Government Hiding Report For Six Months – We Ask, “Why?”
From the Nation News…
Time To Tell!
PRESIDENT OF THE Barbados Union of Teachers (BUT), Karen Best, wants Government to add one thing to its list of New Year’s resolutions.
She wants disclosure of the results of the epidemiology study and any other studies done at Louis Lynch Secondary School on students, staff and the environment – as promised.
Best told the DAILY NATION in a telephone interview that it was high time the union and other stakeholders found out what was in those reports that were in the hands of officials from the Ministry of Education since August.
… read the rest of the article at The Nation News (link here).
Without Anti-Pollution & Freedom Of Information Laws, Government & Business Can Do What They Want
Folks, the pollution debacle and hidden government report surrounding Louis Lynch School is important, but that is not the real story. There are dozens of similar pollution situations on this island that do not involve a school and therefore do not receive media attention.
Until the government of Barbados cares enough about this country to institute civilized laws concerning pollution and freedom of information – we will forever lack the tools to hold accountable those corporations and individuals who value money over lives and our children’s futures.
That is the real story being played out at Louis Lynch School.
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