{"id":17134,"date":"2018-07-01T17:59:22","date_gmt":"2018-07-01T21:59:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=17134"},"modified":"2018-07-01T18:54:46","modified_gmt":"2018-07-01T22:54:46","slug":"tense-standoff-in-barbuda-over-use-of-fisheries-building","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/tense-standoff-in-barbuda-over-use-of-fisheries-building\/","title":{"rendered":"Tense standoff in Barbuda over use of fisheries building"},"content":{"rendered":"
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There is a tense stand-off between police officers and protesting Barbudans over the use of the fisheries complex which houses national security forces.<\/p>

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18 police officers from Antigua descended on Barbuda early today in a show of force while requesting the keys for the Barbuda Fisheries Complex from the Barbuda Council.<\/p>\n

The Barbuda Council wants the police officers and soldiers removed from the Japan-funded building to make way for the opening of the Lobster season.<\/p>

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Prime Minister Gaston Browne said yesterday that the council turned off the electricity and water to force the law enforcement officials out.<\/p>

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Since that revelation, Browne says the commissioner of police ordered more police officers to the sister isle to take control of the building.<\/p>\n

The Member of Parliament for Barbuda Trevor Walker and the council are refusing the hand over the keys.<\/p>

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