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Antigua and Barbuda among 5 Caribbean countries attending regional conference in Columbia
Antigua and Barbuda is amongst 5 Caribbean countries attending the International Transport Workers Federation (ITF) Dockers Regional Conference in Cartagena, Columbia. The Antigua and Barbuda Workers’ Union is being represented by Deputy General Secretary, Chester Hughes and Shop steward Gregg Scotland. The conference, which runs for 3 days, is reviewing the work of the ITF…
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FTX crypto boss Sam Bankman-Fried denied bail in The Bahamas
Sam Bankman-Fried, founder of the failed cryptocurrency exchange FTX, has been denied bail by a judge in The Bahamas. US authorities charged Mr Bankman-Fried with “one of the biggest financial frauds in US history” on Tuesday. The ex-FTX boss built a “house of cards on a foundation of deception”, Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair…
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Antigua’s DPP refused stay of proceedings in his fraud case
Antigua’s Director of Public Prosecutions, Anthony Armstrong, who is facing fraud charges in relation to three land transactions, is to know on Thursday whether his passport will be returned to him. The Jamaican attorney-at-law was arrested on Saturday on his arrival at the Norman Manley International Airport and later charged with conspiracy and fraudulent conversion.…
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Appeal Court maintains jail term for Guyanese man who raped five-year-old twice
The Court of Appeal in Guyana has dismissed an appeal by a man who was given a 28-year jail term for raping a five-year-old child twice in 2013. Colvin Norton had been sentenced to imprisonment in 2018, after the jury found him guilty of raping the child between August 1 and August 6, 2013, in…
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BREAKING: FTX cryptocurrency exchange founder Sam Bankman-Fried arrested in Bahamas
Police in the Bahamas have arrested former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried, the country’s attorney general said on Monday, adding that the Bahamas has received formal notification from the United States of criminal charges against him. A spokesperson for the U.S. Attorney’s office in Manhattan confirmed the cryptocurrency exchange founder had been arrested in the Bahamas but…
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Over 1,400 killed, hundreds kidnapped in Haiti this year – UN
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk says more than 1,400 people have been killed and over 1,000 kidnapped in Haiti so far this year by gangs who also use sexual violence. Speaking on the Friday in Switzerland, the eve of World Human Rights Day, Turk called for a show of “political…
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Protecting school children and ending gang violence: no time to waste
By Sir Ronald Sanders (The writer is Antigua and Barbuda’s Ambassador to the United States of America and the Organization of American States. He is also a Senior Fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London and Massey College in the University of Toronto) Gang violence, particularly in schools, and directed at…
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CXC announces dates for 2023 Regional Examinations
The Barbados-based Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) has announced the dates for its 2023 regional examinations beginning in January. In a statement, the institution that provides regional and internationally recognised secondary school leaving examinations, said the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) will be held between January 4 to 31, followed by the Caribbean Primary Exit Assessment…
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Op-Ed: Human Rights Day
By Didier Trebucq, UN Regional Coordinator Every year around the world, Human Rights Day is celebrated on 10 December, which coincides with the culmination of the observance of 16 Days of Activism against Gender- based Violence. This day is a chance to recognize the progress we have made in the protection of all people, especially…
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IMF approves US$302 million in funding for Barbados
The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved a 36-month Extended Fund Facility (EFF) in the amount of US$113 million, in addition to a Resilient and Sustainability Fund (RSF) in an amount of US$189 million for Barbados. The new IMF-supported program will build on the achievements of Barbados’ 2018-22 EFF and draw on…
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A rare December subtropical storm could form for first time in nearly a decade
Peak hurricane season may be officially over, but a rare subtropical storm in December could be forming in the Atlantic Ocean for the first time in nearly a decade — and it already has a name lined up. The National Hurricane Center issued a special tropical weather outlook Monday as a low-pressure system is “producing…