Housing out of reach of Bajans

Deputy General Manager of the National Housing Corporation, George Edghill says rising construction costs and increasing interest rates are putting what should be low-income housing, out of the reach of thousands of Barbadians. He says investment initiatives must be implemented, to assist this group. Within the past few months the costs of construction materials have sky-rocketed, this includes cement, blocks even lumber for roofing. Mr. Edghill says these rising costs present a severe challenge for low-income earners.Source: CBC Evening News

Umm... houses aren't for bajans tho, we are just here to make up a local native population so that visitors can interact with us and say how friendly we are. Just now they will build a reservation for us somewhere in St. Andrew and we will have to request permission to enter upon the South or West Coast. Far from buying a house, a bajan can't even afford to vacation in Barbados. I see those places in the brochures and my mouth does water, then I does catch a hot sweaty Zr to work in a rat infested office. No no, the privilege of owning a house is held almost exclusively for those who have lived and worked overseas and now need a luxury place to retire and play golf, or start some business using capital from one of their 6 bank accounts... talking about how lovely barbados is while sipping tea at their sea side cottage. But if a shower costing $400,000, then a house gotta cost a million. I still want to know how it is that they come with this news like it is something new or if this is the first time it is being said. Even the houses that we renting are usually owned by someone overseas, with pit toilets that got cockroaches helping to pull down your droppings... thanks for the assistance brudda. Then az a man gotta brek fuh heself and setup a shanti by CBC, it getting push down, or dem aint want old houses on the coasts cause they may bring down the property value of the area. A.K.A. NO POOR PEOPLE BOUT HEY! Oh well, the most I can do is go and try to enjoy the sweet white sand beaches, so long as I don't bathe near to where the hotel has the lounge chairs, or say hello to... err.. i mean harrass any of their clients.

*After reading this post, 258 persons say they know bajans who have built their own houses. Yea, after working for 50 years straight and eating bread and water for breakfast, lunch and dinner... yup.

14 JOB SUITS

CRIMINAL CHARGES have been brought against Larsen & Toubro and its management, for illegally hiring 14 Indian labourers who worked at the Kensington Oval Redevelopment Project last year. Senior legal sources confirmed to the DAILY NATION yesterday that 14 separate charges have been lodged against the Indian construction firm and a similar number against its deputy general manager Surendra Babu. They are accused that some time late last year, they engaged in employment of a person who was not a citizen, permanent resident or immigrant and to whom no work permit had been granted for engagement, or employment at Kensington Oval. He also hinted that criminal and civil action was being planned jointly against Larsen & Toubro Limited and World Cup Barbados.Source:

I see we in Barbados have a very selective suing process. If you are an indian hailing from the south american continent, then no permit necessary, come right through.. stop by the PM's house and he may even sort you out with a lil job. You can even bring your "uncle" to stay with you, don't mind we hear the bed creaksing at night, all in the family right? But, if you are an Indian crossing the Atlantic, cakes burn... we uh... don't tolerate illegal immigrants working here and am... yea.. ting. I sure dem got nuff twangs from down south labouring without a work permit on the same kesington oval, digging holes for the same $10 a day. But i suppose if de PM's woman was from Asia, all uh this woulda blow over eversince. Who really running this country tho? It seems government can encourage anything at all and get away with it, while we sit as spectators and keep noise for a day or 2. Yes, a government of the people, by the people and against the people. Wait, one time weren't they offering rewards for indentifying illegal immigrants? How much it was? $1 billion for each 1 thousand persons? I need a new space ship and I think that should about cover it.

*After reading this post, 238 men who have Guyanese women will throw out the uncle... come on man? You didn't know??

Coconut theft a though nut to crack

A SMALL FARMER has had enough of young men stealing from him and wants the police to do something about it.... He said he was not always around the more than four acres of land in Foster Hall, St John, to see when thieves came, but his family had witnessed the theft of his labour. "I went down in the ground and saw that they picked the coconuts from all the trees and left the husks right there. I check my grounds every day. . . . About 50 trees out there on the grounds and all the coconuts gone," he told the DAILY NATION yesterday. Hackett said he was at his wits' end because he did not want to use violence to stop the thieves. "I have signs posted that this is private property but they still picking, even out of the same trees with the signs. I really want something done about this. I don't want to get hurt and I don't want to hurt anybody," he stressed. He added that as recently as Friday he called the police with the licence plate number of the vehicle the thieves used, but no one had followed up on the matter. Police at District "C" Station said yesterday they "had no information about the situation". (TM)Source: Nation News

Dem police gine wait til that farmer chop loose somebody head, and den charge he for murder one. Man is a law abiding citizen, trying to go through the proper channels to resolve a matter and the police turning dem back. Typical anyhow, dem does wait til something happen then come to write the report. Talkng about how dem aint know about de matter... yuh mean that the Nation is the first person de man call? Man i would wait til one of them climb and play dem picking, then set some rottweilers at the bottom of the tree. I aint calling de police nuttin.. leave them up there to stew for a few days. But the thing is that bajans feel that every coconut tree dem see is free for de picking. Boy the long arm of the law seems to have been reduced to the size of a Chinese's member. If it was somebody limes getting theif in the terraces, dem woulda got the place stake out long time... in fact, no need for that, the upper class owner woulda done put 2 copper shots in the theives boxy.. only to find that the poor person was just trying to retreive a cricket ball that he hit for six... shame. What? I can't spell tough in the title? not me boh.. i copy that straight from the Nation! :|

*After reading this post, 82 persons will remember the days dem used to pelt rocks at mangoes and golden apples. 78 of them will remember an old woman pelting hot pee pon dem, then allowing the mangoes in the tree to rot way anyhow.

Study on violence in schools

Rumour, gossip, insults and disputes over members of the opposite sex have been identified as the major reasons for fighting in schools. That is the conclusion of a report on violence in schools and the community prepared by Director of Youth Affairs, Richard Carter, on behalf of the Ministry of Education and Youth Affairs. The study has revealed that over 28 percent of those interviewed named rumour, gossip and insults as the main cause for these fights while just over 19 percent felt it is mainly due to boys fighting over girls and girls fighting over boys. Of the females interviewed one fifth indicated that the main reason for fights was over the opposite sex compared with just over 14 percent males. Gambling and disputes over money have also been named as other reasons for fighting in schools. On the question of what should be done about the problem of fighting in schools 28 percent of those interviewed suggested suspension, nearly 18 percent counseling and nearly 11 percent called for expulsions, and police or parental involvement.
Source: CBC News

Firstly, let me apologize for taking a week off... wait, wait wait... i now catch myself... wunna paying me? Schuuuuupes! Government workers does tek what appears to be MANDATORY sick days one behind the next.. i aint nuhbody? I wasn't sick.. but neither are they... don't get me vex yuh..:D

Wunna want a solution? Charge the parents! They are responsible for the yella belly bastards... allowing them to stay up late, come home at 2 am and then rewarding them with new cell phones and the latest games and iPods.. then talkin about how dem aint know how de children get so. I never really understood this suspension thing tho.. you at school, aint learning a pang and getting in nuff trouble, and dem does turn round and send you home to play Game Cube and miss 2 weeks of class. What i does be seeing at all... that's like taking a physically abused child wringing a twig in he back so he can behave better, could never work. Everytime de brats misbehave, make the parents leave work and come up by the school and speak to one of them old teacher s, you know, the ones that does talk real slow and spit nuff golf balls... yeaasss.. yoouuur chiiillld iiisss veerrry troooublled... wheeen iiii wasss smalll....back in my day..... Then when de parent lose out on a days pay and de mother can't buy she little device of pleasure from Material Things, i sure the kid gine straighten up and fly right.

*After reading this post, 832 parents will say dem aint coming up by no school for no child. Case of point, that is why the child so!

Another victim of dog attacks

LAST SUNDAY, Melvin Blackman went on his usual evening stroll through a St Joseph district, only to end up the victim of a vicious dog attack. The Sugar Hill, St Joseph resident was travelling along Laynes Road when a dog charged at him. He sustained about nine bites to his chest, hands and arms as well as abrasions to his knees, as he tried to fight off the animal. "I normally take a walk from Sugar Hill towards Todds Corner. I turn left by Mount Wilton Road and I walk down to Clifton Moravian Church. I return along the same road and I turn right at Laynes Road towards Mayers Corner and then onto Sugar Hill where I live. Since the attack, the graphic artist has been unable to work as a result of the injuries to his hands. Source: Nation News

When Lil' Rick sing "yuh can't tek uh evening walk as yuh like", I dont think he was studying a dog biting loose he throat. Wuh i don't understand how all a sudden, dogs attacking suh vicious.. wuh de people walking 'bout wid gravy pon dem chest? Dat dog want kidnapping and returning to its owner in parts. If a chicken on a leash did pick out somebody eye, it would be cut up in quarters and stewing all now. Now after de dog chew pon de man arm like a doggy treat, de man as a graphics artists can't ply his trade, or more importantly raise his middle finger at the owner. All de talk, I hey writing and got in my mind that it was a pitbull, but the article doesn't say... i guess pits are just getting bad press. Just like whenever you hear an accident happen, it's a Levin, or if it's a car with 2 doors, it's a sports car and does drive like an F1 racer.. which incidentally, has no doors..

*After reading this post, 382 persons will go to the fridge and see there is nothing to eat. 2 minutes after, they will look in the fridge again to make sure. Unrelated, but true.