Daily Archives: Sep 13, 2018

South Africa captain Dané van Niekerk has acknowledged her side is braced for a tough tour of the Caribbean but said both the experienced and younger members were eager to show their worth against the tough hosts in challenging conditions.

The Antigua and Barbuda Cricket Association (ABCA) is urging its members to be patient as they await the completion of audited financial statements which would allow the body to move swiftly into the long awaited annual general meeting (AGM) and constitutionally due elections.

President of the Antigua and Barbuda Football Association (ABFA), Everton “Batow” Gonsalves, has labelled a recent meeting with Minister of Sports, Daryll Matthew, as fruitful, adding that they were able to plot the way forward on a number of issues.

As fallout continues from Saturday’s heated U.S. Open final that saw Naomi Osaka defeat Serena Williams in a match marred by conflict and controversy, tennis umpires are having their say.

A lack of adequate funding is one of the main issues working against the development and or expansion of the Cedar Valley Golf Course.

We were elated to hear that registration for the Giant African Snail bounty programme has officially begun.   Hopefully, the bounty will be sufficient to cause enough people to pay attention to those creepy crawly pests that live amongst us.  So, head on over to the Plant Protection Unit’s headquarters in the Central Cotton Station Building on Friars Hill Road and sign-up.

The issue of a pay increase at the State Insurance Corporation will conclude when the conciliator prepares a report coming out of two days of hearings.

Police said they are awaiting the outcome of an autopsy before determining the course of their investigation into the “sudden” death of Lloyd “Silah” Francis who was discovered dead on Monday.

As the Eastern Caribbean braced for the arrival of Hurricane Isaac, a UK military ship arrived in Barbados on Tuesday for a brief one-day refuelling visit, before performing surveillance within the region to assist in the event of disaster.

The VC Bird International Airport will be operating as normal today despite a tropical storm watch which is in effect for Antigua and Barbuda and other countries across the Lesser Antilles as tropical storm Isaac edges closer.