Antigua and Barbuda
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October 9, 2013881
Beyond the verdict, looking ahead
ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – Many years from now, Caribbean people will recall where they were, on Friday, October 4, 2013, when the Caribbean Court of Justice ruled that Jamaican national Shannique Myrie should be compensated for the embarrassment, pain and hardship she suffered at the hands of Barbados immigration officials when she was deported from that country. The only portion…
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October 8, 2013826
Watching the US shutdown
ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – The United States always sells itself as the ultimate in the democratic process in the world. So much criticism has been levelled at African, Mid-east and European countries that have found themselves in electoral turmoil that the impression has been given that in the process of good governance, nothing could ever go wrong in the United…
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October 8, 2013838
Education official hopeful OECS strategy will cater to special needs
ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Director of Education Jacintha Pringle is hoping that the OECS Education Sector Strategy (OESS) to be launched here next week will include special provisions for children with special needs. Speaking at the official launch of a week of activities to mark Special Education Week, Pringle said “adequate structures should be in place for students who fall…
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October 8, 2013844
Antiguan diplomat urges greater private financing to supplement decreasing aid
UNITED NATIONS, CMC – Antigua and Barbuda Ambassador to the United Nations, John Ashe has called for “new and innovative” sources of financing to supplement decreasing official development assistance (ODA) developing countries. Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders had lamented the paucity of ODA in their respective presentations at the just-concluded 68th Session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) Debate. Ashe, who…
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October 3, 20131,007
Swine flu virus should not cause panic, says medical official
JOHN’S, Antigua- There is no cause for panic in Antigua & Barbuda following reports that Barbados has confirmed one death as a result of the H1N1 flu (swine flu) while St Vincent has recorded several cases. Medical Officer of Health, Dr Oritta Zachariah yesterday said since H1N1 was discovered in Antigua, the virus has never left. “It is not anything…
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October 3, 2013855
Antiguan diplomat says time now to find common ground on new UN development agenda
UNITED NATIONS, CMC – President of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), John W. Ashe is urging the international community to find common ground in crafting a new global development agenda integrating economic growth, social inclusion and environmental protection. Ashe, the Antigua and Barbuda Ambassador to the United Nations, told the closing ceremony of the UNGA that had been addressed…
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October 2, 2013856
Got us feeling good
ANTIGUA AND BARUDA – Antigua & Barbuda is looking pretty good on the international front right now. Good things are just happening for the country in rapid succession. Just recently, a crew from US reality television show, The Bachelorette, which is said to attract approximately eight million viewers worldwide, was in the country filming its season finale. It meant the…
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September 30, 2013861
Humphrey: Difficult for LIAT to replace Brunton
ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Chairman of the Council of LIAT Trade Unions Chester Humphrey has said the board will have a difficult time replacing CEO Ian Brunton and warned LIAT could collapse if re-fleeting is derailed. “There are some crucial issues of survivability which I am assuming at this point is what is taking up everybody’s attention,” said Humphrey. “If…
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September 30, 2013796
PM Spencer assures Antigua is in “steady, safe hands”
NEW YORK, CMC – Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer says the collapse of the Trinidad-based insurance conglomerate, CLICO, and the Stanford Group of companies, has resulted in more than EC$400 million (One EC dollar = US$0.37 cents) “disappearing like a puff of smoke from the economy”. But Spencer told nationals residing in North America over the weekend that Antigua and Barbuda…
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September 26, 2013832
Antiguan Assembly head increases Caribbean prominence at U.N.
UNITED NATIONS — John William Ashe’s father lived to see him graduate with advanced degrees, but he left the career diplomat with sobering words. “He said to me, now that he has seen me graduate with a Ph.D., he can die,” Ashe remembers. Three months later, Arnold Ashe, a retired St. John’s police officer in Antigua and Barbuda, died of…
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