Anthony Barrows

It is important that we expose ourselves to views that are even grating to our soul. There are views expressed here that are seriously conflicting with my own views and values but expansion of the mind only comes when we engage with opposing ideas. Don't have to like to follow!

@thiadavi Fair, accepted...

@BarrowsAnthony The Speaker did not refuse to allow a response. A statement cannot be made after the Speaker made her statement, that’s the rule- Standing Orders.

How would she be able to present said speech when the Speaker refuses to acknowledge her? Do you also know that the Speaker refused to allow a response to the Speaker's statement and Ms. Brown-Burke used the time alotted for her sectoral debate in order to be able to speak on it?

@HoneyTk I suggest you're mistaken. Look at the broad scope of NaRRA, the mandate and major projects contemplated and tell me if this is to be completed in a full parliamentary term. As to post disaster limitations, where in that does a govt campus at Heroes Circle meet that criterion? 👇🏾

@BarrowsAnthony First of all the NaRRa is only for the use after disaster recovery and must be dissolved before the end of current parliament

I am certain Jamaica has confirmed the discovery of oil in sizable quantity. This NaRAA bill is perhaps most important for members of this govt to exploit without guardrails, accountability or a modicum of restraint. I'm willing to wager big on this...it is the prelude to theft!

@HoneyTk What kind of 'research' would you require to convince you that authority without oversight can, and likely, result in abuse of office to include corrupt enrichment and ill-advised exercise of power like the Bengal permit denial override by the PM? Absolute power is never good...

@BarrowsAnthony You guys are just on here saying absolutely anything at all with no research or grounds to back up the statement 😞 it’s sickening

@mamachell @huntertotheworl So you have some Older school stuff that you want to transfer to old school stuff, right? 😂

ATTN: Jamaica I have some footage on old school camcorder cartridges. WHERE in JA can I have them transferred to DVD?

@ekralc22 @JcIambane16 Just a freaking idiot who wants to demonstrate his supposed knowledge of the law. His case before the Court is not yet decided so reliance on that fact is useless at this point. Young lady must be disgusted with his BS...

@JcIambane16 Big big Friday and woman inna di car and him a argue wid police bout foolishniss...girl run for the hills.

Come on man. As a Lawyer; you could have handled this a lot better. Woman in the car suh.…Show out ehh.🤷🏾‍♂️

Labourites want to act as if the touching of the mace was without context or cause. I blame Angela for one thing; she should have taken it outside and shut down the entire thing. The Speaker needs to stop disrespecting the opposition members.

He overrode the expert determinatiom of the actual regulator to grant a permit for mining in one of this island's critical watersheds. But tell me again why NaRRA isn't dangerous.

On the ceremonial mace issue what’s hilarious to me is an MP being suspended from parliament because dem touch an inanimate object that has a made up value. Kinda silly tbh. And a reminder of how arbitrary everything is. It’s a stick please.

@DalveyG Prado mi seh

If you had to make a choice tomorrow, who you going with?

@DalveyG @DrewOnline The bill would still pass but the absence of the MPs on such a contentious issue, with the Opposition clear determination to fight it's implementation YET opposition members absenting themselves is unforgivable!

Nearly sure if all PNP MPs were in Parliament the bill wouldn’t did pass. If them did tek the matter serious, as a principle, them woulda ensure all members were present. This isn’t a commentary on the bill. But on how elected representatives a get pay fi play inna wi face.

@DalveyG Desperate times and desperate measures perhaps...Toyota still keep its value.

Prado stop keep dem value?

@kenckar @JamesTate121 @jmsexton_ Gonna assume this isn't sarcasm and just a genuine lack of knowledge...Starlink does not have and will never have the capacity to carry the traffic that undersea fibre optic cables carry.

@JamesTate121 @jmsexton_ Why wouldn’t they just switch over to starlink?

You must be wondering why Donald Trump, after all the tough talk, quietly stepped back and offered an indefinite pause on military escalation with Iran. No grand announcement. No victory speech. Just a sudden, unusual stillness. Iran sent him a map. Not a peace proposal. Not a diplomatic note. 𝐀 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐜 𝐦𝐚𝐩 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐚 𝐟𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐜𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐇𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐮𝐳. That map said more than a thousand missiles ever could. The Strait of Hormuz is a narrow waterway between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula. The world already knew it carries nearly 20% of global oil. What fewer people talk about is that the same narrow passage is threaded with undersea cables that carry the internet, banking data, and financial transactions for hundreds of millions of people across the Middle East, Asia, and beyond. 𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒏𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒂 𝒎𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕. Your salary transfer. Your business payment. Your hospital billing system. Your supply chain software. All of it travels as pulses of light through cables thinner than a human hair, resting silently on the ocean floor. If those cables are cut, the damage is not just technological. Businesses collapse overnight. Banking systems freeze. Economies bleed while the world waits weeks for underwater repair ships to even locate where the break occurred. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐲 𝐧𝐨 𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭 𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩. 𝐀 𝐦𝐚𝐩 𝐝𝐢𝐝. Because a map of chokepoints tells you something a weapon cannot. It tells you how much the other side is willing to lose, and more importantly, how much you are. The United States and its allies have built their entire economic architecture on this invisible underwater infrastructure. Disrupting it would not hurt Iran half as much as it would hurt global markets, Western banks, and the digital economy that the modern world depends on. Iran did not threaten war. It reminded the world of its geography. There is something deeply human in this moment, and also deeply sobering. We built a globalized civilization on thin wires buried under oceans, and we never really asked who sits above them. Now we know. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒑𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝒏𝒆𝒈𝒐𝒕𝒊𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐𝒐𝒍 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅 𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒂𝒍𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒂 𝒃𝒐𝒎𝒃. 𝑺𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒔 𝒊𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒎𝒂𝒑. 𝐒𝐮𝐤𝐡 𝐒𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐡𝐮 Director, CAQA | Editor-in-Chief | ISO Auditor | Poet and Writer Forbes Business Council Member | United Nations Speaker Top 100 Global Educator | RTO/AI/HE/ISO Expert Global Advisory Board Member, Forttuna Education Council

@Errolmcneil1 Respect!

Farewell day @ Jago, he’s only 15 and the last of my 5 boys , Cxc time now, 6th form or possibly straight matriculation I’ll let him decide

@oelma__ NO!

can u accept a girl who smokes ??

Absolutely!

@yaneekpage @huntertotheworl I think Vision 2030 became personal for some political players...no longer a vision for Jamaica's development but more so a vision of personal enrichment!

What has replaced vision 2030?

What absolute rubbish..

@ekralc22 I hardly disagree with you but this is one such time. Trading your flag is significant and it remains your right (and I truly disagree with World Athletics) but your return would never be welcomed for me. An A list athlete allegiance switch isn't the same as working elsewhere.

The people saying Jamaica shouldn't allow him to represent us hope yall have the same energy for yall favs who left us to work for another country.