Antigua and Barbuda
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June 13, 2013844
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, 2013815
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, 2013960
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, 2013781
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, 2013799
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, 2013758
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, 2013804
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, 2013806
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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June 6, 2013862
IMF says Antigua and Barbuda successfully completes Stand By Agreement
WASHINGTON, CMC – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Wednesday said Antigua and Barbuda had successfully completed a multi-million dollar Stand By Agreement (SBA) despite “considerable challenges”. The IMF said the Baldwin Spencer government will receive an immediate disbursement of US$25.4 million following the last review of the SBA which will expire on June 6. The 36-month SBA was approved on…
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June 5, 2013757
Guest Opinion: America can help fix the world by fixing itself
ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – Five years into the global financial crisis, the US and global economies remain mired in a weak-growth, low-inflation, high-unemployment environment. Debt busts such as 2008-09 are hard to exit from, and recoveries are long and painful. However, three complicating factors make the current environment even more challenging. First, economic growth models lie broken across developed and…
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