As the 40th anniversary of Independence Day approaches we reflect on 40 years of neglect and exploitation of Barbuda by the Antigua government. There is nothing to celebrate here.
Tag Archives: secession
13
Oct
Oct
The Antigua government will vote on Thursday on another amendment to the Barbuda Land Act to allow them to reap the biggest prize of all – the dividing up of Barbuda Land to their friends. Although years and years of their attempts to destroy our community – withholding basic services such as electricity, health, education […]
30
Sep
Sep
Well, we kinda knew this would happen right? UPP are claiming they can’t let us go (but said nothing worth listening to when the Barbuda Land Act was unconstitutionally repealed in the aftermath of an unprecedented natural disaster). Presumably what they mean by ‘supporting Barbuda’ was in fact just Baldwin Spencer working with Barbudans, not […]
14
Sep
Sep
So here we go with the ‘deracinated BPM’ again. The background: Gaston lost ALL recent local elections to BPM (even when he refused to allow us to have our by-election on Barbuda and made us ALL GO BACK TO ANTIGUA to vote, in the trauma after Hurricane Irma) Even his own ALP Barbudans voted against […]
‘Until they are prepared to accept their subordinate role…’ just about sums up the ignorance we hear on a daily basis from people who should know better, given the history of the Caribbean and its people. But a lot of land (money) is at stake and that is all these people understand. The copy of […]