Daily Archives: Jun 19, 2017
Some homeowners didn't want the publicity at handing over ceremony
The government is explaining the reason why some people were not handed keys to their new homes at the housing project at Dredge Bay.
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Relative of injured teen calls for a national day of prayer
The young man of the Antigua Grammar School who was injured in a fight over the weekend has been identified as Jaheim Ferron.
Call for Festivals Commission to show evidence for budget request
Pundits have agreed that the Antigua & Barbuda Festivals Commission should provide the Cabinet with a “transparent explanation” to justify the need for the shortfall of $1.2 million to make up the budget of $7.4 million for the 60th anniversary of carnival.
Police intervene to settle Tomlinson workers’ pay dispute
An unusual scenario played out at the Police Headquarters last Friday as workers of the Tomlinson’s school site had to be paid there following an alleged altercation between a subcontractor and an employee.
Society is to be blamed for deadbeat fathers, advocate says
President of the Single Fathers’ Association in Trinidad & Tobago, Rhondall Jesse Feeles said society must take some of the blame for the men who are deemed to be “deadbeat fathers”.
Gov’t accused of ripping off construction workers
Top union officials expressed their shock, disappointment and outrage for what they deemed as the wholesale rip-off of construction workers.
AGS STUDENT IN COMA
A violent confrontation between two teenage boys has resulted in one of them being hospitalised in a coma at Mount St John’s Medical Centre (MSJMC) and the other in police custody.
Bravo sidelined unless tweet goes, says Cameron
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Cricket West Indies president, Dave Cameron, has made it clear that left-hander Darren Bravo will remain sidelined from selection until he removes the offensive tweet which resulted in his being sent home ahead of the Tri-Nations Series in Zimbabwe last November.
Selectors keep faith with same 13 for India series
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Selectors have named an unchanged 13-man West Indies squad to face India in the opening doubleheader of the five-match one-day series starting here next Friday.
Editorial: A father in the family
If you are a sentimental sort, you probably celebrated Father’s Day with a special “father” in your life. We use the quotations around “father” to donate the flexible use of the term in today’s modern family. And we use the word modern to describe families because the traditional family is not so traditional anymore.