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Like this NDP Gov’t gone mad!- Radio caller

- said Gov’t has been deceitful & doing a lot of wrongs & he is ready to ‘march’
The NDP government has been on blast recently from the millions in overspending on the controversial ports project, implementing of National Health Insurance while ignoring the suggestions of many, owing many contractors and musicians for months, failing to increase the minimum wage, depleting the Consolidated Fund while saying the country is not broke but yet finding money to subsidise an airline for $7M that ironically owes them money and even purchasing a $92,500.00 Cadillac Escalade for Premier Dr The Hon D. Orlando Smith. Photo: VINO/File
Many have expressed outrage with the news that Premier and Minister of Finance Dr The Hon D. Orlando Smith approved the purchase for himself a brand new 2016 Cadillac Escalade at the cost of Ninety Two Thousand, Five Hundred Dollars ($92,500.00). Photo: VINO/Team of Reporters
Many have expressed outrage with the news that Premier and Minister of Finance Dr The Hon D. Orlando Smith approved the purchase for himself a brand new 2016 Cadillac Escalade at the cost of Ninety Two Thousand, Five Hundred Dollars ($92,500.00). Photo: VINO/Team of Reporters
From left: Winston E. Nibbs aka La Fontey and Natalio D. Wheatley aka Sowande Uhuru, who were guests of the Speak out BVI show aired live on ZBVI 780AM on Tuesday February 9, 2015. Photo: VINO/File
From left: Winston E. Nibbs aka La Fontey and Natalio D. Wheatley aka Sowande Uhuru, who were guests of the Speak out BVI show aired live on ZBVI 780AM on Tuesday February 9, 2015. Photo: VINO/File
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- “When you guys ready to march you guys let me know. This is madness,” said an obviously frustrated radio caller who admitted he voted for the National Democratic Party (NDP) at the June 8, 2015 elections but is since regretting his decision.

The caller was speaking on the ‘Speak Out BVI’ radio show aired live on ZBVI 780AM on Tuesday February 9, 2015. The show was hosted by Doug Wheatley and had as guests Natalio D. Wheatley aka Sowande Uhuru and Winston E. Nibbs aka La Fontey.

The NDP government has been on blast recently from the millions in overspending on the controversial ports project, implementing of National Health Insurance while ignoring the suggestions of many, owing many contractors and musicians for months, failing to increase the minimum wage, depleting the Consolidated Fund while saying the country is not broke but yet finding money to subsidise an airline for $7M that ironically owes them money and even purchasing a $92,500.00 Cadillac Escalade for Premier Dr The Hon D. Orlando Smith.

“Sowande this reminds me when we marched when the whole Biwater thing was going on with the VIP Government with the lack of transparency and the whole craziness that was going on. This even seems worse Sowande.

“This NDP government that I voted in, like this Government like they gone mad. I don’t think they are being honest with the people. I think that this country for a little while is seriously in some debt that they are not letting us know,” the caller lamented.

The caller further said he now sees that the June 8, 2015 snap election was purposely done because Government was seeing what some people couldn’t see ahead. According to him, some people were hinting of disaster ahead but now it is coming to past.

NDP Gov’t deceitful

The caller labeled the NDP administration as deceitful and said it was a shame that the masses are refusing to call a spade a spade.

“I think that this government is very deceitful. They are pulling wool over our eyes and like people are blinded [because] although things are smacking them right in their face, right in their wallet, they are still defending this Government Sowande. It seems like this Government can’t do no wrong and they are doing a lot of wrongs.”

He was of the opinion that Government is building the territory in an unsustainable fashion and that it seems not to care.

“They want to build airport, huge airport, huge hospital, everything they want to do big big like they are in America or one of these big continents. We are a small little territory, and I don’t know where they BVI going with all this speed gentlemen. Over three and something million dollars in the budget for this small territory. That should be more than enough to run this country gentlemen. Something is seriously wrong and the people here in the BVI just sit and wait till the next election…Sowande I tired of this Government. I tired of how they treating the people. I tired of how they treating the Opposition. They are fooling us. We are blinded and we can’t see the truth. They are very deceitful and they are developing the country for the elite people in this country.”

Ready to march

Continuing, the caller said the people were tricked into believing that the NDP had changed from the last time they were “kicked” out of office. He said he has grown tired of the government he helped to vote in and was now prepared to take a stance against them.

“They have always been this type of Government, even when they were kicked out. They are an elitist Government. They have been that way and they had never changed…they say they are the new NDP but they are not.

“And Sowande, when you guys ready to march you guys let me know. This is madness.”

Caller applauded

Meanwhile, Winston E. Nibbs aka La Fontey likened the NDP to the “Emperor without clothes” in supporting the caller’s view that people are seeing things that are not there.

At that time another person called in to the show in support of the previous caller.

“I just want to comment on the caller just now. I got to applaud him. I was actually waiting for someone to call in to you to mention this situation about this Government,” the female caller stated.

Mr Natalio D. Wheatley Sowande then said he concurred with a lot of the views that the caller shared. 

“Unfortunately, the National Democratic Party has their supporters and I don’t fault them for that. They have a right to support whatever group they would like to support but we the people will have to be able to see things clearly despite the party that we want to support or despite the people who we might like. We have to come to grips with the reality of the situation, which is that things are not going well right now.”

39 Responses to “Like this NDP Gov’t gone mad!- Radio caller”

  • First discovered (10/02/2016, 09:54) Like (53) Dislike (3) Reply
    MY. POPE WHEN ARE WE GOING TO MARCH WHEN?
    • airhead (10/02/2016, 13:17) Like (45) Dislike (5) Reply
      Lets boycott the event, but instead gather at Noel Lloyd Park in the name & spirit of Noel Lloyd and peacefully march to the project to protest. We can be loud, have signs, yet be peaceful and maybe get Doc & Mark's attention. They will not want to see us with all the Disney people there. When we arrive, we can eat the food like anyone else. We jus come as one big group!! Time to protest with acts! Words ain doin it.
  • vex (10/02/2016, 10:01) Like (18) Dislike (10) Reply
    Ready to mach what just talk
  • vip soldiers (10/02/2016, 10:02) Like (64) Dislike (10) Reply
    Ayo noticed how eduenka, bishop, miss p, aubrey forbes, quito and the rest of the NDP choir quiet????
    • @ vip soldiers (10/02/2016, 15:29) Like (9) Dislike (3) Reply
      they dam shame with the thieving
    • Ning (10/02/2016, 18:55) Like (5) Dislike (5) Reply
      You will hear from them soon enough. They are just waiting for the script from the master Spin Doctors.
      • @ Ning (10/02/2016, 23:55) Like (1) Dislike (0) Reply
        IF THE PEOPLE DO NOT WANT TO POTEST AND TAKE DEATH UNDER THE NDP SO WHAT?
      • yellow (11/02/2016, 23:28) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
        I thought the BVI was a free country any One can speak their mind
  • Building Courage (10/02/2016, 10:26) Like (54) Dislike (6) Reply
    The late philosopher and theologian Abraham Joshua Heschel once defined courage as “the great enabling virtue that allows us to realize other virtue like love, hope, and faith. To have courage is to muster the will to overcome fear, not to fully eliminate fear, but to overcome the fear enough to stand-up against evil and wrongdoing. Fear should never have the last word to push us into states of conformity, complacency, or cowardice.”

    He further challenged us in recognizing that, “The opposite of courage is even worst, it is indifference. Indifference to evil is more invidious than evil itself precisely because indifference to evil and wrongdoing is much more contagious. Courage is the will to think critically, courage to love across the broad, courage to hope and to never allow despair to paralyze us.”

    Allowing an “accused” Government to commission their own Audit is “Highly Unethical” and “Utterly Disrespectful” to our People. It is like allowing “Bernie Madoff” to commission his own audit- and after “careful review,” presents his “findings” to the Public. “What quietly concealed arrogance and utter disrespect!”

    Their approach vigorously needs to be challenged in the public square. Should not be allowed to happen, absolutely not. Are our elected representatives becoming “political gangsters” now, throwing their fault illusion of power around? They can only be as “great” as the People would allow. Let us please remind them. And at the rate they are going, our TRUST has sunk with the “pilings” at the PIER.

    Government of Exclusion- making decisions in the dark behind closed doors with utter disregards to due process. And now they come in front the people with such narcissistic arrogance and disrespect!

    These are particularly trying times in the Virgin Islands in terms of direction and economic growth through various developments. However, our country has reach critical mass with “unethical behaviors” and needs a drastic paradigm shift- starting from our leaders down- in all sectors.

    A country “devoid” of a comprehensive strategic vision and plans (BluePrints) for sustainable economic growth and prosperity of the country, can “tempted” our leaders to embrace the dark-side of leadership; and in turn, cause all of us to eventually fall into a “dark pit” of suffering, under a false sense of development with prosperity for all (sorry, some). Similarly, we must be mindful of how the purse and its debts are exponentially growing bigger and bigger with every new project, and there possible consequences.

    The only way to avoid any shortcomings moving forward, is to step back and reassess our direction. Develop “succession plans” that are agreed upon through inclusion of the democratic process, so regardless of which Government is at the helm, there can be no abuse solely by access-and-legitimacy. In addition, we need to develop and enforce governmental and corporate “transparency” legislation” in order to hold these entities accountable for questionable and misguided actions. Likewise, we need whistle-blower’s protection laws in order to expose wrongdoings in all sectors.

    More than ever before, we need to embrace Hope and Faith in our country. The Book of Hebrews says, “Faith is the substance of things hope for; the evidence of things not seen.”
  • Yes (10/02/2016, 10:56) Like (44) Dislike (0) Reply
    With each article I feel like I'm in the twilight zone! Each article worst than the one before it and we still haven't gotten the truth about the pier.

    We also haven't gotten any documented paperwork to back up claims so it could be much worse than they leading on.

    We need to summon the courage and do like they did in the states and Occupy the Government Complex until the Governor or UK see we are not joking. All the ministers know they doing wrong look at all the increased security around thier offices and them personally.

    Never before was such security needed, but when you doing wrong you need something to hide behind.
  • Yes (10/02/2016, 11:19) Like (26) Dislike (8) Reply

    ayo tola ppl dumb bad, cause is ayo vote them in..... he done gah enough pension to carry he through the rest of his life, you think that he cares what the BVI thinks??? nahhhhh mohn!!!!! this man dun take ayo money and spend it off while his own building up....

    • mixed feelings (10/02/2016, 14:37) Like (7) Dislike (7) Reply
      u talking like everybody that voted for them knew this was going to happen.
  • niki (10/02/2016, 11:20) Like (35) Dislike (0) Reply
    Well they people wanted the VI PARTY gone so bad that they would have done anything to see that FRASER run the country that they get SCARED by NDP telling them every day and night that VIP wasn't good for the country so they had no choice but to vote for them all of them really believed that that the VIP was the wrong choice to vote for usually when people keep telling you something over and over you usually come to believe it some believe they would get jobs up till now a lot of them still don't have a job ESPICIALLY the YOUNG PEOPLE who came out in FULL still cant find jobs you have INTERVIEWS every day and still NO JOBS ALL THAT JOB TRAINING AND CANT FIND WORK what a shame YOUNGS LADIES YOUNG MEN walking up and down the streets all day with nothing to do mind all of you find something for them to do even cleaning the streets or STATAN WILL then we all will be CRYING then hope their others out their who believed in what I am saying MAY GOD CONTINUE to BLESS US ALL.AMENT
  • Yes (10/02/2016, 11:35) Like (38) Dislike (1) Reply
    NDP = Nasty Deceitful People
  • YAWN (10/02/2016, 11:58) Like (7) Dislike (56) Reply
    Pure nonsense. It's only corruption when they don't get a piece of the pie. Give them a consultancy contract and they will be mute.
  • Recall (10/02/2016, 12:24) Like (4) Dislike (0) Reply
    Is there such a thing a recall in our constitution.
    • @ Recall (10/02/2016, 23:21) Like (5) Dislike (0) Reply
      people, please recognize the power you have. Let your protest this wicked governemnt
  • ---------------------- (10/02/2016, 13:42) Like (8) Dislike (11) Reply
    NDP been mad, but you all voted for them so hush
  • Bernie Sanders (10/02/2016, 13:43) Like (278) Dislike (0) Reply
    I'm warmed up,Ready for the political Revolution.. The NDP in a Gamble game and they ain't winning at all ,since election they ain't win a dime..Everything they touch is a Royal F$$$$K up right now, and some people can't see it..The Governor is going to step in just now watch and you all will see...As Fahie will say Moon does run till daylight catch it,and it happening ,the chicken coming home to roost..
  • Solui (10/02/2016, 13:57) Like (44) Dislike (3) Reply
    One guy say his expiration date is every four years didn't he or next election which is due in four years time. So he is telling the people I shall, I will not be moved until then. He can continue to bungle every project, overspend without care cause as it seems not even the premier will raise an eyebrow at him. This is height of arrogance and disrespect that is meted out to the people of this great land. How on these lands that there seems to be no way of punishing a minister or the government. Back in the day when people were patriotic protest action would already be on the way but oh the tourist will not come and the usual loudest has become silent as it seems they've sold their soul for a few pittance. Some are waiting on some great orator or party to whip them into action. Meanwhile business continue as usual.
    • the first lady wont leh he sleep (10/02/2016, 14:32) Like (61) Dislike (8) Reply

      Doc married to his sister so he cant discipline him at all

  • Hmm (10/02/2016, 14:03) Like (10) Dislike (107) Reply
    deeds peple are all talk no action NDP will be relected
    • wize up (10/02/2016, 15:52) Like (1) Dislike (69) Reply
      @ hmmmm: I second that motion because come 2018 and the white envelopes start passing ?????
  • Gjoe (10/02/2016, 15:32) Like (3) Dislike (2) Reply
    Ndp is a joke party vip is the better party all the money gone every thing over spend . We have to pay it back God help us please
  • farmer (10/02/2016, 17:51) Like (6) Dislike (0) Reply
    You all ain't realize that they killing everything that the poor and middle class people involve in,No AG Fair,No money for local musicians,no money for school supplies,and any other thing regarding poor people participation..
  • DA Realist (10/02/2016, 19:07) Like (29) Dislike (0) Reply
    at this point there is only one thing lift to do and thats for we the people to call election.. lets not wait until there term is up lets take them out now.. but before we take them out we got to know who we going to replace them with, cause i aint want frazer as my premier at all he just as bad.. how much signature we need to get them out cause i ready to sign.. lets stop talking and act....
  • loud silence (10/02/2016, 20:13) Like (1) Dislike (0) Reply
    Ayo ain't see NDP ignoring us. We need to stop blocking. When NDP story shows up. No blogs. That will get their attention. Trust me.. They enjoy seeing us miserable and hurting.
    • ------------------ (10/02/2016, 23:10) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
      Are you a dunce......enough about the politics, start to try and make a better tomorrow for yourself or your family, or ride out and get back to where ever you came from.
  • poor man (10/02/2016, 20:46) Like (8) Dislike (0) Reply
    The NDP leaders are only concerned about themselves and living the big shot life. They forgot what it is like to live from pay check to pay check. That is why there is no true compassion for the working class or the poor. If it was up to me, not one of them would have made it back in. Their actions say it all.
  • chad (10/02/2016, 22:58) Like (4) Dislike (0) Reply
    the conspiracy theorists were right......
  • voter (10/02/2016, 23:19) Like (3) Dislike (0) Reply
    Never underestimate the power of the people and voters.
  • Just saying (10/02/2016, 23:29) Like (4) Dislike (4) Reply
    In my opinion the only difference between the NDP and the VIP is their name. There is simply no reason to discredit the NDP to make it appear that the VIP was faultless and without blemish. It is six of one and half a dozen of the other when it comes to gross mismanagement of the public purse. Just reminisce for a while and look back at all of the major projects that was done including the hospital, greenhouse, biwater, etc.. The end result of each one is the same - no transparency, no accountability, no justification of how the money was spent and in each project the money went missing. Just compare and contrast and see if the same pattern isn't recycled from one administration to the other. We need LAWS to be enacted to protect the country from these BAD PRACTICES.
    • Solui (11/02/2016, 08:55) Like (2) Dislike (1) Reply
      You've made your point and that is because VIP did the NDP doing is Ok. The VIP was voted out I dare say because of the accusation of corruption. So both are corrupt and we should do what now just accept it? Wait till the next election? There must be a solution to the problem if there's one. In other places ministers are relieved of some responsibilities, load lessened removed from ministry totally and given or relegated to being a back-bencher. This was done to assure the people that the man in charge is in charge, will act when ministers fail, knows how to keep his people in tow. But has anything been done besides SILENCE most times, BLUSTERING and BLURTING off when they,re questioned, DEFLECTION and DECEPTION of the highest degree and has the audacity to say his expiry date is every four years? So is this it all we can do as a people? Sit and blog our frustration, watch these shores become a place where the divide become more prominent. Secret job cuts private and government alike. Deportation, expulsions, repatriation, culling whatever name it is called. Segregation, discrimination, patriotism the result of controls by big wicks knowingly fanning the hate of us against them song. These are happening now and will increase as the burden gets heavier. Laws can be enacted to curb these perceived corruption. Promises made on the campaign trail quickly placed on the back burner for such time when it is believed favorable to themselves to act upon. if things are going to change it's the people who must DEMAND this change and stop this cycle of they did it so I can do as well. Billions cast somewhere without any accountability and raising the TAX will not be helpful to the poor and have nots.
  • Kello (10/02/2016, 23:41) Like (4) Dislike (0) Reply
    So these people gotta wake up and smell the coffee, it is called CORRUPTION
  • Free Mason (11/02/2016, 07:49) Like (1) Dislike (0) Reply
    Cause dem a thief!
  • wow (12/02/2016, 01:12) Like (1) Dislike (0) Reply
    That's what ayo get for voting them back in. They promised to fix all the roads, look at the what we are driving our vehicles on! Look at the debt we are in. We in some bad times right now and we have to suffer the consequences.
  • bear the heat (14/02/2016, 22:35) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    All u put them there suffer the conciquence now. more hard times ahead i will sorry for all u it going to be worst as long as ndp is there remember tortolans no where for all u to run so stay in the heat .u all should think with brains , and not white envelopes. To late shall be ur cry.bye I 'll remember u all in prayer


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