{"id":232436,"date":"2025-04-10T08:29:18","date_gmt":"2025-04-10T12:29:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=232436"},"modified":"2025-04-10T18:42:37","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T22:42:37","slug":"officials-to-set-the-record-straight-on-alfa-nero-in-abs-special","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/officials-to-set-the-record-straight-on-alfa-nero-in-abs-special\/","title":{"rendered":"Officials to Set the Record Straight on Alfa Nero in ABS Special"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"antig-3589099309\" class=\"antig-ecab antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Broadband 1200x400_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  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<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/letter-protecting-antigua-and-barbudas-reputation-amidst-alfa-nero-controversy\/?swcfpc=1\">Alfa Nero<\/a><\/strong> Files&#8221;<\/em> on Thursday, April 10 at 8 p.m. Prime Minister Gaston Browne, Port Manager Darwin Telemaque, Senior Counsel Anthony Astaphan, and Financial Secretary Rasona Davis Crump will join to discuss the controversial vessel. Viewers are encouraged to call or message in during the live broadcast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Cabinet Notes:<\/strong> The Cabinet expressed disbelief that operatives of the UPP, who collaborated with a Russian citizen to spread falsehoods, are also expressing surprise that the defense of the sale of the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/letter-protecting-antigua-and-barbudas-reputation-amidst-alfa-nero-controversy\/?swcfpc=1\">Alfa Nero<\/a><\/strong> vessel shows that it was correctly carried out.<\/p><div id=\"antig-3668161538\" class=\"antig-content_4 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Broadband 1200x400_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  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distributed on the worldwide web, and have been made available to the courts\u2014in Antigua and Barbuda, and to the US Court that issued the order for subpoenaed documents. <\/p><div id=\"antig-4028691307\" class=\"antig-content antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ReggaeInTheParkAntigua\" aria-label=\"lucanio\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:864\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/lucanio.jpeg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:864\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/lucanio.jpeg 1080w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:240\/h:300\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/lucanio.jpeg 240w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:819\/h:1024\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/lucanio.jpeg 819w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:960\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/lucanio.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1350\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>It was explained to the Cabinet that the UPP operatives were engaging in \u201cwillful suspension of disbelief\u201d\u2014a psychological condition which plagues those who engage in dissembling and wish not to be found out, even when evidence subsequently demonstrates that their statements were false.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> Every effort to prove the falsity of their claims to private investigators continues to be made. <\/p><div id=\"antig-2958762924\" class=\"antig-content_2 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.courts.com\/antigua\/\" aria-label=\"500X500 (1)\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:500\/h:500\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/500X500-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  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