Daily Archives: May 24, 2017

The lack of human and financial resources has impacted the ministry’s position on the extension of the secondary level school day from the current 8 am to 1:30 pm to 8 am to 3 pm.

Passengers who have opted to use LIAT as their mode of travel after midnight tonight, may have to make alternative arrangements or pay keen attention to special advisories as the union representing the airline pilots has threatened to withold labour over a stalled wage agreement.

The Antigua Trades & Labour Union (AT&LU) has advised workers at the Agriculture Development Corporation (ADC) to protest against a shortened work week that has been in place for some time.

The fate of the next general elections lies with the decriminalisation of the controversial marijuana plant, a drug that many people want to be legalised.

Tourism, Economic Development and Investment Minister Asot Michael has told the Invest Caribbean 2017 Forum that efforts will continue apace to attract investment into the country and will include a review of the nation’s current incentive scheme.

Like a true striker, former national footballer Everton “Batow” Gonsalves completed his hattrick in style, winning a third consecutive four-year term as President of the Antigua & Barbuda Football Association (ABFA) when the body held its long awaited and anticipated general elections on Monday night.

Golden State Warriors breezed into their third NBA Finals in a row with a 129-115 win over San Antonio Spurs.

Following her triumph in the Dr Sir Cuthwin Lake Super Sprint, the Chief Rocker Stables is confident that thoroughbred, First Lady, can go all the way and capture the Antigua Triple Crown Series put on by the Antigua Turf Club (ATC).

Empire football and the invited Montserrat national cricket team joined Sunday’s winners in the 2017 Cool & Smooth T20 Cricket Explosion on the points standing, recording victories in their opening group fixtures at the Sir Vivian Richards Cricket Ground on Monday night.

When you read the opening line of a press release and it ends by describing a relationship as having “deteriorated to an all-time low”, you know things are bad. Well, that is exactly how the Leeward Island Airlines Pilots Association (LIALPA) began its recent press release and described its relationship with LIAT management. It stated, “The Leeward Island Pilots Association would like to inform the General Public that its relationship with LIAT (1974) Ltd is currently strained and has deteriorated to an all time low.”