Introduction: The natives are getting restless as the dark clouds descend, it is as if there is an expectation of bad news. While ministers and their advisers, clearly out of their policy-making depths, struggle with a patchwork of policies initiatives, mainly around the exhausted tourism sector, the rest of government and the private sector is in lock down. People are
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I am responding to the points made by Central Bank Governor, Jwala Rambarran, in his 6 November speech to the T&T Coalition of Service Industries. This speech attempted to both re-affirm the Central Bank’s important role in our economy – …as the country‟s prime financial regulator, the Central Bank has an almost fifty year record…
Submitted by Pachamama “For, in the final analysis, our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this small planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children’s future. And we are all mortal.” – JFK Everybody seems to remember a gloomy day on November 22nd 1963 when a volley of bullets rang out in Dallas
Read moreWhere is the transparency? Two letters to the Minister of Environment Denis Lowe and a full page in September have not even garnered a response from the government. Is this government serious about open government? Thus can you post the above article from Dr David Suzuki who the Future Centre Trust is hoping along with Nature Conservancy and Greenpeace to
Read moreYou can excuse the DLP if it did not care to read the ‘National Strategic Plan 2005-2025. But Goal #6 of that document speaks, in part, to: “Branding Barbados Globally.” When you read it, you begin to understand why the demise of a Barbadian brand like Almond, is a national scandal. I suppose the same can be said about the
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Having completed my four-part series [1, 2 & 3, 4] on what I termed ‘The Integrity Threat‘, I was intrigued by two recent public notices on the meaning of the Appeal Court’s recent activity on these matters. 6 October – The Integrity Commission issued a Public Notice which was a clear statement by the Commission that…
Introduction: Lawyers and public commentators in Barbados have now discovered the concept of human rights, but missing from public political and economic discourse is any reference to inequality, the moral foundation of a fair and just society. The nearest we come to any mention of inequality in public space is the flawed reference to so-called free education, which disciples of
Read moreSubmitted by islandgal As we go about our daily tasks criticizing and making lots of noise about this and that, many of us have made typo errors while posting. Typos is one thing but when it comes to grammar how many of us need to go back to school or check our First Aid in English? I am not speaking
Read moreSubmitted by Charles Knighton Mac Fingall’s No Laughing Matter column of November 3, “The fear of dying” essentially posits that trauma is not just the result of major disasters. It does not happen to only some people. Evidently an undercurrent of trauma runs through ordinary life, shot through as it is with the poignancy of impermanence. Instead of post-traumatic stress
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Invaders’ Bay I closed last week’s article by restating my view that all the ingredients for corruption were present at Invader’s Bay. What are those ingredients? Here is my list – Extensive public assets coming onto the market, in turbid circumstances. Those assets can include property, concessions, contracts and jobs; Questions of access to the…
Submitted by Napolean Bonaparte Don’t say it, and we are not being picky, but one cannot help but notice Morning Barbados’ lead anchor Doug Hoyte is in need of a couple of new suits. Good grief man, hasn’t the Board noticed Doug’s futile attempt at hiding the fact that he has out grown his current wardrobe and now has resorted
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Since my previous article on this controversial proposal, we have seen that certain legal advice reportedly considered by the government has been featured in another newspaper. If that is the advice the State is relying upon in advancing their Invader’s Bay proposals, we are seeing a large-scale act of intentional illegality and a worrying return…
The following was circulated to those who signed the petition by James Lynch, PETITION FROM THE TRAVELLING PUBLIC TO THE OWNERS OF THE CARIBBEAN AIRLINE LIAT. You need to know that LIAT are about to have another huge meltdown. Yes, it’s probably going to happen again, and maybe even worse. All the ATR Pilots trained at the beginning before the
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Afra Raymond chats on the show ’Forward Thinkers‘ with David Walker on 104.7FM, dealing with the CL Financial bailout and my lawsuit against the Minister of Finance to get at the detailed information as to how the $24B in Public Money was spent. 24 October 2013. Audio courtesy More 104.7 FM Programme Date: Thursday 24th October…
Submitted by Douglas Pure Confusion From her first day on the job the Leader of the Opposition had promised to raise hell in Barbados. On the day she was sworn in she had sworn that she would be “sparing no punches”. So indeed Ms. Mottley came out of her corner fighting. She indicated that, “the Opposition was prepared to let
Read moreSubmitted by Rickford Burke It is with deep sorrow that I convey to our Caribbean Community that our good friend George Whitehead, aka Gandhi, of Barbados – proprietor of “Slope Auto Sounds” on Utica Ave, has died. Gandhi was an avid cricket fan, committed community and social activist, member of the Progressive Democratic Political Association and a humanitarian. We will
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This is my reply to the Ministry’s affidavit of 12 July which seemed to rely on the fact that CL Financial is a private company to refuse publication of the requested information. Affidavit of Afra Raymond Of course that line of reasoning is yet another emerging threat to our country’s Integrity Framework, so our reply…
Notes from a Native Son returns on October 31, 2013. Submitted by James Bynoe (CEO, Caribbean Cyber Security Center) Just this week a (12) year old girl in the U.S committed suicide due to cyber bullying from a 12 and 14 year old who were subsequently arrested and charged by police. This cyber-crime not only took the life of a
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