Submitted by Just Observing Every once in a while this government finds a catch phrase and sticks to it. We had our “nothing to see here” moments. There was the famous “lost decade” and “old guard.” Once upon time it was “all uh we, my friends and no retreat no surrender.” The newest catch phrase is “no quick fix.” Dale
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Submitted by Paula Sealy Attorney General Dale Marshall has defended Government’s hiring of private lawyers to provide legal representation for the State, saying that the Solicitor General’s Department, is understaffed. Responding to an editorial recently published in a local newspaper about the Mia Mottley Government engaging with private legal services, when the administration has the Solicitor General’s Chambers at its
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Public reaction to recent revelations at the Government Information School (GIS) – Pressure Mounts on Minister Wilfred Abrahams to Resign – continues to be a source of concern for Barbadians. All eyes now are on Minister Wilfred Abrahams and his newly installed Board presided over by Apostle Dr, Lucille Baird. It is the hope of the blogmaster a priority task of
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The following was posted as a comment to the blog Senator Caswell Franklyn Speaks – Mock Police Part 2 . – David blogmaster Ezra Alleyne, even though partially conceding that he was wrong, attempted to obfuscate the issue with nonsense about the Great Train Robber, Ronnie Biggs and by attempting to place blame on civil servants. He is wrong on
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The Attorney General of Barbados continues to make some utterances that makes one raise their eyebrows. His statement that persons made confessions of having taken part in bribery during the tenure of the previous Democratic Labour Party Administration should make us all concerned. Based on his own admission Mr. Dale Marshall, the person who serves as the Attorney General of
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The following exchange between Citizen Advocate Kammie Holder and Head of Technology Division. Stuart Gilbert is self explanatory- triggered by BU’s blog – 40 Million Port Scanners – True Cost Anyone? The situation here is interesting because it was under Attorney General Dale Marshall’s watch there was much ambiguity about the cost of building the new Dodds prison. Again more ambiguity
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In January 2018 the Caribbean Court of Justice ruled that the mandatory death sentence for murderers was unconstitutional. At that time, the Caribbean Court of Justice showed a fundamental principle. That principle was that because a person had murdered another person, the State had no right to carry out murder against that murderer. It is immature that the present Attorney
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The following invoice is meant to shed light on the settling of the Estate of Marie Stewart as requested by the BU family. Based on what has been made public so far is it true to conclude that the land being disputed represents part of the estate therefore it is not accurate to state it is the property of any
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The blogmaster continues the exchange with Sarah Cyrus regarding accusations leveled at Ministers George Payne and Dale Marshall. You will recall the first exchange represented in the blog post – Family Feud Over Land Matter Gone Public. In an effort to get a better understanding the blogmaster asked a few more questions: 1. With such a large settle for the land, 2.4
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Submitted by Sarah Cyrus The following two communications occurred between the blogmaster and Sarah Cyrus – David, blogmaster Communication 1 With regard to Senator Franklyn’s response – Senator Caswell Franklyn Responds to Facebook Video Accusing Ministers George Payne and Dale Marshall of Fraud to the video allegations, I can categorically state that he did speak to my cousin Ermine every Sunday.
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[Barbados Underground] The following was shared by Senator Caswell Franklyn in response to the following question – @Senator Is there any light you can shed on the lady and her mother posting videos to Facebook accusing Payne and Marshall of some unscrupulous action? “David, Blogmaster I know more than most about the situation which led to these
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Prime Minister Mia Mottley supported by Attorney General Dale Marshall are scheduled to hold a press conference at 4:30PM today. The event will be streamed on social media. Here is a recording of the press conference. The PM was a no-show.
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BU extracted the following from Dale Marshall’s Facebook timeline. On point! No? Too difficult? The DLP has no interest in such things? Ok. The AG is also being asked to investigate whether or not the opposition leader can practice law in Barbados? How about if he investigates the Justice system in Barbados grinding to a halt? How about he investigate
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The following is the Witness Statement of Dale Dermont Marshall who was Chairman of what BU describes as the tumultuous BLP Parliamentary meeting held on 25 February 2013 to select a political leader. Dale Marshall Witness Statement (1) Dale Marshall Witness Statement (2) Dale Marshall Witness Statement (3) Dale Marshall Witness Statement (4) Dale Marshall Witness Statement (5) Dale Marshall
Read moreSubmitted by Douglas In recent times, the government of the day has come under the lens of the Mia led faction of the Opposition Party. However, her efforts at stamping her leadership has been undermined from the word get go .Mia’s gusto and zeal has ignited only a part of her team. The George Payne and Arthur faction have remained
Read moreThose who followed the debate in the Lower House (highest court in the land) this week gleaned that Leader of the Opposition Owen Arthur was missing from the debate, AGAIN. The practice of visiting for a brief period to be marked present has been perfected by Arthur during this term as Opposition Leader. The job of leading important debates has
Read moreAn interesting bit of analysis which the recent CADRES poll has produced is on the question of leadership preference by Barbadians with a drill down on the uncertain voter category. Many – including BU – are not surprised that the deputies of the two main political parties scored low, Dale Marshall and the de facto deputy of the Democratic Labour
Read moreOne week in politics is certainly a long time and it can bring about a number of casualties whilst, at the same time, that timeline may elevate the statuses of others. Last week’s bye-election in Barbados has come and gone. At this time, it appears that the main losers and winners were the two candidates and parties. However, if we
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