Daily Archives: May 3, 2017

When four students of Ottos Comprehensive School (OCS) went to the aid of an elderly woman in Ovals, last week, little did they know that their act of kindness would resonate with the entire country.

The country’s Attorney General Steadroy “Cutie” Benjamin has disassociated himself from a sugar and rice monopoly business proposal between a private entity and the Central Marketing Corporation (CMC).

The British company earmarked to build Barbuda’s new runway is not only doing so for a “competitive” price but has offered the government up to US $5 million financing interest-free, Prime Minister Gaston Browne said in defence of waiving the tendering process.

Two regional sexologists have expressed opposing views on whether “stealthing” transforms consensual sex into a non-consensual act with one citing it as the rape of one’s sexual partner.

The minister of Agriculture and Barbuda Affairs said that several stakeholders in Barbuda’s Caribana have suggested that the May 1 to June 30 closed season on lobster be tweaked to accommodate the annual festival.

Antigua & Barbuda’s Sibley Charles was in fine form over the weekend, winning the Girls Main Draw before teaming up with fellow Antiguan, Brasha Dyer, to take the Girls Doubles of the Caribbean Jr Invitational Tennis Tournament here at the National Tennis Center.

Jockey Michael Semple said he was always confident of taking the first leg of the Antigua Turf Club’s (ATC) Triple Crown Series, even after stumbling out of the starting gate.

Today is World Press Freedom Day 2017. Although it is a day that every media organisation should celebrate and use for reflection, we have to be honest and admit that it is a day that we have not given enough attention in the past. According to UNESCO (United Nations Organisation for Education, Science and Culture, “Every year, 3 May is a date which celebrates the fundamental principles of press freedom, to evaluate press freedom around the world, to defend the media from attacks on their independence and to pay tribute to journalists who have lost their lives in the exercise of their profession.”

MIAMI, FL – Hundreds of young footballers from around the region had the time of their lives as they were put to the test for a chance to be selected in the Ultimate Football Experience, a competition designed and executed by Flow and Manchester United with the support of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU).

England and Pakistan were the biggest gainers in the ICC's annual T20I rankings update, climbing to second and third place, respectively. New Zealand, meanwhile, held on to the top spot despite losing two points, while India and South Africa slipped down the table.