It is always amazing to read some of the things that people write. YES, almost every country in the world PROHIBIT entry to people who have criminal records for DRUGS RAPE and other violent crimes. But in our negativity towards anything that is Trinbagonian we are ready to accept all the garbage that is thrown at us.
Steups man to you Mr T&T citizen.
Do we really want this calibre of person to be our children's role model do we have to invite this type of person when we have our own local reggae artistes? He has served his time and he has just proven by his dishonesty that he has not learnt any lesson at all while he was in prison.
The business man shold also be penalised for inviting such a man into Trinbago. We have our own troublemakers here

It is generally the policy of most countries as far as I am aware to prohibit foreigners with criminal convictions/records from entry into their country. If this individual had applied for a visa to visit the US, UK, Canada etc, he would have been denied a visa and would not have even made it to the plane.

As a Caricom national he did not require a visa, hence he was able to slip the net. If he was on a watch list, the Immigration would have stopped him from entering and if there was an outstanding warrant for his arrest, he would most certainly have been detained.

For a better assessment of the situation, we would need additional information to that contained in the news item. But as I said earlier, convicted felons are not generally permited entry. And this man was convicted and served a lenthy prison term in Jamaica for rape, according to the article. His alleged outstanding debt to a local businessman is another matter.