Incumbent representative for St Joseph Dale Marshall has insisted there was no real progress made in Barbados between 2008 and now.

Speaking Friday night at a Barbados Labour Party meeting in Baywoods, St James, he claimed the Democratic Labour Party did not know the definition of the word progress.

“For the Democratic Labour Party progress is putting up a few new buildings. They put up a new Barbados Water Authority headquarters at $69 million but yet people can’t get water. A new sanitation headquarters but the people don’t get proper sanitation services.”

The former attorney general said there has been no progress for the people of St Joseph.

“My constituency has not seen any progress. We had decent roads but now we have a lot of potholes. We used to have water but now we have none. What we have are some thousand gallon black water tanks that the Water Authority rents for $56 000 a month. Water authority does not own a single one of those water tanks. They rent them whether water is in them or not as long as they are sitting on that concrete platform,” he stated.

Marshall declared that was happening now could not compare to how people lived prior to 2008.

 “When the Barbados Labour Party left the economy in 2008 we had a bigger economy then than we have now. In 2008 people were enjoying a standard of life that was the envy of the rest of the Caribbean. That has gone.

“Prices have skyrocketed by 13, 14 and 15 per cent and more. But your salaries have remained fixed. That is not a Barbados that we should be proud of. We use to be the country that everyone used to look up to. This race is not just about who wins or loses the election next Thursday, this is a fight for the future of our country.” (IMC)

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Police are at the scene of an unnatural death at Seales Avenue, Tudor Bridge, St. Michael.

Details are sketch but Barbados TODAY understands the victim is a 34-year-old man.

More details as they come to hand.

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Minister of Education Ronald Jones received a tongue-lashing from MP for St Thomas Cynthia Forde who was speaking Friday night at a political meeting in Baywoods, St James.

“He has performed as an abysmal failure in education. He has done nothing but destroy the education sector with the foolishness he does and the nonsense that he spouts. When a minister is out of his depth and says that children have demons he should have been fired. You know where the demons are …. the 30 of them in the Democratic Labour Party that running.”

She referred to 10 “special awards” she claimed were given out Friday by the ministry.

“I was made to understand that only today 10 special awards were given out. We want to know who the recipients are. I pray that they are ordinary people’s children. How can they come and give out 10 scholarships at the 11^th hour? I hope it is the last set of performances that Ronald Jones can offer. Let him ride out in the sunset disgraced.”

The former parliamentary secretary in the ministry of education said that a similar thing happened last election.

“In 2013 a few days before the General Election he gave out 23 national development scholarships on the eve of election and while I am happy that Barbadians were given an opportunity to receive scholarships, it hurt my heart to know that $4 million in a struggling economy was taken up for that purpose. But who were these people who received scholarships?”

The retired teacher said she wrote asking Government to do proper investigation and a formal report and  present to parliament about bullying in schools but “for five years there has not been a single report about children at risk or bullying brought to parliament”.(IMC)

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Minister of Tourism and International Transport Richard Sealy has lauded the development of the island’s tourism product during his 10 years in office.

Speaking Friday night at a Democratic Labour Party (DLP) meeting in Parish Land, Christ Church, Sealy said tourism was responsible for decreasing the island’s unemployment rate, citing a drop from 12.3 to 9.3 per cent between 2014 to 2016.

“This Democratic Labour Party has been able to put tourism in a good place, been able to bring unprecedented levels of visitor ship to Barbados,” said Sealy, while adding that the last four years have seen record arrivals to the island.

“Importantly we haven’t only been just trying to get numbers here to count heads we have been trying to improve the experience they have once they are here . . . We as a government have focused heavily on trying to grow our tourism product and increase its impact on the economy.”

Sealy dispelled claims by the opposition or what he described as “Barbados Labour Party propaganda” that the number of arrivals did not equate to tourism spend, saying,“ask them to bring the proof!”

The representative for St Michael South Central went on to argue that the island’s tourism market is climbing to higher heights as it recently ranked number one worldwide in Best Visitor Satisfaction.

“We continue to attract new flights, more air lift from our major source markets, we continue to look for new source markets from winter . . . We are building the existing and we are also developing the new because we want to have an industry . . . that remains relevant, that remains robust,” he said.  

“We will continue to steadily and deliberately develop this industry in a responsible and reasonable fashion. Our first 50 years were about social development and we have done well. Our next 50 years have to be about economic development and of course empowering our people,” Sealy added.

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The Barbados Labour Party’s promise of a clean election campaign is being questioned by the members of the Democratic Labour Party (DLP).

At a press conference this morning at the DLP Christ Church East Central constituency office, representative Ronald Jones and Christ Church West Central representative Stephen Lashley called on the Leader of the Opposition Mia Mottley to state her position on the vote buying and what they call the “orchestrated acts of aggression” occurring  four days before polling day.

“This is the first [election] where an opposition party begins by saying that they will be conducting a clean campaign and . . . that has been only rhetoric,” said Lashley.

“In this election we are seeing a very orchestrated kind of aggressive behaviour which is clearly being led by the Barbados Labour Party and I believe young people are being involved unwittingly in acts of aggression and if that is not the case, it is up to the leadership of the Barbados Labour Party to say that is not so, to denounce it,” he continued.

On Friday night the DLP's Christ Church, St Michael South Central representative Richard Sealy accused supporters of the opposition of canvasing throughout his constituency, distributing folded red t-shirts to constituents with funds amounting to $250.

“Two separate reports from two different areas in my constituency [spoke] of red t-shirts being distributed, and contained within the folds would be  . . . two Sir Grantleys and an Errol Barrow with a piece of scotch tape across. I never experienced a situation where we have seen money being literally thrown around,” he said.

This morning, Lashley also spoke of acts such as the burning of DLP paraphernalia by persons wearing red shirts. He demanded that Mottley speaks out and state her stance on the acts that have occurred.

“I believe it is up to the leadership of the Barbados Labour Party to distance themselves from those clearly orchestrated acts of aggression by people in red. If that is not the way we need to conduct this election then the Barbados Labour Party needs to come out and say that but they have not said that their silence has been golden,” Lashley argued.

“The Democratic Labour Party will have none of it! We will continue to defend our record and we will continue to canvas,” he stressed.

Lashley urged DLP supports not to cower in fear but to report acts of provocation to the Royal Barbados Police Force. He encouraged citizens to have a difference of opinion but in a respectful manner.

“Historically elections in Barbados have been conducted in a peaceful and a fair environment and I want to ensure that that continues to be the case. Everybody is entitled to have their opinion but we have to understand that we . . . differ and differ in a respectful manner,” he added.

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Police are investigating the death of a 34-year-old man which occurred about 3:45 p.m. on Saturday.

The Black Rock Police said they received a report that a group of men who were liming and playing a game of dominoes at Seales Avenue, Tudor Bridge, were approached by a man armed with a gun. The man fired several shots and Nicholas John Blagrove of Promenade Road, Bush Hall, was hit.

Police responded and found Blagrove’s body in the garage of a residence. Ambulance personnel arrived within minutes after the police and confirmed Blagrove had no signs of life and that the body had a number of gunshot wounds.

Police say investigations are at a sensitive stage and they are appealing to anyone who may have knowledge or information pertaining to this incident to contact Black Rock Police Station at 417-7500.

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Prime Minister Freundel Stuart says if re-elected his Democratic Labour Party (DLP) administration will break from the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) in its appellate jurisdiction.

Stuart, who made the disclosure at a DLP meeting in Eagle Hall, St Michael, while not going into details, cited disrespect from the Port-of-Spain-based court and the limited number of cases being brought before it.

“I want to say this, Barbados is not going back to the Privy Council because we are not going backward, life goes not backward or tarries with yesterday. But once the Democratic Labour Party is re-elected to office, I am determined, to put Barbados on the same level as every other CARICOM country by de-linking from the Caribbean Court of Justice in its appellate jurisdiction. We went in first and we can come out first,” Stuart said.

“That court had heard two cases for the year, two cases for the year, one from Barbados and one from Guyana.”

Stuart said he wants to make it clear that he is not commenting on the decisions of the CCJ, noting that as an officer of the court and as a lawyer, he respect the decisions that courts make.

“When I’ve disagreed with them I appeal them. But, I’m not going to have Barbados disrespected by any politicians wearing robes, it is not going to happen. And I spoke about this privately to the present president of the Caribbean Court of Justice. I don’t want to influence any decisions, I don’t care what they decide,” Stuart said.

“I think that the attitude coming from Port of Spain leaves much to be desired in terms of how its treating Barbados and I am not going to have a situation where other countries in the Caribbean keep a safe, safe distance from that court while Barbados supports its.”

In its Appellate Jurisdiction, the CCJ hears appeals from lower courts in both civil and criminal matters from countries which have decided that the CCJ should be their final court of appeal.

In its Original Jurisdiction, the CCJ interprets the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas for countries, businesses and citizens of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM).

In 2001, CARICOM member states established the CCJ to replace the London-based Privy Council as the region’s final court.

But so far only Barbados, Belize, Dominica and Guyana have signed on to the Appellate Jurisdiction of the CCJ, even though most of the 15-member grouping are signatories to the Original Jurisdiction of the CCJ that also serves as an international tribunal interpreting the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas that governs the integration movement.

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Democratic Labour Party (DLP) representative for Christ Church East Central Ronald Jones has accused Barbados Labour Party (BLP) candidate for Christ Church West, William Duguid of abandoning his constituents during the 2008 and 2013 general elections.

Duguid returned this year under the BLP ticket after Maria Agard was ousted from the party.

Speaking at a meeting in Parish Land, Christ Church Friday night, Jones criticized Duguid’s return to politics, accusing him of taking his constituents and the citizens of Barbados for “fools”.

“In the midst of the election, he just upped and left them, but then he believed . . .  that persons who support the Barbados Labour Party are stupid people . . . so he can return after aiding and abetting the destruction of . . . Maria Agard,” Jones said while adding that the poor representation that the constituents of Christ Church West experience would be no longer with the election of DLP hopeful Verla Depeiza.

“Duguid came along and demonstrated how not to represent people, how not to leave them in the lurch,” he added.

Jones further contended that Duguid’s behaviour was synonymous with the actions of the members of the BLP, “ who grow up believing that citizens are fools”.

“They can make sport at them [citizens] . . .  mistreat poor people, people who are vulnerable and especially if you don’t have their level of education it is even worse, and that is intensified in the Barbados Labour Party,” he added.

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Locals turned out in their numbers for the second day of the Barbados Manufacturers Exhibition which is being held at the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre.

The four-day exhibition which runs from May 18 to 21 promotes and markets locally made products and services to the Barbadian market, thus encouraging consumers to buy locally.

Exhibitors such as Melissia Batson has high hopes for the four-day exhibition.

The owner and creator of Jem’s Gourmet Chocolate revamped her business model after receiving suggestions from consumers at BMEX 2016.

Two years later she came back with her Infusion chocolate bars which is a 100 per cent Barbadian product, locally grown and locally made.

Batson, who received the Governor General’s Award at last year’s National Independence Festival for the Creative Arts for her delectable Infusion treats, was looking forward to getting feedback from patrons and familiarising them with her product.

“From them I hear what is working and what isn’t working . . . It is because of the Barbadian public I am into [chocolate] bars because we realised the truffles weren’t selling . . .  but then they were like why don’t you do a bar because it is more value for your money,” she revealed.

Managing director of the Fresh Press, Ray Chee-A-Tow, is also a new exhibitor seeking to encourage locals to eat healthy and be healthy with his cold pressed juices.

Chee-A-Tow explained locals were increasingly concerned about the ingredients used in products so his company created an item that consists of only fresh fruit and vegetables with no sugar or preservatives.

Chee-A-Tow disclosed that the year-old business was still trying to find its footing in the local market as it was created during a time of increasing taxes and economic uncertainty.

“As a small business it has been extremely difficult because when we started it was prior to National Social Responsibility Levy and two per cen tax and as a small business after the stuff came in we could not just go back to the market and change our pricing but we have had to absorb everything so it has been a struggle,” he commented.

With the island on the eve of an election, Chee-A-Tow indicated that he hopes the elected government would create policies that make conducting business easier for small enterprises.

“Whoever is in power you want to make sure that they have an open policy to small business. While the current government has an open policy to small business the challenge is that there are too many obstacles, it takes too long, too much red tape …there is too much for small business to thrive and we want an encompassing environment that will help people to get into business without the hindrances,” he said.

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The battle between Prime Minister Freundel Stuart and the Barbados Labour Party's (BLP) candidate for St Michael South Kirk Humphrey has gotten personal.

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The Barbados Co-operative Credit Union League (BCCUL) is distancing itself from a recent call by one of its former presidents for credit union members to vote for the Democratic Labour Party (DLP) in the May 24 general election.

The BCCUL said while it respects everyone’s right to vote for any candidate they deemed fit, the BCCUL was not in support of influencing anyone’s vote.

On Friday, longstanding member of the credit union movement Ashton Turney told Barbados TODAY he welcomed promises made by the DLP in its manifesto, to introduce a suite of relief measures aimed at the credit union movement.

Among the measures, the DLP pledged that should it emerge victorious in the poll on Thursday, it will remove the asset tax on cooperatives which it introduced in 2014; re-introduce the income tax deduction for credit union share and deposits; provide insurance on deposits at cooperatives; and support the establishment of a credit union owned and operated commercial bank.

As such, Turney, who is a former president of the BCCUL as well as the Barbados Workers Union Cooperative Credit Union, said he believed the membership of the credit union movement would increase as a result.

“I am saying based on this as a former president of my credit union and also the league, I am of the view that the membership of the movement should vote for the DLP so that they can benefit from these measures,” Turney said.

However, in a clear-the-air statement this afternoon, the BCCUL said while it “continues to respect the opinions of our members, we wish to reiterate in the spirit of democracy and fairness, that Mr Turney’s opinion does not represent the views of the BCCUL as a whole”.

“While Mr Turney and indeed all members of the credit union movement are free to exercise their democratic right to vote for any candidate or party they deem fit, we wish to reiterate that the BCCUL is in no way endeavouring to sway its members in support of any political entity. It is critical to ensure that the credit union movement maintains its integrity as a politically unbiased financial body; and although members may express their personal views, such are not to be attributed to or affiliated with the BCCUL,” it stressed.

However, the BCCUL suggested that it also welcomed the announced measures to benefit the credit union movement.

“Our policy has always been one of openness and transparency, and while we support any measures proposed to help credit unions, we cannot impose any partisan preferences or beliefs – or use our influence for that matter – to give credit to one or discredit another political party, especially during a political campaign,” the BCCUL explained.

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Although confident of a “massive Barbados Labour Party victory” at the polls come May 24, BLP candidate for St Lucy, Peter Phillips warned party faithful not to take anything for granted since the ship has not reached the harbour as yet.

“As we enter the closing stages of this long campaign, that we as a people remain focused; we have been focused for some time now but we have to continue to be focused because the ship has not yet reached the harbour. I am taking nothing for granted and I urge you as well not to take anything for granted,” he said.

Phillips was speaking at a political meeting in Boscobel, St Peter Saturday night. He reminded them that there were still a few days left to Election Day and caution was needed.

“We recognise tonight that the ship of the state of the Barbados Labour Party is heading towards a massive victory at the pools on May 24. But on our way there we have to be careful nonetheless of the reefs which have to be navigated. We will get there. The ship is heading there it will land safely but we have in the meantime to be careful. We have to do what we have to do,” the banker said.

The BLP candidate warned that large crowds at meeting did not always convert into votes. He told them they must get out there on May 24 and vote “in their numbers” to secure a BLP victory.

“I am not fooled by crowds because I know that crowds can come and then people are sometimes fickle and they can vote otherwise. But you know when the crowd is with you, you know when the winds are in your sail. We have a Government to win so I ask you to ensure Colin Jordan is elected as the next member of Parliament. I don’t know the numbers that are in this Boscobel box but I want 99 per cent of them for Colin Jordan.” (IMC)

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If elected, the Barbados Labour Party (BLP) intends to empower “the average man” in communities across the island.

BLP candidate for St Philip South Indar Weir made this promise to a gathering at Boscobel, St Peter on Saturday.

“We are willing to empower you. We understand that if we were to empower you, we will help you to help yourselves, your children and your children’s children. In  our manifesto we have said that those of you in rural constituencies, like this one, who own shops and bars, those who participate in selling food and beverages;  those who are involved in cosmetology; and if you are a seamstress; a tailor; or a joiner; an electrician, and you are bold enough and willing enough to participate by taking the risk, a Barbados Labour Party administration will walk with you by giving you the start-up capital or the capital injection you need to make sure you can get that business going,” Weir said.

The tourism and management consultant told the meeting that it was high time that the average man was part of the country’s ownership structure thereby easing the burden on Government as a major employee.

“You can be part of the ownership structure in Barbados. We do not have to watch the wealth in Barbados being concentrated in one area but that it can be spread across Barbados. If we start with you at the northern side of Barbados end we empower you to the extent that you can participate in the ownership of businesses then we can reduce the burden of Government being the employer of choice, he said.

He asked the people of St Peter to elect Colin Jordan May 24 to ensure he was part of the “team for the times” as the BLP seeks to move Barbados forward through empowerment.

“We have been bold enough to say we will revolutionise this country to bring it to the 21^st century requirement. We brought you a covenant of hope. We have committed ourselves to empowering you Barbadians.” (IMC)

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With just five days remaining until general elections, the youth in Barbados have been encouraged to turn out in their numbers and vote for the Barbados Labour Party (BLP).

Party leader Mia Mottley was among those who made the call during a Youth Rally at Tweeside Road, St Michael Saturday night.

Mottley told the large crowd of young people it was their responsibility to head to the polling stations on May 24.

"Let us dream my friends of brighter days, but the only way that dream is possible is not in our head as we sleep,  but to make it real we need you to come out on Thursday and we need you to claim your destiny, we need you to create your own future, we need you to sculpt the Barbados that you want and to do that you have first to accept the first responsibility of being a Bajan and you have to vote," Mottley said to loud applause.

"And I am asking you to vote for the team that has plans and that has a vision. I am asking you to vote for my team because I believe that I have put together for you a group of people that reflect your dreams and your aspirations. And we have taken what you have said to us, as we have rubbed shoulders with you...we are asking you to help us to build the best Barbados together."

Candidate for Christ Church East Central Ryan Straughn also encouraged the young voters to exercise their constitutional right.

"For the young people out there who are asking yourself why you should vote, the simple answer is right here on this cover. Vote for the future you want. In 2018, the young people of this country must now vote for a different future. Next Thursday you should have an opportunity to vote for the Barbados that you want," he said.

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Dr Denis Lowe says members of the Barbados Labour Party (BLP) were carrying out surveillance on his residence and warned that these kinds of activities were foreign to Barbados’ political landscape and citizens should be on guard.

He cited a recent visit to his home by former Prime Minister Own Arthur to check on his health, that had become the subject of BLP discussions shortly after. He said relationships had been built across the political aisle over the years but there were some who were intent on eliminating such relationships.

The Democratic Labour Party (DLP) Christ Church East incumbent, who has been the target of frequent BLP attacks, made it clear that he had not done anything for which he should be ashamed during his ministerial tenure.

“We will not be distracted,” Lowe told the boisterous crowd of flag-waving supporters who led him onto the stage to Jimmy Cliff’s Born To Win hit song. Moreover, he added: “I have nothing to be ashamed of.”

Speaking last night at a mass meeting in Silver Sands, Christ Church, Lowe attacked his BLP opponent Wilfred Abrahams, accusing him of not caring about the “ordinary people” of the constituency.

Insisting that he had a connection with the working class of Christ Church East because of his background from a poor family in rural St Andrew, Lowe said: “I know what it is to be poor. . . . My family was poor, and I am not ashamed of that.”

Saying he had been the subject of many lies and unwarranted attacks, the Minister of the Environment, said he had tried wherever possible to secure jobs for people in his constituency.

In fact, he boasted that over the past ten years he had facilitated jobs for at least 500 constituents. And when it was time for cuts to be made to the National Conservation Commission which falls under his ministry, he tried to save the jobs of his "people".

Lowe stressed that his record as a Member of Parliament for empowering his constituents could not be questioned. “You may not like me, but you cannot say that I have not done a lot for this constituency,” he said. (IMC)

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There are too many unanswered questions and red flags about Barbados Labour Party (BLP) leader Mia Mottley for the people of this country to place the prime ministership in her hands.

This was the contention of Christ Church South Democratic Labour Party (DLP) incumbent John Boyce as he addressed a DLP mass meeting Saturday night at Silver Sands, Christ Church in support of colleague Dr Denis Lowe.

Boyce said no amount of dangling unrealistic inducements in front of the voting public of Barbados would make her ready to run this country.

“Mia has a lot of questions to answer,” he told the cheering crowd of supporters. He pointed to the fact that while many expected the DLP administration to falter because of the slim majority it gained in the 2013 election, it turned out to be the opposition that lost two MPs due to the poor quality of Mottley’s leadership.

He told the party faithful that questions of Mottley’s leaderships did not arise in the DLP camp but in her own party. Boyce warned that if members of her own party were questioning her leadership qualities, then the electorate should take its cue from people who were closest to her.

And in another attack on the BLP leader, Boyce said: “I am concerned that the BLP wants to bring an end to civil politics in Barbados.”

He accused the BLP, under Mottley’s charge, of engaging in a kind of tribal politics that had not been witnessed before. He contended that the party was paying young people to pull down DLP posters and other unsavoury practices.

According the Boyce, these kinds of actions were a clear indication of the kind of leader Mottley was.

“She said if she does not like the Governor of the Central Bank or the Governor General she would change them  . . . This demonstrates the kind of person we are dealing with . . . Ms Mottley has been weighed in the [balance] and found wanting,” Boyce insisted. (IMC)

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One of the five commercial Banks in Barbados has sold its portfolio of overdue mortgages to a Mexican company that will be pursuing Barbadians for the money with an added charge.

Addressing a Barbados Labour Party meeting in St Philip North on Saturday night, the party leader , Mia Mottley said that the bank sold the rights to that collection of mortgages with late payments for less than 30 cents on the dollar.

“So, if the mortgage portfolio value was $300 million, they sold it for under a $100 million,” she said without giving an indication of when the transaction took place.

But she said that the Barbadians who have been behind with payments on these housing loans now have to deal with this Mexican company that wants to recover the money and, in the process, try to make an extra 20 to 30 cents on the dollar from what they’ve paid.

“So, they want to recover at least $200 million for that portfolio,” she said.

Mottley said that this should be of special concern to residents of St Philip North, “because I know that a lot of the houses that are being foreclosed upon are in new developments in St Philip”.

She blamed incumbent constituency member or parliament, Michael Lashley, along with Prime Minister Freundel Stuart and Finance Minister Chris Sinckler who live in the district, for not taking action to protect the large number of Barbadians defaulting on their mortgages since 2008.

“But you have been left to the vagaries of the winds,” she said to those attending the meeting.

“It is heart-wrenching … How does a government sit idly by, not open their mouth and see that people who have lost their jobs, or people who are in strict conditions of hardship, cannot pay their mortgage and a government does not once intervene?”

Mottley said that the Government could have summoned the banks along with credit unions that give mortgages, “and say to them - as we have said to you in this manifesto that we presented - that we have a lot of troubled mortgages in this country and we need you to work with us [for an easing of conditions]

“Even if we have to create a special-purpose vehicle to acquire these mortgages.”

She cautioned that any such arrangement was not to send the wrong message to those who can pay and refuse to do so, “but you can tell by a person’s behaviour. If they have lost their job and paying and keeping their mortgage up until then, work with them”.

Mottley said that many of the St Philip North houses were built when Barbados was prospering and, “many of them are now at risk of being separated from their owners”.

She remarked that “the people of St Philip and St John have been more loyal to the Democratic Labour Party than any other part of this country, barring St Lucy,” but added that residents must be troubled by “what has been doled out to you in the last 10 years”.

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A flood warning is in effect for the northern and central parts of Barbados until 6p.m. today.

According to the Barbados Met Office a mid to upper level trough has been producing moderate to heavy showers over the northern half of the island over the past few hours.

Rainfall accumulations of nearly one to two inches have already been recorded across some northern districts and further accumulations are likely as the day progresses.

Residents in flood-prone areas should remain on the alert and take the necessary precautions.

A flood warning means that flooding is already occurring or is imminent.

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