Two women who had been living at bus stops along Old Parham Road and Factory Road have been removed, though it remains unclear who carried out the intervention or where the women were taken.
The women had spent several weeks at the shelters, prompting growing concern from residents about safety, hygiene, and the visible rise in mentally ill persons living in public spaces.
Bus stop on Old Parham Road used as a camp for unsheltered persons (file photo)
You mean one of them move to another bus stop one pares road
This is real real sad. I hope they were moved to a better place
How can it be said they were removed after public concern (impling Gov or a NGO did it) but its unclear who did it or where they are? So not seeing them means the problem is taken care of? Supposed one just found an abandoned house or succumbed to a medical event in and is in the bush somewhere?
Mental health services need to catch up before it gets worse.
At least people can use the bus stop on factory road. Antigua.news need to go around and see where they were moved to or who removed them because story say nobody know how is responsible for their removal.
They mean the one from factory road move to a bus stop on the pares main road and collins corner and when people try to go in the bus shed she curse them to come out
You can’t just wait till people reach the street to remember them exist
If the authorities were involved in this case, there should be transparency not necessarily to reveal personal details, but to reassure the public that the women are safe and receiving support, not just removed. So Antigua.news try and find out for us who on earth removed them and where dem be
I can say Antigua.news did it again, but I can also say that they failed to complete their story by finding out where the ladies are and who removed them from the sheds!! That is important to know! I’m just happy they are no longer at the bus sheds
From a humanitarian standpoint, the removal of the two women raises as many questions as it answers. We dont even know who removed them. But that lady that was on factory road you couldnt move her juss so. So it must be health care people because her family has been trying to take her out of there, but she is vile. The other issue is …Yes, they’ve been taken from the bus stops but where were they taken, and under what conditions? Were they offered medical help, counseling, or housing assistance? Far too often, people experiencing mental illness or homelessness are treated as problems to be hidden rather than individuals in need of care. If this was a compassionate intervention led by health or social services, it’s commendable. But if it was simply a cleanup effort to “clear the area,” then it misses the deeper issue of mental health neglect. This points to the urgent need for a national mental health and homelessness response plan, with clear protocols and safe facilities something that Antigua and Barbuda has been discussing for years, especially in light of the government’s plan for a new psychiatric and wellness centre at Holberton.
One of the mentally ill woman relocated her self to the bus stop on the pares main road and Collin corner she is there as we speak
From the community’s viewpoint, residents’ concerns are real and shouldn’t be dismissed. People want clean, safe public spaces, especially around schools, bus stops, and commercial zones. Dem people under these bus stops dont even want you to come and shelter rain
That is exactly what she doing at pares and Collins corner curse people when they go in the shed
People glad the bus stops finally clear, yes, but plenty folks uneasy too.
Yes, clean up the place, but where them gone? Antigua too small for people to just vanish like that. Somebody must know
There’s one living at the bus stop at perry bay supermarket