Mrs Ram Mirchandani (r) on location with Minister of Health Donville Inniss – photo credit: Nation
The decision by the Ministry of Health to direct the owner of Furniture Limited Mrs Ram Mirchandani to clean-up her establishment must be commended. It is an action which is decades late in coming. While it is unfortunate this government had to be coerced into making the decision by citizen lobby, credit is still due.
Over the years Barbadians have marvelled at how Mrs Ram Mirchandani seemingly was allowed to transgressed laws designed to protect. For example, how was she allowed to operate the Liquidation Centre on Lower Bay Street and in the process impede traffic caused by lorries and bobcats engaged in loading and offloading activities in the left lane? What about the hotel at Oldbury in St. Philip built with a Games Room which many believe was deficient if safety and health rules were to be applied? What is the purpose of our regulatory bodies anyway?
To understand what has contributed to Mrs Ram being able to acquire wealth in Barbados, one has to appreciate she is a past President of the Barbados Manufacturers Association and has had a close association with the Barbados Chamber of Commerce. No doubt she has contributed to the coffers of both political parties and the media has long held the lady who wears the sari in awe because of the alacrity she is willing to sue. If you are able to win favour from the political directorate and Fourth Estate then the path is clear to do whatsoever will.
Kudos to Minister Donville Inniss who must have given his consent for the public health offers to make the move.
David the news on page 5 of Barbados Today is a wth moment.
David | June 8, 2012 at 7:47 PM |
@John
Did you read the press reports that rat droppings were found on the inside?
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Rats get anywhere and everywhere.
My bet is you will find them in a hospital as well!!
Dusty bales of cloth could mean old non moving stock … no link to rats.
Yardbroom | June 8, 2012 at 5:08 PM |
I did spend some years in Hameln — on – Weser, ( West Germany ) – never saw a rat – and I was looking – even at night, of course there are rats on the town clock as they circle behind the Piper but they are mechanical in nature and “attitude” . . . . but that was a long time ago.
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And one thing I never saw in Hameln, or any of the other many German cities is unattended or open garbage, probably why rats cannot thrive there. A lesson we should learn.
@ Yardbroom
Ubique or Arte et Marte?
Ms. Ram is not my favourite person in the world either but it doesn’t mean innuendo canbe used to smear her and I will keep quiet.
Say what you like, the lady has guts.
… puts most Bajan males in the shade.
Colonel Buggy | June 8, 2012 at 9:54 PM |
Yardbroom | June 8, 2012 at 5:08 PM |
I did spend some years in Hameln — on – Weser, ( West Germany ) – never saw a rat – and I was looking – even at night, of course there are rats on the town clock as they circle behind the Piper but they are mechanical in nature and “attitude” . . . . but that was a long time ago.
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And one thing I never saw in Hameln, or any of the other many German cities is unattended or open garbage, probably why rats cannot thrive there. A lesson we should learn.
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First World vs Third World.
Hi Colonel Buggy, June 8, 2012 @ 9:59 PM
@ Yardbroom
Ubique or Arte et Marte?
“Ubique”.
Hi Colonel Buggy
June 8, 2012 @ 9:59PM
@ Yardbroom
Ubique or Arte et Marte?
“Ubique”
Asha , you have been caught girl
Lot of people laffing at yuh
Donville Inniss aint do this for no votes. He gine get back in because he is one of the best Minister’s of health we had in this country. Plus I does pass through his constituency (St. James South) occasionally and I wish I lived in there. Kudos to you Minister.