Yearly Archives: 2019

Compulsory acquisition is one of the measures being considered by the Prime Minister, Gaston Browne, as he continues to demand that the owners of Scotiabank revisit the sale of the Antigua branch to Republic Financial Holdings Limited of Trinidad and Tobago.

A visiting Antiguan couple is offering a US $800 reward for the safe return of an antique gold band which was stolen from a vehicle that was parked in the Runaway Bay area in the vicinity of Lashings on Saturday afternoon.

Only time will tell the wisdom or foolishness of our prime minister’s reaction to the announced sale by Scotia Bank of its assets here...

The government is extending the Christmas Barrel Initiative by one week to accommodate barrels which arrived in the country on time, but are yet...

Local economist Everett Christian says the intended 10 percent “windfall tax” to fund the fourth landed campus of the University of West Indies (UWI) in Antigua is a bad move.

It is with a great deal of dismay that we hear of plans for another so-called ‘ONE NATION’ concert. To say that we need this concert as much as we need an outbreak of chikungunya is grossly understating our outrage. For one thing, we see no redemptive value in this concert. To our thinking, it serves no useful purpose, save as a cheap and tawdry distraction for the people from the growing realisation and sentiment that “All’s not well in Mudville!” At a time when the government, never mind its bravado and ‘blame the UPP-yapping, is beset by fiscal woes and a moribund economy, it appears that the cynical in officialdom are banking on a red-herring  . . . well, in this case, a ‘sweet-sounding nothing,’ a ‘wink-up, wine-up’ interlude to take the peoples’ minds off the grim existential reality of ordinary men and women in our beloved state. Hence, the striking-up of the band in the form of this ‘free’ (and nothing in this world is free; someone is paying for this, and many are gleaning a financial windfall) concert.

Despite ongoing public debate over the staging of the One Nation Concert next weekend, United Progressive Party (UPP) spokesperson, Senator Damani Tabor, says there is nothing inherently wrong with having the event.

Another property discovered to be owned by or associated with Antigua and Barbuda’s Citizenship by Investment national, Mehul Choksi, has been seized.

Residents inAntigua and Barbuda who drive certain Ford vehicles will know by Monday or Tuesday if they’re affected by a recall announced on Friday...

Government’s Chief of Staff, Lionel “Max” Hurst said Prime Minister Gaston Browne’s meeting with Scotiabank Antigua is still on but, there’s no telling whether...