Daily Archives: Mar 3, 2017
IOC warns Tokyo 2020 over men-only golf course
The International Olympic Committee has warned it will move the Tokyo 2020 golf event from its current venue if it does not admit women.
Christmas Day shooting victim celebrates birthday at home with family
Although his road to recovery will be a long journey, the family of the British national who was shot in the head on Christmas Day, received an extra reason to smile on Wednesday as they welcomed their loved one home.
Ten-year sentence for All Saints man overturned
Gemal Benjamin got his first glimpse of freedom in the welcoming arms of his weeping father, since he was sentenced to 10 years in Her Majesty’s Prison in 2015 on an aggravated robbery conviction.
Former pacer backs review of controversial eligibility rule
Former national and West Indies fast bowler, Kenneth Benjamin, is supporting a review of the West Indies Cricket Board’s controversial eligibility rule.
Benjamin’s backing of...
Gov’t loses to former MSJMC board chairman’s appeal
The government will have to pay the former chairman of the Board of the Mount St John’s Medical Centre (MSJMC), Milton Pringle, for terminating him without legal authority.
Calls for gov’t to answer on ‘Deluxe Deal’
A good governance advocate on public policy has called on the government to answer some critical questions on the proposed deal to buy out the financially-troubled Deluxe Cinemas from the family of a Cabinet minister.
Martin to stay at APUA helm as Gaston yields to Cabinet
Prime Minister Gaston Browne has backed down from his call for the sacking of the General Manager of Antigua Public Utilities Authority (APUA) Esworth Martin, who Browne accused of breaching a Cabinet decision by contracting a private company to manage an APUA desalination plant.