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Savvy on the Beach launches Barbados Fairness & Truth website.

Allan Kinch
Allan Kinch of Savvy on the Beach

The level of public distrust is at an all time low and with a Mia Mottley government that has mastered the art of sanitizing public disclosures – who to trust?

The Savvy on the Beach story has generated significant interest in recent months, it is a classic case of the rich and political elite mixing it up. In fact many observers conclude it is an example of how the business class and government interact oftentimes skirting the regulations to solidify economic power.

Against the foregoing Barbados Underground is happy to broadcast that parties concerned have launched a website to capture all the pertinent details about Savvy on the Beach.

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181 responses to “Savvy on the Beach launches website”

  1. Hants Avatar
    Hants

    https://www.nationnews.com/2023/08/24/pm-defends-nis-debt-write-off/

  2. Bimlady Avatar
    Bimlady

    I agree with you Sarah be bless my child

  3. Bimlady Avatar
    Bimlady

    Amen you are not alone. Jesus is always near.. remenber God is still God. remenber Daniel. Joseph etc we serve a big God he will never leave you or forsake you my child be bless..

  4. Sarah Taylor Avatar
    Sarah Taylor

    I am speechless at the Prime Ministers claim that their was no application Please look at the evidence

    https://www.barbadosfairnessandtruth.com/post/town-planning-applications-for-food-truck-park

  5. NorthernObserver Avatar
    NorthernObserver

    BARP asking for Annual Reports. Made public? Not likely. But going forward we promise to be better. We love you, the cheque is in the mail, and I promise not to come in your —–…..
    There are members of BARP who are forced to exist on less than a $1 000 a month despite the rising cost of living. This speaks to the need for specified cost of living adjustments for NIS pensioners . . . we want the NIS in tandem with pension reform to have its annual report and audit within the stipulated deadline. These documents should be made public within a month of completion. The NIS should be transparent in its service and records . . . and must be transparent in selection of staff,” said Rice-Bowen. (JS) Nation

  6. Frankie Avatar
    Frankie

    Was the PMs claim covered in the press, or is it within video of a speech?

  7. Sarah Taylor Avatar
    Sarah Taylor

    @Frankie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTg6A3HaAE4 39 minutes from the end

  8. Sarah Taylor Avatar
    Sarah Taylor

    https://www.barbadosfairnessandtruth.com/post/certificate-of-payment-land-tax-2023-24

    Land tax Payment Certificates 2023-2024

  9. TheOGazerts Avatar
    TheOGazerts

    I watched St Andrew speaks and I thought the inhabitants conducted themselves well. Respectful, direct and asking sensible questions.

    Having watched many of these events, it caught me completely by surprise. Usually many of the speakers are drunk ……..,.,………………

    with Kool aid.

  10. TheOGazerts Avatar
    TheOGazerts

    I am always impressed by Mia. Regardless of what she is saying, she is always in control of the message she is putting out.

    You can fact check her later, but when she is speaking she owns the moment.

    Not a fan but impressed.

  11. Old Timer Avatar
    Old Timer

    Well I was just listening to the PM about the pension thing then the PM went on to Savvy. Well her side of the story different to yours Ms Taylor by alot. Anyhow I was glad to hear that a provision will be made for the food vendors, dont mind them apparently was breaking the law too as them was there illegally as the developer didnt not have permission for that neither. Anyhow the boss lady (the PM), say that one way or the other the land will be returned to a carpark. Cause the impression was given was that all these small black men would of lost the pick.

    Anyhow the PM say she got more to say later so I will listen. As they say them got 2 sides to every story and sometimes even three.

  12. Old Timer Avatar
    Old Timer

    Another thing got me confused, the PM say the land which I guess is the carpark isn’t Kinch land. SO the rent the vendors was paying then was paid to who then and should they continue to pay rent to somebody that ain’t the owner?

    Lord have mercy this thing got me muddle up, I should never of had on my dam radio today!

  13. John A Avatar
    John A

    @ Old Timer

    Relax the PM stated she has more to share on the Savvy issue regarding the sale etc so just be patient and form an opinion when all the facts are out there.

    On the pension issue of the 750 installments, I was glad that it was explained this would not affect persons who are 60 and over as this would of seriously hit some people hard, as they would of had no time to plan or attempt to make the additional 250 installments.

  14. Sarah Taylor Avatar
    Sarah Taylor

    I don’t have many words right now… but I want to say this. It was at the last meeting a few weeks ago that the AG asked not to go to the press and Mr Kinch agreed.

    This of course was also at a meeting where the AG agreed that it was still a negotiation but then swifty sent a letter giving Mr Kinch giving him 14 days 3 of which were bank holidays to accept his offer.

    This was also a meeting where the AG said Mr Kinch would not be compensated for the lands sold to Him by the BTII that are where the food trucks and the gardens are.

    Though I was outraged at the unfairness of the matter I first tried as I always have to reach out to the PM by letter, by email, by whatsapp and by text. I have used the words “I am BEGGING you” many times asking her to meet and resolve it. I asked for NOTHING more.

    It is only after SHE failed to respond and to deal with the matter. A matter where lands were advertised as beach front property, described with the boundary to the sea and conveyed to the high water mark and the land tax has been paid on for 3 years and now our government says no you don’t own the land and no we are not compensating you. How is this possible?

    I ask you all WHERE DO WE LIVE? Surely this is no longer Barbados!

    Is this not the same Barbados that when she saw wrong things being done and no efforts being made to resolve them held a All White March? Did she not speak out, did she not walk around with a red bag?

    I have only learned by her example to speak out against injustice just as she did on in Aug 2010 Fairness & Truth https://www.nationnews.com/2010/08/27/blp-column-fairness-and-truth/

  15. Old Timer Avatar
    Old Timer

    @ Ms Taylor

    So when the PM says that the food vans are breaking the law on whose land are they breaking the law? I don’t understand this.

  16. Delbert Avatar
    Delbert

    A good question.
    But Mia accepted defeat, saying all the food vendors could stay.
    This negates much of the support for the ‘other side’. But means whomever owns the land, or may own, are committed to this use. We assume she has the required permissions.

  17. David Avatar
    David

    Food trucks to stay
    By Maria Bradshaw
    mariabradshaw@nationnews.com

    Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley has broken her silence on the controversial Savvy on The Bay saga, declaring that the food truck business operators will not be moved.
    However, one of the principals behind the project has hit back, complaining about the ongoing negotiations.
    Speaking during a press conference at Ilaro Court yesterday, Mottley suggested that the section of land on which the food vendors now operate at Bay Street, St Michael, did not belong to businessman Allan Kinch.
    Kinch had said he bought the three parcels of land in the area from the Barbados Tourism Investment Inc. (BTII) in 2015. He is presently in discussions with Government over the acquisition of two sections of the land, which Government wants returned to public car park space.
    Pointing out that the two sides had agreed not to discuss the matter with the media while they were in negotiations, Mottley said: “The only thing that I would say about this is that the issue . . . upon small vendors has been put at the centre of it. I want to be very clear, regardless of the outcome of the discussions with the developer, those vendors will stay where they are.
    “And I say so because the information coming to Government from the developer would suggest that they only have a lease until March or May next year.
    “I want to give you the assurance that the difficulty as to where you are on the beach is not the developer’s land and, therefore, whether it is the developer who eventually leases the land or it remains with Government as it is currently, you would have the opportunity to stay there.”
    She added: “I thank the developer for giving us the idea, even though there was no application to Town Planning and no ownership of the land upon which he has put you, but you will stay there. Thanks be to God.”
    In terms of the actual ongoing negotiations with Kinch, which have been taking place with Attorney General (AG) Dale Marshall and Dr William Duguid, Senior Minister in charge of infrastructural projects, the Prime Minister said Government would reveal all in a ministerial statement about the sale of the beachfront land if the talks were not concluded soon.
    “I would say to you now is that I have said to the two gentleman (Marshall and Duguid), you have a timeline on these negotiations. If these negotiations don’t finish within the next few weeks, there must be a ministerial statement to the Parliament and all of the facts laid bare, including how this matter started under the last Government, why there was a need to go to court under the last Government, how therefore the sale
    was proceeded with, as a result of an act with specific performance and why we would not have been able to act before when we said from the very beginning.
    “From the time I was a child, those two lots in the middle were always car parks. In fact, there used to be a jetty there. We believe the public of Barbados must retain that open space to the beach and that there must be the opportunity for Bajans to go and park their car and get a sea bath when they want, as they have always been able to do.”
    When contacted for a response to the comments by the Prime Minister, Kinch, who has not spoken to the media since the negotiations began, told the Saturday Sun: “I have a response but I will not make it public at this point. I am just shocked that she doesn’t know what emails she has received or what files pass her desk. That’s all I would say at this point.”
    However, his partner Sarah Taylor revealed that Government has said it will not compensate Kinch for the lands it wants to reacquire.
    “It was at the last meeting a few weeks ago that the AG asked not to go to the press and Mr Kinch agreed. This, of course, was also at a meeting where the AG agreed that it was still a negotiation but then swiftly sent a letter giving Mr Kinch 14 days, three of which were bank holidays, to accept his offer.
    “This was also a meeting where the AG said Mr Kinch would not be compensated for the lands sold to him by the BTII – that are where the food trucks and the gardens are.”
    Taylor said she attempted to reach out to the Prime Minister after this occurred.
    “Though I was outraged at the unfairness of the matter, I first tried as I always have to reach out to the PM by letter, by email, by WhatsApp and by text. I have used the words ‘I am begging you’ many times asking her to meet and resolve it.
    “It is only after she failed to respond and to deal with the matter, a matter where lands were advertised as beachfront property, described with the boundary to the sea and conveyed to the high-water mark and the land tax has been paid on for three years, and now our Government says, ‘No, you don’t own the land and no, we are not compensating you’. How is this possible?” she asked.
    “I ask you all where do we live? Surely, this is no longer Barbados!”

    Source: Nation

  18. Sarah Taylor Avatar
    Sarah Taylor

    Good morning Old Timer

    All I can say is take a look at the website and tell me.

    https://www.barbadosfairnessandtruth.com/

    Land was advertised and sold to Mr Kinch and Mr Kinch has the conveyances and had paid the land tax for the last three years on it.

  19. Sarah Taylor Avatar
    Sarah Taylor

    @David

    Further to my statement printed in the Nation newspaper. I also want to add the following

    It was on the 19th of July 2023 that the AG requested Mr Kinch not go to the press.

    It was on the 28th of July 2023 after not responding to offers or supplying promised documents that the AG sent a letter giving 14 days which included 3 bank holidays for Mr Kinch to accept his offer or they would move to acquire the land.

    It was on August 13th 2023 that the Nation published the story about the stop notice on the old eye ward. This was after the 14 days.

    The government has not made any effort to negotiate or to be reasonable. It has only chosen to dictate to and bully Mr Kinch. There was no press until after the time the AG set to accept his offer ran out.

    The offer was not please consider A or B and we will meet and discuss options. There was no response to offers made by Mr Kinch. There was only accept what we offer or we will acquire the land.

    The other challenge is that they want to claim Mr Kinch does not own a large section of the land despite BTII selling it to him and government collecting land tax on it from him. They just expect to take that without compensation.

    Let me ask you ah question…. If ah body come and take your hand and slam a car door on it or run over it with a truck, will you not also holler?

    Yup I hollering and I will continue to holler until words are more than words.

    Until fairness is not just spoken but actions represent it.

    Until the words “Do into others as you would have them do unto you” are not just spoken but lived by!

  20. David Avatar
    David

    @Sarah

    Noted.

  21. I give real advice not legal mumbo jumbo. Avatar
    I give real advice not legal mumbo jumbo.

    “It was on the 19th of July 2023 that the AG requested Mr Kinch not go to the press.”

    It is clear that you and Mr Kinch are not familiar with how things are supposed to work. They would prefer that you be polite and quiet as you are ‘murdered’. That is perception.

    They consider a screaming victim as an irritant.

    My POV.
    I will be brutally frank
    Mr Kinch will ‘lose’ this battle. His strategy now should be on being a winning loser. He may be able to recover all his funds and more but he has to give a loud concession speech.

    You have the truth but you are mismanaging the perception.

    “There is no truth. There is only perception.” – Gustave Flaubert

    I accept cheques.

  22. I did not study law.. I studied lawyers and tricksters Avatar
    I did not study law.. I studied lawyers and tricksters

    Push too hard and you will be tied up in the court for years. That’s an ugly, expensive and frustrating win.

    Dial it down and let some people save face. You lose in the media, but you lose without losing a penny – the beautiful win.

    I take small cheques

  23. Sarah Taylor Avatar
    Sarah Taylor

    Bussa, Sarah Anne Gill & Clement Payne wold say differently and I thank God for them.

    I do understand your point just refuse to accept that we must live in a world of accepting the status quo when it is one of oppression and victimisation.

    We have long known the battle is lost but Mr Kinch must be compensated and they only wish to do so for a small piece of what they want and they will not negotiate. Our court system does not work and I believe that is to benefit those that make it so.

    Respectfuly these are the quotes I will hold to.

    John 8:32 Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free

    Luke 12:2-3
    Everything that is hidden will be shown, and everything that is secret will be made known. What you have said in the dark will be heard in the light, and what you have whispered in an inner room will be shouted from the housetops.

  24. Hants Avatar
    Hants

    page 3 BarbadosToday online

    DEADLINE

  25. Hants Avatar
    Hants

    A few weeks.

    https://barbadostoday.bb/2023/08/26/deadline/

  26. William Skinner Avatar
    William Skinner

    Always must be a political solution.the law or what is right must always be trumped by political considerations. Always appear to be on the side of created victims. What is the difference between a political/platform styled speech and a press conference ?
    Are we paying attention or are we just all complicit in pure stupidity and grandstanding. Then we blame the poorest and the most vulnerable for being nonchalant.

  27. Bimlady Avatar
    Bimlady

    AMEN

  28. Bush Tea Avatar
    Bush Tea

    What a pathetic set of kowtowing ‘journalists’ at the PM grandstanding session… Shiite man!! that was brass at its best (worse)..

    What a set of ‘humble’ questions… long hops …not even allowed to be completed as the PM interrupted the questions, completed them as she wanted, and then went on her usual rant….

    What a pathetic place….
    Seriously David… are you REALLY optimistic … or scared shitless?!

  29. David Avatar
    David

    @Bush Tea

    The blogmaster did not make the time to watch the press conference, Mottley’s MO is fairly well known. No surprises here.

  30. Bush tea Avatar
    Bush tea

    Mottley’s MO is fairly well known.
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~
    All the more reason one would have expected an appropriate approach to any opportunity for a professional questioner to extract information from her.
    It is quite evident that she makes it up as she goes along and then bluffs.

    This ‘cowish’ deference may be appropriate at her ‘St Parish speaks’ joke sessions, but for ‘real’ journalists it looks bad…

    Actually, it would be good for her to face some real hard questions at home. The story of the naked emperor is aptly appropriate here… one of his shiite aides SHOULD have told him that his little doggie was exposed …LONG before some innocent child had to sort the mess out…

    Better our PM is told here ..than on CNN or BBC …

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

    Right now the warnings to Afrika are continuing…this slick tongue luring must never succeed on our ancestral lands… no matter what has to be done..

    ..many are aware it’s a scammers paradise when people accept shite talk as gospel…while the big plans are implemented in stealth…..
    .NOT THIS TIME….way out of their depth…

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