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Full road closure between North Sound Roundabout and Parham Corner until year’s end
A full road closure is ongoing between North Sound Roundabout and Parham Corner will stay in place until the end of the year. A Traffic Management plan is in effect during this period. Road closure with Diversions from North Sound Roundabout to Parham Corner. This closure is to facilitate works being done at this section of…
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World Bank approves US$25 million credit for Grenada’s COVID-19 response and recovery
The World Bank Board of Executive Directors approved today the US$25 million Grenada COVID-19 Crisis Response and Fiscal Management Development Policy Credit. This quick-disbursing financing will support the country’s efforts to respond to the COVID-19 crisis in the short term and enhance long-term sustainability and resilience. “In recent years, the Government of Grenada has made…
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679 people quarantining at home
The most recent report received by the Ministry of Health, Wellness and the Environment from the Mount St. John’s Medical Center (MSJMC) has revealed no new laboratory confirmed COVID-19 cases in Antigua and Barbuda as of Wednesday 16th December 2020 at 6pm. All ninety-one samples processed by MSJMC yielded negative results and are reflected in…
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OAS accommodation of Guaidó attack on Trinidad and Tobago wrongly allowed but rightly resisted
By Sir Ronald Sanders Events at the Organization of American States (OAS) continue to reveal that, notwithstanding the efforts by some of its 33 member states, the Organization is the handmaiden of powerful governments, which control it through various methods, including coercion. Nothing symbolises this more glaringly than a presumptuous assault on the Government of…
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St. Kitts-Nevis government extends 9 stimulus measures in major tax-free budget
With the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic expected to spill over into the year, the Government of St. Kitts and Nevis has taken the proactive decision to extend nine of the 17 measures outlined in its comprehensive $120-million stimulus package introduced in March of this year. Thiswas one of the major initiatives outlined by Prime…
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Caribbean Airlines to extended layoffs for three months
Regional carrier Caribbean Airlines has announced that it will extend layoffs for an additional three months. The period is now set to end on April 15, the original date was January 15. According to an internal memo sent to staff by Caribbean Airlines CEO Garvin Medera, the company is trying to keep costs at an…
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St. Kitts and Nevis moving forward with medicinal cannabis industry in 2021
St. Kitts and Nevis will move forward with the establishment of a Medicinal Cannabis Industry in the new year. Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Dr. Timothy Harris, spoke about the government’s plans to create this new industry in 2021 while presenting The Appropriation (2021) Bill, 2020 in the National Assembly on Tuesday (December 15,…
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LIAT pilot retires after 44 years
Wade Austin-McDonald was born a small-town boy with big dreams and aspirations that led to a brilliant 44-year career as a pilot. This reporter grew up in the same Lodge Village community in Guyana, as McDonald, who was focused from age seven after receiving a miniature PanAm toy-jet as a Christmas gift. “My elder cousin…
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One-Nation Concert postponed until Independence 2021; Gov’t unable to bear cost this time around
Cabinet Notes: The Minister with responsibility for Festivals, invited the four officials with responsibility for the annual One-Nation Concert, usually held in January each year, to appear before the Cabinet. The Cabinet determined that the cost of such a concert, even virtually, could not be borne by the Government at this time. Hence, the 2021…
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926 companies closed since COVID began; 426 of them still owe SSB deductions totalling $9 million
Cabinet notes: The Director and Deputy Director of the Social Security (SSB) were invited to Cabinet to address the issue of compliance of firms with the requirements to pay contributions of employees, deducted from wages and salaries. The Cabinet learned that 926 companies have closed their operations since the onset of Covid-19; 426 of these…
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CMO raises questions about the lawfulness of mandatory bracelets
Cabinet Notes: The Chief Medical Officer and the Information Technology Specialist — who has responsibility for programming the electronic bracelets which have been purchased for tracking those persons who are visiting Antigua and Barbuda and who have been placed in quarantine — were invited to address the Cabinet. The CMO, who is also the Chief…