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A Toyota Allion, property of Lerkisha Hector, has been reported stolen and the public is being asked to look out for the vehicle. It is silver, registered A44195 and valued $25,000. Hector said she parked the vehicle on a by-road in Potters Extension on Tuesday at 9:30 p.m. When she returned to the area where she had parked the car, it was not there. She said she had left cash and several important identification cards in the vehicle.Read more...
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President of the Antigua Girls Brigade Island Council, Judy St. John-Edwards (right), is pictured with the new Patron of the Antigua and Barbuda Girls Brigade, Sandra Lady Williams, President and Founder of the Halo Foundation. Lady Williams was approached by the organization to assist with its programmes following the retirement of former patron Dr. Gloria Mason-Thomas. Lady Williams was briefed on the status of the not-for-profit entity and pledged to work along with the team in several areas, including the execution of their planned recruitment drive and the celebration of Girls Brigade Month from May 15th to June 15th. The […]Read more...
Progress one step
Barbuda Council builders are reportedly moving to complete the Nurses Quarters on the sister island, damaged by Hurricane Irma in 2017. According to a post on the Barbuda Council’s Facebook page, a one-month deadline has been set. That, however, depends on weather and availability of materials. The work is being undertaken by the Works Department and the Council’s Health Committee. (Social media photos)Read more...
Two-week deadline not
The manager of the Electricity Business Unit at Antigua Public Utilities Authority (APUA) says the deadline for restoration of electricity on the sister isle, as stipulated by Member of Parliament Trevor Walker, is not feasible. However Andre Matthias told OBSERVER media that he’s working in tandem with the Barbuda Council by assisting where he believes the process could be accelerated. “The deadline of two weeks though … I take that in a positive sense. Some people have been saying ‘you know why is Mr. Walker giving us a deadline when they could be doing more as far as the Council […]Read more...
Antigua agreement the
Global Ports Holding (GPH) Chairman Mehmet Kutman has described his company’s agreement with the Government of Antigua and Barbuda as one of the most difficult contracts the company has negotiated. In an interview with one of our reporters, Kutman said the government was a tough negotiator and GPH agreed to a number of things it would not normally have accepted, based on the company’s practice. “The important thing was to really be able to raise another flag in the Caribbean. That’s one reason we practically said yes to a lot of things which normally, according to our standards, we would […]Read more...
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