Daily Archives: Sep 26, 2017

Sixty-two percent of the candidates who took this year’s Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examination do not meet the minimum requirement for college and...

Attorney General Steadroy “Cutie” Benjamin said that the government will be footing the bill to lay murder accused, Deon “Ticks” Thomas, who has been...

Security staff at the VC Bird International Airport are refusing to work today due to an issue with a manager. The action is already delaying...

Lennox Weston, minister of state within the Ministry of Finance, has strongly suggested that the time has come for the government to re-examine the way home insurance is offered to residents, while emphasising the fact that not everyone can afford it.

The Antigua and Barbuda Master Blasters will be allowed to submit a larger roster than stipulated for the Antigua and Barbuda Cricket Association (ABCA) Tri20 Cricket Tournament slated for October 6-14 here at the Sir Vivian Richards Cricket Ground.

Ronald Jackson, executive director of the Caribbean Disaster Emergency and Management Agency (CDEMA), said that the severity of the devastation caused by hurricanes Irma and Maria, have not only challenged the immediate countries, but also the regional agency that is assisting with the relief efforts.

Elon Keturra has been charged for allegedly murdering her ex-partner, Carmona Samuel, during a domestic dispute at his Gilbert’s Estate property last Wednesday.

Attorney Michael Archibald was hospitalised overnight Sunday with two stab wounds following a domestic dispute Sunday night.

In addition to the hurricane season, the “silly season” is upon us! It is the time of the year when politicians climb atop a soapbox and utter speculative, wild-eyed and fanciful inanities in order to garner headlines It happens all over the world especially when there is a slow news cycle, or an upcoming election. Mercifully, much of what they have to say, “silly season” or not, is rejected out of hand by a discerning citizenry. Indeed, the summary dismissal of the “chaff” emanating from the mouths of our world’s politicians is now the default reaction of a jaded public that shakes its head and demurs that all the political “huffing and puffing” (an unwelcome pun at this wind-tossed time of year) is just a politician being, well . . . a politician. So, in this extremely active and destructive hurricane season, and one in which we should all have the utmost confidence in our leaders to do right by its citizens, cynicism abounds. Apparently, one of the casualties of Irma, Jose and Maria is trust!

US President Donald Trump has said his comments about national anthem protests have "nothing to do with race".