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**Very Sad Lady** » 2010-02-06 03:15

Its is Just a shame & pity our little Beautiful Airport area have to turn out like this & staff become jobless.......A fter we get sold out We should have the Pity Party @ Pavillion.... So i say 2 u Sir JOB WELL DONE hope u sleeping good now remember God Knows all & his Hands is in the Mids of everything B carefull when the tables turn.

**astonished** » 2010-02-04 10:58

why is it that some of us is finding pleasure in blaming this man , i strongly beleive that he was not alone in his wrong doings , next thing is are we studing all the unemployed persons what about there families an babies , so it is very stupid an insensitive of all of u who are happy with this an this APUA issue its outrageous that they would now turn off the utilities an the airport is right now ............... . what about the tourist an the plants ............... ............. so dumb !!!!!!! dumb !!!!!!! dumb

**Coopin** » 2010-02-04 10:10

Thieve's all ahyou,from de PM go down to the beggar in the street......... That is why Antigua will never get any better......... .You all to F.....g Teeeeeeeeeeeeee ef.......!!!!!! !!!

**browngal** » 2010-02-04 04:17

I find it difficult to believe that monies were owed from these entities since 2009, since I have been told by someone who knew that one thing Stanford was known for was paying his bills on time (APUA,SS,MBS, Education levy. The person went as far as to say that Stanford did not even depend on Government for duty free concessions. I agree with Garrot Man, we need to go below the surface.

**Unbeleivable** » 2010-02-04 03:47

The scenario is quite simple.The government pays its employees revenue collected from the two entities, forgets to pay for water and electricity( these items do not buy votes), then closes the two companies for lack of funds. It Later sells the two companies to its friends for what is owed to the two essential services and the true shareholders of these two companies ,the depositors don't get a cent . That is what some on Antigua call a "win ,win situation".That process will then be repeated for all the assets on Antigua which belong to the depositors of SIB .Running a business cannot be more simple.

**lady kanabis** » 2010-02-04 03:37

oh my goddness airport gone dark now and ppl are left without no bread..:(

**Garrot Man** » 2010-02-04 02:19

I wish to completely agree with 'Unfortunate'. It is endemic in Antigua, based along political persuasions, to see the demise of a fellow man! A lot of us take joy in that! This incident along with the whole Stanford dilemma has put A LOT of people into hardship! Agreed, that a situation wherein utility bills dating back almost two years are not paid is untenable, to say the least, but how do we, as Citizen Kane, do or do not know that there might have been prior arrangements put in place? Do we or do we not know that this is"possibly" a decision handed down by the political directorate given the stand off between Stanford's fiancee and the Government? Folks all that I am saying is that rather than accepting things at face value, we have to dig a little deeper! Go below the surface!! Case closed!!!

**Wada** » 2010-02-04 02:02

officially begun? They begun a long time ago...

**A Stitch in Time** » 2010-02-04 01:02

$3 MILLION DOLLARS in any currency is a lot of money.
The Stanford Group even if their businesses are struggling should have shown good faith by at least paying some of what they owe, and meeting with APUA to arrange a payment plan.
I'm sure if I don't pay my electricity or water bill on time ($200 & $22 respectively), I would be disconnected.
Y et, others are able to continue to operate their businesses in spite of their large bills.
Peter pays for Paul (what's new?).

**ANU- An** » 2010-02-04 00:56

That true jungle. Jolly beach have Millions for them and they Na Trouble Them because it is all the government friends have a hand in the hotel.

**Reading** » 2010-02-04 00:51

Apua seems to be very lenient with businesses but perhaps to its own detriment. I wonder why they waited so long to pull the plug on this delinquent Company. I can undertand giving consideration to the employees but outstanding bills from 2008 is ludicrous.

**Unfortunate** » 2010-02-04 00:43

You know it is very unfortunate that people could rejoice over the fact that a company (s) that employ hundreds of Antiguans loss key services that would have allowed them to continue to operate forcing them to send home these said employees. It only means more Antiguans are out of work -- we all know the situation with Stanford but does that mean everyone must suffer. We nede to stop rejoicing over other's pain because we know not when our time will come -- I find it rather unfortunate and i feel for these workers -- I hope some resolution can be found quicky.

**PLM** » 2010-02-04 00:17

Well it’s about time. All these deadbeats who are stealing from Antigua people need to have their plugs pulled.

**jungle juice** » 2010-02-03 23:52

The nonesene continues on this island whereby certain businesses are able to get away owing millions while the others of us continue to suffer. APUA pulls the plug on the ordinary man owing $500-$900 without even a phone call yet we continue to read these these kinds of stories... APUA needs to collect from tut, noon, bageye and sam. This favouritism nonesense will continue to get them nowhere. How emba**ing!!!

**jump'n'wave** » 2010-02-03 15:58

"The operations manager called it unfortunate that APUA had to pull the plug on a company like the Athletic Club, which has been doing reasonably well on its own."

So in Antigua, not even being able to pay the electricity bill is considered "doing reasonably well" ???

No wonder the British kicked this "country" out of the Empire!

**Pellucid** » 2010-02-03 15:53

Antiguans lack the class to be "trailer trash"! They couldn't even scratch together the money to buy a trailer at this point!

**Country Man** » 2010-02-03 15:34

So if the Athletic Club was doing well why didn't it pay its utility bills? That the kind of nonsense that you get from trailer trash.

**Pellucid** » 2010-02-03 14:50

But Stanford is the savior, the provider, Antigua's only hope!!!

The Antiguan Government has thieved over 20 million US from the investors, yet the power and water bills haven't been paid???

Is there any Antiguan government left? Maybe someone should stand at the airport and make sure Bird, Spencer and Cort aren't trying to leave with some change in their pockets trying to thieve the last of the money!

**Appassionata** » 2010-02-03 14:20

The Dark Ages in Antigua has officially begone!!

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