{"id":172482,"date":"2023-04-19T13:28:39","date_gmt":"2023-04-19T17:28:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=172482"},"modified":"2023-04-19T13:28:39","modified_gmt":"2023-04-19T17:28:39","slug":"letter-did-the-ablp-lie-to-caricom-citizens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/letter-did-the-ablp-lie-to-caricom-citizens\/","title":{"rendered":"LETTER: Did the ABLP lie to CARICOM Citizens?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Dear Editor,<\/p>

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This letter will be short and to the point.<\/p>\n

In the lead up to the January elections, the UPP promised to waive Work Permit fees for CARICOM citizens.<\/p>

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The ABLP responded and upped the ante by adding the waiver not just for fees but also for Work Permits and included those from the Dominican Republic.<\/p>

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Now all we are hearing from the ABLP is about waiver of fees\u00a0from 1st May, 2023.<\/p>\n

So was the promise to waive\u00a0Work Permits by the ABLP just an election gimmick?<\/p>

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More Labour Party lies to fool our CARICOM brothers and sisters?<\/p>\n

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Dear Editor, This letter will be short and to the point. In the lead up to the January elections, the UPP promised to waive Work Permit fees for CARICOM citizens. The ABLP responded and upped the ante by adding the waiver not just for fees but also for Work Permits and included those from the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":167614,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-172482","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\nLETTER: Did the ABLP lie to CARICOM Citizens? - Antigua News Room<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/letter-did-the-ablp-lie-to-caricom-citizens\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"LETTER: Did the ABLP lie to CARICOM Citizens?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Dear Editor, This letter will be short and to the point. 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