Antigua and Barbuda
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October 8, 2013800
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, 2013964
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, 2013810
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, 2013817
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, 2013820
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, 2013744
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, 2013785
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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September 26, 2013791
Antigua and Barbuda calls for reshaping of Millennium Development Goals
UNITED NATIONS, CMC – Antigua and Barbuda Wednesday called for a re-shaping of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) citing the challenges faced by developing countries, including the Caribbean, in meeting the commitments under the initiative. Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer, addressing the 68th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), said with a 15-year time…
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September 25, 2013794
Government warns of illegal information about Citizens Investment Programme
ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – The Antigua and Barbuda government has warned it would move against people setting up illegal websites to promote the island’s Citizenship Investment Programme (CIP). Attorney General Justin Simon told Parliament that the Baldwin Spencer administration is in the process of building its own website to promote the CIP that the government hopes will, within three…
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September 25, 2013877
LIAT accepts resignation of CEO
ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – The regional airline, LIAT, Wednesday said it had accepted the resignation of its chief executive officer, Ian Brunton, more than a week after it promised a “formal announcement” on the issue. But the brief statement gave no reasons for Brunton’s resignation, saying that Mrs Julie Reifer-Jones has been appointed to act in the position. “The…
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