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Daily Archives: Apr 19, 2018

Congo FA boss held over corruption

The president of the Congo Football Association (Fecofa), Constant Omari has been taken into custody as part of a probe into embezzlement.

Sir Viv Backs Inclusion Of CWI Head At ICC Meeting

Former West Indies captain, Sir Vivian Richards, believes that a sought after meeting with the game’s international governing body the ICC (International Cricket Council) by CARICOM, should include members of Cricket West Indies and in particular, President Dave Cameron.

EDITORIAL: There is always a solution

The Barbuda situation is a mess, and it is getting messier every day. Most recently, a group of residents from Barbuda and members of the diaspora from the United Kingdom, the United States, and Canada are appealing to global leaders gathered in London for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, to hold their peer, Prime Minister Gaston Browne, accountable for what they describe as “hostile actions his government has undertaken against the Barbudan population and failure to uphold both basic democratic values as laid out in the Commonwealth Charter and human rights standards of the 21st century.”

Former OPBM workers still awaiting severance

More than four years after the Overseas Property Bond Management Ltd. (OPBM) abruptly closed its doors, the six employees said they are growing impatient waiting for severance and their entitlements.

Eyebrows raised at policeman drawing firearm

Investigations have begun after a video of a policeman manhandling a man, while waving a gun, surfaced on WhatsApp and other social media platforms earlier this week.

Red Cross to build office and shelter in Barbuda

The Antigua and Barbuda Red Cross Society is planning to construct a branch office with an adjoining shelter in Barbuda.

Two to contest Barbuda by-election

With Nomination Day scheduled for today, two political parties have announced their candidates who will contest the by-election for a seat on the Barbuda Council.

Bank workers walk off the job

Normal operations at the Global Bank of Commerce, located on Old Parham Road, were disrupted up to midmorning yesterday, after workers abandoned active duty to protest the management’s alleged failure to recognise their bargaining unit of choice.

Bound and killed

The fear and uneasiness of residents in St. John's have deepened after the discovery of another man who was bound by the hands and feet and killed.
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