antigua and barbuda

February 17, 2015
595

Prime Minister Browne impressed with Progress at New V.C. Bird International Airport Terminal

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua and Barbuda – 16th February 2015…….Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda the Hon. Gaston Browne has expressed satisfaction with the progress being made in construction of the new terminal at the V.C. Bird International Airport. During a tour of the facility on Monday, which included Foreign Affairs and International Trade Minister the Hon. Charles Fernandez, China’s Ambassador…
Read More »
February 13, 2015
568

CARICOM Canada project improving regional flow of CSME information Bringing CSME to life in the workplace in Antigua and Barbuda

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Representatives from the Ministry of Labour, Immigration and Customs as well as students and teachers at the Antigua State College, have benefitted from on-site meetings, designed to update them on matters related to the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME). The meetings held last Friday, 6 February were hosted by Antigua and Barbuda’s Ministry…
Read More »
February 12, 2015
995

Inequality Fuels HIV Epidemic in the Caribbean

ST. JOHN'S, Antigua, Feb 10 2015 (IPS) – At 49 years old, Edison Liburd has established himself as one of Antigua and Barbuda’s most recognisable artists. But Liburd was not always in the spotlight. In fact, you could say he was a man in hiding. “I have been infected with the HIV virus for about 24 years. I got my first…
Read More »
January 30, 2015
1,024

Tourism Minister Asot Michael secures CTO debt reduction at Caribbean Tourism Organisation Ministerial Meeting in San Juan

(SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico…… January 29, 2015) – Ahead of the opening of the annual CHA Caribbean Marketplace convention in San Juan Puerto Rico, The Honourable Asot Michael, Antigua and Barbuda’s Minister of Tourism, Economic Development, Investment and Energy caucused with his fellow Caribbean Tourism Ministers on the way forward for the Caribbean Tourism Organisation (CTO). The regional body is tasked with…
Read More »
January 30, 2015
1,029

PM Browne Sees Positive Results from Meeting with Venezuelan President

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica – 30th January, 2015…….Prime Minister the Honourable Gaston Browne rounded off a series of bilateral meetings at the Third CELAC Summit in Costa Rica on Thursday with a bilateral encounter with President Nicolas Maduro of Venezuela. Prime Minister Browne characterized the meeting as one that was very important to the energy future of Antigua and Barbuda, as…
Read More »
January 23, 2015
1,032

Final push to launch U.N. negotiations on High Seas Treaty

UNITED NATIONS, Jan 20 2015 (IPS) – The United Nations will make its third – and perhaps final – attempt at reaching an agreement to launch negotiations for an international biodiversity treaty governing the high seas. A four-day meeting of a U.N. Ad Hoc Working Group is expected to take a decision by Friday against a September 2015 deadline to begin…
Read More »
January 9, 2015
1,166

System to improve Customs operations will soon come on stream

Government is working towards a March deadline for the implementation of a system which will improve security, trade efficiency and “eliminate fraud” at the Customs & Excise Division. This, as the Automated System for Customs Data (ASYCUDA), a computerised management system which covers most foreign trade procedures, was officially launched on Thursday. ASYCUDA will allow the Customs Division, trade operators…
Read More »
January 2, 2015
1,453

PM Browne appoints Financial Guru Martin Franklin as Special Economic Envoy

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua and Barbuda – 31 December, 2014……….International financial guru, Martin Ellis Franklin, has been appointed as a Special Economic Envoy of Antigua and Barbuda by Prime Minister the Hon. Gaston Browne. Martin Franklin, who is the son of Sir Roland Franklin of Jumby Bay, has been visiting Antigua and Barbuda for over thirty-years and is widely known…
Read More »
January 2, 2015
1,228

Antigua and Barbuda and Montserrat Forge Closer Ties

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua and Barbuda – 30th December 2014…….Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, the Hon. Gaston Browne and Premier of Montserrat the Hon. Donaldson Romeo, both months into their first term in office, have pledged to forge closer ties between their governments and peoples. On Monday, Prime Minister Browne, accompanied by Permanent Secretary Ambassador Colin Murdoch, paid a goodwill…
Read More »
December 2, 2014
986

Gaston Browne administration inks deal with Robert DeNiro

The Gaston Browne Administration on Friday demonstrated that it is serious about its promise to make the sister island of Barbuda a major contributor to the economic development of the twin island state when Prime Minister the Hon. Gaston Browne and international film star Robert De Niro signed a Memorandum of Agreement for an investment project valued at over US $250 Million.…
Read More »