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\u201cFool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me! \u00a0I don\u2019t know when my people will learn that the word of this Labour Party administration cannot be trusted.\u201d \u00a0<\/em><\/strong>Those were the words of a frustrated CARICOM brother.<\/p>

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Just before the \u00a0January 18 election, the United Progressive Party announced that under its \u201cOne Caribbean\u201d Act, \u00a0effective March 1, 2023, \u00a0a UPP Administration would \u00a0waive all work-permit fees for nationals of CARICOM and the Dominican Republic who have been resident \u00a0and working in Antigua and Barbuda on or before January 1, 2023.<\/p>\n

True to the ABLP Administration copy-cat, cheating form, they announced that they would waive the work-permit fees from January 1, 2023.<\/p>

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Now, after having \u00a0\u201cbought\u201d the government in the recent elections, and with a slim one-seat majority, they are saying that the implementation will be delayed \u2013 for all kinds of spurious reasons.<\/p>

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This is the same administration that doubled the work-permit fees and all other associated work-permit costs shortly after they came into office in 2018.<\/p>\n

What was a source of frustration for him, the CARICOM brother said, \u00a0was that \u201c\u00a0many of them sold their votes for a few dollars. So Labour Party can now treat them anyway they choose, and make them continue to pay the high work-permit fees \u2013 \u00a0which is much more than what they were paid for their vote \u2013 \u00a0when they could have had the fees waived with a UPP government. Bamboozled again\u2026but it look like they like it so.\u201d\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/em><\/p>

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If this government was serious about the implementation being January 1, 2023, as they announced, they would have done what was necessary to work out the mechanics, so that they could actually do so.<\/p>\n

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This was just another case of hornswoggling the people. I know this might be difficult for this administration to do, but I am calling on them to keep their word for once, and implement the waiver of the work-permit fees NOW, \u00a0without further delay!<\/p>

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\u2013 Letter by Pearl Quinn-Williams<\/p>

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\u201cFool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me! \u00a0I don\u2019t know when my people will learn that the word of this Labour Party administration cannot be trusted.\u201d \u00a0Those were the words of a frustrated CARICOM brother. 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