Daily Archives: Jul 8, 2017

The 15 recipients of the Governor General’s Personal Awards who were recognized during the Inaugural Investiture Ceremony on Thursday expressed their gratitude for being honoured for their service to Antigua & Barbuda.

While the CEO of the Antigua & Barbuda Airport Authority (ABAA) has refused to comment on a call for him to be fired, he has sought to clear the air on Thursday’s shutdown of the airport due to a fumigation exercise.

Member of Parliament for St John’s Rural South, Eustace “Teco” Lake is threatening to go independent or challenge any decision by his colleagues in the Antigua Barbuda Labour Party (ABLP), some of whom want to see him out and replaced by businessman, Darryl Matthew.

World record holder Wayde van Niekerk ran the fastest 400m time of the year on his return to action at the Diamond League meeting in Lausanne.

KINGSTON, Jamaica (CMC) – Captain Jason Holder says West Indies need to find solutions to their batting woes by the time the next one-day series rolls around against England in September.

President of the Antigua & Barbuda Athletics Association (ABAA), Everton Cornelius, has lamented the state of the country’s lone track & field facility even as a number of the country’s top senior athletes have opted out of this weekend’s national championships.

South Africa pace bowler Kagiso Rabada has been suspended for the second Test against England following an altercation with Ben Stokes at Lord's.

Antigua & Barbuda will compete in Group B of the Little League Baseball competition which will be held here from July 7-17 at two venues, namely the Coolidge Cricket Ground and the Police Recreation Ground.

The results of the recent Grade Six National Assessment (GSNA) for 2017 has shone a spotlight on the academic performance of boys versus girls and private versus public schools.  It just happens to be the same spotlight that is powered up every year, but this year, the intensity is driven by the accelerating trend line.