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Subverting laws for YIDA is costing the environment: investigation shows
by jennelsa.johnson | November 13, 2020 | Feature, Headline, The Big Stories, YIDA | 0 Comments
By Elesha George [email protected] An investigation of the Antigua and Barbuda Special Economic Zone (ABSEZ) has brought to the fore the scale of the changes that are already occurring with the construction of the two-billion dollar development....
Festivals Commission backtracks on Ivena ban
by martina.johnson | July 22, 2017 | The Big Stories | 0 Comments
Some overnight thinking and early morning fresh legal advice has prompted the Festivals Commission to back down from its stance that calypsonian Lena "Ivena" Phillip would not be allowed to perform if she didn't sign an indemnity agreement with the Festivals...
Antigua and Barbuda records 14 new Covid-19 cases
by Pearman.Jeffrey | January 27, 2021 | COVID-19 Dashboard | 0 Comments
The most recent reports received by the Ministry of Health, Wellness and the Environment from the Mount St. John’s Medical Center (MSJMC) and the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) have revealed fourteen new laboratory confirmed COVID-19 cases in Antigua and...
Charges dismissed against Serpent
by Pearman.Jeffrey | January 27, 2021 | Breaking | 0 Comments
It was good news from the court for Observer's managing director Algernon ‘Serpent’ Watts’ today, after charges brought against him in 2019 were dismissed. The charges surrounded an alleged fracas between the well-known radio personality, who is now the United...
Breaking News
by Pearman.Jeffrey | January 27, 2021 | Breaking | 0 Comments
The country’s Covid count has soared by more than a dozen in the last two days, reliable inside sources tell Observer. The exact numbers are still to be confirmed – and the Ministry of Health has not released a dashboard since Monday – but the latest statistics are...
A good neighbour
by jennelsa.johnson | January 27, 2021 | Editorials | 0 Comments
The scriptures are quite clear that we are indeed our brothers’ keepers. In other words, we ought to be concerned about the well-being of each other; we ought to “Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.” The Biblical parable of the good...
Injunction against Barbuda’s PLH development lifted
by jennelsa.johnson | January 27, 2021 | Headline, The Big Stories | 0 Comments
By Elesha George [email protected] Developers behind the Peace, Love and Happiness (PLH) project on Barbuda have been granted court permission to resume work at their golf course site in Palmetto Point. It is the latest development in an ongoing...
Dozens of restaurants and bars assessed for maximum Covid capacity
by jennelsa.johnson | January 27, 2021 | The Big Stories | 0 Comments
By Theresa Goodwin [email protected] Health officials have reassessed more than 40 restaurants and bars across Antigua to determine how many customers each establishment can safely accommodate to contain the spread of Covid-19. Chief Health Inspector...
PLH accused of ‘greenwashing amid environmental destruction’
by jennelsa.johnson | January 27, 2021 | The Big Stories | 0 Comments
By Elesha George [email protected] "They don't even know what they have destroyed and that is the awful thing about it,” remarked marine biologist John Mussington, as he recalled the apparent destruction of sand dunes and wildlife habitats at Palmetto...
Principal fumes over used condoms, drugs discarded on school premises
by jennelsa.johnson | January 27, 2021 | The Big Stories | 0 Comments
Principal of the Bendals Primary School, José Joseph By Neto Baptiste Used condoms, plastic bags with remnants of marijuana, along with scissors, knives and broken bottles, are just some of the dangerous items being left for primary schoolers to discover in the...
Country’s ‘oldest twins’ celebrate 95th birthday
by jennelsa.johnson | January 27, 2021 | The Big Stories | 0 Comments
By Theresa Goodwin [email protected] Two sisters – believed to be Antigua and Barbuda’s oldest set of twins - are today celebrating their 95th birthday. Leah “Miss George” Solomon and Elfreda “Tiny” Abbott were born on January 27 1926 to the...
Bright scholar brings medical skills back home
by jennelsa.johnson | January 27, 2021 | The Big Stories | 0 Comments
An eminent local scholar has returned home to the twin island nation after completing her medical training to follow in her parents’ esteemed footsteps. Dr Nicole Roberts, daughter of obstetrician Dr Gwendolyn Fevrier-Roberts and ENT surgeon Dr George Roberts,...
