

    So now we are a commodity…

    “The question is, Save the island for whom?”

    Do you really need to ask….these false title holders dont have what it takes to pull the island or people out of what they created for them…the trickle down effect from removing (tiefing) billions of dollars from circulation in the economy over a 40 YEAR period has started…the people not able to afford burying their dead is a tell…and they should NEVER bring innocent children into the social mess that they visited on Barbados when they had options to do much better but chose the path of corruption for self gain…instead.

    And if there is anyone else out there, they have always been there, but everyone knew and kept their mouths tightly shut…culpable.

    I like where they are at in this moment…no court case processed..lose the election…court case processed…LOSE THE CASE…rock and hard place.
    .
    Kiki…from i found out what they did to both Marcus Garvey, in 1920 and Clement Payne in 1937, Kwame Ture and others in the 1970a right in Barbados.. to keep this horrifying system of self loathing alive and in place to trap their people…they have all been placed on my permanent shitlist..

    Let Karma and Retribution stalk them forever i say..

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