Unsustainable living conditions in the heart of City West, the constituency of Prime Minister Gaston Browne, have raised serious concerns among residents. An abandoned car on Gordon St. Villa has become a makeshift home for a vagrant, who has been consistently collecting garbage and lighting fires.
This morning, a group of tourists found the man sleeping in the car and took pictures, highlighting the disturbing conditions. Just over half an hour ago, the vagrant lit another fire, requiring the intervention of the fire department to extinguish it.
Critics argue that Gaston Browne has failed the people of Villa and Point by allowing such unsanitary and unsafe conditions to persist in his own constituency. Calls for accountability are growing as residents demand immediate action to address the deteriorating situation.
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Yet he won with a landslide, Antiguans self-esteem is so low. Wow.
I am not telling anyone who to vote for but oh my goodness, demand more and better.
Demand leaders give you the best and this is not any place close to the best.
For 29 years. Taxpayers have been paying this bumb salary! I’ll be….
This story is so pathetic that it is not even funny.
You claim the constituency is dirty, but the blame rests with Gaston Browne? So Gaston Browne is the one who is responsible for making it dirty, right?
The state of the constituency is a reflection of the nastiness of the PEOPLE who live there. I am going to state an uncomfortable truth: Antiguans are NASTY! We litter with impunity. We throw garbage from our cars. We leave the beaches filled with garbage. Instead of taking bulk waste to Cooks Landfill, we much prefer to dump the old beds, stoves, fridges, furniture, and washing machine in some nearby bushed or at the side of the road. Let’s face it: ANTIGUANS ARE A NASTY PEOPLE.
A few weeks ago, Gaston Browne conducted an extensive clean-up in his constituency, something he has been doing on an annual basis for YEARS. Yet, the garbage returns because ANTIGUANS ARE NASTY.
Furthermore, let’s take the point that City West is filled with garbage and blame Gaston Browne. Now, we are going to extend that theme to other constituencies: Rural West where Richard Lewis is MP is very dirty. Therefore, Richard Lewis is responsible and should shoulder the blame. St. George’s where Algernon “Serpent” Watts is MP is quite dirty. The bushes up there is filled with bulk waste and Serpent has never done a single clean-up in this area. Therefore, Serpent should be blamed. The same goes for Sea View Farm and Freeman’s Village, so we need to blame Anthony Smith.
Do you realize how ridiculous the line of reasoning sounds? This is what you get when you dabble in the politics of stupidity.
You sound ridiculous how long has the government been in power? What is the government doing for the less fortunate that can’t afford to bay a truck 80 to 100 to carry unused material too cooks people nearly can survive in this time with them high tax on food doesn’t publics work responsible for road cleaning u can clearly see those trash has been the for a while your bringing the opposition in this how long have they been in power compare to the current government???
Not even a FULL STOP? Not even a COMMA?
JEEZ!!!!
This problem of dumping trash anyplace is not a Gaston Browne, PM, problem ONLY. It’s a PEOPLE PROBLEM. It’s lack of pride for their surroundings.
NO POLITICIAN by herself/himself can solve this vexing problem. Not Alister, not Cutie, not Gaston.
It’s a #POLITICAL_FOOTBALL.
Jumbee_Picknee aka Ras Smood
De ‘ole Dutty Peg🦶🏿Garrat Bastard
Vere C. Edwards
Looks like you swallow this bullshit lie hook, line and sinker. Just stop doing that and investigate for yourself.
This issue is about us as a people. For a minority of us we are interested in scoring political points against the leader of this country. However, this isn’t about him it is about us. If any politician was to clean the area, the issue of vagrants, untidiness and nastiness will still be with us. As a people we have to get to the root of the issue and stamp it out. We can only do this collectively and as a community.
@Donally…please excuse me, if I direct this response @Donally, since, you didn’t directly address me, as in…@Ras Smood.
However, let me assure you, and any other who’d responded to me, with the notion, that I think Parliament Representatives, and other systems of government which they manage are not responsible for the trash and unsanitary situation(s), in any morsel of Antigua, Barbuda & REDONDA. Please get this straight, Vere C. Edwards would not only be an #IDIOT, #KUH_NU #MUN_NU, ASSHOLE, I should be made to walk a greasy plank at Dockyard during Sailing week!
Yes, parliamentary Reps and the systems which they manage to keep our communities sanitary are RESPONSIBLE, but
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WE THE PEOPLE OF ANY POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS, WHATEVER PERSUATION ARE COLLECTIVELY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SANITARY CONDITIONS OF OUR COMMUNITIES.
should i repeat in a more civilised tone?
…hook, line, and sinker ⚰️ ah best U min say #CHAMIL NET or SEINE NET, ‘cause, @Donally, while u cyan buss up line, and get wey, CHAMIL or SEINE NET, ah goh, strangle U blurnclath, tiff_tone dead!
Jumbee_Picknee aka Ras Smood
De ‘ole Dutty Peg🦶🏿Garrat_Bastard
Vere C. Edwards
So in this fair land of ours we have a culture of low civic pride. Should we blame ourselves? Should we blame the institutions responsible for for policing and collections? Should we blame politicians?
I say the answer is YES to all the questions! Collectively we are all responsible. So to those who would want to believe that politicians bear no responsibility, you are sadly mistaken! They are the leaders elected to put laws in place and to provide the necessary resources for the institutions to do their jobs effectively. This includes putting the right persons in place who is equipped with the right tools, equipment and Human Resource, and most importantly allowing those managers to do the job for which they are paid. In other words, politicians must stop meddling in internal affairs of institutions and organizations that they have little or no knowledge about, and allow professionals to do the job for which many are well trained. The biggest problem facing Antigua and Barbuda is corruption in high places. egotistical politicians seem to think that they have all the answers and want to be in control of everything in an effort to self enrich. Let’s just stop the pretending. A&B should be in a better place if only we would collectively hold politicians accountable for the stupid decisions they make and the growing mountain of corruption that they cultivate and manage effectively, while the masses suffer in silence.
Again, this just goes to show that if there’s no by-election or general election, the ABLP just don’t give a damn about their constituents and voting public overall.
The evidence has always been before us, but we keep falling into the ABLP’S traps of electioneering gimmicks.
WHEN WILL WE REALISE WE ARE BEING TAKEN FOR FOOLS BY THIS GOVERNMENT?
@ Brixtonian
NEVER. Funny thing is that most of the comments written on this blog are from people that don’t live in Antigua but keep giving Gaston a pass but on the other hand criticising the opposition.
O Worship The King, bow down at his footstool even if he gives you ‘CHIT’ to eat (Kublai, calypsonian)
Well Cooya very nice reply. You have elevated to the very top of the class.
I think 🤔 that people would do the right thing with bulk waste more if it was made as easy as possible. I’ve lived in Antigua most of my life and have absolutely no idea what the procedure for getting rid of bulk waste is. Are people really expected to find hundreds of dollars to pay a truck driver to toss an old piece of furniture at Cooks dump? I heard that there is a bulk waste truck that goes around occasionally, but I have no idea if that is true or how often or when because I have never seen it. However, some bulk waste did disappear after a few weeks so maybe this phantom truck does in fact exist. When I was overseas for a while in a very green-thinking town, every house had a brochure from the city on the fridge explaining the garbage system, days for collection of recyclables, other trash, small bulk waste etc. Also, there was a number you could call to arrange a special bulk waste collection of large bulk waste items. Maybe our Solid Waste Division needs to do more marketing or advertising of their bulk waste routines so that everyone knows what they are supposed to do. Too often we blame people for doing things but don’t give enough guidance on the correct procedure to follow.
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