As far as our Comments Policy goes we have none. However in light of the several comments and emails we have received, we thought we should clarify a few things for the BU family.
1. We love comments on BU - we believe that the BU blog + BU comments = Knowledge Sharing. Keep comments coming; it does not matter if you can spell or not. In cases where we need to apply minor edits to improve coherence we will, and we will leave a note in the affected comment to make our action transparent.
2. We delete spam – Regrettably, we have both automated and manual spammers on the Internet which can be a nuisance. There is a WordPress spammer which buckets 99%; the odd ones that slip through the BU household will delete, eventually. There is the odd occasion where a valid comment maybe spammed. In the few cases this occur, members of the BU household will retrieve from the spammer. BE Patient!
3. Relevant links in comments are actively encouraged - Links in a comment can help in the information sharing process. Remember that too many links may cause your comment to be moderated. We will retrieve it eventually, BE PATIENT! Note however that third party links posted do NOT reflect the opinions of BU.
4. We allow signatures in comments - We are aware that this is a privilege which is abused but we have decided to allow signatures. This allows other bloggers to grow. We encourage the Bajan bloggers especially to use this feature. The bigger the bajan blogosphere the more effective we can become.
5. The volume of comments which the BU household has to read, we may sometimes miss a few. Also, we are often asked many questions by commenters. We will try our best to respond but because of the volume of comments we may at times be unable to respond promptly.
6. If a BU family member believes that an important comment may be lost, he or she is encouraged to post it under Submissions which can be found at the top of the page.
7. Write what you know or have just cause to believe, is the truth; (b) avoid malice; and (c) retract and apologise when and if it is discovered that the information is wrong.
Some of you maybe saying that we have a liberal comments policy compared to other blogs. We remind the BU family et al that Barbados Underground (BU) was set-up last year (2007) when there was concern that the VOICE of the PEOPLE was seriously under threat. We will allow robust debate but at the end of the day the BU household reserves the right to delete any comment. Please note comments posted do not always reflect the views of BU!
We ask a favour of some, do not judge BU by the comments of a few.
“Prudent leadership in the 21st century demands continuous review and assessment”. and “A confident and competent leader must not be afraid or unwilling to effect change”. Certainly, I would like to see the backs of the Director and Assistant Director – HR at the National Insurance Office who are running that department like their Kitchen Garden, deciding who work at NIS and who don’t. Filling posts that are not advertised and telling the staff that they have no control over the staffing. On the other hand the Director is apologising to the new employees for being the “envy of his staff” while they continue to waste money on consultants who are fishing to see how the industrial climate is at NIS
Every month someone new is arriving at NIS, the last was a Database Administrator who lasted one week when she found out that Brenda Evelyn is a liar and relayed a story from Public Adminstration Department that no one at PAD had a conversation with Brenda. When the young lady told her that PAD wanted her to call them she back peddled and started scratching like a fowl. Ha Ha Ha you are messing with the wrong University Graduants. By the way, is this Brenda Evelyn the same one from PRT and RBTT who was fired from both institutions?
What is wrong with Caribbean politicians? Former Prime Ministers, and party leaders cannot seem to muster the courage, to fade away into political retirement once they have been rejected by the electorate. I would assume, that once a politician has ascended to the “Mecca” of their poltical career, the office of the Prime Minister, once they’ve been defeated they would humbly leave politics. To hang around politics, and to cast that shadow of doubt, on aspiring future political leaders is shelfish, and sad. Politicians who can’t leave “The game” are similar in nature to “Old puched drunk fighters,” hanging on for one last payday, one last shot at glory. The trouble is that the one last shot at glory, adds to the ignomeny of a once illustrious poltical career. So I say to Owen, Patrick, and all the other caribbean notables out there, take a clue from the masses, and “Know when to show them, and know when to fold them.” Life goes on, and politics was just a journey through which you were fortunate to have passed.
I am bewildered by what has manifested itself in caribbean polit(ricks)as a vacuum of leadership. How can you poli(tricksters) say you care about the masses, and allow the massacre of innocent people in Jamaica? I remember the humility of leadersip, in what now seems to be a bygone age. A time when leaders said what they meant, and meant what they said. In today’s political currency, one gets sound-bites, and nuisance political euphemisms. Politicians for the most part, all want to be Prime Ministers, from the get go. The time honored institution of “Duty, Honor, Country,” has been relegated to nothingness, in the cold calculating world of poli(tricksters). The new business operating procedure, is to cheat, without being cheated on, lie with fervor, and manipulate without being manipulated. Politricksters, what a useless, self serving bunch of SOB’S. HI, and by the way, I love politricks. that’s why I speak so highly of the weasels. Poly-many Tics-blood suckers, get it! Many blood suckers.
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Hi I watched the show tonight and felt very sad I would just like to wish Zara all the best and that she must move on and enjoy her life with her children.her mum is a hero today.And Zara must not listen to anyone who insults or criticises her because we are human we all make mistakes, life is a test and I am sorry for what you have gone through.those who criticise you are immature and selfish
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immigration workers should treat jamacian visitors with more respect, if you guys had visited a foreign country would you like the immigration in that country to treat you like a pack of animals?
I am not Jamaican but reading from what I heard about the treatment of Jamaican visitors, how can one human being treat another human being like that, and a Jamaican lady told me the treatment she got from the immigration at Grantley Adams. The board that overseas the immigration should really look into the unprofessional ism of these workers, if any immigration worker was treated disrespectful by their boss, it would be an island wide strike. Treat your Jamaican neighbors with respect and dignity.
I love this website because it embraces all ideas and comments, the Nation website, they would shut you down if they dont agree with you, but it hurts to read how that Jamaican woman was treated, and Barbados suppose to be a christian loving island……. really???? , at least in the US they give people the rights on the soil they landed on, even if they are due for deportation, you can still demand your rights under the law, come on Barbados leaders enforce some laws so that all people can be treated fairly, not only the ones with power and privilege, or if you know someone in a high position. ALL PEOPLE regardless of their economic status, or which country they coming from.
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