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Grenada’s former ambassador removed as CBI marketing agent
(CMC) — Grenada’s former Ambassador to the Russian Federation, Oleg Firer, has been removed from the list of international marketing agents licensed to conduct business on behalf of the island’s Citizenship by Investment Programme. “The Grenada Citizenship by Investment Committee advises that Oleg Firer is not a licensed Marketing Agent, nor a registered sub-agent of…
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US Coast Guard repatriates 82 Cuban migrants
(CMC) – The United States Coast Guard says it recently repatriated 82 people to Cuba following interdictions off Florida’s coast. The US Coast Guard on Friday said a ‘good samaritan’ notified Coast Guard District Seven watchstanders of a migrant vessel about 45 miles south of Marathon, Florida. It also said Coast Guard Cutter Edgar Culbertson’s…
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Akinboboye to build Africa’s first Free Trade Zone in Antigua and Barbuda
(Nigeria Guardian) — The first ever African Tourism Free Trade Zone in the world where anyone can go and experience Africa has been projected, as renowned Africa themed resort, La Campagne Tropicana Rainforest and Beach Resort, heads to replicate for one of the famed Caribbean Islands, Antigua and Barbuda. This historic resort project devoted to…
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As heavy drift of sargassum covers beaches not usually affected, Mussington says shift in the wind is responsible for the spread
Residents are worried about the influx of sargassum seaweed, which continues to spread and now covers several popular beaches ahead of the Labour Day weekend. Videos and photographs in circulation show beaches across the country covered with the smelly seaweed, including the Ffryes Beach shoreline and a wide expanse of Coco Point Beach in Barbuda.…
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He Turned Negative into Positive. Now He’s Opening for Buju Banton, Beres, Luciano and Anthony B
He is living proof that there is always a way out of poverty and crime. Black Loyalty, one of Trinidad and Tobago’s prophetic, reggae musicians, says he made a vow, a long time ago, that he would not be a statistic. The La Horquetta, Arima native will form part of the reggae cast billed for…
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Alfa Nero Captain Denies Claims of Faulty Generators on Superyacht
The claims made in a YouTube video that three generators on the Alfa Nero superyacht are not functioning have been dismissed by its captain, Andy Koster. The video, which cites unnamed sources, suggests that the vessel has only one working generator left. However, Koster refutes these claims, stating that all three generators are in good…
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Antigua PM: Only West Africans with U.S, Canadian or EU visas will be allowed to enter Antigua going forward
The Antigua and Barbuda government has announced that it will be tightening entry requirements for visitors from West Africa, in response to the arrival of over 600 West Africans, mostly Cameroonians, in the country last December. The Prime Minister, Gaston Browne, revealed this during a conversation with the new French Ambassador to Antigua and Barbuda,…