May 4, 2017 | Thursday Flashback
In Antigua and across the Caribbean region today. Barbuda may often be perceived as a tiny, boring, featureless island with very little to do or experience. Often, one who has never visited the island would not consider going there for more than one or two days. This...
Apr 27, 2017 | Thursday Flashback
On Friday, a group of civil society organisations began collecting signatures to a petition calling on Antigua and Barbuda’s Governor General Sir James Carlisle for a public inquiry into alleged fraud at the state-run Medical Benefits Scheme (MBS). And the...
Apr 20, 2017 | Thursday Flashback
A little over a week ago the Caribbean Human Rights Network (CHRN) issued a press release calling for an independent assessment of Antigua and Barbuda’s prison. The human rights group stated that they were “profoundly distressed” over reports...
Apr 13, 2017 | Thursday Flashback
The Leader of the Opposition, the Honourable Baldwin Spencer, has written Prime Minister Lester Bird with regards to the Asian Village agreement signed between the Government and Asian Village Antigua Ltd. We print below Mr. Spencer’s letter to the PM, and the...
Apr 6, 2017 | Thursday Flashback
Police and by-standers chased after a young man after he had snatched the purse out of the hand of a visitor to the island. The young man, identified as Dalmain Anthony of Cedar Grove, attracted the attention of by-standers, when the young lady screamed as he...
Mar 30, 2017 | Thursday Flashback
Thomas Hilbourne Frank, Member of Parliament for Barbuda, has filed suit against The Attorney General of Antigua and Barbuda, in which he claims that he is an inhabitant of Barbuda and enjoys certain property rights over Barbuda, which the Government has taken away....
