Antigua PM vows crackdown on corruption, warns even major donors at risk

1. Why didn’t you stop it from the beginning? You tolerated corruption all those years and now, this one has boiled over from the pot so now, you’re trying to extinguish 🧯 the fire. What a sad state Antigua is in!

2. It’s good to know that “under-the-table deals and revenue leakage” only affected the previous administration.

3. The loansharks are probably still making heavy demands while the Cabinet is being stingy. I wish there was a way to know what we have given up to these businesses for their contributions to the Antigua Labour Party to enable their win at the polls. By his own admission,he is really presiding over a very corrupt government.

4. I wonder if another Minister was in charge of Public Works, what would have been the response. I’m sure they would have been asked to resign or relocated. Let’s see if that happens in this instance.
   Young Mr. Antonio could not have acted without his cousin Minister knowing.
   Nothing less than a full commission of Inquiry will do. If Jamal Pringle cyaah see dat. Then boss leave politics.

5. UPP didn’t bring in half the money that this ABLP government brought into the Treasury, or may I say should have brought in.

   I do not say that because this administration had some financial Zar in its corner, but by mere default of the global market at the time period of each government.

   People need to argue in context, and break down, otherwise listeners will run with the first sentence they hear.
   UPP was in office for all the years the US was in its hardest recession in its history, where 75% of our tourism market survives on. That means way less revenue coming into the Treasury by way of duties, taxes, and Vat.

   While this administration came into office at the exact time that the US recovered from that same recession. That means tourist were spending again and vestments were flowing..so more duties,taxes, VAT was pouring into the Treasury 5 times the rate as it was during Americas recession.

   So where is all that money? While the UPP had to come up with creative ways (the same as Obama had to do) to keep the struggling economy a float, this administration just had to sit back and just rake in all the money and manage it.

   And one more point..if it wasn’t for Allen Stanford and his corrupt billions keeping Antigua a float during those recession times, Antigua would have sank to the bottom of the see. He also was a big part of the American recession, tanking the stock market.

   So these are all facts. So to sit there and give this current administration a pass for their blatant lack their of any regulations, is in itself a travesty. Where are all the billions from the CIP, the taxes from all these massive hotels that were built in the pass 15 years, the VAT that were collected, the duties from all the ships that are constantly piled up at the pier?

   Nothing,nothing to show for it..instead of a massive surplus, this administration had to go out and raise rates across the board.ABST, vehicle fees, and taxes at the airport on travelers..

   All that money is gone, and not one damn person is in jail.

   No wonder they killed Asot, because he knew everything. The same for the customs officer.

6. Is there a way the government, CHAPA and consumer affairs (don’t the exact name) can establish a governing oversight on shady contractors who scam home owners? Too many contractors in Antigua will take people hard earn money to build homes that are not within the plans or just outright thief people money. I know the homeowners also have to be accountable to monitor a build, but we need to also have a regulatory establishment to hold contractors accountable. This establishment can provide a list of reputable contractors in Antigua and Barbuda and file complaints by homeowners.

7. Mr. PM, but what do you expect to happen really? You are the one who gave your ministers permission to enrich themselves. Don’t you expect this mandate to trickle down the ranks? Please sir! Give me a break! This is what happens when you have skewed foresight; you create loopholes for people you think are too dunce to walk through, to just breeze through. Stop underestimating your people’s intelligence. They can see through all of it and who can pilfer will continue to pilfer because the shoddy precedence already set, started from the top down.

8. @spar par. Young Antonio acted on his own as his substantive Minister rarely goes to work. What I don’t understand is the transferring of corruption. His replacement was removed from the PM’s office for the same thing. So Gaston is playing musical chairs while sweeping everything under the carpet. This calls for a criminal inquiry not a public inquiry because I understand that evidence from that cannot be used in Court as it will be obtained under non legal circumstances.

9. …
   …🚑🚑🚑 get out of my way!
   …here I come.
   …there you go!
   …so, make no fuss!
   …I’m de conductor
   …and, decides who gets
   …thrown under de Bus!

   Guarne Top Dawg…
   Dash dem unddah de bus
   Ebrie last one a dem
   Pixie – E luk lakkah U fuss!

   Kum een Poser…all rights belongs to you, not me!

   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2f8lvJEeHc

   Jumbee_Picknee aka Ras Smood
   De’ole Dutty Peg🦶🏿Garrat_Bastard

   Vere Edwards

   …

10. …
    …🚑🚑🚑 get out of my way!
    …here I come.
    …there you go!
    …so, make no fuss!
    …I’m de conductor
    …and, decides who gets
    …thrown under de Bus!

    Guarne Top Dawg…
    Dash dem unddah de bus
    Ebrie last one a dem
    Pixie – E luk lakkah U fuss!

    Kum een Poser…all rights belongs to you, not me!

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2f8lvJEeHc

    http://www.youtube.com/calypso poser/the conductor

    Jumbee_Picknee aka Ras Smood
    De’ole Dutty Peg🦶🏿Garrat_Bastard

    Vere Edwards

    …

11. I’ve read about this type of thing time and time again.

    Isn’t it just funny that when people have already made a shed load of money, they suddenly preach from the pulpit about dealing with corruption; transparency; and cracking down on “other” such departments. Give me a break!

    Let’s hope now that a plethora of whistle-blowers will come forward and blow the lids off the whole lot these gift induced money-grabbing authoritarians who wouldn’t know the difference between the words INTEGRITY and DISHONESTY.

    Dear Lord only You can turn this darkness into light 🙏🏾

12. Most of these business are owned by foreign investors or foreigners where they transfer their money in thousands of dollars monthly to offshore banks and also to their countries of origin. While Antigua and Barbuda country revenue system is short in collecting it due taxes from these businesses.

13. PM Brown, that is what happened when you have friends and company mixed with the business of operating the country. They and their families and friends will contribute towards the general election and even vote overwhelming while they are robbing the country in paying their correct share of taxes and the Custom duties on their importation of goods shipment. While the small man and woman who bring in a barrel suffered at the cost of Custom duties.

14. I love you, Mr. PM but what do you expect to happen really? You are the one who gave your ministers permission to enrich themselves. Don’t you expect this mandate to trickle down the ranks? Please sir! Give me a break! This is what happens when you have skewed foresight; you create loopholes for people you think are too dunce to walk through, to just breeze through. Stop underestimating your people’s intelligence. They can see through all of it and who can pilfer will continue to pilfer because the shoddy precedence already set, started from the top down.

15. was in Public Works for 2 and a half months and he was able to purchase over 200 vehicles in that short time? I do not believe that. Something is fishy. These allegations don’t stand up to scrutiny.

16. So it’s ok to steal millions from government and keep your job. You steal from your employer the people of Antigua and all you got is transferred to another ministry. Some body Joking!
    In fact this seems to be one of the biggest corruption cases in Antigua history because it is liked. There needs to be a serious investigation Mr.Governor General. One day we heard that these transfers were made to improve and expose the people. Next this we learn it was not so at all. It was because of corruption.
    So is Baba going to remain the chairman of St. John’s department? This dunce has been handed Antigua’s economy to plunder. He is basically involved in corruption of almost every government ministry
    , agency, departments and scores of public servants and private businesses.
    1) He is no Roberts construction but now he is Antigua biggest contractor. Tenders board corruption awards- renovation of All Saints police station- kick back, St.John’s police Station- kick back, Built Bolands Police station- kick back, St. John’s police station- kick back, road construction. He is awarded the contract to build the new five islands primary school. He does construction work at UWI five islands. Awarded the contract to construct the new five islands university campus. These are just an icing on the cake.
    Let me give you two conflict of interest cases – Building you PM a mansion.
    Building- Accountant general or the treasury boss a mansion.
    It na stop there because he has his feet in the opposition as well.
    Than PM – you put him to boss the same Indian comptroller of customs. He is thd Chairman of our biggest statutory body- St.John’s department. Who is his deputy? The comptroller of customs.
    He is the supplier of PWD heavy duty equipment and the over priced equipment far more than this vehicle embezzlement. Other heavy duty equipment dealers quoted more then 50% less. They there are land dealers.
    You and your cabinet set things in place for this dunce to feather his nest for your benefits. In this little, yes I call it little because if all the corruption is to come to light, this will be a drop in the bucket.
    So what happened here is that the young senator, long serving Ps- very experienced- chairman of tenders board- formed their own club. The same dunce Babo chaired that little side club and left out the cabinet.
    There will be no inquiry. You boast of your administration transparency. You boast of your administration’s accountability. Well call a public inquiry and it will be the end of your political career.

17. You gave them permission to enrich themselves, you can’t turn round and vex now

18. When you say that your government will no longer tolerate corruption , you are saying that you have been tolerant to corruption. Hmmmmmmm.
    You have created some monsters in your lab and they have doubled and tripled their size and numbers.
    Your baby dinosaur Baba has now become of age and there is nothing you can do to stop him. He was feed with all that was in the treasury, all that is at public works. He was allowed to corrupt the entire government system. One dunce powerful man. No hiding, no concealing- he walks into the office of the Accountant General like he is his boss. Your Ps at public works was still the chairman of tenders board. Loon ku food!
    Poor Antonio is living up to the old saying- monkey see monkey do! He too want not just to be fat and big belly but to have a nest like his boss and the Accountant General. Babo probably promised him one as well.
    This is so blatant that Baba is delivering food to all the government heads home. Cook food I am talking about this time. Ask messenger- old Billy goat for the list he does drop off goat water by.
    So if this is not going to lead back to you world boss, then just don’t tolerate but investigate.
    UPP did a poor job of investigating when they took office. This time the hateful, spiteful, arrogant, D. Gisele Isaac will be judge and executioner. Last week you called her hateful and posted her picture. Post it again and put the dinosaur executioner. Mansions will become prison barracks and Redonda will become the new dungeon for the dinosaurs.
    Like every good movie the India Dinosaur got away.. the end …

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