Daily Archives: Aug 11, 2018

A total of 47 young cricketers have been selected from eight secondary schools across the country to be part of the Elite Camp being put on by former Leeward Islands and West Indies cricketer, Ridley Jacobs.

Goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois officially signed a six-year deal with Real Madrid on Thursday, ending his seven-year spell at Chelsea.

Former Leeward Islands and West Indies cricketer, Ridley Jacobs has denied public claims that the sport of cricket is not attracting younger players.

Several NFL players who protested during the U.S. national anthem before pre-season games have been criticised by President Donald Trump.

National high jumper, Priscilla Frederick, will not compete at this weekend’s North American Central American and Caribbean (NACAC) Championships at the Varsity stadium in Toronto, Canada.

During a post-Carnival interview, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Ali and Associates mas’ troupe, Alister Thomas, indicated that it was his belief that in order to improve our Carnival product, there must be a review of how carnival has been produced in the past. Specifically, he stressed that party politics needs to be removed from the annual event.  That is a truism that no one can successfully argue against.

“It cannot be fair, right or reasonable that the government invests significant funds into our festival through waiver of duties and so forth and on the back end you get faced with threats and ultimatums and so forth for payment. It’s just not right,” Matthew stated.

Daryll Matthew, the minister of Culture and National Festivals, is disappointed with this year’s Miss Antigua Barbuda Competition. He shared his thoughts during a postmortem carnival interview on OBSERVER AM yesterday.

While the success of students who wrote this year’s Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) is being celebrated, there is a great concern about the number of students who are producing subpar results.

Students from Antigua and Barbuda and other parts of the Caribbean, who sat the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examination in June have done exceedingly well compared to last year.