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I Want 50, I Want 100, I Want 2000 …We Want Nunthing but Trust

Posted on September 23, 2021 by David 19 comments

Submitted by Whisper Back in February 2021, according to Acting Prime Minister, Santia Bradshaw, a regional company tried to secure one million “non-existent” AstraZeneca vaccine doses through a Florida-based company for $10.2 million US dollars from a legitimate manufacturer for the government of Barbados, in a deal that did not include Barbados taxpayers money.Acting Prime Minister, Santia Bradshaw briefly outlined

Investigative Journalism or Repeat Reporting

Posted on September 23, 2021 by David 22 comments

Submitted by Chefleur In a Sunday Nation Article of 2020 – Next Friend not happy her case is thrown out – I reported some anomalies in an elder abuse case in the High Court in Barbados particularly the difficulty in getting the relevant agencies to respond. First of all, I initiated that article in a social media group intending to

Mark Maloney Scammed!

Posted on September 22, 2021 by David 417 comments

Thanks to Bajan Citizen for producing relevant links to the latest story making the rounds about Mark Maloney being scammed out of US10 million dollars purported to be a payment for 1 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine on behalf of Barbados and two other governments. The blogmaster has two questions: On what basis was Maloney’s company Radical Investments Ltd

Barbados News

Guns!

Posted on September 21, 2021 by David 21 comments

Fighting the Covid 19 disease continues to soak up scarce financial and human resources in small Barbados. We should not forget before the pandemic impacted the globe, Barbados was struggling with managing the economy among other challenges. One of the other challenges is still with us – rising gun crime. We learned recently of a shipment of at least 30

Barbados News

Mia Mottley Government Must Work Harder to Build Trust with Barbadians

Posted on September 19, 2021 by David 148 comments

Prime Minister Mia Mottley was a bubbling fountain of information yesterday. She was courteous enough to advise Barbadians she will be jetting off to New York to attend a climate change meeting at the United Nations, New York and will take the opportunity to have a bilateral exchange with the President of Ghana. One positive all will admit is that

Prepare the Body to Fight, Fight, Fight!

Posted on September 19, 2021 by David 23 comments

The SARs-CoV-2 virus has moved from epidemic (outbreak in Wuhan, China) to pandemic (spread across several countries) to possible endemic (in simple explanation, the virus will constantly exist like the common flu). Some on BU have been advocating priority must be given by public health officials in through reminders to the public – see Dr. Doughlin’s excellent video – Dr

Health

Stephen Lashley Should be Disbarred

Posted on September 18, 2021 by David 6 comments

Submitted by Cherfleur My post to BU on July 19, 2020 – Stephen Lashley – He Lie! and on December 18 – Cynthia Forde Do Your Job! – referred to case 397 of 2020 in which Madam Justice Shona Griffith made and signed an Order not drawn and prepared by Stephen Lashley but by another Attorney. The reason being Lashley passed the

Difficult Conversations – Open Letter to All Members of Parliament

Posted on September 17, 2021 by David 49 comments

Dear Parliamentary Representatives of the People of Barbados: I feel compelled to write you this open letter, since you plan to make Barbados a Republic within three months, and no fair discussion of this issue is allowed in our traditional media. MAKING PROMISES. When we make promises, we exchange something valuable if we break them. That something, is our integrity.

Minister Duguid, Who Are the Owners of EWBSB?

Posted on September 15, 2021 by David 247 comments

The country continues to be embroiled and pitched forked from one issue to the next; transitioning to a republic, pandemic, tanking economy, DLP resurrection, National Insurance Fund (blogmaster’s pick)… The latest issue choking public conversation-feeds is veteran journalist David Ellis answering the call up to national duty to serve in the role as Covid 19 Public Advisor. The blogmaster has

David’s Reason is Silly Season

Posted on September 14, 2021 by David 305 comments

Submitted by Paula Sealy There was an old Ellerslie boy,Whose time on the radio I used to enjoy.At 65 from Starcom he promptly retired, Just six months later by the PM to get hired. Fearing the spread of COVID,Along came a plum job for David.So now all of his Brasstack candour,Has been bought by the highest bidder. We know everyone

Chasing the Virus

Posted on September 14, 2021 by David 317 comments

The following was posted @10:05PM on the 13 September 2021by Disgusting Lies & Propaganda TV to blog in reply to GP and JOhn Knox on the Barbados: Following the Science on Covid 19? Your two posts above make medical sense neither the “virus” or the “vaccines”” are behaving typically. That is amazing when one of the most common respiratory virus behaves

Barbadian Denied Entry to Massy Store

Posted on September 12, 2021 by David 32 comments

On Saturday September 11/09/2021 as I was leaving Massy Supermarket in Holetown after picking up a few items, I was stopped at the door by the guard and told that the supervisor said that the next time that I come to the store, I cannot wear the mask that I was wearing and would not be allowed to enter. I

Opinion

Is this Attempted Murder by Strangulation?

Posted on September 12, 2021 by David 11 comments

Submitted by Nathan J Green I do not think there is a police officer anywhere in the world today who does not know the dangers of death in making or attempting to arrest by strangulation hold. In international law, police stranglehold and chokehold strangulation has recently been identified as one of the most lethal forms of violence: unconsciousness may occur

Barbados: Following the Science on Covid 19?

Posted on September 10, 2021 by David 229 comments

Submitted by Tee White The recent statement by the representative of the DLP calling on the government to initiate a ‘pause for the cause’ and a response from the current BLP government for the DLP to get on board with the effort to persuade Bajans to be vaccinated has once again highlighted the challenge facing the country with regard to

Health

Days Harvesting Peasants Over

Posted on September 10, 2021 by David 12 comments

Submitted by Nathan J Green The Vincentian ULP Government is out of control. With orders from above, unelected bureaucrats armed with arbitrary rules and no need to back them up stonewall and attack Vincentian citizens at every turn. Often bureaucrats and their minions are sent by the political hierarchy to harass and deliberately inflict financial and social damage on citizens

THE FLUTES AND THE VISIONS

Posted on September 9, 2021 by David 62 comments

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Food Security: Eat the Cellphone

Posted on September 8, 2021 by David 122 comments

There is a popular saying “God helps those who help themselves“. The pandemic has been with us almost 2 years, we know any pandemic is likely to disrupt the global supply chain. We know Barbados is a significant importer of food, over the years successive governments have paid lip service to prioritizing food security. It is cheaper to import than

Agriculture

Difficult Conversations – Crack Heads

Posted on September 7, 2021 by David 97 comments

The Barbados National Building Code was published in 1992, as a draft document for review and comment. It was updated and published for use in 1993. For the next 20 years, Barbadian: politicians, senior public officials, lawyers, radio moderators, newspaper columnists, editors, journalists, and building professionals, confidently asserted that Barbados only had a draft building code. For 20 years, I

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