Antigua and Barbuda
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March 11, 2013868
Former PM questions Venezuela’s loan arrangement with A&B
ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Former Prime Minister Lester Bird labelled the recently deceased Venezuelan president a “despot” and questioned the inner workings of Venezuela’s $200 million loan to the nation. In an interview played on the Big Issues yesterday, Lester Bird said Hugo Chavez did not carry out “normal processes” of loaning money to Antigua & Barbuda through PetroCaribe and…
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March 8, 2013779
Preparation in order for quakes, not fear – expert
ST JOHN’S, Antigua – A regional expert on earthquakes said residents should not fear the natural happening, but rather, prepare for its inevitable arrival. Following the revelation that two minor earthquakes hit near to Antigua & Barbuda in the last two days, Director of the Seismic Research Centre at the University of the West Indies in Trinidad, Dr Joan Latchman,…
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March 8, 2013851
Health alert issued for volcano fumes
ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Pungent fumes drifting over Antigua from Montserrat’s volcano sparked alarm yesterday, prompting disaster chiefs to issue a health alert. The National Office of Disaster Services (NODS) told OBSERVER media that staff had received a number of calls from concerned members of the public complaining about a stench of sulphur. Director Philmore Mullin said a change in…
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March 8, 2013788
Womanism, not feminism
ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – This year’s observance of International Women’s Day will be especially poignant for women across this country, coming as it does one week after the brutal slaying of a mother of five, while at work. Forefront in the minds of the women of this country must be that most basic of rights – the right to be…
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March 7, 2013866
A champion, a militant and a legend
ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – This week much of our region is grieving. Flags across the Caribbean and Latin America are being flown at half-mast. Several countries have declared three days of official mourning. In many more, heads are bowed in sorrow and silent reflection. In Antigua & Barbuda and beyond, thousands are swathed in a wave of sadness as we…
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March 7, 20131,411
Three days of mourning for Chavez
St. John’s Antigua- The country is to observe three days of mourning for Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez who died after a two-year battle with cancer on Tuesday. Flags across the nation will also be flown at half-mast in tribute to the flamboyant leftist leader, described by the Prime Minister as a “positive symbol of hope” for the region. PM Baldwin…
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March 6, 2013740
IMF says “significant progress” made by Antigua and Barbuda
ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says Antigua and Barbuda has made “significant progress” towards meeting the goals of its fiscal consolidation programme and reduce debt and that it expects the economic recovery to continue in 2013. An IMF mission headed by Geoffrey Bannister has ended a visit to the island to carry out a review…
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March 6, 2013756
Nation prepares for CARICOM Development Fund
ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Despite Antigua & Barbuda still owing 63 per cent of its contribution to the CARICOM Development Fund (CDF), the funding agency is still in the process of developing a programme for the nation. “Antigua & Barbuda is not yet in receipt of any country assistance programme from the CDF and that is something that we are…
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March 5, 2013796
US-Antigua trade dispute exposes global inequity
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – AT their recent inter-sessional summit in the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince, Caribbean leaders called on the United States to comply with the ruling by the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to end the long running dispute with Antigua on Internet gaming. They affirmed their “full support” for their CARICOM colleague in its fight against our giant neighbour…
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March 4, 2013774
Poor attendance reported in CSEC exams
ST JOHN’S, Antigua – CXC officials are reporting that a significant number of students around the region failed to turn up for the January CSEC exams. The absenteeism was particularly evident in human and social biology with over 1600 candidates absent. Principles of business recorded over 1500, English over 3000, and Mathematics 4000 absentees.
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