PM Browne Leads “Follow the Leader” Health Walk, Urges Citizens to Embrace Active Living
Scores of residents joined Prime Minister Gaston Browne on Saturday for the “Follow the Leader” Health Walk, an initiative promoting healthier lifestyles and community engagement.
Supporters from across the island participated in the event, which blended fitness with a show of unity as participants moved along a designated route.
Browne welcomed the strong turnout and highlighted the role of regular physical activity in reducing lifestyle-related illnesses. He encouraged citizens to maintain healthy habits beyond organised events.
The prime minister said the initiative forms part of a wider effort to build a healthier nation, urging Antiguans and Barbudans to “keep walking together” toward improved health outcomes.
The walk is one of several activities aimed at boosting wellness and community participation across the country.
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Dear Friends and Fellow Citizens,
I am writing to you with deep concern about the Gaston Browne administration. After just two and a half years, a snap election was called, citing economic instability, but in truth, this is a betrayal of our trust. Licenses went up, promising road repairs, yet our roads are worse, destroyed by heavy machinery. Small businesses struggle under crushing duties, while ministers, using their own trucks on sites, enrich themselves through kickbacks.
We also had an amnesty for guns, yet a man caught with a silencer received only one and a half years—a lenient sentence that undermines justice. Crime surges—we mourn the loss of two teenagers to gun violence, and still no one is held accountable. A young woman’s killer was swiftly charged, but others evade justice. Bus stops remain broken; debris stays for weeks. After eight years, we still lack water, despite being surrounded by it. Our hospitals fail us—people must go abroad for vital care, even for cancer treatment, once promised here but now caught in controversy.
Worse still, the Minister of Tourism, Max Fernandez, uses his position to promote his own motorbike tours on cruise ships—a blatant conflict of interest. This is all driven by corruption—no trickle-down effect, just kickbacks for the well-connected, while everyday people struggle. This CIP program broke our ties with the United States—now a bond is required just for a visa. Once, people traveled to New York weekly for business; now they are left behind. And our healthcare—once relied on—now forces people to go to Colombia. All of this is a failure of leadership. Healthcare must be our top priority—no amount of money can buy back health.
We must demand better. Join me in holding this government accountable. Our future depends on it.