Comments on: ‘Use Purchasing Power To Promote Equality’ https://bernews.com/2020/07/use-purchasing-power-to-promote-equality/ Bermuda's #1 source for 24/7 breaking news, photos & videos Mon, 13 Apr 2026 09:47:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.7.5 By: saud https://bernews.com/2020/07/use-purchasing-power-to-promote-equality/#comment-5355885 Mon, 03 Aug 2020 10:49:41 +0000 https://bernews.com/?p=994935#comment-5355885 “Government’s vision to use its purchasing power to promote equality of opportunity with regard to disability, gender and race,”

Yet, they’re still appealing to their good friends at the Privy council to enshrine discrimination into Bermuda law.

Disgusting!

]]> By: Toejam Express https://bernews.com/2020/07/use-purchasing-power-to-promote-equality/#comment-5352488 Wed, 29 Jul 2020 09:07:05 +0000 https://bernews.com/?p=994935#comment-5352488 This is as clear as mud! Mr. Furbert please break this down so that lay people, those that are the focus of your efforts, can understand how they can benefit from this scheme. Bring the jargon down from the lofty heights for once…give practical examples of how your scheme benefits lay people….the common man or woman. Speak up Mister and Mistress Bermuda and not Einstiens gathering of quantum utopian physics!! Also, when in the House of Assembly stop falling over your words and speak plainly…and make use of examples that Bermudians in general can understand. I know you to be a bright guy so please switch up your delivery style of speaking in the House.

]]> By: Kathryn https://bernews.com/2020/07/use-purchasing-power-to-promote-equality/#comment-5351999 Tue, 28 Jul 2020 13:41:13 +0000 https://bernews.com/?p=994935#comment-5351999 Why is this all suddenly appearing on the radar? Because there’s an election on the radar.

]]> By: sandgrownan https://bernews.com/2020/07/use-purchasing-power-to-promote-equality/#comment-5351976 Tue, 28 Jul 2020 12:36:47 +0000 https://bernews.com/?p=994935#comment-5351976 I love how Flip Flop brings up the tired old status quo line. What these idiots fail to understand is that they ARE the status quo. 20 years of no bid contracts, limited tendering, those involved with the PLP getting that work. It’s taken 20 years for them to get to this point? This is the great idea?

Do we need to bring up how utterly bereft of fiscal competence everyone involved in spending public money has been during that time, and do I really need to list out all the failures? All of which have been a significant contributor to the current economic situation.

I presume this, together with the civil service we neither need, want not can afford, is in lieu of reparations?

]]> By: wahoo https://bernews.com/2020/07/use-purchasing-power-to-promote-equality/#comment-5351916 Tue, 28 Jul 2020 10:49:09 +0000 https://bernews.com/?p=994935#comment-5351916 Prior to that he was running around knocking on doors and telling everyone how bad the PLP were….Now he is one of them he must measure what he says and forget what he said.

]]> By: sandgrownan https://bernews.com/2020/07/use-purchasing-power-to-promote-equality/#comment-5351913 Tue, 28 Jul 2020 10:43:19 +0000 https://bernews.com/?p=994935#comment-5351913 It’s vote buying.

]]> By: Saywhat https://bernews.com/2020/07/use-purchasing-power-to-promote-equality/#comment-5351721 Tue, 28 Jul 2020 02:35:38 +0000 https://bernews.com/?p=994935#comment-5351721 I wonder how people would feel if it was written “particularly white-owned small businesses”? This is why I can support the plp. This is racist as hell. Everything they do is a race related decision when there aren’t just black people living here. I wonder if they remember that black people are the majority in Bermuda.

]]> By: Sturgeon https://bernews.com/2020/07/use-purchasing-power-to-promote-equality/#comment-5351663 Mon, 27 Jul 2020 22:51:35 +0000 https://bernews.com/?p=994935#comment-5351663 Damn! Crickets?

]]> By: Hmmm https://bernews.com/2020/07/use-purchasing-power-to-promote-equality/#comment-5351472 Mon, 27 Jul 2020 16:37:48 +0000 https://bernews.com/?p=994935#comment-5351472 Please publish who received contracts over these years and then published who received contracts in the PLP years, and then who receives Co tracts going forward.

Otherwise this is just pandering for votes.

]]> By: History https://bernews.com/2020/07/use-purchasing-power-to-promote-equality/#comment-5351450 Mon, 27 Jul 2020 15:54:20 +0000 https://bernews.com/?p=994935#comment-5351450 Mr Furbert, can I just say that you are out of touch with the reality of this island society. I am unable to comment on the disability portion of your proposal as I don’t have any background on this subject.
Back in the 70′s and 80′s the big government contracts were given to the 3 largest developers who were well known for their ability to produce and complete on schedule. During this period, many of the black contractors were busy building residential units and small to medium general contracts.
It wasn’t a question of who you knew on the golf course, it was all down to responsibility, ability and market supply and demand. During the first 13 years of the PLP government many large government contracts were given to black contractors. I’m not sure Mr Furbert what it is you are trying to tell the Bermuda public. For the past 3 years that you have been in power, why is this all suddenly appearing on the radar? You have had 16 plus years to administer the ideas that you recently published. All good stuff my friend, but there is absolutely nothing new here.

]]> By: Proven https://bernews.com/2020/07/use-purchasing-power-to-promote-equality/#comment-5351437 Mon, 27 Jul 2020 15:36:08 +0000 https://bernews.com/?p=994935#comment-5351437 As a legislator it is MP Furbert’s job to legislate against a clearly corrupt practice and to report wrongdoing to the relevant authority. Mr. Furbert appears to relish in the thought of the practice now that he is in a position of authority. It is difficult to believe that Bermuda’s economic success is built on such a practice – imagination running wild!

]]> By: Bobby Barnes https://bernews.com/2020/07/use-purchasing-power-to-promote-equality/#comment-5351428 Mon, 27 Jul 2020 15:17:29 +0000 https://bernews.com/?p=994935#comment-5351428 It’s interesting how Zane DeSilva’s company Island Construction get contracts. When PLP was first in he had Tyne’s Bay landscaping twice then lost it because some small company got it on price, when OBA won. Then as soon as PLP got back in he had it again. At least 15 companies bid on it, there is no way that he got it as low bidder. Small black and white companies have no chance when people like him are treated differently.

]]> By: notebook https://bernews.com/2020/07/use-purchasing-power-to-promote-equality/#comment-5351421 Mon, 27 Jul 2020 14:53:06 +0000 https://bernews.com/?p=994935#comment-5351421 What is he babbling on about? There has been a matrix system in place for years.

]]> By: Joe Bloggs https://bernews.com/2020/07/use-purchasing-power-to-promote-equality/#comment-5351416 Mon, 27 Jul 2020 14:43:20 +0000 https://bernews.com/?p=994935#comment-5351416 “We will still seek to utilise the Public Purse to create opportunities for business owners who were marginalised in the past, particularly Black-owned small businesses; as well as others deemed ‘unsuitable’ by past Governments.”

I have no problem with that, but I do find it ironic that the message comes for a former UBP leader who crossed the floor to curry favour with Dr. Brown!

]]> By: Ringmaster https://bernews.com/2020/07/use-purchasing-power-to-promote-equality/#comment-5351385 Mon, 27 Jul 2020 13:30:56 +0000 https://bernews.com/?p=994935#comment-5351385 The Minister only uses stats for the past 3 years. Where are the stats for 1998 – 2012? The PLP were the Government during that period despite trying to pretend they weren’t. Probably because they don’t want people to remember disasters like Berkely and Pro Active and the non existent $10m Bond.

Why does a certain large construction firm with direct contact to the PLP seem to be all over the island doing all sizes of jobs for Government? Not much sharing the work around based on what is seen.

]]> By: Jack Archer https://bernews.com/2020/07/use-purchasing-power-to-promote-equality/#comment-5351382 Mon, 27 Jul 2020 13:27:50 +0000 https://bernews.com/?p=994935#comment-5351382 so why have you given two big contracts – the sewage in St david’s and the arbitration centre – to a US company?

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