The man offering to be the next Democratic Labour Party (DLP) candidate for the St Michael North West riding, says he is ready to represent.
Forty-year-old financier Ryan Walters told a group of DLP supporters on Sunday during a meeting at the St James South branch office of former DLP representative Donville Inniss, that his foundation of candidacy is representation.
“I want to give a contribution to the community in which I grew up. I think that I have the capacity to give a contribution at the country level. Why the DLP? I have always voted for the Democratic Labour Party (DLP) and in my opinion the DLP has always looked out for the interest of poor people. They have always brought policy for poor people in the country, and for the development of the normal working class,” he said.
The last DLP representative for St Michael North West was former Minister of Finance Christopher Sinckler.
Walters, who was raised in Ferniehurst, Black Rock, St Michael, said he came from a poor background, but was able to climb the academic and professional ladder through free education.
“I grew up in the constituency and I am close to that constituency up to today. I chose there because there are some things in that community per se that I want to do and I think that I would be able to do them.
“At the end of the day I believe that the candidate should represent the party, and represent the constituents. Now you can walk through a constituency and see the things that are needed. You have constituencies where there is nothing to do, there is no development at all; there is no community life.
“In St Michael North West where I grew up, there was Deacons football club, which was a top football club; Deacons basketball club which was a top basketball club . . . . Sports was big in the community, sports is not big in the community today, and that is something that I would be looking to make sure happens,” he said.
Walters said he was also interested in getting the children in the community to get into church.
He is the General Manager of Burger King Barbados and the father of four children.
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Good luck buddy…but we don wid DEM
Wishing u well my friend
Go for it. There will be detractors and naysayers. Just hit the ignore button and keep pushing.
Go for it top boss! We need to get jokers like Neil Rowe out of Parliament.
Wonderful news!!! The party needs to rebuild and rebrand .
I wish you well . Stay the course and ignore the naysayers.
Go for it
soon u will hear the detractors seeking to discourage i wish u well. Barbados needs a strong democracy
Soon the tide will turn…stay focused on the community level and have a strong ground game…
They will be no return to the Dees or Bees or any other political organization that seeks to dwell in the belly of the beast call parliament.
These building should become nothing less than tourist attractions and commercial property to add to revenue streams.
They all go in the same buildings and practice the same systems and traditions of the colonial era the Westminster scam and apparently play blind eyes to the falling of these same systems and traditions around the world.
These systems only past the bag to the next generations and concentrate power and money at the top. In time it all collapses, you’re burdening future generations with debts and problems that they need not carry.
A new form of modern governance with a high focus of AI, the used of the blockchain, smart contracts and decentralization, along with the implementation of theologies in the palm of every citizen whereas we can have a true participatory government, this is the future of politics, economics and governance and it’s futile to fight it.
This little ugly pig face boy Niel Harper should be the last to call somebody a joker. He obviously forget Nigel Harper is he fada.Little opportunity and the little hungry boy is an authority on everything and better than everyone else. Humble yuh little housing area bigot..
If I took a white sheet and ran it through all the BLP administrations, starting from the Tom Adams era, that sheet would be full of dirt, and that includes this present regime. Under Tom, slot machine type gambling was introduced to Barbados, and many gaming machines went to his friends. These machines were imported by the hundreds. The Owen Arthur regime gave us the famous Barrack 150 million dollar payout. The Man who sat in the Ministry of Housing facilitated that scam, and I wonder if that same man is in housing today, I wonder..
Many government Ministers in the Arthur cabinet – Noel Lynch, Gline Clarke, Liz Thompson et al – became millionaires. Arthur himself went from rags to riches. Drag a white sheet through DLP Administrations and yes there will be some dirt, but the majority of expert cons are still plying their trade in active politics today and with all the seats. Only the blind will remain ignorant.of the facts. In the end, the yardfowls will not be the ones getting to defer millions of dollars in taxes owed to the government, it would be the big shots granted that privilege. These are the cry babies.
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Ryan Walters, if you hang around long enough you might just get lucky in the 2043 elections. Heard that Chris Sinckler is getting over his hurt and depression and may come back, not only for his old seat, but to oust Verla Depeiza as president of the DLP. It gine be cat PI$$ and pepper in the Dems camp soon!
JOHNNY as a CROW,you should be the LAST person that should be talking bout TEEFING…a TEEF calling a TEEF a TEEF……but judging from your comment and forget that WHITE SHEET NONSENSE which party that you CLEARLY IDENTIFIED above therefore was the most SUCCESSFUL at TEEFING since everyone should go into a BIZNESS to be SUCCESSFUL
A TEEF or a wannabe TEEF would tell you that he would prefer to get LOCKED up for $3,000,000 than for $30.000 which another noted YARD FOWL of DEM origin says is only a handshake and an ankle bracelet.
Donville has not indicated that he will not be running. I think this is a bit premature.
@CAR “LIZ” HARPER: You back with the foolishness again today? You don’t take a break.
Welcome aboard comrade. Stand up for what you believe in. The sky is the limit a d we shall return.
Yes Carl Harper ..pandemonium gine soon brek out down dey again.
Don’t ignore the PIT BULL though….he quiet now…waiting to pounce ESPECIALLY if the DON shakes off his bracelet and comes back to challenge…doan mind the SHORT Lashley,he only wants to be VISIBLE because he near the ground and doan forget the CLOWN from MOON TOWN he will come and say he is the MOST EXPERIENCED of the lot and should be considered too.
Waiting with baited breath to see if in their message on Errol Barrow Day will include ‘ backcasts’ of their Independence,X-mas and New Years Days ‘messages.
YES Carson C Cadogan……I will be waiting with baited breath to see if in their message on Errol Barrow Day will include ‘ backcasts’ of their Independence,X-mas and New Years Days ‘messages.
A will be a little late..BUT..better LATE then NEVER,right? and RIC looks as you are a SELFISH ,REJECTED,DEJECTED and MISERABLE individual…don’t you have the MONOPOLY for STUPIDITY and IGRUNTNESS?
The DLP needs to embrace a full slate of new candidates, and they should preferably be young enough to be still energetic fifteen years from now. He should still be young man of fifty-five when they have a fighting chance, so go for it! My strategy would be to get candidates strong enough to start to pick off some seats over time…therefore, absolutely no one from the old guard and no flim flam opportunists. But that’s the idealist in me…we all know that those who absolutely need to will be hard-pressed to walk away…
@”Left Brain” Ric
Why are you always picking on me for doing the same thing everyone else does? LOL
@Harry Turnover
Dems gine soon eat each other alive on George Street. LOL
THE DLP WILL BE BACK.
Of course they will be BACK….the question is WHEN ?…don’t forget though you MUST GET NEW BLOOD and listen out for the ALL CLEAR , hope that the then GOVERNMENT has lost popularity and that no NEW PARTY has taken over the space you once occupy as the alternative PARTY……and for heavens sake ..all ya CANNOT come back with those at TWO at the TOP….cheese on bread man.
Tennyson Drakes that is akin to telling me that you gine dead.
Prepare for a long time in the wilderness…and come wid fresh blood and clean intentions whenever you make your appearance.
In life: What goes around comes around. This is also true in politics.
The DLP brought working class people out of the poverty cycle. It was also the first and only party that propel Barbados from the proverbial village into a nation.
Young man go for it. This country needs strong leaders.
CARL “LIZ” HARPER move out the “glass house” and I’ll stop.
Anyone who supported the DLP during the Errol Barrow days must be so ashamed of what that Party has become. It is the first and only Party that has brought Barbados to its knees on two consecutive occasions. It is for these reasons that the UPP has a real chance of forming the next government in 2043.
By the way, heard Joe Atherley is forming an alliance with the UPP and looking to launch fairly soon.
This writer knew something was amiss when UPP candidate for St. Philip South Bruce Hennis was drafted as Joe’s spokesman. Was a bit confused about the association between Joe and Bruce, but shall be watching closely over the coming weeks to see what tricks are up their sleeves.
Joe has delusions of grandeur of becoming prime minister of Barbados, and poor Lynette Eastmond cannot even win a seat in a school fair Lucky Dip.
One thing is for certain, Joe and Lynette deserve each other — she to upstage the obliterated Dems and he to ask a thousand and one questions in the House.
CARL “LIZ” HARPER I would make a monetary wager with you if I could, since you just seem to be in politics but you do not really understand it.
@“Left Brain” Ric
I’m sure you’re aware that your comment has “zero substance”, right? Post something meaningful or leave the thread.