Prime Minister Hon. Gaston Browne has indicated progress has been made to pay severance to former workers of Jolly Beach Resort.
The head of government made the announcement on Pointe FM Saturday afternoon, indicating funds have been secured for the payments.
He also says the government is well on the way to completing the acquisition of the property.
The Prime Minister, who also holds the finance portfolio, revealed the information while indicating several investments are in train in the hospitality sector.
The Government has explained it is also working to have some rooms at the property ready for occupancy by the end of this year.
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Huge congratulations to the long suffering JB workers!!! What about the LIAT workers? Are we dogs Mr PM??
Election is near money will come from every where, the impossible during hardship will be possible as election draw nigh
It’s amazing that the ABLP government has deliberately allowed people to suffer for YEARS but as election nears suddenly money is found to pay people in order to obtain votes. Dem really think Antiguans chupid!!
Oh they aren’t ?
They don’t think so,they know so
@big John
This Antigua woman is one of the intelligent ones. And I don’t play And I don’t go along to get along So careful
I mentioned several months ago, that in the run up to the general election it would be the ideal time for the Antiguan workforce to pursue Gaston Browne and the ABLP government for any outstanding monies; severance; wages; and overtime that’s due to them.
REMEMBER FELLOW CITIZENS, YOU’LL NEVER HAVE A GREATER OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO!
Lo and behold, look how Gaston Browne is now finding money left, right and centre, when he was so reluctant to so previously. How?
I SEE GASSY’S MAGIC 🎩 MONEY 💰TREE 🎄 IS STILL BEARING MUCH FINANCIAL FRUITS …
My sincere apologies to the well educated amongst you.
I just realised I could have put my third paragraph at the beginning of my ANR thread (the generational ABLP supporters wouldn’t have noticed this error).
Again, my apologies to the well read …
@ ‘Just Saying’
All of a sudden , where the money gonna come from now? You liked to question where the money gonna come from for UPP’s programmes, where is it gonna come from now?
People will be penalised with HIGH WATER BILLS AFTER THE ELECTIONS, GASTON ALREADY PROMISED AND WARNED US THAT THAT WILL HAPPEN.
I thought this hotel was always been owned by the government of Antigua and Barbuda but was leased by investors
Monies are owed to numerous people they boast about economic power house look to blame and don’t have solutions to pay other workers until it suits themselves. Them so wicked try to starve the people to election hoping they will get votes.
Pay me my money for the risk I took during covid.
While the admin people at ministry of health were home trying to stay out of the way of covid, I was fighting a war and the enemy was people. When I then got sick, I was maligned.
My family suffered, I suffered, If money is SUDDENLY available, pay me my money!!! PAY THE PHARMACY COUNCIL, PAY THE NURSES COUNCIL, PAY THOSE WHO CONTINUED TO RISK ALL DURING AND AFTER THE LOCKDOWN
For the vaccine mandate, all of a sudden nurses and doctors who worked outside of the hospital were exempt (THEY WERE OH SO NECESSARY IN THE FIGHT AGAINST COVID) but when covid stipend was sharing, some of these same staff were not considered
PAY JOLLY BEACH AND PAY ME MY MONEY
Wow. Simply amazing. Make yoyr vote count folks.
I really don’t care when they find the find the money as long as people get paid….the suffering and the waiting might be hard but now the people can breathe.
How many of you are Jolly Beach workers or have to assist a friend or family member who is a jolly beach worker.
Imagine if they didn’t pay and election come…I can imagine the empty noise on the UPP campaign trail. Antigua 🇦🇬 people have been fooled enough..ALL A THEM A DE SAME… may be it’s time to give DNA a chance…may be we will see some meaningful changes.
@ Not trump
You ARE SIMPLY A PAID OPERATIVE OF THE ABLP: ‘anyone who says all a them a de same’ is A USEFUL IDIOT………YOU AND THE DNA: ‘Do Not Annoy’ us would rather HAVE THE ABLP IN POWER THAN A CARING GOVERNMENT WHO IS PEOPLE CENTRED, NOT PERFECT, BUT LOOK OUT FOR THE INTEREST OF THE PEOPLE.
I GUESS THE DNA COMPRISE OF YOUNG BABES WHO NEVER LIVED LIFE, PARTICIPATED IN POLITICS OR WHOSE MEMBER WAS UNALIGNED!!!
YOU GUYS SOUND SO SICKENING. THE DNA NEVER LIVED IN THIS WORLD BEFORE, THEY JUST ARRIVED FROM THEIR MOTHER’S WOMB. WHO Y’ALL THINK YOU FOOLING!!!
GET RID A DEM…THE WICKED ABLP
I think Gaston pissed off too many people this time and there are too many issues. What about all of the small contractors who are owed? What’s going on with minimum wage increase?
Labour gone. We voting them out.
I’m not sure PM is making a promise.
He says ‘many investments are in train’
That ‘train’ may never arrive at Antigua/Jolly Beach Station!
Careful… History tells us this man talks a talk yet substantive delivery on monetary & action promises/chat is woefully lacking.
Pinch of salt needed from hereon out, as self-enrichment election clock is ticking.
Thank you Dear Lord. For six years I’ve been waiting for this government to have a shake up. Just knowing that in less than six months, I can finally see that happening, makes me wanna shout Hallelujah ..,You didn’t give me more than I could bear
Yes @ 3am thoughts, many of us in Antigua see that the political tide is turning against Gaston Browne and the ABLP – and in such a short space of time.
As you say, I think that 6 months was around the time that the citizens of Antigua woke up! Hallelujah indeed!
I bet our Prime Minister had wished he’d called the election in January or February of this year …
Covid just clearing up , millions died , economies devastated , some Caribbean countries took millions of dollars to float their economies give stimulus to to make peace and incurred more dept Barbados going back to the IMF , Gaston Browne did not laid off one civil servant and was a led to show a 7 percent growth in the economy and now Antigua is Rising like the Phoenix and the detractors cussing because they know it’s take off time , next Level! Big up Mr Prime Minister, good job people are not Stupid. They want to have a good life .
@ Lucky Star
It’s not just Barbados. More than half of the Caribbean islands went to the IMF to get money for COVID relief. Gaston went to the IMF too, but he was rejected. He then floated a bond at a much higher interest rate than the IMF rates. That’s how brilliant this PM is!
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