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Tabor chides Administration for shortening the period of the holiday barrel initiative<\/h1>\n<\/header>\n
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REAL NEWS: Damani Tabor, public relations officer for the United Progressive Party (UPP), is unhappy with this year\u2019s timeframe for the Ten Dollar Barrel Initiative.<\/p>

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The programme, which was started under the UPP as the Dollar Barrel Initiative, has now increased to $10 and more per barrel on account of the additional charges associated with clearing Customs.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, November 8, the Cabinet agreed that, this year, the initiative will commence on December 1 and run until December 31.<\/p>

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It has been customary that the programme runs until the early half of January in the following year.<\/p>

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While the leaders of other countries have bent over backwards to assist their citizens, Tabor says that, under the Gaston Browne<\/p>\n

Administration, the people of Antigua and Barbuda continue to struggle.<\/p>

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He says the barrel programme is starting late and ending quite early when compared to other islands with similar initiatives, whose programmes run until February in the new year.<\/p>\n

According to Tabor, since residents have not received any meaningful assistance since the COVID-19 pandemic, the Administration ought to be ramping up its relief offerings at this
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The UPP spokesman says the Government should be more liberal with its ABST-free weekend relief initiative \u2013 another brainchild of the UPP \u2013 for the Christmas season.<\/p>

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However, he is asking that the announcement be made early so that the people can plan their budgets.<\/p>\n

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