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Sir Ronald Sanders | Climate Change Realities at COP28: A Critical Assessment
CLICK HERE TO GET ON THE ABN WHATSAPP The upcoming Climate Change meeting in Dubai – COP28 – is enveloped in hype, yet expectations of transformational change are misplaced. Industrialized countries, major greenhouse gas emitters, along with developing oil and gas producers like India and Saudi Arabia, often offer misleading statements. Countries like Canada and…
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Online car buying scams — a growing trend that have caused many here to lose thousands of dollars
By Audley Phillip I have spoken to no less than 10 people.in Antigua and Barbuda who have been victims of online vehicle scam within.the past year or two. Victims include bus and taxi operators, prominent downtown business operators, farmers, ordinary citizens and much more. Many people have reached out to me sharing their story of…
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LETTER: Citizenship applicants frustrated by unexpected Work Permit Requirement
Get the news delivered directly to your phone. Click here to Join our WhatsApp Group DEAR EDITOR: I wrote to you guys about getting some information about work permit application for a person seeking citizenship… I have applied for citizenship, where all my documents have been submitted in April 2023. I went to immigration on…
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LETTER: Is Antigua ready to elect an openly LGBTQ+ MP?
Get the news delivered directly to your phone. Click here to Join our WhatsApp Group Candid Reflection on Antigua’s Readiness for Openly LGBTQ+ Representation DEAR EDITOR: I am writing to offer a candid perspective on the recent announcement of an openly LGBTQ+ member seeking a place in Antigua’s parliament. This development raises an important question:…
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Audley Phillip | Economic growth is not a true measurement of citizens well-being
Get the news delivered directly to your phone. Click here to Join our WhatsApp Group From time to time, our leaders perceive and promote what they see as our country’s majestic economic growth. In his recent Independence Day message Prime Minister Honourable Gaston Browne highlighted what he called Antiguas impressive annual growth rate, which…
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Gaston Browne Gambled with St. Mary’s South Constituency and Lost
Wayne Mariette Photo Get the news delivered directly to your phone. Click here to Join our WhatsApp Group DEAR EDITOR: In a shocking display of arrogance and disregard for the democratic process, Prime Minister Gaston Browne of the governing Antigua Barbuda Labour Party made a bold and ill-advised gamble by replacing Samantha Marshall, the chosen…
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Audley Phillip | Bribery In Voting – Can We Ever Solve it? Election Fraud is A Serious Problem!
Get the news delivered directly to your phone. Click here to Join our WhatsApp Group As we head into the much anticipated by election in St. Mary’s South, there has been much talk about political inducement or bribes and the role it is playing in this all important seat for both the ABLP and the UPP.…
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Sir Ronald Sanders | UN action needed urgently to end Israel-Hamas violence
The attack by Hamas on civilians in Southern Israel on 7 October 2023 was as stupid as it was cruel, brutal and inhuman. Get the news delivered directly to your phone. Click here to Join our WhatsApp Group Whatever the purposes – and there were many – behind a slaughter of 1,200 persons, including children…
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Ramesh Lutchmedial | Caribbean Airlines Expands Fleet, Antigua Protests Intra-Regional Moves
(Trinidad Newsday) — In delivering TT’s 2023/2024 national budget, Finance Minister Colm Imbert announced that the Caribbean region has been exhibiting strong air transport demand. According to Imbert, to meet this growing demand, Caribbean Airlines Ltd (CAL) intends to expand its fleet through the lease of additional ATR-72, B 737- MAX 8 and Embraer E-175…
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Arvel Grant | CAL Alone or CAL and LIAT? Fair Competition or Fearsome Fighting
Get the news delivered directly to your phone. Click here to Join our WhatsApp Group Last week, I read (with some delight) that the IMF is signaling support for a resurgent LIAT. That could then signal possible interest by the World Bank and network of regional institutions, including the Caribbean Development Bank. A few…
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Keeping Cattle on Public Land Is Bad for People, Cows, Wildlife, and the Planet
By Erika Schelby When conservationist Aldo Leopold persuaded the U.S. Forest Service in 1924 to establish the nation’s first federally approved wilderness of more than 500,000 acres around the headwaters of the Gila River in southwestern New Mexico, he did not anticipate that this priceless pristine land would be invaded by cattle. This problem would…