Arthur: Transform island or perish

Owen Arthur: Transform or perish.

Thu, April 26, 2012 - 12:05 AM

Opposition Leader Owen Arthur has called for more decisive action to transform Barbados and pull it out of the current economic morass.

“We must transform or perish,” Arthur warned yesterday in an address to the Barbados Association of Office Professionals at the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre.

Arthur said Barbados was confronted by the greatest economic crisis in its history and he put forward a prescription to drive transformation of the society and economy.

“It is farcical and irresponsible for the society to be asked to accept the constantly repeated mantra that our problems are due to [the] international recession . . . and that once we ride out that storm, happy days are here again,” he said.

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Posted by Bim Bum 1 year ago: Bajans have taken the opportunity provided by the economic downturn since 2008
to get lazier than ever.
This at a time when we should have been more productive than ever.
We await the results of this shift in attitude.

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Posted by RICHARD power 1 year ago: I concur with bim bum! Bajans need a serious attitude adjustment! We are not stupid people our parents and ancestors worked hard as you know what! There is no excuse for the behavior that we are seeing now. Investors don't even want
to invest here. As you see the hotels closing the writing is on the wall! We need some lean six sigma changes here.