Daily Archives: Aug 14, 2018

Regional air travel came to the fore recently with the announcement that Antigua and Barbuda was willing to support Dominica in its bid to maintain a campus of Ross University School of Medicine on that island, through the elimination of transit taxes for students passing through the twin-island state en route to the university in Dominica.  The second bit of news was a somewhat odd advertisement from Caribbean

Chairman of the Agriculture and Fisheries Committee of the Barbuda Council, Kendra Beazer, said that farmers on the sister isle are thankful for the troughs donated to them.

Redonda Restoration Programme coordinators, Natalya Lawrence and Shanna Challenger, said in an interview yesterday on OBSERVER AM, that access to the dozens of offshore islands around Antigua is too easy.

Edda Hadeed, president of the sickle cell association, has renewed the association’s plea to the general public for funds to pay its staff.

Nationals who are yet registered to vote will have to do so by the end of August in order to be eligible to participate in the November 6 referendum to determine whether the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) will be the nation’s final court of appeal.

The idea of male brand ambassadors, commonly called ‘Promo Boys,’ is frowned on in large swarths of the community because of perceived homosexual overtones.

A punctured lung and two fractured ribs are among the injuries that Denton Roberts sustained after he was stabbed three times to the back during a brawl on the Wadadli Cats at the Heritage Quay Dock on Sunday around 5:30 p.m. A suspect was in police custody up to last night.