Local group endorses Barbadian opposition leader
Caribbean Life, Aug. 30, 2019 11
To The Editor;
As per our telephone conversation I
think that I should enlighten you that
my working with Deliverance Inc. is
neither vendettacal or biased. I was
chosen to be the leader because I possessed
absolutely no political machinations
with the Democratic Labour
Party of Barbados, so I could afford
to be objective. Our organization is
American. We travel the world assisting
political entities that we feel have
a strong commitment to the poor.
Then we fundraise for them, and assist
in their political causes. I have just
returned from almost spending a year
researching the political climate on
the island of Barbados. We arrived on
the island completely neutral, but we
left with a clear identification of who
was best to rule Barbados. As always
the ultimate dictator is the Almighty
God, but he has ingrained us with certain
wisdom and power to discern. It is
clear that even though the Democratic
Labour Party has made mistakes; they
are the better ones to rule Barbados. It
is also clear that Mia Mottley does not
have a clue as to what shoes she was
stepping into.
The prime ministership of any island
is an awesome job, a perilous job, a job
where he/she carries every man, woman
and child on their back. Each mistake
and mishap is blamed and attributed
to either competence or incompetence.
She is a Columbia University School
of Law graduate and upon her taking
office, she had no record-now she
does. The average Barbadian in New
York regrets that she was ever elected
Prime Minister; and 80 percent wishes
that she would resign. Her record so far
speaks for itself. Bus fare is now three
dollars and fifty cents, with some persons
either walking long distances or
car pooling to get to work. Some people
are paying as much as fourteen to
sixteen dollars a day in transport-with
no increase in salary. Plus they have
children to send to school, plus rent,
groceries and mortgage. Layoffs from
Government jobs are in the thousands,
and gasoline has skyrocketed in price. A
chicken in Barbados is almost $40 and
persons cannot afford to home grow
poultry because of the price of feed.
The cost of electricity has skyrocketed.
What was $30 dollars a month is
now $92. Departure tax at the airport
has doubled. Taxi fares are ridiculous.
Fifty dollars spent in the grocery store
can yield three items. There is a massive
amount of imported products from
the United States that sell for astronomical
prices. The transport board
buses lie dormant at the bus depot,
with someone having to wait at least
two hours before a bus arrives, and
prayers all the way home has to be
offered that the vehicle will not break
down. I was traveling on a bus from St.
Michael to Pie Corner, St. Lucy. This
experience will be forever etched in
my mind. The bus broke down. It was
10:30 pm and pitched black. There were
only a few persons on the bus, and the
driver was plowing at a high speed. The
bus broke down, and I was rescued by
another passenger who called for her
husband to come. He was a taxi driver
and I let common sense prevail by paying
him to return me and my son to
St. Michael. Needless to say, I never
traveled on the bus again.
Healthcare in Barbados is indescribable.
We became ill on the island three
times. Each time there was no public
ambulance available. I had to send for
a taxi to transport us. When we arrived
at QEH Emergency Room, we ended
up waiting two and a half days before
we could see a doctor. On our second
outing I received a tip that there was a
private clinic in Bellville that was run
by a U.S. doctor. That was our avenue
for medical care while in Barbados, at
a great expense to us. There is no more
free education in Barbados. There is a
heavy crime rate. By the end of February
of 2019, there were almost 20 murders.
Armed robbery is now the norm.
I remember that where we stayed, dogs
roamed the streets late at night, and
unless we were out by car, we stayed
home.
These things coupled with the fact
that Barbados is no longer a paradise,
and the impossibility of remaining neutral
no longer is why we have decided
to support Verla De Peiza for the next
Barbados General Elections. She is a
Seventh Day Adventist Christian, an
attorney-at-law, and is the mother of
two beautiful children. The population
of any country should never enjoy lurid
remarks made by the population about
their prime minister’s sexuality. Sometimes
in hearing conversations about
Mia Mottley, I was forced to move away
from the conversant. Some Barbadians
can be so vulgar.
Our introduction of Ms. DePeiza
will take place at a special fund raising
service, which will be held in Brooklyn,
on Saturday, Oct. 26 at 7:30 pm.
Our venue will be the historic First
A.M.E. Zion Church, which is located at
54 McDonough St., between Tompkins
and Marcy avenues. The place will be
packed as we have the endorsement of
the Worldwide Seventh Day Adventist
Church. We are extending an invitation
to you and all of your newspapers.
The sermon will be delivered by the
Hon. Pastor Dr. Marvin Hooks, Senior.
Please do your utmost to attend and
bless us with an article. I will keep in
touch with you to let you know our
progress and with her elected, the skywill
be the limit for you, as far as vacations
and prestige are concerned.
Thanking you,
Margaret Beers