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NO RESPONSIBILITY: Watch the minister’s eyes after the question
The Government of Antigua and Barbuda says it will bear no responsibility for Tuesday’s boat accident that claimed the lives of at least 16 Cameroonians. Those who died when the boat smuggling them from Antigua to St Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, capsized off St Kitts were Africans living in Antigua. Head of Immigration Katrina Yearwood…
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Gov’t Minister tries to get Immigration Chief to take the fall for bogus Antigua Airways flight but she was not having it
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Former U.S. president Donald Trump indicted in New York
(The Associated Press) — A Manhattan grand jury on Thursday voted to indict Donald Trump on charges involving payments made during the 2016 presidential campaign to silence claims of an extramarital sexual encounter, the first criminal case ever against a former U.S. president and a jolt to Trump’s bid to retake the White House in…
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InterCaribbean Airways increases service to Dominica
The Ministry of Tourism is pleased to announce the expanded flight schedule to service Dominica and the rest of the Caribbean. On March 15, InterCaribbean held its maiden voyage with its ATR aircraft to Dominica. An official ceremony was held to mark the event which included a water cannon welcome symbolic of the inaugural flight…
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Top Cop says boat that transported Cameroonians was allegedly stolen
Police Commissioner Atlee Rodney told reporters at a press conference on Thursday that a French national named Alex Lamothe reported to the Bolans Police Station that his boat La Belle Michelle 2 was stolen. The vessel fits the description and the name of the one used to transport 32 people to St Thomas but capsized…
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Angry residents call for resignation of Antigua PM, saying he has embarrassed the country and is a security threat to the region
(REAL News) — As news of the tragic incident involving migrant West Africans makes international rounds, and as the Administration is promising a full investigation into the incident, some residents have sounded the call for Prime Minister Gaston Browne’s resignation. On Tuesday morning, March 28, it was confirmed that a boat had capsized between Antigua…
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Survivor of Boat Disaster Speaks: ‘By the grace of God I am alive’
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Antigua Cabinet mulls providing 32% of severance liability to ex-LIAT employees
Cabinet is giving thought to providing 32% of severance liability to former LIAT (1974 Ltd) staff members in an effort to settle its moral obligation to the former staff members. The Government of Antigua and Barbuda owned a 32% share in LIAT (1974 Ltd) and cannot reasonably be expected to bear a bigger share of…
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Antigua Cabinet’s statement on boat disaster
The Cabinet invited the Commissioner of Police, the Chief of Defence Staff of the ABDF, the Director of the ONDCP (Organization of National Drug Control Policy and Money Laundering), the Chief Immigration Officer and support staff, and the Superintendent of His Majesty’s Prison for a briefing on the subject of the unlawful and tragic attempt…
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CABINET NOTES of Wednesday, March 29, 2023
HURST REPORTS ON CABINET of Wednesday 29 March 2023 Cabinet commenced its meeting with a prayer by a priest from the Methodist Church at about 10:30 am; he addressed the issue of wisdom in governance and asked God to provide an ample supply to the Ministers of the Government and those in leadership positions. The…
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MP Pringle says justice for lost migrants demands Sir Rodney immediately convenes requested inquiry
In the wake of Tuesday’s tragedy in which 17 migrant West Africans apparently lost their lives at sea, MP Jamale Pringle, Leader of the Opposition, is calling on the Governor-General to immediately convene a commission to inquire into the circumstances that brought them here – specifically the genesis and operations of Antigua Airways. Six weeks…