Daily Archives: May 25, 2017

It will be a while before US officials can have the extradition request fulfilled for the return of Leroy King, the former administrator of the Financial Services Regulatory Commission (FSRC) who is wanted for fraud.

The Junior Chamber International (JCI) Antigua group is encouraging men in the society to come forward and join the organisation as it noted that the males are no longer gravitating toward service oriented activities.

Residents who helped themselves to cans and bottles of Coca-Cola that fell off a delivery truck on Monday, could face larceny charges.

The Chairman of the Integrity Commission has revealed that compliance across the public service is only around 50 per cent – meaning that regularly, half of all those required to file declarations of their assets with the commission simply do not.

Chairman of the Integrity Commission Radford Hill is dissatisfied with the limited powers of the commission and has declared that it will recommend amendments granting it “more teeth”.

The prosecution’s star witness took the stand yesterday to provide the High Court with graphic details of what he said was the shooting of Albert “Pressure Man” Browne.

A 21-month jail term handed down last year to Barcelona and Argentina footballer Lionel Messi has been confirmed by Spain's Supreme Court, but he is unlikely to go to prison.

Chief selector Courtney Browne has warned that West Indies should brace for a difficult tour of England this summer but says the young regional side should use the experience as a learning curve in building for the future.

Coach of the Flyers basketball team George Hughes, has shot down suggestions that poor coaching decisions may have resulted in his team’s 3-1 playoff finals series defeat to the Hands Up Foundation (HUF) Baldwin Braves.

Coach of the Antigua & Barbuda senior national cricket team and former West Indies wicketkeeper, Ridley Jacobs, has blamed “poor cricket” by his players, in their last two matches of the recently ended Leeward Islands 50 overs Competition, for the country’s disappointing third place finish.