Daily Archives: Aug 13, 2018

The mere title of this piece may be lost on many of the students who recently sat Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations.  After all, how many young teens know anything about vinyl records and the reference to them being broken. Since the topic of today is education, we will take a moment to explain to those youth who may be reading and do not understand the reference.  A broken record refers to those old black vinyl records you may see laying around your parents or grandparents’ homes.  The recording is made up of concentric grooves in the vinyl and playback requires a small needle to travel in the groves and transmit the “sound” to the amplifier.  (It is more complicated than that but good enough for now.)

The Canadian immigration agency –  Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), has instituted new measures in processing permanent resident applications for Caribbean and other immigrants. 

Caribbean American Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke has launched a scathing attack on United States President Donald J. Trump’s immigration policies, describing them as ongoing assaults on immigrants. 

The new ferry service between Antigua and Barbuda, which was launched on July 21 has stopped operating as of Saturday August 11. On Friday, a notice on the facebook page of the Lady Carolina ferry service informed customers that due to unforeseen circumstance the service will be continued from Saturday. Several customers have responded to the notice expressing shock and disappointment. The termination of the service is meant to be temporary, a source has confirmed. No further detail was provided for the sudden closure of the service, the company only cited unforeseen circumstances. This newspaper has since been informed that the move is to allow the company to handle housekeeping matters. According to our source, the ferry must also be reregistered in the British Virgin Islands in short order, However, patrons can look forward to the service restarting for the upcoming tourist season. The company, which is marketed as luxurious and affordable, provided daily trips to Barbuda, complementing the Barbuda Express which is used as the primary source of travel to the sister island. The owners of the Barbuda Express have indicated they will operating as normal to accommodate Barbudans wishing to travel between both islands.

Antigua and Barbuda has held on to the Leeward Island Calypso Monarch crown for the second year in a row following the staging of the regional competition in Anguilla Saturday night.

U.S. forecasters have downgraded their hurricane season predictions.

Anthony Govia, the man wanted for the June 30 robbery at the Carlisle Bay Resort is still at large but acting police commissioner, Athley Rodney says established intra regional police cooperation and procedure will ensure that the wanted man will be caught if he has fled to another island.