Daily Archives: May 29, 2017

Officers attached to the Freetown Police Station are demanding the immediate relocation of the station as they lament being forced to work under conditions such as sewage seeping from the pipes on the upstairs toilet, broken faucets and damaged electrical outlets.

Old Road Southside Ballers picked up a victory in the Antigua & Barbuda Football Association’s (ABFA) women’s competition on Saturday, beating Fort Road 3-1 at the Antigua Recreation Grounds (ARG).

The groups leading the process to address domestic violence and related issues are being advised to reshape and renew their focus on educating the masses.

There were a few interesting tidbits that were mentioned in the most recent post-cabinet briefing that caught our eye but one in particular has rankled the nerves of every right-thinking person on the island.

A high number of criminal appeals against conviction and sentencing in the High Court and Magistrates’ Courts are docketed for hearing this week when the itinerant Supreme Court sits in Antigua & Barbuda.

The police have issued another appeal for help in finding out who shot and killed businessman Campbell Jackson, and injured his son Jari Jackson and their friend Tevin George Thursday night.

Minister of Sports, EP Chet Greene, said he is “bothered” over the slow to stagnant manner in which the planning of the touted Four Knights Cricket Academy has progressed.

The Empire cricket team rallied to a third straight victory in the Cool & Smooth T20 Cricket Explosion on Saturday at the Sir Vivian Richards Cricket Ground, beating Caribbean Union Bank (CUB) Bethesda by just three runs in the second game of a double-header.

The minister responsible for public safety, Steadroy “Cutie” Benjamin said the government is mulling a number of ideas on how to address the issue of illicit guns on the streets in Antigua.

For the past two consecutive weekends, Barbuda Council workers have allegedly not been paid. And, several of them reached out to OBSERVER media to bring the matter to the attention of the public in the absence of any explanation from their bosses.