Well-known veteran moderator and broadcast journalist, David Ellis, is chiding Barbadians for staying quiet, instead of voicing their concerns to the powers that be to bring about positive change.
This type of information is not available to the public. My question is, right?
“You all sit in this place and go through all sorts of things and say absolutely nothing. You don’t question these things. Act like it’s business as usual and therefore, does it get better? No! Silence doesn’t make it any better. It gets worse.
“So is it worth it to keep quiet while you pay all these taxes and expect these systems to work for you? And if they are failing, you must bring them to the attention of those who have responsibility for them,” he urged.
Ellis made the comment after complimenting organizers behind an Eye Clinic, which was being held at Sandals until August 11. He said he had received reports that over 300 people attended the free Eye Clinic. And he claimed that someone told him that the government should see this overwhelming response as proof that Barbados needs more eye clinics; at least four have been proposed.
This led him to say, “This is an area where, you hear that Barbados is a place where you can get this and that, but do you ever try to get it. The kind of stress some people have to go through just to get that kind of public attention is incredible. Because the system is not working as efficiently as it should. So, if there is a rush to see these optometrists, the question we have to ask is, why is this happening? And what can be done to treat it?
“But there’s another question we have to ask, how many people can’t see because they can’t go to the ophthalmologist that would normally be available in the polyclinic and the public health system? Of course, we don’t get these details. This type of information is not available to the public. My question is, right?”
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He added that in Barbados today, the prevailing issues, not unique to Barbados, are rising fuel and the cost of living, and most Bajans will say, “They expect the Government of Barbados to find the solutions because they elected the Government of Barbados. . to find solutions.”
But he challenged, “I don’t believe that’s the only way we have to look at it because we’re all in this together and we have to take into account the fact that Barbados has limited resources and it needs more heads, more. people unite head to find solutions to problems Don’t buy into the narrative from some that only the government has good ideas.
“The Government promised you in their Covenant of Hope, that there would be greater democracy and that people should be able to participate, this is the time to put them to the test!”
