By Baba Elombe Mottley
All across the English speaking Caribbean, there is an ominous movement of sorts, a movement of low frequency rumblings without patterns, without form, not like the rhythms of bumbatuk or soca or the one drop of reggae or mento that we are accustomed to.
The essence of all of these known rhythms is that they link us to a past of chattel servitude where there was little choice for self fulfillment. In time these rhythms. isolated as they were in tenantries and yards and the dancehall, fortified our resolve towards freedom and independence.
Over the last 40 to 50 years, we built indigenous institutions in every sphere, oblivious to the rumblings that were moving across the region. We dismantled the psychological prison of plantation inheritance, killed off the skills we developed to feed and clothe ourselves while we were taught to assemble products that we never used. We set a precedent by bribing investors that our labour was cheap and responsive to training and we told ourselves we could depend on these jobs.
@ To the Point
Was never ever warned against utilizing multiple monkiers. David is apparently angry, does not like what spews from this mouth. Don’t care, REALLY.
Proverbs 21:19
It is better to live in a desert land than with a quarrelsome and fretful woman
To the Point; I notice that you have changed your moniker but I did’nt see the announcement of the change. Your styles (2 distinct ones), betray you. They don’t change from moniker to moniker.
@ CCC
I wish I had seen you post earlier. Can I ask you to plead with the Minister of Finance and the Prime Minister to provide the monies promised to the Pine Hill Dairy in excess of $1 million. It was stated in the budget of 2011, repeated in 2012, and would have at least put the farmers in a stronger position to have their grievances with the quotas etc. considered. Tell us why the DLP is willing to pay for almost empty planes to arrive in Barbados, but can offer no subsidy that would keep the farmers going and persons employed in the private sector. I tell people everyday there is no greater practitioner of ‘institutional discrimination’ than a government that boasts about what it has done including borrowing to pay monthly salaries in the public sector, whilst forcing the private sector to fend for itself and be denied similar propping up and hence numbers of persons join the unemployment lines as is the case at Pine Hill Dairy.
borrowing to pay monthly salaries in the public sector, whilst forcing the private sector to fend for itself and be denied similar propping up
Because they know that the Public Sector workers usually by their votes decide who runs the country
Official Opening of the St. George Constituency Office
Friday, January 11 2013, 7:00pm – 11:00pm
Live video streaming:-
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/dlpbarbados
Lowdown is a must read this week.
• Richard Hoad is a farmer and social commentator. Email porkhoad@gmail.com.
CUL is owned by Canadian company Great West Company
Everything you ever wanted to know about CUL is right here
http://www.northwest.ca/about-us/executive-management.php
TRINIDAD STRANGLING BARBADOS
I am sitting here at computer and having a hearty laugh.
Put the blame for this Trinidad buying up of Barbados squarely at the feet of the Barbados Labour Party and the White people of Barbados.
The Trinidadians did not come to Barbados and put a gun to the heads of Bajan business people and demand their businesses. The Trinidadians are very shrewd business people always on the look out for new investment opportunities as real business people ought to be. They came to Barbados and found a white business class bending over backwards in order to sell them their business and keep them out of the hands of Black Bajans. Black people in Barbados are always to be hewers of wood and drawers of water.
The Barbados Labour Party Government was delighted with this arrangement. I can remember sitting in my living room with my wife by my side watching a news conference being given by SEETHRU. He was forced to call this particular press conference because the Trinidadians were refusing entry to certain Barbadian products to the Trinidadian market(AS USUAL). I will never forget it, he said that we have lots of trinidadian investment here and he welcome it AND HE WANTED MORE!
SO, WE HAVE THE MORE NOW!
SEETHRU was delighted when the Trinidaians bought into the Nation newspaper.
So what are you all complaining about now?
And now in an election year we are faced again with a Barbados Labour Party who have promised the Bajan public especially Black Bajans that they are going to sell everything if they are returned to office.
Sell the Transport board
Sell the Airport
Sell the Seaport
Sell the Sanitation Service Authority
Sell NCC
Sell the Barbados Water Authority
Sell the Ministry of Education
Sell the Ministry of Health(QEH, all the Polyclinics, etc.)
And who you think they are going to sell them to?
Already they have sold their political campaign to a Trinidadian PR company, just to get the ball rolling
On top of that they will be sending home 10,000 public servants!
BTW, I support the BWU 100% in its fight withh LIME.
Carson C. Cadogan you should be a story teller. you make a great living but i’m glad you are watching the stream of the meeting. you, me and the other 17 people watching are really enjoying the lies that are being told.
i hope they help you all.
@ Carson C. Cadogan | January 11, 2013 at 8:31 PM |
You should be at the grand opening of the St. George Constituency office to be the main cheerleader to the liars.
Carson, tell us who sold only last month the remaining shares in the former BNB now owned by the Republic Bank of Trinidad & Tobago? The white people and the BLP?
Who sold the NIS shares in BL&P to Canadian Emera? The BLP?
Who owns CUL? White Bajans or Indo-Trinidadians?
miller
“Carson, tell us who sold only last month the remaining shares in the former BNB now owned by the Republic Bank of Trinidad & Tobago?”
Who started the ball rolling?
@ Carson C. Cadogan | January 11, 2013 at 9:05 PM |
So you accept this selling business is purely and simply a case of whatever the BLP monkeys do the DLP jackasses do too? (Do fuh do ent obeah!).
But what the heck, which set of monkeys indeed started it? Remember 1992? Cement plant, flour mill, C&W (Bartel) and others on that IMF required famous David Thompson privatization list.
Bajans really got short memories.
Pity the fool!
miller,
Do not try to make sense of CCC. He is so full of it. A desperate Dem who is very concerned that the days of feasting on the now poor rakey fatted calf is almost at an end.
I well remember the dead king, after he decided that he was not going back into Parliament and telling OSA to call the damn election, running up and down Barbados saying that if the ink was not dried on the deal to sell BS&T to Neal and Massey, he would stop the whole deal.
Guess what, the deal was signed after the change of government and he did diddly-swat, NOTHING! The deal went through under the DLP. Let CCC deny that!
By the way, miller,did you notice in tonight’s news, they like they finally wake up and realise that they have to call the elections. Both the Ambassador and Benn referred to elections coming very soon.
OMG, Bobby say that no where he walks, does he hear people who want a change of government. Bobby, I have news for you, you dont walk the streets, you are always in a plane or in your air conditioned jeep with windows up, so you cannot hear what Barbadians are saying!
miller you don’t know you should harm dumb animals? how do CCC so?
but how is it that as Ince say $400 million missing and a man shout out “wanna aint lock up nobody?” poor Ince did not know what to say… LOL!!!
here comes Stuart given you a history lesson. i bet not one would be said about is happening in the country today. any takers of this bet?
this is piss poor leadership at its piss poor best.
“i bet not one thing would be said about what is happening in the country today”
is Staurt for real? does this man not understand this country has problems that need to address?
this is f@#king outrageous now.
David (not BU) | January 11, 2013 at 9:26 PM |
continue to be educated.
I wonder what Strategic Communications Laboratory (SCL) thinking having now taken the job of DLP campaign consultants.
http://www.scl.cc/
oh by the way, the history lesson still going on. nothing about the fact that in 2013 the country faces all the problems it has along with national shutdown.
this man is clueless to the times and challages we are facing as a country..
can somebody please tell Freundel Stuart its 2013 and we have problems that need to be addressing. please tell him, he is the PM and not a history teacher.
Certain name handles earlier instantly appeared, got insulted and now have disappeared. All I know were/are the same MONIKER.
Judging from the PM’s mouthings in St Andrew and at the opening of Verla Depeiza’s office, I suspect that the Dems are getting an earful from the people and not what they expected as per Bobby Morris mouthings tonight!
Why else would Froondel be sounding off about………….you young people do not know how much people went through to be able to vote………you cannot say you aint voting ’cause the government aint do anything for me…..
No wonder CCC is so desperate!
The more you read the BLP yardfowls on this blog , I am reminded of the Prime Minister’s quote at the St. George North DLP Constituency office when referring to how the BLP wasted and mismanaged during a global economic boom:
” The BLP had the dollars but they did not have the sense”.
Barbados has nothing to gain by bringing back Arthur, Wuk fa Wuk and that crowd of bandits. The millions the BLP wasted in Greenland could have given me a fuel subsidy and reduced my electricity bill. Whenever you hear talk about “put money back in people’s pockets”, remember the millions that Arthur dumped in Greenland. A word to those who are looking for an economic messiah.Keep Dreaming.
and in the words of the man tonight “all of that and wanna ain’t lock up a boy?”
the DLP is a disgrace. all the history and granstanding and not a word about the issues facing this country and wanna jokers want ppl vote for wanna?
call the blasted elections if wanna so safe.
@David (not BU) :You will not hear the issues because you are looking through your myopic political lens.
The Prime Minister spoke about the need for a small open economy to maintain adequate foreign exchange cover and how Barbados had been successful in this regard. He spoke about the phenomenal work done in housing solutions, about the visionary Employment rights bill, Prevention Of Corruption Bill ( Arthur’s supposed declaration of assets was a joke), he addressed the issue of efficiently managing the public purse contrasting it to the absolute wastage which Arthur engaged in. It was an excellent address where the PM once more proudly embraced his working class heritage and encouraged Barbadians to be positive amidst the prophets of gloom and doom.
If people look objectively, this government has done an excellent job in facing a category 5 Global economic hurricane and undoubtedly mainatining a level of stability in our affairs.
Yet, the BLP is running around Barbados telling people that never mind the English and USeconomy is suffering from sluggish growth and that all of our Caricom partners are also experiencing it, just blame the DLP and call the election and manna will drop from heaven. Keep Dreaming.
@!
Did he speak about how sustainable the are the monthly drawdowns on NIS funds?
the electorate already know that OSA left barbados on a precipice and all the millions wasted by the BLP .they not going to be fooled by the mouthings of the BLP whose only hope is to Privatise the remaining assests. Bajans not foolish they know when they being hoodwinked,
Where is Owen Arthur?
@ !
“He spoke about the phenomenal work done in housing solutions”
How many, if any, were the DLP’s own initiatives? Country Park, Stuarts Lodge, Fordes Road, Valery were all shovel ready BLP projects and others yet started like Tudor Bridge and Haggatt Hall. In fact their much touted $5 per square foot programme appears stuck in the starting blocks and the decision to hand over the lands at Coverley to the mass production of houses by a big construction firm has been a disaster socially, politically, nevironmentally, economically and aesthetically. Stupse
Yet, the BLP is running around Barbados telling people that never mind the English and USeconomy is suffering from sluggish growth and that all of our Caricom partners are also experiencing it, just blame the DLP and call the election and manna will drop from heaven. Keep Dreaming.
Maybe you should have thought about that last election instead of offering manna like duty free cars, reducing the cost of living etc when you were warned that economic turmoil was ominous.
@Enuff
If Valery and a few others were shovel ready why are they not ready?
If I rented a house for twenty years, at the end of that 20 years the house is still not mine, it is the landlord’s. How can a government say to the people that those who have rented for the past 20 years have already paid for their houses? Something here does not add up. These politicians will continue to keep the electorate in a mendicant state in order to secure votes. The electorate will continue to expect the government to do everything for them. This vicious cycle will never be broken even thought it will bankrupt the country.
@ ! | January 11, 2013 at 11:07 PM |
Did the PM speak about the restart of the Four Seasons project?
It’s alright to talk about social housing projects conceptualized under previous administrations and of it not being too late to lock up BLP politicians but what about the forex earning projects.
The PM quite rightly pointed out that the foreign reserves are the lifeblood of the economy and bedrock of social stability. When the BLP were pointing out the vital importance of effectively managing the economy before any drive to provide social handouts they were punished with laughter.
Now who is the greatest champion of proper economic management and guardian of our most precious resources the foreign reserves the BLP built up prior to 2008?
If the local economy was so badly managed prior to 2008 how come the foreign reserves stood at such healthy level to be now the vital saviour for the country’s ailing economy?
The question to be asked is simple: If the BLP managed the economy so incompetently compared to the current DLP’s outstanding performance in keeping the economy ‘stable’ how come the foreign reserves are not higher than what prevailed at the end of 2007?
The man has two more sensible opportunities to announce the date when the DLP will be taken out of its misery. Tuesday 15th January during the sitting of the House or the following Monday 21st January, the birth date of EWB who is probably most upset with this lot who have squandered his socio-economic bequest and sullied his political legacy.
If he goes pass EWB’s special day he would only make himself look like a total arrant fool (in urban speak- “arrognorant”) who has allowed power to corrupt his character and offended the sensitivities and sensibilities of the people.
Accept it, have to, without choice, Barbados is a total train wreck. This was accomplished in just fourteen years by Owen Arthur and the BLP. It’s tourist industry [Barbados] is breathing on life support primarily because of increased crime there, the Terry Schwartfeld and Colin Peter murders also because of those two women raped. Other destinations in the caribbean are now desired, apparently.
@ David
Ah wuh you asking me?
The PM is suffering from a disacustomacy ! He is PM by default. He didn’t expect that position so he is playing with the electorate of Barbados like a nuevo negro. Bajans are tired of the games and will show how tired they are at the polls. He has insulted the intelligence of the people who built this country i.e. the agricultural workers who are feeding him and his ministers. The last thing any person should do is insult the people who are responsible for feeding them. You never know what they might put in pot for the DEMS!
@Enuff
Just stress testing your definition of ‘shovel ready’…lol.
@ IslandGal
Aint the removal of these houses from government ownership privatisation too?
Owen Arthur and the BLP are responsibble for massive land and fraud fires there [Barbados]. The case involving Violet Beckles should have been resolved before her demise and without difficulty. Owen Arthur and the BLP, additionally started the Al Barack fire now out-of-control
@!
Can you tell BU how much money the DLP has borrowed since 2008 and what it has done with the monies it has borrowed?
What do you have to show for the billions borrowed as well as the monies from selling NIS shares in BL&P and BNB?
Just two simple questions to which BU needs answers!
Look,
Dont you get tired cursing OSA? The hatred that you and the likes of Fractured Brain Less Pimp, !, TTP, CCC and ac have stored in your hearts for this man is going to kill you.
Hatred is a wasted emotion, it is a heavy weight that will keep you down where you are always, in the gutter!
Grow up!
@ Protigal Son
I don’t hate anyone. I’m merely disclosing facts. Several Youtube videos proves that he, OSA is a drunk he stutters and his mind is a lot less stalwart.
This, how about this Protigal Son, Prime Minister Stuart says that OSA attempted to dump Mia on the DLP, offered him to take her off his hand. Neither Arthur or the BLP has yet responded to this accusation. Right? Now this, this Protigal Son, I love it, just love it – Arthur, during a budget debate could not remember that he actually chaired the meetings of Cabinet discussing the VECO matter. He said he wished he was there. But when told by both Minister Sinckler and the Prime Minister – ‘no Owen, you were there,’ he then said that he said something else. When pressed again, he again said something completely different and also said that he never said what he said on the two previous occasions the entire country heard him say it. Either he is a suffer of Alzheimer’s disease, forgot taking his medication, possibly drunk or both. Arthur is now racing for prime minister title, AGAIN. His previous terms of fourteen years yielded more negative than positive and of course, formulated lots of embarrassment.
Both have made themselves a national embarrassment, Mitt Romney and Owen Arthur. Agree Protigal Son? Probably not you.
@!
He spoke about the phenomenal work done in housing solutions, about the visionary Employment rights bill, Prevention Of Corruption Bill ( Arthur’s supposed declaration of assets was a joke),……………………………
Do you know neither one of these bills is the law of the land? Ask your PM!
Look,
First of all, please show a little respect and type my name correctly. Thank you.
What did you have to say when your PM who was at the time fighting to remain president of the DLP, wrote a stinging, nasty, vile 17 point indictment on David Thompson? Would you like me to refresh your memory of what went on then?
Do you care to remember at that time David Thompson had returned to take back up what he (DT) thought was his birth right. The plan was to get the presidency and then to get back the leadership of the opposition from Clyde Mascoll.
And oh, what blood was spilt in George Street so that DT could become leader again! Throats were slit, knives were plunged into each other’s backs. Dems literally destroyed each other.
Look, you live an all glass house, stop throwing stones!
@ Prodigal Son,
Prime Minister Stuart is NOT my prime minister. I am not Bajan or a Barbarien, stated this many times. Barbados could do better than Stuart but without Arthur, stated that many times. David Thompson was not an honest man. His involvement in CLICO proves that. Thompson unlike Stuart and all others made effort to investigate the validity of Violet Beckles’ claim. Thompson put the 75,000 campaign cheque in Owen’s face and no doubt would have repeated feat concerning Violet Beckles, Sherene Mongroo, etc.
You, Prodigal Son, like it or not have accomplished insulting your own low-level inteligence.
@ Look
STFD and stop talking cuntery on the blog. Stupse!!
At some point, Barbados will hit rock bottom, not far from it really. Barbados at moment is in junk bond status, flat broke “all in the red”. It is court ordered to pay Contractor Al Barack and now court ordered to pay all incurred legal bills [Shanique Myrie], in a lawsuit against it, Barbados [rape]. Tourism is breathing on life support and Owen Arthur can drink only so much rum. LOL
Poor you!
If you aint Bajan, get to hell out of our business!
@ Prodigal Son
Your business is international business. Barbados at moment is chaotic, It’s just a mess. The S&P and Moody’s said so. There are lots of theft there. The United Nations says so. Violet Beckles said so and proved it. Do you know, Prodigal Son statistics show that domestic violence involving women and children is quite common there [Barbados]. Well, the young Senator Kerri Symmonds in 2009 did beat his wife.
The more DLP ministers speak the more I realise that they are either dumb or believe the electorate is ignorant. Case in point–the questions posed by Minister of Housing Michael Lashley in today’s Nation about the NHC’s decision to build a commercial property. The answer to his question is simple: CROSS-SUBSIDISATION and overall better use of government money i.e. efficiency. Why pay private interests for government accommodation when that money could go to NHC as rental income to help finance house building resulting in mean less transfers to NHC? Little wonder they have flippantly given away rental units while the NHC keeps extending its overdraft facility. Someone also needs to remind the minister that the Cabinet he sits on amended the act to appoint the current CJ and appointed a Executive Director at BWA when none existed in the BWA Act.