Barbadian business magnate Sir Charles Williams was described as "a giant of a man" in tributes paid by family, friends and Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley during his funeral service on Monday. Sir Charles died Friday evening at the Bayview Hospital surrounded by family and friends, according to relatives. Rest well Sir Charles. The mothers of two missing 14-year-old girls are pleading with them to return home. In the ensuing pages only black faces appear. Barbadian business magnate Sir Charles "Cow" Williams has passed away. The writer made an important statement about this now fallen local icon in that retirement article. I agree with Mitchie Bell. The Black people who will live in the housing projects will be the maids, nannies, and chauffers of the foreigners who will purchase the land the Williams brothers say needs to be sold for foreign exchange. We use this site to vent, because we are unable to express ourselves freely in the colonial era minded Bajan mainstream media, which protects prominent people like CO Williams. Lot of green eyed monsters about, dont forget he employs a lot of people. And to all the jealous Bajan, I am sure COW is staying awake at night worrying about what all you bitter Bajans .NOT. 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 The employment of the many Bajans is predicated on this. 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? Never apologize for the length of your argument or the passion. I knew who I was, I knew where I came from and I knew where I was going, he declared. Sir Charles, known by the moniker COW was unapologetic about his brash Bajan accent, his no-nonsense style and aggressive business practices. May he rest in peace and rise in glory. Other countries, with land prices at a more reasonable level also have returning Nationals. parts of Sunset Crest are built in a former cane ground called Swampy Ground!! Regarding slave ownership, historical statistics show that over the period of slavery, thirty five percent of Barbadian whites owned no slaves and another forty percent owned less than five slaves. Prince Charles arrives in Barbados ahead of state visit Barbadian-born all-rounder Sir Garfield Sobers, 85, voiced his disappointment after the Caribbean nation decided to become a republic. Cozier family. Twenty-four years later he was back in St Lucia working with Sir Charles on a major highway project that included cutting a tunnel. Persons argue that it might be a problem having too many businesses, and not enough workers, but doesnt every business work for someone else? Rest in Peace Sir Charles. Like you, I value the existing blogs as they provide a welcome opportunity for many of us, regardless of class or race, to communicate/vent. They should also not be allowed to sit on land for longer two years without building on it. The October 16, 2006, article references a Nation newspaper article. He was known to call into radio-talk shows to air his feeling on the latest topical issue. Barbadian business titan Sir Charles "Cow" Williams has died. For example, Karl Watson mentioned the Mark Goodridge case. . We think we know but the sad truth is that most of the time we surmise, guess, repeat gossip or invent half truthsalmost always under the cloak of anonymity. Sincere condolences to the Williams Family and Lady Williams in these difficult times that my good friend Sir Charles will no longer be with us as we shared many good moments the last time we spoke was at the Barbados Yacht Club when he was there in a meeting with Attorney Stephen Walcott. Cow Williams fished with my dad and while he saved his money and invested it, my dad was too fearful to do the same. He went too far when he tried to force some Black Bajans who had been living on land next to one of his housing developments to move, so he could expand the development for rich White foreigners. There is an old saying, Those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it. I am not that old. A pretty wife, a nice sports fisherman and a fast sports car. Barbados is a small country but judging by what is going on anyone would think it has land galore like the USA. Get my drift and when my business starts to thrive in about 10 to 15 years I will then spend on luxury when I can afford it CASH no CREDIT!! Because it is a topic that stirs emotions, most public discussions are subject to unsubstantiated generalizations. In order to maintain a reasonable level of discourse (We are not shooting for the level you are accustomed to in academia), it is important that a diverse group of people comment on the issues. Ralph Bizzy Williams leading the casket into the St. James Parish Church. It isnt nearly as fast as Never Enough and far less fancy. Major gully systems discharge there. A man who loved the land, he was reputed to be the largest private landowner in Barbados. If that didnt happen, then dont blame him for wanting to achieve a certain level of financial and personal success and going out and doing it. It was his first wife that he got most of his money from. He was knighted by the Queen of England and rumour has it got pissed off because a Bajan did not address him as Sir Charles after he was knighted. Sir Richard Cheltenham, former President of the Senate, described Sir Charles as a man short in stature, but with a great love for his family, friends and his country. We also noticed that the police would not go into his hospital room to question him and allowed him to flee the country on a private jet without being questioned. I have seen many cases in which poor Black Barbadians have gone up against wealthy White Barbadians and foreigners, so I can speak with more confidence about that scenario. Sometimes though we want a specific outcome for one person and we dont want to bother to change the law so we just have the PM warn them. 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. Sir Rodney Errey Lawrence Williams, KGN, GCMG, KStJ (born 2 November 1947) is the current and 4th Governor-General of Antigua and Barbuda. Great grandfather of Dax. There is no denying that many Barbadians are going through some tough times. Who would consider developing around the Belle Gully for housing? At the s For information about this website or content published please contact the, Subscribe to NationNews with our Webfeed. The name COW Williams is today as much a household name in Barbados as it is in neighbouring Caribbean islands, where Sir Charles executed many a construction project. Apes Hill Plantation, St. James, is currently owned by Sir Charles Williams, who is a major landowner in Barbados. Please don't use the comments to advertise. In my lifetime, I saw poor Black Bajans from my grandparents generation living in poverty. and BTW COW, pretty is a matter of opinion. never get enough imports . We will, however, try to publish comments that are representative of all received. This is impossible to answer with any precision without interviewing each employee with the extended Williams conglomerate and each employee in the Civil Service to ask them if they consider themselves to be black or white since may Bajans are a mixture!!!! Minimum wage is so low that anyone with the ability to start to round up men to do their work can get rich in Barbados ! There is much academic work still to be done on the social pathology of race in Barbados and to explain why it is that the generalized view is that race assumes greater prominence and generates greater interest in this island. Recent photographs that I have seen show that things have not changed at CO Williams companies. I thought it was sad that out of all of the Black men who worked for CO Williams over the years and helped him to become rich, he couldnt find one who he thought could serve as a supervisor. He was unafraid to make his views known on controversial matters such as race relations, crime and violence, and of course political and economic developments. 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. Barbadian men only get rich if they have workers! Sir Charles Williams Welcome to our home andBarbados, Sir Charles Williams Welcome to our home and Barbados | Business is a Lifestyle. I think a lot of the flooding that is occurring in Barbados is the result of too much concrete on the island. We have noticed that there is an issue with your subscription billing details. He was a ground breaker in may fields of endeavor. He is into playing polo now. In my opinion, foreigners who are not living here all year round should pay more for land by paying a land purchase premium and higher land taxes. Sign up and stay up to date with Barbados' FREE latest news. To quote Bacon: What is truth said doubting Pilate, and would not stay for an answer. But let us see if we can get any answers to the following questions. The biggest problem is the middle ground and, to my mind, forget COW Williams 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. His wife Mary-Anne Lady Williams and his brother Ralph "Bizzy" Williams were at his bedside. Family and friends here in the UK were appalled. Williams is the founder of C O Williams Construction Ltd, which has undertaken projects across the Caribbean including airports, hydro-electric power plants and golf courses. As the President of the Barbados National Trust, Mr. Watson, I think you should try to get some funds from wealthy people like the Williams brothers to try to save some historic sites. The poor people should all leave and the rich live with himI am disgusted! my 2 sense. Just Saying Bajan you write as an intelligent, educated manwhat a pity your intelligence and education is suppressed by your ego and pride when you state We are not going to do major research before making each comment to make sure everything we say is plausible. Though CO Williams has hired many Black people over the years, he has rarely hired them to do anything other than physical labour or low level office work. He was a self-made millionaire, and he was unashamed of it. His business developments and construction spread as far north as Antigua and Barbuda. Barbados Today firmly discourages any commentary or statements that are libelous, disruptive in nature or incites others to violate our Terms of Use. SIR CHARLES OTHNIEL WILLIAMS, late of Bromefield Plantation House, Bromefield, St. Lucy, entered into rest on November 19, 2021. He won't soon be forgotten. Someone on Down to Brasstacks voiced the same opinion today. hey. The drain is the well, the bathtub the land. I also want to look into the Mark Goodridge case, because I am not familiar with that case. ), @Harry. The body of Sir Charles was interred at the St. James Cemetery. Fact is they are quite a force in the market.) Anyway, it is being reported that Osama Bin Laden is dead, so I am going to log out and go and watch the news. How is your bank account? Sir Charles (Cow) Williams would have been 89 yesterday but sadly died on Friday 19 November in Bayview Hospital in Barbados, to where he had been taken earlier last week. . To take us through this COVID 19 Grieving differently is Mr. Peter Griffith, Funeral Director of Lyndhurst Funeral Home. Words do have consequences. On the one hand, COW is self made and he and his staff and his partners create jobs and real value for Barbados. stepchild. They only care about themselves. Get a life and get a therapist,not in that order though! The second stroke of bad luck came at the end of his education at. wife. P.S. Most of us are not university professors and are not trying to have very high level discourse with each other, though I try to make reasonably intelligent comments. We ask that comments are civil and free of libellous or hateful material. Williams Construction Group, he offered some brief comments. This is a blog. Never Enough is Never Enough for the simple reason that the actual economic activity of construction can never get enough land, . Sir Charles also pioneered the growth of polo and was a major owner in horse racing. Barbados Today firmly discourages any commentary or statements that are libelous, disruptive in nature or incites others to violate our Terms of Use. never get enough water . 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. Also please stick to the topic under discussion. Something that I read led me to believe the house was recently built. April 30, 2011 at 11:08 pm TikTok trend dispels vasectomy myths, Disrespectful stepson ruining my marriage. Sir Charles was human. It is your opinion that the case was a fiasco. Copyright Ember Distribution | Solved by: Please note that the funeral for Marcellus Louis is on Thursday, July 15th, 2021 at 2:00 PM, Topic: Grieving Differently with COVID 19, In this Social Work Season 2021 of Love and Loss Sunday March 21 takes us to a place of 'Loss'. Firstly in colonial times and now consolidated in the post independence era in alliance with the brown and black Bajan middle class, Syrian and Indian capital. COW is entitled to continue his quest for riches,if thats what makes him happy.Just saying Bajan is equally entitled to venting on daily blogs but he should realize that he is unlikely to change anything or have any effect whatsoever on COWs life.If thats how he wants to spend his time and energy,so be it.Hope he is giving his children a good education and instilling in them the virtues of hard work,ambition,entrepreneurship etc.If not his great grandchildren will be venting on blogs 100 years hence while COWs will be on their yachts in the harbours of Monaco. http://www.meteo.fr/temps/domtom/antilles/pack-public/animation/animMOSAIC2.html. I had all and all three cost me a fortune.. PS Cows white pet pig it appears is of of more value to him than any broken down Bajan heritage building. He made mistakes and sometimes offended. 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 Jane Shattuck, the White American wife of Greg Hoyos, let the readers of her blog know that her brother-in-law, Patrick Hoyos, was able to call up the Attorney General, Adriel Brathwaite, and get her name placed on a list of cleared people at the Grantley Adams airport, because she was unhappy with the way Bajan immigration officers treated her. And Sir Charles was right there letting them know in no uncertain terms that . Wells will not stop the flooding. I see no reason why the Bajan versions wont suffer the same fate. Jolly Roger Back in Time Cruise Saturdaynight! Secondly, most if not all Barbadian whites are descendants of slaveowners. Home / Top Featured Article / Sir Charles Cow Williams passes away. Grandfather of Oliver, Camilla, Dane, Lilly, Charlie and Sam. Those who want facts and data can do research themselves. So, in heavy rain, Bajans being at one time highly logical and sensible people, stayed put in whatever houses they had built for themselves. Born on 24th November, 1932 at Ashford Plantation, St. John to Lilian and John Williams, "COW", as he is known to friend and foe alike, would go on to become one of the greatest Barbadians of his generation. Since comparison is a valid technique for any science based enquiry, it would be illuminating to find out the comparable statistics for other large employers, say the Civil Service or any major black owned company. Click here to read The Barbados Advocate . 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? The Republic Bank 2023 Sir Charles Williams International Fishing Tournament has officially started. He was knighted by Queen Elizabeth in 2000 for his outstanding contribution to Barbados' development in a wide range of industries. As the narrator said if you have the money anything is possible in the Caribbean. even having proper pork in your home! I saw in the video that CO Williams has preserved the home he lives in, but there are many other buildings that could be saved. Despite Johns attempt to divert our interest with his comment on the cave(s), it is quite apparent that any discussion on race elicits a range of opinions. People voicing their opinions. Founder of the C.O. iv seen ur wife and, in my view, she isnt that pretty! I was typing my last comment at the same time you were typing yours, so if it looks like I have dismissed what you said, I have not. Father of Stephen, Teddy and Charmaine. Was there a trial or just a backroom deal? If he has any allegiance its to the super rich, white, black or polka-dot. Father of Stephen, Teddy and Charmaine. hey JustSayingBajan He used to fish out of Bathsheba with my dad who owned his own boat until he retired Cow saved his money and took his parents advise to invest his money in land. November 23, 2021 When the history of Barbados is written, there will surely be a prominent place for the name Sir Charles Othneil Williams. This is done all the time in Canada and some of the housing developments are very beautiful. At the end of the day, any property they buy will more likely as not stay in the family. Your email address will not be published. But hey, its a democracy and you are entitled to do as you have done in writing and make an ass of yourself. It used to be when development in Barbados was done, an accompanying consideration for drainage was taken into account. Sir Charles passed away on November 19 aged 88. The Prime Minister was con- vinced, the road for the ABC highway was set and the rest is history, he stated. The photos showed that the supervisors and managers at the profiled company were all White, except for one young supervisor who appeared to be no more than 18 years old. And he had little time for pretence and showiness. Of the total number of employees of the extended Williams conglomerate, we need the following precise data for an informed discussion: what percentage are white and what percentage areblackand from there, the corollary, what are the corresponding percentages for management. RIP Sir Charles, Condolences to all his family. Must be rather depressing Karl, must it not. Trump flying from Florida to face criminal charges in New York, Shaw goal in vain as City slip to 2-1 defeat, Graham Potter sacked by Chelsea after less than seven months in charge, Saudis to cut oil production by 500,000 barrels per day, At least 26 dead as storms ravage parts of US, Guyana Harpy Eagles win West Indies Championship Title, NCF opens registration for Crop Over 2023. Husband of Mary-Ann Lady Williams. Sir Charles was so special to all that worked for him. In as much as Sir Charles was a millionaire, he worked like a man who was now starting out in business and displayed an ethos that is worthy of emulation. The family invites you to view the live streaming of the viewing on Sunday, November 28, 2021 at 10:00 a.m., to view, please click here. Over the years, I observed that he would consistently make business decisions based on his own judgement of the man on the other side of the deal. Black and White Sea Egg Poachers have different court outcomes inBarbados, 102 year old Harlem Cotton Club dancer sees herself on film for the firsttime. We know the Attorney General would not grant a request from a poor Black Bajan to have his or her name placed on a cleared list at the Grantley Adams airport. The blogs are the only places we Black Bajans can go to, to voice our opinions freely. Private. I see cramped housing projects and all of the problems that come with them (crime, drugs, misery) on the horizon for Black Bajans if the Black government of Barbados does not do something to stop the nonsense. The commentary in the blogs on that occasion represents a goldmine for sociologists which will be used one day. High rise buildings like those in New York or into the sea? It was an honor to meet you. Any black Bajan who sold land to COW on the buying spree he boasting about should be drawn and quartered the govertnment should consider where necessary to compulsorily acquire any land this selfish greedy cow bought .Without doubt in that land buying spree racism involved. Why do I find this **** such a bore! Deepest condolences to the family of Sir Charles his brother Ralph Bizzy and the Williams family circle as we say thank you for Moving The Earth to Please among the many other magnificent contributions you have done while sharing the space on earth. I expect the reporters on the news to have verified facts, because the TV station is not a blog. If he is so terrified of losing his land ownership, he could lease the land that the houses are built on. What age are you.? Similarly, six or twelve foot diameter wells cannot deal with heavy rains if the catchment area directing the water towards them is great. COW, how about more widely, helping the less fortunate than you. The course of Charles Othniel Williams's life as a Barbadian entrepreneur could be traced to two strokes of bad luck in his early years. Thats why Sandy Lane is built on high ground. Our thoughts and prayers are with you at this time, My sincerest condolences to the family and friends of Sir Charles. As I mentioned on another thread weeks ago, I think it is sad that CO Williams and his brother, who devote a great deal of time to building new homes and structures for wealthy foreigners, dont seem to be interested in helping to preserve historic sites in Barbados. Many have struggled whilst living in the UK, USA & Canada and yet they still sent money to their relatives living in Barbados. Home / Editorial / #BTEditorial Sir Charles, a Barbadian icon. Ooops looks like the same cave on closer inspection!! That is what this blog is all about. Husband of Mary-Ann Lady Williams. : I assume you are being sarcastic.If not, good for you.Hope you will be alive in 10 to 15 years to enjoy it all. It is such an embarrassment to see some of the comments made here by fellow Bajans.

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