@ DVE
You feel ….as in your suppose…Donville will let Chris be PM ? …..NEVER..you forgetting poodle..where is he in the spoke of things ?Or even Jonesing……..oh my rastafari..REAL cat piss n pepper..lol. Least we forget Lashley..the tall one…all like Brutus

@ David

Why is a Chris Sinckler led DLP not such a good thing?

Is he a DLP or a BLP? Seems willing to bat for both sides.

Sinckler was hoping to get PM Stuart trapped by him (PM) admitting (lying) that there was no such thing as desention in his Cabinet, aka the Eager 11, and thereafter Sinckler would have sealed his fate by admitting that there was desention and implying by extension that the PM was a liar. That planned was hatched by and involved senior member of the opposition. Go figure.

@dve
I’m having difficulty following your logic and coherence. If that was the intention, well done.

Rest assured though, the DLP are currently behind and no amount of “june sweets” can change the flow of the tide. Damage control and gaining vote stability needs to be the order of the day.

I see the P.M is ready to break the law again, in an effort to gain votes. Here he is going to change a law that was passed since 1975 to put more money into the hands of pensioners.This was not his fault that these persons were overpaid, if he amend the act, he is looking fortrouble. All those who were NOT paid the extra money can now claim theirs and it can amount to millions of dollars. It is simple, he can’t let those who were overpaid to benefit from a flaw in the system, while others who were paid the right amount becomes victims.

Scout,
If he changed the law to be able to appoint the CJ, do you think he would have any qualms about changing the law for this? He may be looking for votes!

I forgot to mention above;

Could it be that the elections are imminent? Those children can’t vote and their parents might have forgotten the largesse of the Minister if the elections were to be held 11 months from now and the money spent now might not bring the returns desired at that time.

True to form;

Whoa!!! I believe that the students were properly supervised.
The politician might only have covered the expenses of the trip to Casa Grande and perhaps some incidentals there if my information is true.

Nobody came into a school and took the children without the permission of the principal. In any case I suspect that most principals are looking for activities to keep the students who have just come out of the common entrance “ordeal” positively engaged until the end of term.

We have updated a General Election Picks Page.

No doubt it will generate healthy discussion to assist the candidates who are peeking at the comments.

http://bajan.wordpress.com/general-election-watch/bu-general-election-picks/

In all the General Elections held in Barbados, LEADERSHIP has always played a key role:it cannot be downplayed. This D.L.P. will lose badly for a number of reasons, given of course that the B.L.P. hopefuls work they buts off; 1. Too many broken promises
2. Bad handling of the Economy
3. The P.M. is a gentleman, but does not have a clue
4. Promised that Heads will Roll; Coup or no Coup, and has taken no Action.
5. The CLICO debacle .
6. After promising that COST of LIVING would be priority no. 1,2,3, has failed miserably in trying to address the issue.
The Dems will be lucky to win 6 seats.

Hey David
How about a mini elections ?.Surely we have about 1080 viewers potential voters coming in here …..How about each voting for their representative ONLY. ?..not on party this time, by not voting ..no prob (security allowing only one) …..So far your Polls were spot on with CADRES….How about it ? But I wont want to work you too hard ….your call

WHAT Bio what ?
WHO needs a Bio ?
DE BIO thing is crap
A man running in a constituency should know the people , people know him as an individual not as no Bio or BIOS or whatever crap .
I dont believe in this Bio thing or Bico either

@onions

How will David able to exclude contamination . That is some bloggers on here have two computers in their homes, using two different handles. He woul have to decide on a margin of error for contamination.

@Check it out

For chldren to go on tours, parental consent is needed? I am not surprised of your lack of knowledge of how a school is managed. By the way, if you cant understand somethingnas simple as that it tells a lot about your cranium capacity.

Some going lose their wool…….as no more fatted calf or sheep

What is to be made of this Mystery Concert.. featuring Jay Zee and Rhianna…..planned for August September….I say a preamble to General Elections…Min. Lashley ( Culture) denies any knowledge of it, Adrian Elcock in the news saying BTA….has no involvement…..why are local musicians and performers crying otherwise ? Words for the wise…

It appears a strategy by the BLP is to attack the captain, Stuart and important team player, Kellman. There is a Facebook campaign raging against kellman ‘removekemmanfromstlucy’ and there is a political meeting planned by the Bees in St. Michael South on Saturday in Beckles Road.

@observing

This is the problem some have with the government, they are behind in the polls but continue to be reactive in the strategy playing out.

@David
As an old (now ex) girlfriend used to tell me. Don’t only fight for me when things get too rough and I decide to walk through the door, fight for me every day. It was a lesson well learnt.

The government seldom feels like it’s fighting for its people. I don’t feel as if I’m in a “relationship” with them.

The global price of oil has lowered a few months ago, most, if not all, the regional countries have lowered theirs for a while now, Barbados has now reach that stage, every thing about this government is SLOW. Watch it there is going to be a drastic drop in many food items soon; why now? this should have happened many years ago as promised. As i’ve said, the DLP seems to have now awaken and realise they are in government and made these promises. After all 14 years of sleeping MUST cause brain damage.

@Scout
we shouldn’t underestimate the “psychological and political” damage that 14 years in opposition can do to an institution. Collective self efficacy, confidence and coherence in strategy and implementation all now have to be rebuilt for governing. Toss in October 2010 and you can “reasonably” see why it’s been tough for these guys. The problem for them is though,

1) admittance or acknowledgement of this “deficiency”
2) arrogance in some cases at such too early a stage
3) continued errors without “self correction” and
4) poor communication on the whole.

All is not lost, but a loss may not be far away.

@ David
Differences indeed….that merry go rund….was but just that…big men telling you diesel gone down by a 1c…what manner of man ( shi#e) would be so arrogant as to put out such a memorandum (even if it was so)? They took their CHANCES…and as wid LOTTO….they lose…..now expect the on coming…..pay back time…enuff is enuff…..a first year student Econ from Cave Hill ….could conceptualize better….Ince deserves nought (o).

The DLP we know is sole owner of CLICO but the Barbados Water Authority problems totaling 13 years were inherited from Arthur and the BLP. The Barbados Water Authority, a government corporation in 2009 was near bankrupcy. Arthur and the BLP apparently paid no attention to the Barbados Water Authority, didn’t care or thought to wonder WHAT’S GOING ON in the Barbados Water Authority house. Al Barrack also was inherited from Arthur and the BLP. Arthur and the BLP gave birth to the Al Barrack mess. Now, according to Arthur, “the REDjet Airlines might still be flying if the Barbados Government had honored its financial commitment to the collapsed airline”. Al Barrack is linked to both Barbados government parties, the BLP and the DLP. It, however, was born in 2006, Arthur’s era. If the government during Arthur’s era had honored its financial commitment to Contractor Al Barrack, Barbados NOW would not owe him seventy five million. The BLP government under leadership of Owen Arthur and Mia Mottley awarded Al Barrack Construction Company a thirty six million dollor contract “without tender”. Al Barrack has possession of a court ordered judgement, REDjet Airlines does not. Bajans owe REDjet Airlines nothing, absolutely nothing. They, however, owe Al Barrack seventy five million. Barrack in 2008 received 2.5 million from the Thompson administration. The 2.5 million demonistrated effort not even considered by Arthur and his cronies. Arthur in 2006 invested 2.4 million dollors into a Nigerian Solar Water Heater project. No solar water heaters were produced and the 2.4 million dollars were lost and or unaccounted for. The BLP in this matter does not examplify SOUND JUDGEMENT. Certainly sound judgement would apply if the 2.4 million dollars were surrendered to Al Barrack. If the 2.4 million were surrendered to Al Barrack, Bajans in 2006 would have owned him 2.4 million dollars less.

Bajans and the DLP before 2008 general election were extremly close friends. The DLP campaign almost five years ago called for change, but nothing changed. The DLP and David Thompson, while campaigning promised Bajans cake and ice cream. Thompson said he would implement a Ministerial Code of Conduct “immediately” upon forming a government and would introduce Integrity Legislation and Freedom of Information within the first 100 days. The DLP is close to completing its five year term. The cake and ice cream sad to say NEVER showed up, a Ministerial Code of Conduct, the Integrity Legislation or Freedom of Information. The DLP made promises it did not keep. It also entertained friends but the wrong ones, Leroy Parris and Lawrence Duprey. The result was a CLICO disaster. Bajans and the DLP are now no longer best friends. The BLP knowing this is making every effort to befriend them in place of the DLP.

Bajans possibly will give the BLP back their power with Owen at the helm. Surely, this would cause them to enter a DANGER ZONE. Owen we know is alive and kicking, but with notable signs of demencia. He is forgetting things, walks slow and

Peter Wickham’s name keeps cropping up everywhere. Perhaps an interest article would be his alleged role in the E11 affair. Also there is rumour that a constituency poll was done. Was it?

Interesting line up!

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