Daily Archives: Jan 26, 2018

A decision on the eligibility of national overseas-based midfielder, Quinton Griffith to play in the Antigua and Barbuda Football Association (ABFA) Premier Division could be made next week.

Newly-promoted Ottos Coolers opened their campaign in the Antigua and Barbuda Basketball Association (ABBA) Division 2 league with a blow-out victory over Christos Supermarket Kenneth A. Gomez United on Wednesday night.

West Indies are likely to be under-strength for the all-important ICC World Cup qualifiers, with several players opting out of selection for the one-day tournament in Zimbabwe.

To those whom it concerns, and it really ought to concern every Antiguan and Barbudan, the prime minister’s budget speech was a smorgasbord of tiresome comparisons and a craven playing to the peanut gallery. MP Joanne Massiah referred to it as a “Houdini budget,” and she ruefully remarked that there was no way that the government could pay for all the unrealistic and fanciful promises. We noted with a wan smile that the PM elicited much laughter when referencing the over-the-top promise of ‘five hundred houses in five hundred days,’ as well he ought to have, because no serious person could have ever considered that promise as anything more than a fallacy. The fact that he constantly goes back to it shows that he has a sense of humour. Perverse? Perhaps. Tone-deaf? Most assuredly! After all, with the seriousness of our housing situation here in Antigua (never mind Barbuda), affordable and low-income housing ought not to be a laughing matter.

Some dogs that have major illnesses and injuries, untreatable in Antigua and Barbuda, are flown to No Paw Left Behind, a Florida-based organisation aimed at improving the lives and conditions of dogs.

Public servants are to receive a 5 percent across the board increase on their salaries, Prime Minister Gaston Browne disclosed yesterday during the presentation of the 2018 National Budget.

Independent parliamentarian Joanne Massiah has likened the 2018 budget, presented in the Lower House on Thursday, to an act of illusory magic.

Some established workers at the Clarevue Psychiatric Hospital intensified their protest action yesterday, hours after the Ministry of Health issued a statement indicating that the concerns regarding working conditions were being addressed.

Some $106 million has been earmarked for the Ministry of Health and the Environment in this year’s $1.2 billion national budget, representing the largest allocation.   

Some $106 million has been earmarked for the Ministry of Health and the Environment in this year’s $1.2 billion national budget, representing the largest allocation.