Daily Archives: Jun 1, 2017

Minister of Public Works Eustace “Teco” Lake said that the reconstruction of the decrepit walls at the Antigua Recreation Grounds (ARG), which commenced on Tuesday, will be completed within a month’s time.

Three men who have served within the Royal Police Force of Antigua and Barbuda (RPFAB) for a combined 122 years of unbroken service to the nation, will retire this year.

The failure of a judge to state just a few words on a particular issue when he was summarising the evidence in a child-rape case in 2014, has come back to save Verbin Bowen whose conviction and sentence were tossed out yesterday.

People’s Insurance Company (PIC) Liberta Blackhawks made light work of All Saints Pythons to emerge winners of Group A in the 2017 Cool & Smooth T20 Cricket Explosion on Tuesday.

The Antigua & Barbuda Tennis Association (ABTA) is hoping that the Ministry of Sports and by extension, the government, will come to its rescue and provide the EC $17,000 deficit required to fully cover all costs associated with the country’s participation in the Davis Cup.

President of the National Olympic Committee (NOC), EP Chet Greene said that a date will not be identified for the body’s general election until its books have been completely audited.

Another five months is the minimum time convicted ex-police constable Dave “Apple Boy” Roacher will have to wait to have his appeal heard against his conviction and sentence to 20 years for robbing two women at gunpoint.

Workers at the Veterinary and Livestock Division have agreed to give the Ministry of Agriculture two weeks to address longstanding concerns that influenced them to stop working at the Friars Hill office yesterday.

The Prime Minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines, Dr Ralph Gonsalves wants Caribbean leaders to impose a 1 per cent Disaster Levy on their citizens to go towards disaster recovery.

Twenty20 World Cup star, Johnson Charles, stroked a half-century but was the only bright spark as Afghanistan opened their limited overs tour of the Caribbean with a 12-run victory over the WICB President’s XI in St Kitts Tuesday night.