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Guyana General Elections: Democratic Transition MUST be premised on the Rule of LAW

Posted on March 10, 2020 by David 121 comments

Press Release by Guyana Trades Union Congress The Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) notes with deep concerns the tsunami of misinformation permeating our social space and its impact on public opinion threatening to destabilise the Guyana Elections Commission’s (GECOM’s) declaration of which party/group will form the next government. It also threatens Guyana’s democracy, credibility of our institutions of governance, the rule of law and community

2020 – 2021 Estimates Debate

Posted on February 26, 2020 by David 222 comments

The Upper House is currently debating the Estimates 2020 – 2021. Debating is a strange word given the fact the Barbados Labour Party won all the seats in parliament 30 to 0. A wart of the government system. The 2020 -2021 Draft Estimates document Follow the debate from 10AM of Parliament TV. http://www.youtube.com/c/BarbadosParliamentChannel

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Call to Account – Corruption and Mismanagement Rife @Transport Board

Posted on November 26, 2019 by David 162 comments

There is another important exercise unfolding in the Barbados Parliament. One of the most important working committees of parliament – PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE (PAC) – chaired by leader of the Opposition Reverend Joseph Atherley has been meeting to call to account the workings of the Transport Board. The revelations from the PAC so far corroborate the Auditor General’s several reports

Governance

Is the Prime Minister of Barbados Looking Out for ALL?

Posted on February 28, 2019 by David 172 comments

Submitted by SSS We wanted change and we got that change. We wanted to see the backs of a very wicked, deceitful and crooked Barbados Democratic Labour Party and we got that. It did not matter what reservations we had of a BLP that has operated in a similar fashion; rather or not their previous track record of controversies, arrogant

Nasty Citizens of the Gem of the Caribbean

Posted on February 25, 2019 by David 81 comments

There is the overworked quote credited to Albert Einstein that the definition of insanity “is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result“. There is another popular saying that “the difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits” attributed to an unknown author. For the second consecutive year schools in the

Appropriation Bill and Estimates 2019 Debate

Posted on February 18, 2019 by David 299 comments

The government has introduced a new format to debating the 2019 Appropriations Bill. Ministers of the respective ministries and support staff will be questioned by members of parliament. It is early days how the new format will improve government, however, it must be said that hearing directly from government officials is a refreshing change from the annual humdrum of ministers

IMF Gives Green Light to BERT BUT…

Posted on February 12, 2019 by David 264 comments

The blogmaster must be honest and admit that the reform and structural changes required to transform the Barbados economy and society will have its negative impact. No austerity program can be rolled out without negatively affecting people. Unless one is rabidly partisan or dishonest it is obvious the work rate of the BLP government is much higher than that of

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