Sir Charles, known by the moniker COW was unapologetic about his brash Bajan accent, his no-nonsense style and aggressive business practices. I have no evidence that this is true. April 5th - 9th 2022 The Sir Charles Williams Barbados International Fishing Tournament. THIS IS A BLOG!!! We would like to send our condolences to the family of Sir Charles Williams. After Tomas passed, I took a walk and wound up talking with some older persons in Wildey area. Land is being turned into time-shares, closed off estates etc. Wearing what may be his signature salmon-coloured pants and white cotton shirt, Sir Charles was back slapping, hugging, and telling stories of his life. CO Williams British wife who probably has never done anything for Barbados stands to inherit much of Barbados when he dies. Those who object to our opinions can do research and collect data and publish it here for everyone to see. Your preference for a preferred outcome derived from emotional biases has reduced you to an ordinary bozoand when you state we, please be advised you would never speak for me and those people I know. Neighbors said nobody had ever built on that spot until shortly before the cave in. His sons Stephen and Teddy Williams and their families; brother Ralph Bizzy Williams and wife Shelly Williams; general manager of C.O. Cuh dear, for the Barbados radar to work we will need a commission of enquiry, a board to discuss next steps, a BOLT contract paying millions to an offshore company, an engineer to assess it, a second foreign engineer to assess it again, a sub-contractor to do the actual work that the offshore company was contracted to do, a team of workmen, a voting on additional monies by Parliament for the cost overrun and finally it will be workingafter four years, at which time that particular system will be obsolete and we will need to start the process over again, by another government etc etc.. To change the laws means politicians need to go to Parliament and vote to do so. never get enough water . Father of Stephen, Teddy and Charmaine. Sir Charles Williams Photos and Premium High Res Pictures - Getty Images One sore point was the issue of race. They will have to choose between migrating to foreign countries, which are becoming increasingly hostile to immigrants, or stay in Barbados and live in one of the tiny, cramped, unsightly housing projects that the government is building for Black Bajans. Or is it only white owned companies who should hire employees of different ethnic backgrounds? I did not see your latest comment until I submitted mine. We the Saul families are grateful for your support in many forms and trust that you Bizzy find the strength to cope with the loss of a dear brother. They couldnt care less if future generations of Black Bajans are landless. In some instances they end up in jobs they dont like. Genealogy for Sir Charles Othniel Williams (deceased) family tree on Geni, with over 230 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives. We who comment on blogs dont feel compelled to do research to find out how many Whites compared to how many Blacks are able to get the Attorney General to have their names placed on a cleared list. When persons are jealous its a terrible thing. For 60 years he has moved the earth to please and Barbados. Barbados being bought, left, right and centre yet Barbadians do not question a thing. The mothers of two missing 14-year-old girls are pleading with them to return home. Marcus or Clive or anybody, can you comment on this issue? This man has worked damm hard for what he has unlike some bajans who run when the rain start to fall. Browse 119 sir charles williams stock photos and images available, or start a new search to explore more stock photos and images. Recent photographs that I have seen show that things have not changed at CO Williams companies. He appeared to be Indian or mixed race. We can now announce - Barbados Game Fishing Association - Facebook Your email address will not be published. Bajans do not understand their own land today like their ancestors at one time did. Sign up and stay up to date with Barbados' FREE latest news. Thats why I started at age 18 and used free education to qualify myself, so I go my own profession,,, I am 27 now,,, used the money from that to buy 5 acres of land and farming it .. By the way I dont have a mortgage.. Got my own home, wife who works with me and two children.. no mortgage on the house, car or land:).. My $200.00 phone still works as well as my $15,000.00 car and farm vehicles. My question to Bizzy Williams is, Why is land in Barbados so expensive? He and his brother and their offspring are the main people who have been selling multi million dollar properties to wealthy foreigners. or by a plantation that was called Water Grove. However, about 99% of us would disagree. Showing Editorial results for sir charles williams. Please do not write in block capitals since this makes your comment hard to read. Please understand that comments are moderated and it is not always possible to publish all that have been submitted. Our sincere condolences to the Williams Family on the passing of COW. It seems that nowadays, more often than not, Im embarrassed to be a Bajan. We mostly voice our opinions here. BTW im putting in solar and wind power to get light and power off my back. The drain is the well, the bathtub the land. Sir Charles passed away on November 19 aged 88. Barbados: Cricket legend Sir Garfield Sobers in 'shock' over decision Thirty years of teaching history at university taught me that the one topic that was guaranteed to draw responses from everyone in a class, even the most introverted wallflower, was race. When we write comments about them on mainstream media websites, on the rare occasion when anything is written about them, the comments are not published. The 88-year-old businessman whose name is associated with many spheres of Barbados development passed away peacefully at the Bayview Hospital this evening with his wife Mary-Anne Lady Williams and his brother Ralph Bizzy Williams at his bedside. [Quote] it is the returning nationals, Bajan Brits and Yankees, who are allowing realtors to price the local middle-class out of decent, affordable housing in good areas. I dont see why you couldnt try to get a few dollars, dollars that were made off of the physical labour of Blacks, from him before she makes out like a bandit. We decide what we want to do and then change the law to suit our decision and sometimes our decision is based only upon what we want to happen for one person. The course of Charles Othniel Williamss life as a Barbadian entrepreneur could be traced to two strokes of bad luck in his early years. also bring foreign currency into the country. He is into playing polo now. And he had little time for pretence and showiness. His name is associated not only with business, but polo and horse racing. The Prime Minister knew Black folks were going to be up in arms and told Sir Charles that enough was enough. What does he want to buy Barbados?? The feature you speak of in the eighties was done by one Al Gilkes there was a feature around 2002 or so in the Nation produced by that jackass Mike Williams nowadays he calls himself Mike Will hes COw pr the late Ikel Tafari commented then that every single one of CO Williams numerous companies was headed by white people in a 95% black country where the lion share of CO. Williams riches is derived from black taxpayers. Why do I find this **** such a bore! Remember the girl who nearly got washed away and the images of the water. In a previous post you said, Sometimes people are scapegoated to administer lessons ..e.g. Some comments may be republished on the website or in the newspaper; email addresses will not be published. Similarly, if you build a housing development near a road called Water Street dont be surprised either or near a cane piece that was called Horse Pond . The 88-year-old businessman whose name is associated with many spheres of Barbados' development passed away peacefully at the. While they are beautiful to behold they tell a story of what is under the surface in these locations and others around the island. As the narrator said if you have the money anything is possible in the Caribbean. even having proper pork in your home! Then he, together with myself and Mickey Hutchinson, who was the accountant at the time, presented his vision to what Warrens could become to the then Prime Minister Tom Adams. http://www.meteo.fr/temps/domtom/antilles/pack-public/animation/animMOSAIC2.html. To give an example, back in the eighties there was a big write up about him in the Nation or Advocate. Minister of the Environment and National Beautification, Adrian Forde, showing his dolphin catch on Day 1 of the Republic Bank 2023 Sir Charles Williams Int . On the other hand, the existence (or not) of a cave and the load its roof will bear is nowhere as complex and unanswerable. We know that death will come to all of us, but the octogenarian seemed to defy age, and until recently, was happily riding his beloved horses and playing polo his Sunday ritual. What a load from bajan people who seem to expect the world owes them everything. This is the reason why we have to stop saying to our children that they should go to school and get a good job. We wanted to have something happen for ONE PERSON and thats what we did. I said in my comment that we will not do MAJOR research. Similarly, six or twelve foot diameter wells cannot deal with heavy rains if the catchment area directing the water towards them is great. They earn more money overseas than can ever be earned locally and are quite happy to buy land in middle class developments and leave it undeveloped for years and years, waiting on their retirement We well recall his generous donations to Barbados Olympic bronze medallist Obadele Thompson or world champion hurdler Ryan Brathwaite. Apes Hill was a sugar plantation in the 1600s and the Apes Hill Club is developing over 400 acres into a luxury resort community . I wonder if the house that fell into the cave at Arch Cot would have been built on that spot if the owner of the property could have afforded a better piece of land elsewhere? Today we chuckle at the old timers who avoided rain . Ralph Bizzy Williams leading the casket into the St. James Parish Church. Genealogy profile for Sir Charles Othniel Williams. The photos showed that all of the people who did physical labour were Black men and that Black women held the low level office jobs, while the higher level office jobs were held by White women. Mailing Address: There have been reasonable questions raised about how active and functional the islands democracy could be in the Barbados has received a grim wake-up call we dare not ignore. I agree with Mitchie Bell. Now, I dont know this and perhaps you can tell me: Would a poor white Barbadian be accorded the same treatment as a rich black Barbadian? Sir Charles, who has spearheaded numerous major . SIR CHARLES WILLIAMS LAID TO REST | Barbados Advocate So if Sir Charles has sacrificed and now in his old age is very successful booyah to you who he doesnt appeal to. Sir Charles Williams | GIS So occasionally parts of Sunset Crest and its environs floods hey . @HM It is your opinion that the case was a fiasco. never get enough imports . iv seen ur wife and, in my view, she isnt that pretty! Because BFP is a blog site open for varied opinions does not give one licence not to think before posting pig ignorant unsubstantiated bilge, gossip and tosh. Williams general manager Neil Weeks added: Barbados had leaders like Errol Walton Barrow and Tom Adams who recognised that in a post-independence Barbados, the way that we were going to move the country forward was to build out its seaports, airport and its road network. Never Enough is Never Enough for the simple reason that the actual economic activity of construction can never get enough land, . COW, how about more widely, helping the less fortunate than you. Please, Cow developed polo in Barbados and in 2009 his team won the Queens Cup. Barbados Minister of International Business Donville Inniss: Swiss Bank Account for your online pornbusiness? Now if only people like Manjak and Dedawgster would get the simple point that blogs are places where people go to chat and voice their opinions and should not have to act as if they are presenting a research paper each time they comment. But the mythology of the homogeneous, rich white Barbadian is so pervasive, that we frequently see/hear the common errors/misconceptions exhibited by the commentators on this thread and elsewhere. Never Enough, the name on the fising boat denotes to me the owner cant get enough of the sea, fishing and relaxing. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. After all of these years, he still doesnt seem to think that Black people are competent enough to serve as supervisors or managers. Regarding your question, Would a poor white Barbadian be accorded the same treatment as a rich black Barbadian? At the s For information about this website or content published please contact the, Subscribe to NationNews with our Webfeed. stepchild. Williams, Philip Atwell; director of Williams Industries Inc., David Staple; Harry Manning of Harry Manning Associates, and director of the Elcock group of companies, Adrian Elcock, were among those seen paying their respects to the man who built up C.O. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++. https://barbadosfreepress.wordpress.com/2007/02/16/sir-charles-cow-williams-whines-im-not-investing-in-barbados-anymore/, COW needs to recognize that his unsatiated lust for land and power can only be recognized in a larger pond and follow through on his threat. He or any other citizen who has the money should be able and permitted,without any government restriction whatsoever, to buy any company,assets or land(real estate)he can afford to buy.The overriding principle here,as in any commercial transaction, is that there is a willing seller and a wiiling buyer,and there should be no restriction.Anything apart from that is pure jealousy and is quite a ridiculous suggestion. Im only retiring from the office.. Our thoughts and prayers are with you at this time, My sincerest condolences to the family and friends of Sir Charles. When Bajans mention the names of prominent people like CO Williams on Down to Brasstacks on VOB, they are cut off. Fontabelle, St. Michael, Barbados, Phone:(246) 467-2000 Dont be fooled there are a lot of black bajans who have money, they just dont flaunt it like some who dont have it. Private. Must be rather depressing Karl, must it not. I tried to find information on that Mark Goodridge case you mentioned. You said in a previous post, We think we know but the sad truth is that most of the time we surmise, guess, repeat gossip or invent half truths. What else can one do with that case but surmise, guess, repeat gossip or invent half truths? I have had the privilege and pleasure of knowing him at close range, both professionally and personally, for almost 40 years. Apes Hill Plantation, Barbados A man who loved the land, he was reputed to be the largest private landowner in Barbados. Meanwhile here in Barbados, we are stuck with a Bull in a China Shop.
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