antigua and barbuda

  • August 28, 2014
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    Government signs $36M agreement with China

    Antigua & Barbuda has signed a $200 million RNB or US $36 million agreement with the Chinese government, officials report. It follows Prime Minister Gaston Browne’s official visit to the Asian country. Part of the deal is for financing the Deep Water Harbour Development Project, which includes a cruise ship section, hotel and museum. An interest-free US $4.8 million loan…

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  • Photo of Tourism minister outlines development plans for the sector
    August 25, 2014
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    Tourism minister outlines development plans for the sector

    Tourism Minister Asot Michael will be wrapping up talks with tourism stakeholders in Canada and the US this weekend. According to an official press release, Michael and his team met with representatives from the Florida-Caribbean Cruise Association (FCCA) in Fort Lauderdale, Florida Travel Trade during his trip this past week. While in Florida, the minister announced plans for the cruise…

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  • Photo of UAE Investor Signs Agreement For $120 Million Hotel Project in Antigua
    July 22, 2014
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    UAE Investor Signs Agreement For $120 Million Hotel Project in Antigua

    Antigua Prime Minister Gaston Browne has signed a memorandum of agreement with Sheikh Tariq bin Faisal Al Qassimi on a $120 million hotel project, the government announced. The agreement with the United Arab Emirates-based investor was signed on Sunday after negotiations following Browne’s trip to Brazil last week. Al Qassimi signed the agreement on behalf of Al Caribi Development, which…

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  • July 1, 2014
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    Time for action; time to advance – Prime Minister Gaston Browne

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     “We have paused enough; it is time for action. We have retreated enough; it is time to advance.” This was the charge newly-elected Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, the Honourable Gaston Browne, delivered on Tuesday evening to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), as he made his first address at a Conference of Heads of…

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  • June 10, 2014
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    Arrival Statement Of The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Electoral Observer Mission To The Antigua And Barbuda General Elections On 12 June 2014

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     An eleven (11) member Electoral Observer Mission from the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is now in Antigua and Barbuda to monitor the Parliamentary Elections to be held on June 12, 2014. The Mission headed by Mr. Orrette Fisher, Director of the Electoral Office of Jamaica, is in the country on the invitation of the Government…

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  • January 15, 2014
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    CARICOM Broadcasters at workshop on Regional Integration and the CSME

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     Approximately thirty Caribbean Community (CARICOM) broadcasters are scheduled for a workshop on regional integration and the CARICOM Single Market and Economy CSME in Antigua and Barbuda 16-17 January, 2014.  The activity, organized by the CARICOM Secretariat with funding from the 10th European Development Fund (EDF), is taking place at the Jolly Beach Resort and…

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  • May 2, 2013
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    ESSENCE, SPIRIT OF CARICOM STILL RELEVANT – AMBASSADOR CLARENCE HENRY

    CARICOM was established in 1973 with the signing of the Treaty of Chaguaramas, and is observing its 40th anniversary this year. “The model may be challenged in other regions of the world, but it must be understood that regional integration requires constant tweaking,” he said, while alluding to the challenges currently facing the Region and the ever “evolving global multiplex…

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  • April 29, 2013
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    Expert says cyber attacks increasing locally

    ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Computer technology expert Yves Ephraim has pointed to growing incidents of cyber attacks in the country as a new report points to its damaging effects on small businesses in particular. Ephraim, managing director of Pegasus Technologies, told OBSERVER Media that in his line of work, he has seen repeated examples of cyber attacks which lead him…

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  • October 17, 2012
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    Opening Remarks By Ambassador Irwin Larocque, Secretary-general, Caribbean Community (CARICOM) at The Opening of The Eleventh Week Of Agriculture, Antigua And Barbuda, 17 October 2012

    ​(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) It is indeed a pleasure for me to address the opening of the 11th Caribbean Week of Agriculture, here in the beautiful country of Antigua and Barbuda whose government graciously consented to be the host for this week of activities. Since 1998, the CWA has become the signature event for the Region’s agriculture since…

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  • March 12, 2009
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    Caribbean community (CARICOM) electoral observer mission to Antigua and Barbuda : preliminary statement

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) On the invitation of the Government of Antigua and Barbuda, the Caribbean Community mounted a CARICOM Electoral Observer Mission to monitor the election system and processes, as well as the conduct of the General Elections held on 12 March 2009. The eleven member Observer Mission led by Mr. Noel Lee, former Director of Elections…

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