Daily Archives: Aug 30, 2018

Head of the Antigua and Barbuda Bodybuilding and Weightlifting Federation (ABBWF), Dave George, has commended the sport’s top athletes who competed in the Giovanni Arendz Classic in Aruba last weekend.

Coach of the senior women’s football team, Vincent “Nabu” Samuel, said the absence of five regular starters for the ongoing CONCACAF Women’s Qualifiers in...

The West Indies women were held to a draw in their two-match T20 practice series at the Sir Vivian Richards Cricket Grounds on Tuesday by the Antigua and Barbuda Cricket Association (ABCA) Under-17 boys’ team.

One presidential hopeful for the National Olympic Committee (NOC), Neil Cochrane, has warned that an unwarranted delay in the implementing and execution of recommendations from the joint International Olympic Committee (IOC) and Pan American Sports Organisation (PASO) delegation which visited Antigua in May, could have serious implications for the twin-island state.

Local architect and vice-president of the Antigua and Barbuda Institute of Architects, Colin John Jenkins, came to the defense of the Development Control Authority (DCA) and said that they should not shoulder all the blame for buildings not reflecting building codes.  While we have no argument with that statement, the entire building code situation reminds us of one of our favourite quotes: “There’s never enough time to do it right, but there’s always enough time to do it over.” We love this Jack Bergman quote because it is such an apt description of the way we do things in the Caribbean. We refer to those wise words constantly, but usually take the liberty of changing it to “time and resources.”

The Trinidad and Tobago government has dismissed reports of an outbreak of malaria in the country after the media here reported that a Venezuelan national had been hospitalised with the virus.

A survey conducted by the Haitian Institute of Childhood (HIS) has found that the number of women who agree with at least one reason for domestic violence has not changed between the years 2012-17.

Acting Senior Probation Officer, Alvin Jarvis, says parents should communicate regularly with the people with whom their children associate to make it easier for them to know their childrens’ whereabouts.

The Antigua Lions Club offered aid to Catherine Roberts of Gilpin Avenue, who lost her household items and other personal possessions in a house fire recently.

Youth Development Officer, Cleon Athill, in a recent interview with OBSERVER media, said that the practice of transactional sex is a way of life within our society.