Daily Archives: Apr 11, 2018

The Antigua and Barbuda Electoral Commission is preparing for a by-election on Barbuda.

An investigation is underway in St. Vincent into what the police there believe is a possible racket involving Antigua and Barbuda passports.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Apr 11, CMC – A delegation from the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Poultry Association (CPA) has met with officials from the Guyana-based CARICOM Secretariat to discuss how they could work together so as to benefit from the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME).

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, Apr 11, CMC – Haiti has warned persons “regardless of status…or organisation” to stop wearing military uniforms which it says is “intended to confuse and discredit” the new army.

GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health Organization said on Wednesday around 500 people had been treated for “signs and symptoms consistent with exposure to toxic chemicals” after a suspected poison gas attack in a Syrian rebel enclave just before it fell.

WASHINGTON/BEIRUT (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump warned Russia on Wednesday of imminent military action in Syria over a suspected poison gas attack, declaring that missiles “will be coming” and lambasting Moscow for standing by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

KUTUPALONG REFUGEE CAMP, Bangladesh (Reuters) - Rehana Khatun dreamed her husband came home. He appeared without warning in their village in western Myanmar, outside their handsome wooden house shaded by mango trees. “He didn’t say anything,” she said. “He was only there for a few seconds, and then he was gone.” Then Rehana Khatun woke up.

The politics of Antigua and Barbuda is in one of its most interesting phases. The United Progressive Party (UPP), having suffered a disappointing showing in the 2018 general election, is looking to the future and it would appear that they are leaning on history to guide them forward. Realising that the party needs to put its infighting in the rear view mirror and establish a united front against\ the Antigua Barbuda Labour Party (ABLP), its leader,

By the end of this week, officials from the National Office of Disaster Services (NODS) is expected to complete the documentation for the last piece of equipment needed for a flood and hazard early warning system to help authorities detect early signs of flooding, tsunamis and other disasters.

The authors behind a recently commissioned regional study are appealing to CARICOM to amend parts of its treaty which makes it difficult for law students studying outside the University of the West Indies (UWI) to access legal education. This is one of several recommendations contained in the “Final Report on the Legal Education in CARICOM member states” which was prepared by the IMPACT Justice Project and the Association of Caribbean Students for Equal Access to the Legal Profession, (ACSEAL). The report highlights the status and relevance of the current legal education system; the extent to which it meets the needs of the students; and concerns of discrimination in access to legal education and by extension, the legal profession. Regional Project Director for Impact Justice, Professor Velma Newton told OBSERVER media yesterday that current holders of an LLB (Bachelor of Laws degree) from the UWI gain automatic entry into a law programme in any Caribbean country. This is secured by Article Three of the Treaty of Chaguaramas. However, students earning degrees from other institutions, though of equal standing, must sit an entrance test, but a passing Professor Velma Newton grade does not guarantee space for admission. “That system was set up back in the 1970s and has now outlived its purposes. It was at that time designed to foster a sense of self and to create a body of learning and individuals who were steeped in our traditions and our legal system and so on,” Newton said.