antigua and barbuda

November 3, 2014
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Former Prime Minister the Hon. Lester Bryant Bird to be confered the Honour of National Hero of Antigua and Barbuda on Monday

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua and Barbuda – 1st November, 2014….. Preparations are well advanced for confering of the National Honour of Knight Companion of the Most Exalted Order of National Hero on Former Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda and Parliamentary Representative of the St. John’s Rural East Constituency, the Hon. Lester Bryant Bird at the National Ceremonial Parade on Monday.…
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October 3, 2014
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Antigua and Barbuda to host reparations conference this month

ST JOHN’S, Antigua – The movement towards reparations will take another vital step later this month when Antigua & Barbuda will play host to the 2nd Caricom Reparations Conference. The conference, staged by the Caricom Reparations Commission and the Antigua & Barbuda Reparations Support Commission (ABRSC), will be held from Sunday, October 12 to Tuesday, October 14 at the Jolly…
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September 10, 2014
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Caribbean Maritime Institute to offer Three Full Tuition Scholarships to Antigua and Barbuda Nationals

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua and Barbuda – 10th September, 2014……..The Port Management Association of the Caribbean (PMAC) has funded a team of Port Consultants out of Jamaica to give the Antigua and Barbuda Government advice on the Port Development Modernization Project. The delegation is comprised of the Executive Director of the Caribbean Maritime Institute Dr. Fritz Pinnock, the Honourable Noel Hylton…
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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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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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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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