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PM warns Caribbean could also be destabilised as a result of situation in Venezuela
Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne says the Caribbean should be careful not to be drawn into the ideological war unfolding in Venezuela where attempts are being made to remove the socialist Nicolas Maduro from office. “These people are fighting an ideological war. They believe that socialism in Venezuela would plunge the people into…
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Team Antigua Island Girls arrive home
Four women – Team Antigua Island Girls – have completed a journey across the Atlantic Ocean, creating history in the process. Elvira Bell, Christal Clashing, Samara Emmanuel and Kevinia Francis, the skipper, began the Talisker Whiskey Atlantic Challenge on December 12. Forty-seven days later they have crossed the finish line at home at the Nelson’s Dockyard…
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2 Vincentian men charged in connection with million-dollar drug
As the Office of National Drug and Money Laundering Control Policy (ONDCP) continues investigation into the recent seizure of approximately $1, 876,000 worth of compressed cannabis, another Vincentian national has been apprehended and charged. Two Vincentian males have now been charged. Godfrey King, resident of Green Hill – Liberta, and Sydney Norville, resident of Marble…
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Chase slices through England to set up crushing win
Off-spinner Roston Chase’s career-best eight-wicket haul propelled a dominant West Indies to their second largest win ever over England, as they crushed the hapless visitors by 381 runs inside four days of the opening Test to take a shock 1-0 lead in the three-match series in Barbados on Saturday. The 26-year-old bowled brilliantly to take…
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Trinidadian judge Peter Jamadar to join CCJ bench
Justice Peter Jamadar is to be appointed Judge of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) by the Regional Judicial and Legal Services Commission (RJLSC). Jamadar will assume duty at the Court after Justice David Hayton retires from office in July 2019. Jamadar currently serves as a Judge of the Trinidad and Tobago Court of Appeal,…
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KPMG Donates Funds Raised for Cancer to the Cancer Centre Eastern Caribbean in Antigua and Barbuda
During the months of October and November, KPMG in Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean (BEC) engaged in a special campaign across Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Saint Lucia, and Saint Vincent to raise funds for breast and prostate cancers, respectively. Dubbed the “Pink Challenge,” for every day in October that staff across KPMG BEC wore an…
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ONDCP seizes 469lbs of compressed ganja
The Office of National Drug and Money Laundering Control Policy (ONDCP) conducted a counter narcotics operation in the Falmouth area on Thursday. During the operation a Black Toyota Van was intercepted with several bricks of compressed cannabis weighing approximately 469lbs. The drug carries an estimated wholesale value of $1,876,000. A Vincentian male who was also…
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CARICOM issues statement on situation in Venezuela
The following Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) – Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Jamaica, Montserrat, St. Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago; Foreign Ministers of Grenada and Suriname; meeting by video-conference on Jan. 24, issued the following statement. “Heads of Government are following closely…
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UHSA employee collapses and dies
A University of Health Sciences Antigua (UHSA) employee is dead after what was to be a short walk in the vicinity of the school. Dead is 60-year-old housekeeper Florence Thompson who met her fate on January 7, 2019. Thompson and another housekeeper also employed at the medical school, left the compound to go in search…