ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – The Antigua and Barbuda government says despite “the many challenges facing it at this time” it will put in place the necessary mechanism to ensure that public servants are paid on time this month. Finance Minister Harold Lovell said that payment sh...

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – The Caribbean Ombudsman Association (CAROA) says it will seek recognition from the 15-member Caribbean Community (CARICOM) grouping given the significant role of the office of ombudsman in the region. CAROA held its seventh biennial conference in Sint Maarten and the move ...

ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer will be the first of a number of Caribbean leaders to have bilateral talks with China’s new President Xi Jinping on June 1. President Xi’s meeting with the prime minister, will take place during his (President Xi’s) state visit to Trinidad & Tobago...

ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer is hoping US Vice President Joe Biden can help expedite a resolution to the decade-long gaming dispute between Antigua & Barbuda and the economic giant. Joe Biden and CARICOM leaders have been meeting in Trinidad since Tuesday and Spencer said he’d...

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, Observer- A probe is underway to determine what caused a LIAT plane to fill with smoke while en route to Antigua on Sunday night. Several members of the country’s national swim team were on that flight, which was forced to divert to Guadeloupe. OBSERVER media’...

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Antigua and Barbuda says it is positioned to benefit from the establishment of a major tourism development project with Qatar. In a statement on Saturday, it was revealed that Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer recently held official talks with the Emir of Qatar, S...

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, Observer - – A local medical practitioner is making a case for government to relax the rules on the use of marijuana … while at the same time calling for a complete ban on tobacco. Dr Leslie Walwyn acknowledged that ganja has some harmful effects such as induci...

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – The Antigua and Barbuda government says it is seeking to build a new prison to alleviate “some of the issues caused by the overcrowding of the current prison. The Baldwin Spencer administration said that the new prison, which will accommodate 550 inmates...

ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Immigration and criminal defence lawyer Fitzmore Harris said the Caribbean and other developing nations need to prepare for the impending “brain drain” that will result from the US immigration reform. “The Caribbean has to become more competitive regarding, for example, remunera...

ST JOHN’S, Antigua – An international investment-rating agency has suggested that Caribbean territories should devalue the Eastern Caribbean currency or adopt the US dollar in an effort to address what it deems to be a “debt crisis” in the region. In a recently published repo...