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Daily Archives: Apr 5, 2018

Ovals pick up double victories

It was a good day for the F and G Trading Cuties Ovals Ojays basketball club in the Antigua and Barbuda Basketball Association competition...

UPP Calls for an independent investigator for the Wendell Robinson Probe

The United Progressive Party (UPP) welcomes the long over-due action of the Police Service Commission to suspend Commissioner of Police Wendel Robinson and to order an investigation into the sexual misconduct allegations against him.

Police commissioner Wendel Robinson suspended

Commissioner of Police, Wendel Robinson, has been suspended with immediate effect. The order came from the Police Service Commission in a letter signed by...

Aspiring politician calls out PSC and AG on police sex scandal

Aspiring politician, Erica Edwards, of the Democratic National Alliance, has accused Attorney General Steadroy “Cutie” Benjamin of interfering in the investigation into three allegations...

An emotional "Pretty Boy" speaks about his innocence

Assistant Coach of the Antigua and Barbuda National Football Team, Derrick “Pretty Boy” Edwards, broke down in tears on OBSERVER Radio today when he...

Barbuda’s diaspora galvanising for the island’s future

The recently held ‘Envisioning Barbuda for 2030 and Beyond part 2’, has been described as a successful dialogue event which focused on improving life in Barbuda.

Editorial: On fecklessness and fear

It is that palpable sense of fear – that unmistakable feeling that if the body politic dares to ‘speak truth to power,’ there will be consequences and repercussions – ‘things’ will happen too dastardly to contemplate. Actually, forget about our earlier word  ‘feeling’ and substitute it with the word, ‘fact.’ The fact of the matter is that a cloud of foreboding and dread has descended on our bit of paradise and there is a chilling climate of fear. We can cite numerous and varied examples of intimidation and bullying, but in the interest of time and space, we will mention only one.

Halo donates care kits to DoGA

The Halo Foundation, donated a supply of 100 care kits to the Directorate of Gender Affairs, in support of its domestic violence programme.  Lady Sandra Williams presented the items to Farmala Jacobs, acting director of Gender Affairs, at a meeting held at Government House recently.          

NODS prepares for the hurricane season

The National Office of Disaster Services (NODS) has begun preparing for the upcoming hurricane season, with particular focus on the removal of landfill debris.

Police probe teen's rape

The brutal rape of a teenager has police searching for clues to find the perpetrator, as the victim has not been able to speak since she was found.
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