Prime Minister Gaston Browne (middle) and other panel members on Browne and Browne Show (screenshot of Pointe Bradcasting Network)
Prime Minister Gaston Browne has pledged to bring an amnesty proposal for disconnected APUA customers to Cabinet, after the issue was raised live on the Browne and Browne Show on Saturday.
The commitment came in response to a WhatsApp message sent in during the programme, asking whether households that had been disconnected from the Antigua Public Utilities Authority (APUA) would receive relief.
Browne agreed on the spot, stating he would place the matter before cabinet the following week.
The announcement is expected to benefit a significant number of households across Antigua and Barbuda who have had their electricity or water services cut due to outstanding bills. No specific terms of the amnesty were outlined at the time of the broadcast, with those details to be determined through the cabinet process.
The live commitment adds to a series of economic relief measures the Prime Minister has announced in the lead-up to the general election, including a minimum wage increase from $9.00 to $11.50, public servant salary increases of 5%, pension adjustments, and the clearing of retroactive pay backlogs.
Hopefully their accounts won’t go back in default
To be honest elections or not some people really need that financial ease
Some people willfully dont pay their bills and others honestly cannot pay. There is a big difference but we will know those willful people when their bills return to the same thing. Anyway good election move Gassy
Wait… again? So what happen to the raise for the APUA staff and dem? Dem can’t get sensible union increase but amnesty ah gee way again? Dem need fuh strike again. 🙄
my meter was not working bill went up to 12000,00 got a new meter keep paying bill with no late payment keep going to the office for the adjustment from 150 to 12000.00 almost a year no one adjust the bill after the new meter it’s so annoying HELP