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Daily Archives: Sep 18, 2018

King loses another challenge to extradition

Leroy King has lost his latest attempt to stop his extradition to the United States for fraud related charges in connection with the Allen...

US national convicted in Jamaican lottery fraud scheme

A United states federal jury has convicted a Providence, Rhode Island woman for her participation in a Jamaican lottery fraud scheme. The Department of Justice...

Trinidad and United States enjoy good trading relations

Trinidad and Tobago imported nearly two billion dollars (One TT dollar=US$0.16 cents) in products from the United States, a senior US official said here...

Police condemn threats made against them and family members

The Dominica Police Welfare Association (PWA) Tuesday condemned threats being made to police officers and their families by members of the public on various...

Grenada PM defends referendum on CCJ two years after defeat

Prime Minister Dr. Keith Mitchell Tuesday defended the decision to hold a referendum on whether or not Grenada should adopt the Trinidad-based Caribbean Court...

Former basketball head seeks return to office

Sports administrator and a former head of the Antigua and Barbuda Basketball Association (ABBA), Jules Bowen, has listed the upgrading of at least one facility to international standards as high on his to-do list should he be elected to head the national association when elections are held later this year.

ABIIT suffer second straight loss

Newbies ABIIT continue to have a rough go in the ongoing Cool and Smooth Antigua and Barbuda Basketball Association (ABBA) Business Basketball league having recorded their second straight loss in their first two encounters.

Matthew: I was not aware it wasn’t an indoor facility

Minister of Sports, Festivals and the Arts, Daryll Matthew expressed his shock and disappointment on the revelation that the multiplex facility being constructed in the Grays Green area is not an indoor basketball arena.

LICB Head Denies Coach Not Part Of Selections Process

President of the Leeward Islands Cricket Board (LICB) and former national cricketer, Enoch Lewis, has rebuffed claims by coach of the Leeward Islands Hurricanes, Winston Benjamin, that his recommendations during a selection meeting held last month were ignored by the body’s selection committee.

EDITORIAL: The first outreach

Considering everything going on in our sister-isle Barbuda, including the animosity between the central government and the Barbuda Council, it was refreshing to hear a call for unity. That call came from newly appointed Barbuda Council Secretary Paul Nedd, who is seeking to get all stakeholders to unite in order to get Barbuda back on its feet. This is a pleasant departure from the current rhetoric and name calling, so we hope that it represents the icebreaker that is necessary for dialogue to start.
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