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Daily Archives: Sep 10, 2018

NODS advises the monitoring of Hurricane Isaac

As local weather officials continue to monitor Hurricane Isaac which poses a threat to the Caribbean, residents should continue to pay attention to the...

Trinidad rattled by earthquake

An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.2 rattled Trinidad late Sunday night but there were no immediate reports of damages or injuries. The Seismic Research...

PAHO launches virtual course on suicide prevention

The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) is launching a virtual course on suicide prevention for primary healthcare workers in the Americas, including the Caribbean. It...

CCJ President to address conference in Jamaica

Newly appointed president of the Trinidad-based Caribbean Court of Justice, (CCJ), Adrian Saunders, and the Senior President of Tribunals in the United Kingdom, Sir...

Government condemns abuse of children

The Bahamas government says it will not tolerate, in any circumstances, “the mal-treatment, abuse or neglect of any child or person” following the circulation...

Bar Association, Sir Gerald Watt come under fire for recent public exchange

Both the Antigua and Barbuda Bar Association and Senior Attorney Sir Gerald Watt, QC are being scrutinised for public remarks that were made recently in relation to the Barbuda airport injunction case.

PM Browne questions why nation left out of US interview waiver programme

The Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda is having a hard time understanding why the twin-island state as well as two other member states of the Organisation of the Eastern Caribbean (OECS), were not included in the list of countries that are to benefit from the United States (U.S.) interview waiver programme for people renewing their visas.

Temporary location soon for Fiennes residents

The Cabinet of Antigua and Barbuda has approved a plan to temporarily relocate residents of the Fiennes Institute to the Nurses Hostel building on Parliament Drive to make way for repairs to the facility which has been derelict for some time.

Paynters homes will be ready for Christmas

There will be almost 90 new households at Paynters this Christmas. According to information from Cabinet, 87 of the 160 homes that are being constructed under the Government’s Housing Project at Paynters will be ready for occupancy by Christmas this year.

New laws or just enforcement?

The Cabinet’s announcement that it was implementing a new law governing littering and environmental management to ensure that homeowners “take responsibility for cleaning the gutters in front of their homes” was another classic case of the right hand not knowing what the left hand is doing and the difference between laws and enforcement.
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