Cudjoe, thanks for exposing Bahamas

Cudjoe has done the citizens of TT a world of good by exposing the Bahamas for what it is. To be charging almost 10 times the amount that normally is agreed upon in the region is what some would call “spider web tourism.” I have viewed many tourism advertisements about the beauty of the Bahamas and its lovely beaches and nowhere do they inform about the country’s exorbitant roaming charges.

I am sure that when you arrive at their airport, their welcome would not be intimating to you that their roaming rates are 10 times the normal regional charges. So they suck you in and then they “wet” you.

So all those naysayers who are on Cudjoe’s back, just divide her charges by ten and you will see that the goodly minister was not reckless nor abusive with the use of her phone. Her total bill, therefore, should have been less than $6,000. It is the Bahamas therefore that should be charged with abuse.

I hope that this matter, as hinted by the Minister of Finance, would be taken up by the heads of Caricom at their next meeting to have the Bahamas fall in line with normal regional rates.

I finally say thanks to Cudjoe for alerting citizens of TT and the wider Caribbean and for opening our eyes to this kind of abuse.

Thanks again, Minister Cudjoe.

LAURENCE PERCIVAL via email