Comments on: Column: Giving Back To The Community

By: Onion Juice

Onion Juice — Tue, 28 Jun 2016 14:46:10 +0000

Thank you for having our forefathers work for free for 4 hundred years while the elite circle established their society and opressed the descendants of the down trodden only to be labeled as trouble makers when they fought and continue to fight to be excepted in a racist society manufactured to keep the recipients of the elite society economically in control, while the descendants of the opressed continue to resist the Historically planned Sh!+stem.
Thank you

By: LOLOLOLOLOLOL

LOLOLOLOLOLOL — Tue, 28 Jun 2016 13:43:44 +0000

HUH????

By: Charlly X

Charlly X — Mon, 27 Jun 2016 21:55:18 +0000

CashBack or TrickleDown effect ? Sounds accidental to me !!

By: Kangoocar

Kangoocar — Mon, 27 Jun 2016 21:49:03 +0000

You sir, are being nothing short of disingenuous!!! Gee, what a shocker coming from a plp rep? You stated quite clearly that a letter is sent to the PS, and then the decision to award, is made by the minister of defense and finance, do I have to really remind you that these ministers are OBA ?? Since when anyway, can a PS just silly nilly hand out our money?? Oh sorry, I forgot, Maybe that was the way it was under your plp reign and you possible could be confused???

By: Ty

Ty — Mon, 27 Jun 2016 19:32:53 +0000

typical trifling bermudians can never just say THANK YOU

By: Diallo V. S. Raban, JP, MP

Diallo V. S. Raban, JP, MP — Mon, 27 Jun 2016 18:14:04 +0000

Sorry but the is no “official application” form. Also, it is a Government Program, not a OBA Party program. You apply by writing a letter to the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of National Defense stating what you want and why you need money. The decision to award is made by the Minister of National Defense and the Minster of Finance.

By: boston baked bean

boston baked bean — Mon, 27 Jun 2016 17:27:31 +0000

typical OBA spin. No concrete information, just hype.

By: Its me again

Its me again — Mon, 27 Jun 2016 15:53:23 +0000

Do you want a pat on the back or something?

I thought this artice would go into depth regarding the program but instead it read like election propaganda

By: Huh

Huh — Mon, 27 Jun 2016 15:30:49 +0000

How do organizations apply? I was looking at the oba website, and didnt notice the cash back application form? Also, monies were given out in October and again last month, is this a “yearly” fund? I would like to apply please.

By: voltage

voltage — Mon, 27 Jun 2016 14:07:16 +0000

We don’t need another Santa Clause with a bag full of cash giving token action to fundamental issues. Please stop leveraging the dominant patriarchal/colonial view that a little cash handed out to many struggling groups is evidence of generosity and leadership.

I appreciate the public relations benefit this programme generates for the Bermuda Government and look forward to transparency around how the money is applied for, who is involved in the decision making and criteria of allocation decisions.

This programme was orginally created to fund Addiction and Mental Health Treatment Programmes in Bermuda and it appears to have been hijacked by political opportunism and defaulted to a public relations exercise.

Why not address the big issues facing Bermuda like what is the role of Government in helping all Bermudians achieve and invite our community to participate in defining this?

Take it out of political public relations, invite broad community participation on these important funding decisions, set clear criteria, timelines and report out to our community on a regular basis.

By: Jrsmith

Jrsmith — Mon, 27 Jun 2016 13:48:08 +0000

#accidentalbermudian

By: William F.G Bird

William F.G Bird — Mon, 27 Jun 2016 13:01:11 +0000

Come off it Georgia, who are you fooling? Not even yourself, I suspect. If we really wanted to put money back into this community for the folks who need it, perhaps a tax on family (divorce) lawyers’s fees would be a good start. It is nothing short of a national disgrace the frequency in which the only real winners in family bust ups are the lawyers, so cut the dribble…