ST. JOHN’S, Antigua - Many years from now, Caribbean people will recall where they were, on Friday, October 4, 2013, when the Caribbean Court of Justice ruled that Jamaican national Shannique Myrie should be compensated for the embarrassment, pain and hardship she suffered at the hands of Barb...

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua - The United States always sells itself as the ultimate in the democratic process in the world. So much criticism has been levelled at African, Mid-east and European countries that have found themselves in electoral turmoil that the impression has been given that in the pro...

ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Director of Education Jacintha Pringle is hoping that the OECS Education Sector Strategy (OESS) to be launched here next week will include special provisions for children with special needs. Speaking at the official launch of a week of activities to mark Special Edu...

UNITED NATIONS, CMC - Antigua and Barbuda Ambassador to the United Nations, John Ashe has called for “new and innovative” sources of financing to supplement decreasing official development assistance (ODA) developing countries. Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders had lamented the pauc...

JOHN’S, Antigua- There is no cause for panic in Antigua & Barbuda following reports that Barbados has confirmed one death as a result of the H1N1 flu (swine flu) while St Vincent has recorded several cases. Medical Officer of Health, Dr Oritta Zachariah yesterday said since H1N1 was disco...

UNITED NATIONS, CMC – President of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), John W. Ashe is urging the international community to find common ground in crafting a new global development agenda integrating economic growth, social inclusion and environmental protection. Ashe, the Antigua and...

ANTIGUA AND BARUDA - Antigua & Barbuda is looking pretty good on the international front right now. Good things are just happening for the country in rapid succession. Just recently, a crew from US reality television show, The Bachelorette, which is said to attract approximately eight million vi...

ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Chairman of the Council of LIAT Trade Unions Chester Humphrey has said the board will have a difficult time replacing CEO Ian Brunton and warned LIAT could collapse if re-fleeting is derailed. “There are some crucial issues of survivability which I am assuming ...

NEW YORK, CMC – Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer says the collapse of the Trinidad-based insurance conglomerate, CLICO, and the Stanford Group of companies, has resulted in more than EC$400 million (One EC dollar = US$0.37 cents) “disappearing like a puff of smoke from the economy”. ...

UNITED NATIONS -- John William Ashe’s father lived to see him graduate with advanced degrees, but he left the career diplomat with sobering words. “He said to me, now that he has seen me graduate with a Ph.D., he can die,” Ashe remembers. Three months later, Arnold Ashe, a retired ...