Daily Archives: May 4, 2018

The government has approved an undisclosed sum of money to go towards the execution of Barbuda’s Caribana.

Ten construction workers were rushed to the Mount St. John’s Medical Centre after they were involved in a traffic accident while heading to work on Thursday.

“It is unfortunate that we now have to resort to paying people to clean up their own country, to clean up the island. I am not for it, but these international agencies have their procedures in place and if that was what the money was solicited for then they have to use it.”

Three years after the government invested $30 million  in equity to take majority shares in the Caribbean Union Bank (CUB), the financial institution has turned a profit in its last operational cycle.

Have you ever driven behind a vehicle and seen the occupants indiscriminately toss garbage from the windows as they speed down the road? Plastic bottles, food containers, rubbish, etc? Or, have you witnessed a truck illegally dumping on a back road? Maybe you thought it was your civic duty to confront the perpetrators and that you would be rewarded with a contrite response. That is indeed a romantic view and demonstrates a good deal of civic pride; however, we are willing to bet that instead of an apology you were treated to a verbal barrage of the most foul language imaginable. We wouldn’t doubt you if you told us that the litterbugs and illegal dumpers became physically confrontational because that is where we are in our bit of paradise when it comes to civic pride; littering and illegal dumping.

The acquiring of a larger starting gate is expected to boost participation at the Cassada Gardens Race Track and more so, during the staging of this year’s Triple Crown Series.

Antiguan footballers selected to play during the annual Brooklyn League in the U.S.A., must change their mode of operation and thinking if they are to benefit fully from the experience.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) – Cricket West Indies chief executive, Johnny Grave, has warned there will be no immediate return to the international side for Darren Bravo, after the left-hander thrice rejected offers to end his exile from the senior squad.