Daily Archives: Jan 17, 2017

The head of a well-known citizenship advisory firm is making a call for Caribbean Citizenship by Investment Programmes (CIPs) to vet applicants through Caricom’s Joint Regional Communications Centre (JRCC).

Chairman of the Caribbean Association of Security Professionals (CASP) Oral Reid is urging lawmen to work more closely with the community to better understand how residents perceive crime.

Citizenship advisory firm Henley & Partners has declared that the “selective extracts” of its Chairman, Dr Christian Kalin’s interview with CBS aired on its 60 Minutes programme, “did not reflect his views comprehensively”.

The Office of the Ombudsman in Antigua & Barbuda must be strengthened and made apolitical as a measure to protect whistle-blowers and combat corruption in the government, former attorney general Justin Simon said.

Frustrated residents of Cashew Hill have described as “lame” and “unsatisfactory” the effort by the Ministry of Public Works to address poor drainage and damaged roads which have caused constant flooding and other problems in the area for over a decade.

The issue of overcrowding, at least for the time being, should not be an issue for staff and students at the Clare Hall Secondary School (CHSS).

If we were to use the police’s recently released crime stats for 2016 as a fair measure, instances of praedial larceny in Antigua & Barbuda are not so big a deal, as there were only 16 throughout the entire year.

Principal and teachers in secondary schools on the island are expected to be trained to use the new Electronic Text Book System which will eventually replace the hard copies.

Valtteri Bottas has succeeded retired world champion Nico Rosberg as Lewis Hamilton's team-mate at Mercedes.

Chelsea have no intention of selling Diego Costa amid reports the striker is a transfer target of Chinese clubs.