Antigua and Barbuda
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October 2, 2015901
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, 2015976
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, 2015974
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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January 2, 20151,092
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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December 2, 2014853
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, 20141,180
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, 2014820
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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June 13, 20141,813
Antigua and Barbuda Elects a New Government: Gaston Browne is Prime Minister Elect
ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – 13th June, 2014………”To God be the Glory. Today is the dawn of a new day,” were the words echoed by Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party Leader the Hon. Gaston A. Browne as he delivered his first address as Prime Minister Elect of Antigua and Barbuda. The Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party on Thursday 13th June overwhelmingly…
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June 10, 2014966
Antigua-Barbuda Is The 6th Member Of CARICOM to include Refractionists in its Eye Health Programme
ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – 9th June, 2014……Following representation to the Government of Antigua-Barbuda by CCB-Eye Care Caribbean (in 2010) the government passed a series of Cabinet Decisions, clearing the way for the introduction of Refractionists in the public health services. Refractionists provide eye health services described at level 1 of the global scope of practice approved by the World Council…
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June 9, 2014318
CARICOM to Observe Antigua/Barbuda Elections
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) CARICOM will observe the Antigua/Barbuda general elections, to be held Thursday, June 12, 2014. The Caribbean Community has mounted an eleven member Electoral Observer Mission, led by Jamaica’s Director of Elections, Mr. Orrette Fisher. The team, with nine officials drawn from CARICOM Member States and two from the CARICOM Secretariat, began arriving in Antigua/Barbuda…
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