Ministry of Works fails to confirm whether Crump remains as Director

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Aldin Crump

The Ministy of Public Works has officially responded to an article on Antigua.news and other news outlets claiming that their director Aldin Crump was dismissed.

In a press statement the ministry claimed that Crump will now oversea the airport runway rehabilitation project.

What the press statement failed to mention was whether he was in fact remove as director.

The full press statement reads as follows:

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This story was first published by Antigua News on : antigua.news/2025/05/15/ministry-of-works-fails-to-confirm-whether-crump-remains-as-director. © 2025 Antigua News. Republication without permission is not allowed.

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Comments (12)

  • Faithful National #1 May 15, 2025, 9:32 AM

    What a great pity that this country has no reliable news dissemination portals, but instead have to put up with third rate journalists and reporters whose sole aim is NOT to inform, but to alarm!
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    • Same Thing May 15, 2025, 9:59 AM

      Faithful National you are clearly an ABLP operative. Read what Im reading. Unless I am retarded. The man was not dismissed from the public service but dismissed as director. The reporter was correct when she said the press release failed to say whether he remains as director. Yall think people stupid I might not be a reporter or a journalist but I ain’t no retard. The man was moved, removed, dismissed, fired as director. SAME THING!!!!
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    • Freddy May 15, 2025, 10:17 AM

      Faithful National #1 as usual…
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  • Rhea May 15, 2025, 9:33 AM

    So the ministry of works tried to do damage control and damaged themselves?
    Reply
  • Taxi man May 15, 2025, 9:53 AM

    Hurry fix the roads please my front end parts are crying, my mechanic said the ball joints are basically on life support , the control arm are fighting but still good the inner and out ends soon dead. please fix them roads the parts them expensive.
    Reply
  • Ben Simmons May 15, 2025, 10:58 AM

    This is a mess. We don’t care about all the wonderful details. We need to know if the man is director or not. We dont want to know where he was moved to or which project they invented for him. Is he director or not? Simple question.
    Reply
  • Juju Bee May 15, 2025, 11:06 AM

    Hmmmmm let me think
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  • Ben Simmons May 15, 2025, 12:11 PM

    Good work. Dont just publish their press release. The PR person should be fired for writing this nonesense. Who authorized this nonesence anyway?
    Reply
  • here's another way May 16, 2025, 5:33 AM

    Instead of just randomly firing people, perhaps first some sort of audit of operations should be carried to determine how processes could be improved in these Government Ministries and Departments. A team could be put together including business experts, IT experts, and financial experts to carry out such studies, which should include consultation with regular workers on the ground. They can then deliver comprehensive restructuring reports to the persons in charge. If the persons in charge don’t act then you can consider removing them. People should be given a chance and resources to improve before drastic action is taken.
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  • my 10 cents May 16, 2025, 8:28 AM

    People like to suggest that if the public service was run like the private sector all would be well, butin reality, most businesses fail so the average business is actually poorly run. Poorly run businesses can be shut down but the government provides essential services so it must continue to limp along. Strategies to improve government operations must be pondered but it’s not really as simple as copying the private sector businesses.
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  • Trivia May 16, 2025, 2:34 PM

    Mr Crump you saw it coming. You were warned.
    Reply
  • Janice May 17, 2025, 5:22 PM

    They fired the man and afraid to say they fired him. Good work, reporter by not listening to the likes of Max Hurst and his carbal. Good work. Good job. Don’t be controlled by the government
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