Antigua and Barbuda

  • April 18, 2013
    902

    Caribbean crime and Antigua

    ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – St. John’s Antigua- Last week, news broke that masked gunmen had robbed a group of cruise ship tourist in St Lucia. Apparently, a bus tour of the Soufriere Botanical Gardens turned into a nightmare scenario when their bus was hijacked by three masked men who proceed to threaten and frighten the tourists while robbing them of…

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  • April 18, 2013
    886

    Minister calls for pooling of RSS Resources

    St. John’s Antigua- National Security Minister Dr Errol Cort has suggested Regional Security Systems (RSS) member states pool resources to strengthen the RSS Air Wing to help clamp down on the burgeoning drug trade and influx of guns into the region. He told OBSERVER media, “I don’t believe that it would be useful at this point for individual RSS countries…

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  • April 17, 2013
    904

    Boston bombings: resilience in the face of horror

    ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – It is very difficult not to be impressed and humbled by the reaction of Bostonians to the bombings that ripped lives and limbs apart on their marathon day. The scenes on Boston’s streets on Monday have echoes of things that happen with awful frequency on the streets of Syria or Iraq. Yet Boston’s poise, humanity and…

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  • April 16, 2013
    984

    Historian expresses concern for cricket museum

    ST JOHN’S, Antigua – A regional cricket historian has cautioned concerned groups in Antigua & Barbuda to revamp the cricket museum or risk having important artifacts wither away. Stephen Almandos of Trinidad & Tobago is referring to the former property of convicted fraudster Allen Stanford, the Sticky Wicket Cricket Museum/Hall of Fame, which tumbled along with the rest of the…

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  • April 12, 2013
    905

    ANTIGUA-ECONOMY-IMF approves funds for Antigua and Barbuda

    WASHINGTON, CMC – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says it is making available more than US$10 million to Antigua and Barbuda after completing review of the island’s economic performance under a three-year Stand By Arrangement (SBA) indicating also that the economy is showing signs of gradual recovery after three years of being stagnant. The IMF said it had also approved…

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  • April 10, 2013
    926

    ANTIGUA-SECURITY-Government extends life of special task force on crime

    crime ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – The Antigua and Barbuda government says it will extend by a further 90 days the operations of a special task force to deal with serious crimes, especially those that involved the use of firearms. National Security Minister Dr. Errol Cort said that notwithstanding the success of the force in recent days, “its task is…

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  • April 9, 2013
    910

    Bird slams late British PM

    ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Former Antigua & Barbuda Prime Minister Lester Bird believes that the late Margaret Thatcher was most befitting of the tag “Iron Lady” – a name she got for the way she operated as Britain’s prime minister. He told OBSERVER Radio that while she influenced world politics significantly, Britain’s past PM was very instrumental in retaining apartheid…

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  • April 9, 2013
    905

    Former Premier leads tributes to Britain’s Iron Lady

    HAMILTON, Bermuda, CMC — Former Premier Sir John Swan has led the tributes to Margaret Thatcher, the “Iron Lady” of British politics who died on Monday aged 87 following a stroke, crediting her with helping Bermuda become a global force in business. Sir John, who led the now defunct United Bermuda Party as leader of this British Overseas Territory from…

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  • April 9, 2013
    936

    Looking for Usain

    ST JOHN’S, Antigua – There are many pathways to fame and fortune and sport is one of them. Truth be told, it is the road less travelled by many young people who really ought to consider it in the face of very few options. The Caribbean consists of countries, which by no stretch of the imagination can be considered as…

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  • April 9, 2013
    906

    One LIAT plane grounded in engineers’ dispute

    ST JOHN’S, Antigua – LIAT staff told OBSERVER media on Monday that an ongoing industrial dispute between the airlines engineers and management did not affect the airlines flights from the VC Bird International Airport. A senior LIAT employee confirmed that on Monday at least one aircraft was grounded in Grenada because of the dispute. An engineer told OBSERVER media engineers…

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