Daily Archives: Aug 16, 2018
CIP and outstanding taxes to pay ALORICA workers hired by gov’t
Chief of Staff, Lionel "Max" Hurst, has disclosed that the government intends to use funds from the Citizenship by Investment Programme (CIP) and taxes recovered by the government to finance the hiring of 100 former ALORICA workers.
Former AG encourages electorate to put aside politics in the lead up to the referendum
As the date approaches for the referendum on whether Antigua and Barbuda accepts the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) as its final court, former Attorney General Justin Simon, QC, is calling on the electorate to put aside partisan politics, and view the issue in the collective interest of the country.
Container of contraband seized at harbour
A container containing pharmaceuticals, rodenticides, pesticides and herbicides hidden among food items was recently seized at the port.
Health authorities pull drug off shelves after valsartan recall
Health authorities in Antigua and Barbuda are cautioning residents not to be “overly alarmed” about a global valsartan recall, while confirming that batches of the drug were pulled from the shelves of two pharmacies in St. John’s.