A Scheme of Deception
by PAM Cares
The Sinister Definition of Scheme
As a Noun, the word ‘scheme’ refers to “a public housing complex”. However, as a Verb, ‘scheme’ has an eerily sinister and disturbing definition: “To make plans, especially in a devious way or with intent to do something illegal or wrong”. According to several dictionaries, it also means to conspire/connive/machinate/manoeuvre/plot, and words like ‘intrigue’ and ‘cabal’ automatically spring to mind when ‘scheme’ is used as a Verb.
The Labour Cabal’s Scheme
This definition certainly applies to the recent revelation (or rather admission) by the Labour cabal, that a Trinidadian company has indeed been awarded a four-year contract to construct “affordable” houses in St. Kitts. Mired in secrecy and intrigue from inception, this vampire project can’t seem to withstand the glare of public scrutiny. After the song dance of his first press release, the Hon. Minister of Housing has now gone conspicuously absent and silent on this matter. Is he off on one of his usual escapades or busy concocting a fresh batch of hogwash stew for the public to consume? And the feeble attempts by the PM, the AG, and the NHC Managing Director (Ag.) to distract and deflect, combined with their dismissive, half-cooked responses, only serve to further alienate, perplex, and insult people’s intelligence. Given the vacuum of consistent, credible, and reliable information from the get-go, one can smell conspiracy, bubbol, and bamboozlement from a mile off.
Questions Remain Unanswered
After each press conference, Kittitians are left singing the refrain of the old Jimmy Cliff classic, “There are more questions than answers…And the more I find out/ The less I know”. There definitely is more in the mortar besides the pestle, and we must continue to drill down, double down, and demand the clear, unvarnished truth to which as citizens and taxpayers we are entitled.
Enquiring minds still have no answers to the following basic but critical questions:
(1) Is East Coast Construction just a bogus company; the product of some unscrupulous, calculating, depraved mind? No such company is registered in T&T or anywhere else for that matter (neither physical nor virtual) – No social media presence. No webpage. No reviews. No pictures. Google the name and you’ll find a BIG, FAT NOTHING!
(2) Who is the infamous Brian Singh and what is his claim to fame?
(3) What was the process for inviting bids and how many companies submitted bids for the contract?
Conclusion
For the latest spin on this sordid affair, stay tuned for further episodes of the soap opera: LABOUR – CONTINUING THE LEGACY OF LIES AND LIP SERVICE. Not even one year in Government, and it’s nothing but scandals, deception, and scheming. Is this the Honesty, Transparency, Accountability, and Stewardship that they promised? What a fiasco!!! # Get rid ah dem dere too.
FAQs
(1) Is East Coast Construction a legitimate company?
No, there is no evidence of the company’s existence, neither physical nor virtual.
(2) Who is Brian Singh?
Unknown, as there is no information available about him.
(3) What was the process for inviting bids for the contract?
Unknown, as the information has not been made publicly available.