(PRESS RELEASE)
The Directorate of Family & Social Services Division (FSSD) is moved to express our concerns at an act of public indecency & child abuse that occurred in the City of St. John’s during the 2019 Carnival celebrations. The incident was videotaped and posted to social media, where it has received widespread public attention. The function of the FSSD is to protect our youth and children of the nation and to provide guidance for families; therefore any failure to condemn this activity in the strongest possible terms would be a dereliction of our responsibility to the public, to families, to the youth, and to future generations.
The incident under reference involves a young female adult encouraging an underage male child to participate with her in public lewdness at a level which is best described as open obscenity. The videotape shows a security worker stepping in swiftly to separate the minor child from the older female, thankfully bringing an end to an unacceptable display. The FSSD heartily congratulates the security worker for her prompt act of social responsibility; and would encourage members of the public to emulate her behaviour in the event that such an incident should occur at any future time.
That the distasteful event was videotaped is in a sense useful, since it provides a graphic record, that, if handed over to the proper authorities initially, would have resulted in the matter being investigated and dealt with in a discreet and efficient manner. It is indeed unfortunate and most unhelpful that the person who created the video chose instead to post it to social media, thus attracting unhealthy attention from the general public. This mischievous action is itself also to be condemned, and it is our hope that in future persons will be more responsible and refer such videos to the FSSD or the Police for appropriate action. An incident like this is best handled with discretion, rather than as a focus for popular sensation.
The FSSD takes this opportunity to remind the general public that the welfare of our youth is the concern of all members of our society. It is clear that the minor child was merely acting out based on adult behavior that he has observed, but not taught what is appropriate for him. This fact shows that the true guilt in this affair is to be found in the prurience of the wider society, and the failure of parents to properly supervise their children for whom they are legally responsible.
The directorate calls upon all relevant groups and entities in Antigua & Barbuda to take urgent note of what is indeed an unhealthy movement, and to work vigorously to arrest and reverse a destructive trend that has been so shockingly illustrated by individuals who are so clearly in need of guidance from the wider society.
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There should be some form of penalty for this kind of behavior to the adult who is involved, this is just crazy
Yawn…5 more days to make it 7 for this outcry to be long gone until next year then the cycle repeats itself for another 7 days!
The father was the one that put the child behind of the young lady …. their’s two side to every story and in the middle lies the truth.
If the adult was a male, and the child was female. How would we have dealt with this issue?
Six and half dozen.
Are you kidding me…get that CHILD THE HELL AWAY FROM THE PERVERT
KAREN😂😂😂😂
Let the hypocrites bray,this just didn’t begin in 2019,18 or 2017. Why wasn’t there an outcry and measures put in place to discourage this behavior before now.
This nasty behavior is filthy, whether it’s 2019. 18, or 2017! Her her up.
Exactly what I was thinking LOL, this behaviour has been going on forever on this island. What makes me laugh the most is in the article that they say that the video should have never been posted on social media but rather given to the Police to deal with. HA!!! you think anything would have been done if the video was never posted on Social Media?? I think this is the only reason why people are pipeing up about it now. Another thing which makes me laugh is that only now we are trying to do something about “child abuse” hahahahah… you mean to tell me that in Antigua we don’t have any ministers conducting child abuse? I most certainly heard of one that seems to get away with it on SEVERAL occasions, and people still vote him in. I am sorry but it seems like Antigua has become a safe haven for sex offenders, and no body is talking about it. I think we need to post some of that stuff on social media, and see what kind of reaction we get…. or better yet lets tell the world what kind of people we harbour here, and see what kind of reaction we get from the international media, and how it will affect our tourism industry. #wakeupantigua #whatcooldoesn’tlooklike
Well said young man/woman. My thoughts exactly. Go to the head of the class.
ANR is there a way to edit comments before they are moderated?
My second paragraph should have read ‘non biblical lifestyle condoned in Considering Venus’
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Wait until a grown man does the same thing to your little daughter..hope u will be singing this same time?
Mainly because living in a society like this one on a small island some people if not most are conditioned to think this is ok. A double standard has been put in place that says boys are men and girls/women are still just girls, thus making it acceptable for and older female to do this to a child and his father to push him to dance with her. Many people know right from wrong but most dont see a divide when it comes to the oversexualization of our children.
I am just glad that this type of behavior is finally being addressed by the appropriate authority. We speak about this type of behavior being unacceptable yet we stand by and do nothing. Too much talk and no action in Antigua. We need to wake upand pay attention. When the youth act a kinda way we are quick to point fingers. It’s not just the parents that are responsible. We all are. Remember, it takes a village to raise a child. Let’s all be more responsible. Thanks FSSC. Kudos to you guys.
Yes I agree, this didn’t start now. This started years ago. Sorry not sorry! Where are the parents or guardian in all of this? When will they be responsible? A village can only help to raise a child when the villagers are not chastised for reprimanding for doing so
Have not seen Carnival for many but as per advertisement decided to watch from Florida…when I saw the nudity and the behavior of our females in the bands I could not believe my eyes…women acting like dogs…without shame…oh my goodness..it was disgusting. We can no longer take the kids to look on …it is X rated
Same s^^^ happens in Maimi carnival, New York carnival, Trinidad carnival ect…nothing new and it will all be forgotten by next week.
Blah blah blah blah not a damn thing will be done about it but, if it was opposite and it was a big man winking up on a young girl he woulda done dey jail held without bail
#no such thing as equal justice
The idecency is the half naked ppl on the road. pride is long gone address that first
Where there is SIN there is no limitations especially when alcohol, perverted music, revelry and drugs are involved. Go back to the good old days of 1960 carnival where it actually had meaning. Pure rubbish now.
Where were the Police?That lady above and the one in the other video should be charged with a crime.That in my opinion is lewd and lascivious conduct.Not making any excuses.Looks like someone had too much to drink and or smoke.That is Carnival.That is what it is all about.People wanting to be noticed at all cost.And they would do just about anything to be.Look at those award shows on TV.I do not have to buy Playboy anymore.All I have to do is watch those shows.What all of those whom we refer to as celebrities.Spreading and sharing their private parts,publicly.Some of those so called celebrities are the dumbest of the dumb in this world.And some of us want to be like them.
FSSD is it ok for songs to encourage people to wink up wink up in dem face….how do you take a back shot…and even so asking to wine on other peeople man. Give me a break!!!! Plenty more to come for 2020
Realize y’all going on about the video and half y’all children having unprotected sex and not even 17 yet…… fix your children at home and when they on the road they would make some of you parents look good
Antiguans have become copycats…See Jamaican monkey do and they have picked up on this disgusting fashion…
The authorities should have made an example of this woman…
Kudos to the security for stepping in to this public nastiness…
This is the best comment
Beautiful
It has to start some where and it’s about time the government of Antigua Barbuda take back carnival. Revelry does not nudity, lewdness nor indecency. It’s quite obvious that people don’t know how to use their discretion and that’s where law and order comes in. Behavior like that supposed to be dealt with be in public or otherwise.
ANIMAL INSTINCT – COCK/HEN OR RAM GOAT MENTALITY
Handled ‘…Discretely!’
Are you kidding or jesting or just ‘…Fish Talking?’
Do know that the youngster was clearly not ‘…Fish Dancing.’
While some ‘…Paragons of Virtue’ do not know, there are provisions in the law to address conduct that has not only been seen as ‘…lewd; …callous and reckless,’ but also conduct that may outraged public and national consciences [Sections 30 & 31: Small Charges Act: Chapter 405].
Thus, a prosecution and conviction could bring ‘…one month imprisonment to both male and female.’
Not a defender of the faith, but ‘Mandingo’ has a point.
None may deny that the advent of technology has made it possible to see that which, for a very long time, has been occurring mostly at the ‘…national festival called Carnival’ or ‘…under dazzling lights in Night Clubs.’
It appears more ‘mischievous’ by those who believed it was ‘mischievous’ to post it on social media for them and by extension, the nation to see what obtains during the national festival.
How would the nation have known of the gross behavioral act of indecency?
Such response, undoubtedly, reflects a ‘…knee-jerk reaction’ to a well known and perennial behavioral problem.
There is no doubt that that the graphic nature of this photograph speaks to ‘…Animal Instinct’ and one that shows a ‘…Cock and Hen or Ram Goat Mentality’ by the two unidentified people.
Clearly, the female appeared to have ‘… aided and abetted, encouraged and accommodated’ the young male, who appeared willing to accept the opportunity to show part of his masculinity.
I dont agree with the behaviour of the adult, non whatsoever , however this has happened many times in the past when i was a child growing up, where was the outcry then.
We are living in such a hypocritical society
Wrong has always being wrong
Exactly what I was thinking LOL, this behaviour has been going on forever on this island. What makes me laugh the most is in the article that they say that the video should have never been posted on social media but rather given to the Police to deal with. HA!!! you think anything would have been done if the video was never posted on Social Media?? I think this is the only reason why people are pipeing up about it now. Another thing which makes me laugh is that only now we are trying to do something about “child abuse” hahahahah… you mean to tell me that in Antigua we don’t have any ministers conducting child abuse? I most certainly heard of one that seems to get away with it on SEVERAL occasions, and people still vote him in. I am sorry but it seems like Antigua has become a safe haven for sex offenders, and no body is talking about it. I think we need to post some of that stuff on social media, and see what kind of reaction we get…. or better yet lets tell the world what kind of people we harbour here, and see what kind of reaction we get from the international media, and how it will affect our tourism industry. #wakeupantigua #whatcooldoesn’tlooklike
It is amazing how people are amazed that a mango tree actually bears mango.
When you combine excessive alcohol drinking with suggestive smutty lyrical songs and very scantly dressed people, do you expect a church service? Really!!!
The alcohol is in, the song is saying “Do wah u want” and “Jam me” , the clothes is already off, the bass is messing with the heart beat, the mood is right.
There is much work to do, sadly adults are the ones to reverse this negative slide in morality.
Some things should not be legislated, the moral conscious should have been sufficient to keep one in check.
But for the love of money, and wanting to be apart of the global society, and becoming a power house. Something must give way. Think about that
What do you all expected to happen? when a bunch of naked women drunk and high running around the place taking bout enjoying self. And you all carry young and impressionable children to watch. Shame it’s a damn shame. What has carnival really come to these days? Hey it’s all about the money. One money making nobody gives a crap.
@ Jermin &Mandingo
This has been going on for ages. We Antiguans love our nastiness as long as it is not exposed especially to the wider region.
Where were all these cowards and hypocrites when a sitting MP sexually violated his second victim, the first being a teenager. Where were the calls for him to be arrested and charged or locked up????
Where was the outcry and the editorials from these pearl clutchers and hand wringers who stooped to use the slave masters’ manual to condemn that poor young woman while conveniently forgetting the non biblical lifestyle condoned considering
No one ever stopped to think that this young woman was witness to this behavior during carnival as a child growing and does not know any better because we laughed and thought it cute over the past decades. Now everyone turn self righteous it’s now an outrage.
Aryu just please miss me with the fake outrage and virtue signaling – we are a nation of hypocritical cowards nothing more.
In my view when illicit acts of such gravity are been caught on camera, i dont see why they scene cannot be put in the public domain for all to see….. Publicity can be use as a form of detering such acts in the future. Its all about creating shame on the perpetrator(s). Perhaps if some criminals were used as public spectacles then perhaps, they would not be repeat offenders of the law…
This thing happens all the time and nothing come out of it I hope one day that Antigua realize that is stupidness that they’re doing
I don’t why the editor called it dancing. This has nothing to do with dancing
Kiyode Erasto has been championing this fight for years, please listen to his music, “CRACKS AND BOTTOM”, ” kNOW HOW TO ACT” They don’t want any culture in de carnival, all dem want is bacchanal bacchanal.
His music from years ago must have been inspired by something….
some It was a clear protest, some songs had graphic details of the reality guess no one actually listened.
CARNIVAL ….has lost its flavor years now …..gwarn are the days when MEN had to wonder how a woman looks naked NOW ITS IN FULL DISPLAY and its the norm….since DYNAMICS took over CARNIVAL WITH THEIR 2 pc costumes and the “bend ova” sex asimulation things jus got from bad to worse as the years progressed….EVERYTHING & ANYTHING in the nameof fun…..
Imagine you bring your young impressionable kids to town to see “CARNIVAL” Monday & Tuesday and the EXTREME BEHAVIOR from GROWNUPS AND YOUNG ADULTS ALIKE THERE NO DIFFRENCIATION ….DRUNK & DISORDERLY is all accepted in the name of fun ….its carnival ppl fe free up demselves…..this has been so NORMAL ITS EXPECTED EVEN.
ARE GROWNUPS suppose to be policed and given behavior guidelines.?
Children are to be blindfolded watching the parade Monday & Tuesday?
HAS ANTIGUANS LOST ALLL THEIR MORAL COMPASS ON CARNIVAL MONDAY & TUESDAY…..DO WE NEED TO GIVE OUT SALUTATIONS TO PERSON BEHAVING DEROGATORY …..
What NEEDS TO BE TAKEN MOVING FORWARD IS ……NO MORE ALCOHOL SERVNG ON PARADES…..COSTUME GUIDELINES…BEHAVIOR GUIDELINES.
I MISS REVELLERS MASS CAMP …..when carnival was INNOCENT AND CLASSY ….OH HOW I MISS REVELLERS the simplicity and wholesome costumes …bodysuits INSTEAD of 2pc panty sets…. lil whinnin or bend ova NOT THE SLUTFESS NOW….PARENTS LOOK INTO YOURSELVES ALSO
CARNIVAL HAS…. LOST ITS TRUE IDENTITY …..LOST ITS CULTURE
BRING BACK REVELLERS AND SIMPLICITY that our children can enjoy …
Thanks to theOFFICER WHO HAD MORALS AN
WAS BRAZEN ENUFF TO INTERCEPT
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