Sir Robin Yearwood Demands Apology After UPP Website Falsely Reports His Death

The United Progressive Party has published a false statement on its official campaign website declaring that sitting Member of Parliament Sir Robin Yearwood died in office. Sir Robin Yearwood is alive. According to Antigua News Room, the erroneous claim is demanding an immediate public apology from the opposition party.

The statement, visible at www.myupp.org under the St. Philip North constituency page, reads: "Robin Yearwood (ABLP) won this seat in 2023 but later died in office, triggering the March 16, 2026 by-election." The claim is categorically false. Sir Robin Yearwood did not die, nor did he vacate his seat due to death. The statement has no basis in fact.

The UPP website was built and populated using artificial intelligence tools. The false claim about Sir Robin Yearwood appears to be AI-generated content published without human verification. As reported by Antigua News Room, this is consistent with a pattern of serious errors found throughout the site, including planning instructions left visible on the homepage, candidates listed in the wrong constituencies, a fabricated phone number in the party's contact details, and broken links on pages marked "Electoral Compliance."

Publishing a false report of a living person's death is not a minor oversight. It causes direct harm to the individual named, to their family, and to the public's right to accurate information during an election campaign. The statement must be removed immediately, and the UPP must issue a full public apology to Sir Robin Yearwood.

The Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party has called on voters to consider the implications. A party seeking to govern the country, the ABLP argues, cannot be trusted if it fails to verify basic facts about living members of parliament before publishing them on a national campaign platform.

The ABLP is demanding the UPP take three immediate actions: remove the false statement from myupp.org, issue a public apology directly to Sir Robin Yearwood and his family, and provide a full explanation to the people of Antigua and Barbuda detailing how the claim came to be published on an official party platform.