Antigua and Barbuda

  • June 18, 2013
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    Pilots to undergo training for new LIAT aircraft

    ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of LIAT Ian Brunton revealed at least three months of training would be required for LIAT pilots to begin flying new ATR aircraft acquired by the airline. Brunton said training is to begin with a “long three-month process, starting with the ground school” run by the manufacturer in France. “Pilots have to…

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  • June 18, 2013
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    Maintain EC currency, advises OECS official

    ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Despite recent suggestions from an international investment agency that Caribbean territories devalue the Eastern Caribbean currency, a top OECS official is advising otherwise. Senior Director at the OECS Secretariat Randy Cato said programmes and policies should be implemented to ensure the EC value is maintained as it is “very important for economic decision-making. “We need to…

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  • June 18, 2013
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    Our success story

    ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Today, the nine countries, comprising the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States, will reflect on how far they have come since that red letter day of June 18, 1981, when the Treaty of Basseterre was signed, bringing the organisation into being. Many years later, on that same date in 2010, the revised treaty came into being with…

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  • June 17, 2013
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    Antigua-Venezuela Friendship Association launched

    ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Thirty years after establishing diplomatic relations, Antigua & Barbuda and Venezuela on Saturday took their already cordial affairs in a new direction. The two independent nations launched the Antigua-Venezuela Friendship Association – a level of co-operation that officials said would help cement the unbreakable bonds between the peoples of the two countries. Venezuelan ambassador to Antigua…

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  • June 17, 2013
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    Of pests and pestilences

    ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – There was a time, before global warming and the advent of modern transportation systems, when strict controls of agricultural and animal products imported into Antigua & Barbuda were rigorously enforced. These efforts seemed to work in keeping our local plants and livestock free from invasive attack. We have recollections where visitors, arriving by air from a…

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  • June 17, 2013
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    Government re-launch initiative to stimulate local economy

    ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – The Antigua and Barbuda government says it will re-launch an initiative aimed at stimulating the economy and providing nationals with an opportunity to own their own homes. The Baldwin Spencer government says is in collaboration with the Antigua and Barbuda Investment Authority (ABIA), it will re-launch the Construct Antigua and Barbuda Initiative (CAB-I) 2013, on…

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  • June 17, 2013
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    UN General Assembly elects John Ashe as envoy president

    ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Antigua & Barbuda’s ambassador to the United Nations, John William Ashe, was elected president of the 68th Session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) on Friday. The one-year presidency of UNGA rotates among regions, with the 68th session being the turn of the Latin American and Caribbean regional group, and Ashe the unanimous choice. The president-elect…

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  • June 17, 2013
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    ATR 72-600 Lands In Antigua

    ST JOHN’S, Antigua – The arrival of the first new 68-seat LIAT ATR 72-600 aircraft at the VC Bird International Airport yesterday was hailed a “game changer” by LIAT Chief Executive Officer Ian Brunton. Brunton said by updating the fleet, the airline will be able to lower fares, but not before 2015 at least. “With airlines, the operating costs are…

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  • June 14, 2013
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    LIAT takes to the skies with new planes

    ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – The financially strapped regional airline, LIAT, Thursday announced it had taken possession of an ATR 72-600 aircraft as it upgrades its aging fleet. The airline said the French-manufactured ATR is being leased from the lessor GECAS (GE Capital Aviation Services) and “is the first of a total of eight ATRs -four 68-seat ATR 72-600 and…

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  • June 13, 2013
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    Opposition party against declaring aviation sector an essential service

    ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – The main opposition Antigua Labour Party (ALP) has criticised proposals by two prime ministers from the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) that the aviation industry should be deemed an essential service. Earlier this month, Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer and his St. Vincent and the Grenadines colleague, Dr. Ralph Gonsalves supported a statement by Ian…

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