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Editorial: In the
At last, at last, at long last, the residents and staff at the Fiennes Institute are on the move to new temporary quarters at the Nurses Hostel. These new digs are a significant improvement on the 1920’s-era structures (ordered built by Governor Sir Eustace Fiennes, a man of vision and compassion) that had fallen into a shocking state of disrepair. It would not be a stretch to suggest that the conditions at the Fiennes Institute were a human rights violation, and they reflected rather poorly on us. Thankfully – and all Antiguans and Barbudans are indeed thankful; not to mention […]Read more...
Rapist found guilty,
Leon Riley could be jailed for life now that he has been convicted of rape, but he will know his fate on March 29 when he returns to court for sentencing before High Court Justice Keith Thom. The Lionel Hurst Street resident, indicted on charges of serious indecency and rape, was found guilty of both offences at the end of his trial. The incident occurred in April 2012 in the vicinity of Pensioners Beach where he took the 15-year-old victim and forced himself on her. Meanwhile, in an unrelated case, a 39-year-old man who allegedly had sex with an underaged […]Read more...
Relatives alarmed by
The sudden deaths of three people rushed to hospital this week with varying ailments are being investigated by the police, although there are no signs of foul play at this time. The latest deceased is 36- year-old Jemesha Robinson of Belmont, who woke up Thursday complaining of tightness in her chest and shortness of breath. She was taken to the hospital in an ambulance after her boyfriend reportedly summoned help due to her prolonged difficulty breathing. A police report said that soon after the ambulance arrived at the Mount St. John’s Medical Centre (MSJMC) with Robinson, her heart collapsed and […]Read more...
Sandals says disappearance
Sandals Grande Antigua says it has recovered thousands of dollars in jewellery which two guests reported stolen on Thursday, and the company is now in the process of reaching out to the couple to return the items. In a release to OBSERVER media yesterday afternoon, the company said, “The item in question was recovered within hours of the guest reporting it missing, and very importantly, security and police investigations backed up by our resort surveillance footage have shown that neither the resort nor any of its team members were in any way responsible for the item going missing.” According to […]Read more...
Two hospitalized after
Two people narrowly escaped drowning yesterday afternoon when the car in which they were travelling ran off the road after colliding with a fire truck that was responding to a reported blaze. Luckily for the female and male occupants of the car, uniformed personnel in the fire truck they collided with shortly after 4 p.m. responded quickly and jumped into the water to assist. The woman, trapped inside the overturned and partially submerged car, was successfully extracted from what could have been certain death, had help been longer in coming. A source who was on the scene between Johnsons Point […]Read more...
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