Antigua and Barbuda

  • Photo of Preparation for CCJ referendum in Antigua-Barbuda underway – but government issues warning
    January 18, 2016
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    Preparation for CCJ referendum in Antigua-Barbuda underway – but government issues warning

    JOHN’S, Antigua, Jan. 16, CMC – The Electoral Commission in Antigua and Barbuda  is in the process of preparing for a referendum to determine whether the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) will replace the British Privy council as the final court of appeal. The referendum is scheduled to be held later this year but the Gaston Brown led administration has…

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  • Photo of CDB hosts Public-Private Partnerships ‘Boot Camp’ workshops for 40 regional participants
    October 21, 2015
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    CDB hosts Public-Private Partnerships ‘Boot Camp’ workshops for 40 regional participants

    In a bid to further provide practical support to regional governments who are seeking to implement Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs), the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) is currently hosting the first of three PPP Boot Camps at its headquarters in Barbados. The Boot Camps are part of the US$1.2 million Regional PPP Support Program, which was launched in May 2015, in partnership…

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  • Photo of IDB and CDB fund Sustainable Energy Facility for Eastern Caribbean
    October 20, 2015
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    IDB and CDB fund Sustainable Energy Facility for Eastern Caribbean

    FLORIDA, United States, Tuesday October 20, 2015 – The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) have signed off on the Sustainable Energy Facility, a US$71.5 million loan and grant package that will fund renewable energy and institutional capacity projects in six Eastern Caribbean countries. The signing by Presidents Alberto Moreno of the IDB and Dr. William…

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  • Photo of CDB hosts Public-Private Partnerships ‘Boot Camp’ workshops for 40 regional participants
    October 2, 2015
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    CDB hosts Public-Private Partnerships ‘Boot Camp’ workshops for 40 regional participants

    In a bid to further provide practical support to regional governments who are seeking to implement Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs), the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) is currently hosting the first of three PPP Boot Camps at its headquarters in Barbados. The Boot Camps are part of the US$1.2 million Regional PPP Support Program, which was launched in May 2015, in partnership…

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  • September 18, 2015
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    Antiguan public hit EC$100,000 target in telethon for Dominica

    Just a week after spearheading a telethon dubbed Dominica will Rise”, ABS Television in collaboration with the Dominica Antigua Relief Fund –(DARF), led a fresh charge Thursday evening to raise a hundred thousand dollars for the ongoing relief efforts in Dominica-and they reached their goal. It was a night chuck filled with entertainment and pledges coming in not only from…

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  • January 30, 2015
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    Tourism Minister Asot Michael secures CTO debt reduction at   Caribbean Tourism Organisation Ministerial Meeting in San Juan

    (SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico…… January 29, 2015) – Ahead of the opening of the annual CHA Caribbean Marketplace convention in San Juan Puerto Rico, The Honourable Asot Michael, Antigua and Barbuda’s Minister of Tourism, Economic Development, Investment and Energy caucused with his fellow Caribbean Tourism Ministers on the way forward for the Caribbean Tourism Organisation (CTO). The regional body is tasked with…

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  • Photo of Antigua and Barbuda and Montserrat Forge Closer Ties
    January 2, 2015
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    Antigua and Barbuda and Montserrat Forge Closer Ties

    ST. JOHN’S, Antigua and Barbuda – 30th December 2014…….Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, the Hon. Gaston Browne and Premier of Montserrat the Hon. Donaldson Romeo, both months into their first term in office, have pledged to forge closer ties between their governments and peoples.   On Monday, Prime Minister Browne, accompanied by Permanent Secretary Ambassador Colin Murdoch, paid a goodwill…

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  • Photo of PM Browne Says No Distinction when it comes to being a Citizen of Antigua and Barbuda
    December 2, 2014
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    PM Browne Says No Distinction when it comes to being a Citizen of Antigua and Barbuda

    ST. JOHN’S, Antigua and Barbuda – 2nd December 2014……While welcoming over two hundred individuals as new citizenships of Antigua and Barbuda, Prime Minister the Honourable Gaston Browne has proclaimed that all Antiguans and Barbudans are one – citizens by birth, naturalization, descent or registration. During his first official citizenship ceremony as Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, PM Browne, to loud…

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  • November 26, 2014
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    Antigua and Barbuda now part of OECS free movement system

    Antigua and Barbuda has finally completed the process to waive the need for work permits for nationals of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS). The country is the last member-nation of the OECS to implement this along with the granting of indefinite stays for OECS nationals. The bill to meet the obligations under the OECS Economic Union was passed…

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  • July 3, 2014
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    PM Douglas defends PANCAP’s Justice For All programme

    ST. JOHN’S, ANTIGUA, JULY 3RD 2014 (CUOPM) – St. Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister the Right Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas has defended the “Justice for All” programme of the Pan Caribbean Partnership Against HIV/AIDS (PANCAP), saying it was not designed to encourage a re-order of the Caribbean society in a negative way. According to the Caribbean Media Corporation (CMC),…

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