antigua and barbuda

February 26, 2015
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Antigua and Barbuda to launch UN International Decade for People of African Descent

The Government of Antigua and Barbuda and the Antigua and Barbuda Reparations Support Commission will this evening (Thursday) launch the United Nations International Decade for People of African Descent under the theme ‘People of African descent: recognition, justice and development’. The UN General Assembly, of which Antigua and Barbuda is a member, has proclaimed 2015-2024 as the International Decade for People…
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February 24, 2015
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Gender, climate change in focus at sanitation workshop

The Global Environment Facility-funded-Caribbean Regional Fund for Wastewater Management (GEF-CReW) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) will collaborate with the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) and the Caribbean Water and Sewerage Association Inc. (CAWASA) to convene a one-week workshop on Governance and Sanitation in Antigua and Barbuda. The workshop began on Monday at the Grand Royal Antiguan Beach Resort. According…
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February 24, 2015
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PM Browne Expresses Solidarity with Government of Venezuela

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua and Barbuda – 21 February 2015…..The administration of the Honourable Gaston Browne, Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, on Saturday expressed its solidarity with the people and Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela where an attempted military coup was hatched then discovered, and defeated. The Antigua and Barbuda Government and people stand with the democratically elected…
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February 18, 2015
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Antigua and Barbuda PM requests hold on LIAT decisions

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua and Barbuda – February 17, 2015……Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne has written to his colleague Dr Ralph Gonsalves in his capacity as Chairman of LIAT Shareholders, requesting that “no further action be taken with regard to any decisions made at the meeting of Shareholders’ of LIAT in Barbados on February 13th 2015” until his Cabinet has…
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February 18, 2015
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PM Browne impressed with progress at new airport terminal

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 to Antigua and Barbuda, His Excellency Mr. Ren…
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February 17, 2015
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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…
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February 13, 2015
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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…
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February 12, 2015
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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…
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January 30, 2015
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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…
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January 30, 2015
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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…
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