{"id":28530,"date":"2019-05-06T23:52:45","date_gmt":"2019-05-07T03:52:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=28530"},"modified":"2019-05-07T18:24:44","modified_gmt":"2019-05-07T22:24:44","slug":"pm-says-regional-colleagues-support-uwi-antigua-campus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/pm-says-regional-colleagues-support-uwi-antigua-campus\/","title":{"rendered":"PM Says Regional Colleagues Support UWI Antigua Campus"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Prime Minister Gaston Browne has had a complete change of tone regarding the support from his regional colleagues on the establishment of a University of the West Indies Campus here.<\/p>

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Browne suggested last week that the government of Barbados, Trinidad and Jamaica were making excuses for the Five Islands Campus not being able to open in September.<\/p>\n

He even threatened to open the university under another brand if the Antigua effort was blocked.<\/p>

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Now, Browne says he has been assured of the support from his colleague heads.<\/p>

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The Attorney General reported to me yesterday that he delivered a letter to several heads during a regional security meeting in Trinidad and Tobago.<\/p>\n

My understanding is that there is unanimity coming from the heads that they support of the fourth landed campus in Antigua.<\/p>

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So, the speculation that there would have been some level of political involvement, not that I think they could stymie it, because the university technical committee has already done the technical work\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t see how any politician could have sustained their position to suggest that we are not ready, or we should not have a campus<\/p>

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From all indications whatever issues they may have been resolved,\u201d he said.<\/p>

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