Tabor says officials tried to throw each other under the bus during Government’s press conference

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REAL NEWS: Former United Progressive Party (UPP) senator Damani Tabor, like many others, is describing the Government’s recent press conference as “a disaster.”

On Thursday, March 30, a number of government officials, along with Minister of Information Melford Nicholas, sought to answer questions about the boating accident in which three Africans perished, allegedly on their way to St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands.

Another 14 passengers – all presumed to be West Africans – are still missing.

During the conference, MP Nicholas made it clear that the Gaston Browne Administration  does not assume any responsibility for what happened to these migrants, who came to this country in a venture – Antigua Airways – in which the Government has a 20 percent stake.

Tabor says the press briefing was one in which the officials sought to “throw each other under the bus” and passed the buck to avoid blame for the incident.

He is also critical of the manner in which Nicholas addressed some of the journalists – including calling one reporter’s question “redundant”and answering another with“What turns on that?”

In addition, Tabor decries the government officials’ lack of empathy for the bereaved family – save for the sentiments expressed by Colonel Edward Croft, director of the Organization of National Drug Control and Money Laundering Policy (ONDCP).

Accordingly, the UPP public relations officer expresses condolences and sympathy to the relatives of those who perished, those who are missing and presumed dead, and to the survivors.

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8 COMMENTS

  1. Melford Nicholas tried to intimidate the journalists in attendance, but overall I think they did well.

    However, Melford Nicholas lucky I didn’t have the opportunity to interview him. I would have tied him up in knots and left him like a quivering jellyfish.

    Simply, because he contradicted himself on a few occasions, and when one of the male journalists (the young guy with the afro and wearing the glasses) probed Melford with questions that he should have answered, he passed the buck to someone else.

    Laughable, if it wasn’t such a serious matter

    And Katrina Yearwood would have walked out by the time Brixtonian finish quiz she …

  2. The Government News Conference was an insult to the news media and the Antiguan and Barbudan public intelligence

  3. So, Gaston Browne, the brightest bulb on God’s earth, was DUPED by Marvelous Mike.
    DUPED by another fake foreign investor, again!
    So, Gaston. Tenman. From the Sideline, Alex, Luther are you going to cancel and retrieve the ten or more Antigua and Barbuda passports that were issued in the now DEFUNCT Antigua Airways deal?
    Blinded by Greed, Gaston Browne will be DUPED again

  4. They cannot withdraw the ten passports if questionable cargoes came on the flight. When you are in bed with dogs ( crooks ) you gets bitten by fleas.

  5. QUESTION TO GASTON BROWNE AND HIS BAND OF MERRY MEN.IS IT 20% OR 40% OF ANTIGUA AIRWAYS OWNED BY THIS ADMINISTRATION OF YOURS ON OUR BEHALF? NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH WOULD BE HEARD FROM YOU,GASTON BROWNE.WATCH YOUR STEPS FOR ONE DAY YOU WOULD SLIP AND FALL. JUST HOPING YOU WOULD BE WEARING HEAD GEAR SO AS NOT TO BE CONCUSSED.

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