Antigua and Barbuda

  • July 8, 2013
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    Antiguan receives prestigious political award

    ST JOHN’S, Antigua- Greenbay resident Victor Richardson II is the first Caribbean national to receive the prestigious honour of the US-based Campaigns and Elections Magazine’s Rising Star award for political consulting. The 2013 awardee experienced elation on hearing the news. He said he was at sea hauling fish pots and as soon as he got within signal range, he received…

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  • July 5, 2013
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    ANTIGUA-FINANCE-Fiscal performance improves in first quarter

    ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – The Baldwin Spencer led administration is boasting a 500 per cent improvement in the fiscal performance for the first quarter of 2013 compared to the same period last year. Finance and Economy Minister Harold Lovell said this was largely due to an almost 24 per cent drop in expenditure from the previous EC$172.6 million. “The…

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  • July 4, 2013
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    CARIBBEAN-AVIATION-LIAT introduces security charges

    ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – The regional airline, LIAT, which is in the process of acquiring a fleet of new aircraft, Wednesday said it was increasing the cost of its tickets to include a security surcharge. A statement from the Antigua-based airline said that the surcharge on tickets is “in response to rising security demands and spiralling security costs. “The…

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  • June 28, 2013
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    ECCB announces monetary protection plan

    ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Bank depositors in the sub-region can look forward to a greater level of protection after the announcement that an Eastern Caribbean Deposit Insurance Corporation will be created. Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) Governor General Sir Dwight Venner revealed that a total of four new institutions will be established to help “stabilise and consolidate the financial sector”…

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  • June 26, 2013
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    St Kitts PM condemns shooting of bank manager

    ST JOHN’S, Antigua – A prime minister for one of the sister islands in the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) has condemned the shooting of a bank manager that occurred during an attack one of the bank’s branches in Antigua Monday night. St Kitts & Nevis Prime Minister Denzil Douglas described the incident as regrettable. Speaking on OBSERVER Radio’s…

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  • June 26, 2013
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    Good news on the information front

    ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – We could not be happier as we witness what appears to be a serious attempt to bring Antigua & Barbuda fully into the information age. A highly important plan to make information available to the public, at little or no direct cost, has been in the news recently. The plan is for an “Open Data” information…

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  • June 25, 2013
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    Cash Flow Woes At LIAT

    ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Following last weekend’s fanfare and celebration surrounding LIAT’s acquisition of the first of eight new ATR aircraft, cash flow problems resulting from the re-fleeting exercise have surfaced. LIAT management warned staff that June salaries may be paid late because of “severe cash flow constraints” – a direct result of shareholder governments’ failure to keep their promise…

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  • June 21, 2013
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    A&B ready for take off of open data

    ST JOHN’S, Antigua – An assessment team from the World Bank said Antigua & Barbuda is poised to become the regional leader in Open Data, but that government will have to lead the way. “This really is an all of government effort and so it requires political backing from an overall champion leader for the Open Data initiative,” said Anat…

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  • June 19, 2013
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    Antigua’s opposition alert

    PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – THE parliamentary opposition Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party (ABLP) has alerted the secretariats of both the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the Organisation of American States (OAS) to what it views as a serious threat to constitutional, democratic governance in that twin-island  Eastern Caribbean country. This dramatic initiative yesterday came against increasing indications that the governing…

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  • June 19, 2013
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    Spencer touts benefits of OECS integration

    ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Chairman of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer said being a part of the union helped member-states weather the global economic crisis, and that the future of the union looks bright. “One shudders to contemplate what could have been the condition of our individual OECS member states in the face of…

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