By Hard Plank
I was a ULP supporter who over the years ignored the cries of the oppressed. My household, my brothers and their households were also supporters of the ULP. Never once did I predict that I would become a victim of vindictiveness and spite meted out by government officials.
I started working two years ago with a construction company by the name of Bally & Bally Investment Ltd. When I started working, my boss never once asked me which political party I’m support but he figured it out as time went by and ever since we’ve always had a respectful debate on political matters.
Over three years, the company created employment for 80 persons. It also provided work for truckers, block makers, and provided business for many hardware stores in Kingstown.
However, because of political malice and spite, it will be difficult for the company to continue this trend. I’ve seen documents (tenders results) that clearly shows where Bally & Bally was the lowest qualified bidder on a lot of projects and was not given even one because of what transpired between the CDB and the Government of SVG in reference to the river defence works at Yarabaqua, where the CDB stopped the financing of that project as a result of Bally & Bally writing to them about the flawed tendering process, which apparently was the truth as reflected in the CDB’s decision.
Bally & Bally put in a bid for the Georgetown coastal defence works (site A& B) for $16,000,000 and they were the lowest qualified bidder but the job was given to a St. Lucian company for $25,000,000. To rub salt in the wounds of Vincentians, the St. Lucian company brought in all their equipment, trucks, etc. This job involves a lot of machinery so not much manual labour is required. Therefore, if we do the maths, almost all of that money will be going back to St. Lucia (unless someone or an organisation is getting a huge cut back).
For the coastal defence works in San Souci, Bally and Bally’s bid was also the lowest: ($8,183,054.35). They were qualified to do the job but because of spite, the bid was never put to the Tenders Board because of a missing signature that could have been rectified in about five seconds. Four more bids by Bally and Bally were also rejected even though they were the lowest qualified bidder, they are:
1. The Langley Park feeder road upgrade;
2. The Fergusson mountain road rehabilitation;
3. The Yambou & Teviot river defence and river training works; and,
4. The Union river defence and river training works.
Now this is sickening and heart-breaking to say the least. Officials must learn to be more professional and give unto Caesar what is Caesars’. If the man won the contracts, give them to him. I’ve always heard my boss saying that a quarter of a loaf is better than none so when the others are putting up huge mark-up, he settles for a reasonable profit and our company’s money circulates right here in the local economy.
Because of the selfishness of some unprofessional bureaucrats, workers like me will be going home and our families on the breadline.
Do these people ever stop to think about the bigger picture when they act like this? There is a domino effect. It’s not only affecting Cameron Balcombe; it affects me and my family, the other workers and their families, the truckers (because unlike some construction companies that bought trucks, our company prefers to give jobs to the local truckers), the block makers, etc.
I don’t want to line up for Poor Relief. I want to work. I got up everyday knowing I am doing something with my life and skills. What now? God help us all.
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Direct relationship between having a spine and integrity. One can’t exist without the other.
In the evolution of evil the beginning of evil men’s impact on society and on us all is often seen but never given much thought, as with that of Pol Pot. “The Khmer Rouge commander known as Comrade Duch, Pol Pot’s main executioner and security chief …” recently died. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-8687921/Notorious-Khmer-Rouge-prison-commander-Comrade-Duch-dead-77.html
SVG has been sleeping walking for years while ignoring the excesses and abuses of power here by our own red shirted administration. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Led0Un9uiIc should we at all be surprised by what is happening here now in SVG?
There many examples of this kind if wickwdness throughout SVG.
This is nothing short of blatant victimization meted to our people….
The spite and malice emanates from just one ULP man, Mr Spiteful himself.
It will continue because he never forgets and never forgives. If your not a 100% with him he will walk a million miles to destroy you.
I wrote a comment in IWN to Cameron that he would never work again when the CDB matter broke in IWN.
Sir, I understood your plight the pain and suffering you and your Boss have to endure due to the fact of hatred . One must consider themselves to be more humane regardless of any political affiliation. This government is acting on nothing else than vindictiveness because one doesn’t view the same persuasion of politics . Is time for people to act as human and stop all those dirty politics where people’s livelihood are concern.
Congrats Cam. Someone.. ..1 of ur workers has identified ur patriotic personality /demeanour. A reminder that ALL of us are Vincentians & when 1 door/window closes, God opens many.
HAVE YOU VERIFIED THE WRITERS ADDRESS, ASSUMING HE GAVE YOU ONE! SOUNDS LIKE A BITTER OWNER WRITING WITH A NOM-DE-PLUME!!!!!!!!
Are you serious??? What part of this article sounds like someone being bitter??? You have to be this dotish in real life man??? Just think critically for 0.5 of a second and see if this isn’t a reasoned piece!!! Good Lord… Vincentians are really on shit street!!! #sadments
John, people use nom-de-plumes to protect themselves from the police raiding parties, sent by politicians to raid the houses of people without the protection of being well known. I have experienced it and so have hundreds of others.
Write something they do not like and you may get a visit.
There are three things that cannot hide the sun the moon and truth
Well the comrade is saying you either with be or not. If you are not with me I will burst your arsenal.
Wrong doing will never be right , and sin has its pay day and its not going to be a good pay day.
Evil triumphs when good men stay silent. Aristotle similarly said that when good people don’t get involved in politics, they get government by bad people.
That’s what has happened here in SVG, why evil has spread like leprosy across the face of the land. And make no mistake: it is evil that’s spreading. To grasp this we need look no farther than the ULP organised Lives to Live sham.