Gravesnor Bay has long been a popular place for local people to go weekend and holiday camping on Barbuda, and visiting yachts often moor there and share in the activities. Suddenly last week in the middle of the Corona virus pandemic, 11 Barbudans received notices ordering them to vacate the land, said to be leased […]
Tag Archives: local politics
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Mar
Mar
Gaston has threatened to remove the powers of the Barbuda Council in yet another attempt to force us into submission over the land issue. As the people of Barbuda try to negotiate peacefully and constructively with PLH regarding their lease (just this year they have sold 24 one-acre plots each costing US$6 million per plot, […]
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Feb
Feb
The Barbuda Council has made a formal request for an order to halt work being done by the Peace Love and Happiness (PLH) company, which trades as the Barbuda Ocean Club, at Palmetto. The hotel has already been demolished. A village meeting called for all work to stop until environmental reports can be submitted, following […]
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Jan
Jan
The hotel formerly known over the years as Guffanti, Palmetto hotel or the Beach House has been reduced to a pile of rubble as the site is cleared by PLH for their proposed golf course.
Mr Devon Warner has won the by-election held on Barbuda, following the unexpected death of BPM Councillor Freeston Thomas last month. Mr Hesketh Daniel stood as an Independent candidate and the ALP did not contest the seat at all. A low turn out resulted in 443 of the 1,167 registered voters casting ballots, with 70% […]
43-year-old British businessman, Peter Virdee, who was given nearly 1,000-acres of land on Barbuda at Gravesnor Bay last year, in a partnership with Adam Barrett, has been held under a European Arrest Warrant on behalf of German authorities and detained at London’s Heathrow Airport on Tuesday, in connection with a £100 million VAT scam. Virdee, […]
After Telegraph journalist Gordon Rayner visited Barbuda to cover Prince Harry’s visit here, he heard the facts of the De Niro story from local people and decided to cover it. Now the real story of Gaston Brownes’ intentions for his Economic Envoy are making headlines round the world – to turn this wildlife paradise into […]
This Australian online gambling site reports that the Packer/De Niro casino will go ahead on Barbuda despite Ambassador Boufany’s over-reaction to any opposition to it and subsequent uninformed comments on the Forbes article. All this highlights is that if you have enough money you could ask for a Noah’s Ark full of Albino Animals and […]
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Jul
Jul
As if the terms of the De Niro project weren’t bad enough at least he’s A list. Gaston’s ever-open door to the queue of greed-driven billionaires waiting for Barbuda’s salt ponds and wildlife to be divvied up for their benefit is looking desperate. Presumably he knows DeJoria (long time conservationist…?!!) donated to Ted Cruz’ racism-driven […]
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Jun
Jun
The Prime Minister’s lack of interest in the self-determination of Barbudan people to control their own land, and their sustainable development of it, continues: ‘We have to be careful in the duplication of the overall management infrastructure. It’s a unitary state and I find (that) within the Barbuda Land Act they’re trying to carve out […]