Antigua and Barbuda
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June 14, 20131,049
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, 2013810
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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June 13, 2013942
Entertainers and artistes urged to apply for CARICOM Skills Certificate
ST JOHN’S, Antigua- Antiguan and Barbudan artistes and entertainers should take advantage of the Caricom Skills Certificate or be left behind as their regional counterparts move freely between territories. That was the view of Special Events Director in the Department of Culture, Gilbert Laudat. “At the end of the day it helps. Persons are going to come from elsewhere with…
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June 10, 2013937
Guest Opinion: Time to end Syrian conflict
ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – In recent weeks, sharply contrasting views on how the United States should respond to the madness in Syria have emerged from two of America’s most prominent voices. Republican Senator John McCain is convinced that US intervention is the only solution to the deadly conflict, while Mr Zbigniew Brzezinski, who served as national security advisor from 1977…
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June 10, 20131,105
Earthquake strikes, residents reminded to ‘drop, cover, hold on’
ST JOHN’S, Antigua – A 3.8 magnitude earthquake shook Antigua around 1:11 am yesterday and frightening many residents, including one from Buckleys who said, “it felt as if the house was being ripped from its foundation. It was very scary.” Also speaking about the tremor on earthquake-report.com, a St John’s resident said, “It rocked my house! It came in small…
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June 10, 2013951
Northeastern Caribbean rattled by earthquake
ST.JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Sections of the northeastern Caribbean were rocked by a 4.8-magnitude earthquake on Saturday evening. The United States Geological Survey confirmed that the tremor was felt as far north as St Maarten, as far south as Guadeloupe and across St Eustatius and St Kitts and Nevis. Its epicentre was about 30 kilometres southwest of Codrington, Barbuda, at…
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June 10, 2013981
Working group tasked with monitoring FATCA compliance
ST JOHN’S, Antigua – The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) has established a working group on the United States Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA), the first positive steps taken towards compliance. A press release from the central bank stated that the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union (ECCU) Working Group will ensure that financial institutions, which operate within the ECCU, are…
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June 7, 2013911
PM Spencer optimistic about possible solution to long running gaming dispute with US
ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC –The Antigua and Barbuda government says it is encouraged by talks with United States Vice President Joe Biden about the prospects in the cross border gaming dispute between the two countries. A government statement is quoting Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer as saying that the matter had been raised during Biden’s recent visit to Trinidad and Tobago…
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June 6, 2013993
PM School’s agriculture programme attracts regional attention
ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – The formula being used to establish the thriving agriculture programme at the Princess Margaret Secondary School (PMS), is to be used as a module for other schools across the region. That’s the word from head of the school’s Agricultural Science Department Craig Cole, who announced yesterday that a policy document is now being drafted for submission…
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June 6, 2013947
OECS leaders deplore US decision to keep Cuba on terror list
ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) is expressing “great concern” at the decision of the United States to continue placing Cuba on a list of “State Sponsors of Terrorism”. The leaders of Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, St. Kitts-Nevis, Montserrat, Anguilla and the British Virgin Islands, who…
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