The Abed family is heavily involved with DLP financing and politics. How much will that count for the Abed family's Long Beach development application?
Will Denis Lowe speak against or for Long Beach development?
Or… will he take the coward’s way out and remain silent?
Barbados Environment Minister Denis Lowe (left) at Long Beach
It’s a pretty simple question but somehow I just can’t imagine that Dr. Lowe’s constituents will be able to get a clear answer from their Member of Parliament at the Constituency Conference today at 4pm – Sunday March 14, 2010.
Unfortunately in the past Dr. Lowe has shown himself to be evasive and even deceitful regarding the preservation of our natural habitats. Don’t forget – after campaigning for years to maintain the Graeme Hall wetlands and watershed, the moment Dr. Lowe was elected and saw the financial potential now that his party was in charge, Dr. Lowe personally voted to remove long-standing protections against development at Graeme Hall.
Dr. Lowe’s vote also killed the long-proposed Graeme Hall National Park.
New clothes, new cars and a new attitude from the DLP
Yup – as I recall the change in attitude happened just around the time that Denis and all his DLP colleagues returned from their celebratory trip to Miami with thousands of dollars each of new suits, shirts, ties and shoes. I can’t remember if that trip was just after or just before the fancy new vehicles arrived – but those of us who live near Christ Church East remarked at the time that it didn’t take long for Denis and his friends to “settle in” to their new jobs.
Nope, it didn’t take long at all.
Let’s make sure there is a good turnout for today’s Constituency Conference.
Will Environment Minister Denis Lowe make a clear statement against the proposed new hotel development at Long Beach?
Here’s the details of the conference, courtesy of Dr. Lowe’s office…
“The Constituency Conference in which your Member of Parliament ( Dr. the Hon. Denis S. Lowe) is required to report to his constituents on his stewardship over the last two years will be held on Sunday March 14th, 2010 at The St. Christopher’s Primary School @ 4:00 p.m.
I urged you to come on out and bring your entire family, your neighbour and hear what Minister Lowe, M.P. has been doing within the Constituency of Christ Church East.
Please feel free to contact the office for more information.
Ms. Gail-ann Phillips, Personal Assistant to the Minister of The Environment, Water Resources & Drainage
(246) 420-8086 (Personal Assistant) (246) 420-6759 ( Main Office)”
Further Reading
BFP March 7, 2010: Barbados Environmental Protection Department slams Long Beach development proposal
Long Beach Documents online resource (courtesy of Graeme Hall Nature Sanctuary)
Barbados Free Press 
I personally would not waste my time going. He was invited to two events by me on behalf of the Future Centre Trust and turned up to neither. There are 24 hours in a day and I try not to waste a second as time lost unlike money cannot be found in the future. Wunna can go and represent Barbados!
Kammie Holder
PRO Future Centre Trust
Somebody email me a petition to sign against this, only 200 signatures and the deadline is tomorrow
guess Barbados doesn’t care.
http://www.petitiononline.com/mod_perl/signed.cgi?03182010
Barbados cares Mathilde. But Bajans are reluctant to put their names to a petition and risk retaliation from the political and business elites. Your brother is just as likely to be fired as you if you stick your neck out too far.
To all concern people of this lovely island that we call Barbados:
Let it be known that MR. TAAN ABED is in NO way involved with the Long Beach Project. He carries the “ABED” name only and therefore all those who put him with this project should do their homework before linking him with this. Mr. Taan Abed has no business connection with the Abed Family.
@Concern Citizen: Taan Abed can come out publicly and say what he needs to say about his “business connection” to the Long Beach project. He is an engineer and appears to be a nice man, and he understands exactly what is going on. He has an opportunity to clarify his precise relationship or non-relationship to the Long Beach project for all of us.
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Greetings All, I often read up on the BFP website as I am abroad studying in Canada. I came across this article and saw my father’s picture on the news feed. I don’t know exactly what the story is with Long Beach, but I can guarantee that my father (Taan Abed) is not involved in any other way other than sharing a family relationship with the Abed family in mention.