The government has drastically cut its financial support for the annual Caribana celebrations on Barbuda.
The celebrations are held on Whit Monday weekend each year.
Prime Minister and Minister for Finance Gaston Browne says people who are saying that the money should go to rebuilding Barbuda are “absolutely right.”
“Last year, we spent half a million dollars for Caribana including one or two cars as prizes,” Browne said.
“We took a position this year based on the circumstances in Barbuda we only making 50 thousand dollars available to them,” Browne added.
He is urging the Caribana organisers to find alternate ways needed to raise funds for the carnival.
“If they want to have a bigger celebration then they have to raise additional funds from the private sector and in the circumstances, I think that ins the reasonable thing to do.
“If we have a million dollars to spend we would be better off funding some homes than to fund people frolicking and having fun.”
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Ok ok so you don’t want spend money to frolic but at the heart of the crisis then in Barbuda money could be spent for unity concert rather than fix house roof. How convenient.
I guess elections have come and gone and you lost so no more wooing for votes. We hear you and we right because we licky licky and greedy greedy, some of us Fooley Fooley but not all of us
Gaston only doing that because ABLP didnt win that seat plus they didn’t win the majority seat in the councils lol
They can use some of the money from the salary they get from the Council for sitting on their asses and doing nothing.
The think housing rhem in Antigua feeding them 3 times a day pay them every week placing their kids in school having Antiguans rebuild their home was all for free. Mmmmmmmm
Let the ppl have their own way in running their life in. Barbuda hands off.it the ppl wish.
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