Daily Archives: Oct 9, 2018

Associations not eligible to cast ballot in the general elections for the National Olympic Committee (NOC) later this month, will be challenged when the body resumes its Annual General Meeting (AGM).

Cliff Hangers, continue to make an impressive showing in their first Antigua and Barbuda Amateur Volleyball Association (ABAVA) Business league.

Sandals pushed their record to 6-1 in the ongoing Cool and Smooth Antigua and Barbuda Basketball Association (ABBA) Business league as the powerhouse team picked up an overtime, 76-70 win over Eye Mobile Vision Care on Sunday night.

Public Works Department (PWD) Hot Mix and Dixie were only two of the many victors on Saturday in the ongoing Ministry of Sports Business Football league.

Former national and Greenbay Hoppers midfielder, Rolston “Lexy” Phoenix, was adjudged coach of the year while Cuban import, Sander Cervantes of Five Islands, won both the golden boot award and the MVP award in the top flight competition.

In preparation for the upcoming referendum, the Supervisor of Elections is inviting community organisations to nominate persons for the role of “Referendum Monitors,” on November 6.

The nation will be going to the polls to vote on whether we accede to the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) as our final appellate court, or whether we retain the Privy Council.  The referendum, set for November 6, 2018, will make that determination and one would expect that the question to be asked on the ballot paper would reflect the core issue and be so clear that it would be unambiguous to any reader.  But that is not the case.

The Ministry of Education is investigating claims being by the Pares Secondary School graduating class of 2018 that they must pay $650 for the graduation and prom package or forfeit the graduation exercise.

Classes are expected to resume today after an electrical fire at the Antigua Grammar School (AGS) forced an early dismissal yesterday.

Nine months after being nabbed with almost $12 million worth of cocaine, Deon Perkins is out of prison, on bail.