ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Electricity has been restored to the Antigua Port Authority but the facility remained without water supply and phone service up to press time after they were cut off due to arrears.
A reliable source, who wished to remain anonymous, told The Daily OBSERVER “a deal was hammered out” with Antigua Public Utilities Authority (APUA) but he declined to reveal the details.
The source said all the disconnections were made “just before 10” on Monday morning with the power being restored some time after 6 pm.
It’s understood that up to the time of reconnection, the port had been running on generators.
When this newspaper contacted General Manager Agatha Dublin some time yesterday afternoon, she confirmed the disconnection but insisted that “our operations are still ongoing and we are operating as normal.”
But a caller to the Voice of the People informed that when he went to clear a barrel he was told his transaction could not be facilitated because the facility was without electricity at the time.
Another source expressed disgust that the situation had been allowed to reach this stage.
Last year APUA announced its intention to clamp down on debtors.
(More in today’s Daily OBSERVER)
APUA directors should be lockup for treason. How can they do something like that when the port is one our main life blood. Lord me better learn to grow my own food and stop depends on imports.
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Ooops! Who pulled the plug out Woof Woof who pulled de plug out woof!
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We need to get real in Antigua. The Port and APUA are owned by the State which used consolidated funds to established them. They are sibblings. How in the world can we support one sibbling destroying the other…Oh, sorry. We do that everyday.However, disconnecting the services to the Port is an embarassment to the Government/Parent. APUA must have made a mistake. Somebody in management of APUA should be chastise for such a mistake/foolishness.We all know it is not possible for the Port to pay electricity…. next it will be the schoos and Government offices.
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