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Daily Archives: Mar 15, 2017

Zara puts twist on Sasha’s song

Dat Sexy Body, a hit song for singer Sasha in 2003, has a new lease on life after being sampled by Swedish teen sensation, Zara Larrson.

Alison Hinds rocks soca fans

HUNDREDS of soca and music lovers converged at the VMBS parking lot in St Andrew for Wray & Nephew Jamaica Carnival’s Soca In Da City last Saturday. The event was the first in the Jamaica Carnival’s series.

Queen Ifrica climbs to Billboard top

FOR the first time in three years, a female artiste is number one on the Billboard Reggae Album chart. Queen Ifrica’s Climb, released March 3 by VP Music Group, is on top this week.

Sex offenders returned to prison

St. Kitts and Nevis (WINN); Three convicted sex offenders were returned to Her Majesty’s Prison following their appearances before the Court of Appeal Tuesday (Mar 14).

Candle likely cause of fatal house fire

St. Kitts and Nevis (WINN): A candle may have been the cause of the fire that took the life of a well known Sandy Point resident Tuesday evening (Mar 14).

Sailing Week move sits well with taxi operators

Taxi drivers are elated that Antigua Sailing Week, one of the Caribbean’s most prominent regattas, has been moved from Nelson’s Dockyard back to Dickenson Bay.

Gov’t to conduct in-house survey on ease of doing business in A&B

The government will be carrying out its own assessment of the recently released World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business report, with a view to re-examining the figures quoted in the 2017 release and to make changes going forward.

Former Ms A&B to run against senator’s sibling for Barbuda Council seat

Former Miss Antigua & Barbuda, Asha Frank is expected to come up against Andre Lee, the brother of Senator Adrian Lee, in the Barbuda Council by-election on Monday, March 27.

Gov’t orders resumption of probe into CIP investor

The government has ordered the resumption of the investigation into the granting of citizenship to Chinese investor, Lihua Tian, who allegedly wilfully concealed material facts in support of her application which was approved.

Still no date for referendum

The Antigua & Barbuda Electoral Commission (ABEC) said that, to date, it has not been given a date for the referendum to select the Caribbean Court of Justice over the Privy Council as the country’s final appellate court.
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