Barbuda Council Denies Owing Salaries and Wages

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The Barbuda Council notes the false and misleading statements (antiguanewsroom.com/barbuda-council-should…..)

made by the Prime Minister regarding certain ABST funds recently paid by PLH (Barbuda) Ltd., and uses this opportunity to correct the public record.

The Barbuda Council has no outstanding wages or salaries owed to its workers. The Council has made tremendous sacrifices to pay all outstanding sums owed to its workers in spite of the arbitrary and punitive cuts to its budgetary allocation. This has been a significant achievement with the support and patience of the workers.

The payment of pensions is not the legal responsibility of the Barbuda Council. Pensions are paid from the consolidated funds through the Treasury Department in Antigua. The Finance Minister should be well aware of this fact.

PLH has not been up to date with its ABST payments. It is only after certain false pronouncements on the political platform at the labour party campaign launch in Barbuda by a member of the Cabinet that PLH made a hasty payment of $1,259,891.29 two days later. The labour party politicians were trying to make the case that PLH was sustaining Barbuda and so Barbudans should vote and elect labour party candidates onto the Council. It should be noted as well that the Council is presently in Court with PLH over the issue of payments of funds due.

The Council and the People of Barbuda are very much aware of these efforts on the part of the Prime Minister and his central government administration to influence the outcome of the pending Council election.

However, Barbudans will not fall for this type of false and misleading rhetoric and relinquish control of its Local Government.

The labour party controlled central government administration desperately needs to gain control of the Barbuda Council in order to facilitate the sale of lands as part of its policy of promoting the creation of a luxury real estate market that benefits only the millionaires.

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  1. If there is an issue with outstanding salaries and wages in Barbuda, it is a drop in the ocean compared to what is STILL owing to hardworking Antiguans from the ABLP.

    I note – once again – that Gaston Browne seems to have a one-eyed myopic view of matters when he again overlooks his own issues in paying long-delayed wages; overtime and pensions to Antiguans.

    Browne’s continues with his bunkum and balderdash, only shows his desperation in trying to make some sort of headway in Barbuda. Not a chance, when looking at previous voting results. Tarl!

    This phony CANARD loves spinning a yarn.

    The Barbudan public would do well to remind he about the missing $1 Million dollars hurricane Irma donation that has gone astray under his watch.

    The donor Steve Morgan still wants answers…

  7. WICKED, USELESS, CORRUPT, DECEITFUL, BADMINDED, DECEITFUL BPM Council has got to go!!!!

    $50, 000 spent on “Human Resources audit” but NO REPORT OF FINDINGS!!!! 😲 😯 😮 🙀

  8. To quote Trevor Walker in addressing Barbudans:

    “…and seem to be on a protracted path of
    -GAMBLING
    -IDLENESS
    -SEXUAL PROMISCUITY
    -DRUG ABUSE
    -ALCOHOL ABUSE
    -BADMINDED-NESS
    -COVETUOUS-NESS
    -SELFISHNESS
    -UNPRODUCTIVITY. People don’t want to work
    -DECEITFULNESS
    -People badminded and just covet other people
    -LACK OF RESPECT FOR OTHERS
    -LACK OF RESPECT FOR THOSE IN AUTHORITY
    Council say work til 4 o’clock or 5 o’clock. You warn go home 10 o’clock
    -LAZINESS
    -THE LOVE FOR MONEY
    -GREEDINESS
    And the last one which I find is the most profound for me:
    -OUR TURNING AWAY FROM GODLY THINGS”.
    ~Member of Parliament Trevor Walker

  9. This made up story by Gaston should have been questioned. A true news portal with credibility don’t run s fase false story without verifying the veracity on Gaston’s statement.

    Even without The Barbuda Council’s rebuttal any thinking person can see this is nothing but election desperation. One can expect more false story coming out.

    Soon their will be a story in a travel publication, with glowing report in Barbuda tourism.

    You read it her first. The writer of the article will get free free helicopter ride and free lunch at NOBU to write a favourable article

    The ANR bots are hard at work but The algorithms need to be updated.

  11. “Truth be told” is evidently is evidentially among a number of BOT commentators driven by logarithms.

    There are cases where stupidity propaganda and folly have no bounds.

    What is the size of Antigua export earnings?

  12. It’s unfortunate that political agendas seem to be getting in the way of what’s best for the people of Barbuda. There’s a bigger issue here about the island’s future and who gets to benefit from its growth.

  13. This whole situation just makes it harder to trust the government’s intentions. If they’re really only looking out for millionaires and big developers, Barbuda’s regular folks will be left behind. And afterall Mr. Browne will just do Barbuda the wa he’s doing us dumb antiguans. Leave barbuda alone GASTON

  14. I hope that both the Barbuda Council and PLH can come to a fair agreement in court. It’s time for the focus to be on making sure Barbuda’s residents are taken care of, not on playing political games. Let’s not let politics get in the way of develpment.

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