News Antigua and Barbuda Credit: Voting Day is January 18 for Antigua & Barbuda
St John’s – Prime Minister Gaston Browne on Monday night announced January 18, 2023 as the date for fresh general elections in Antigua and Barbuda and urged supporters to ensure that his ...
News Antigua and Barbuda Credit: New Chinese Embassy opens in Antigua and Barbuda
By Theresa Goodwin [email protected] The 40th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between Antigua and Barbuda and the People’s Republic of China was commemorated yesterday with the opening of a new purpose-built embassy located in the Marble Hill area. The facility will house the Chinese Embassy’s administrative offices and…
News Antigua and Barbuda Credit: Consumers should not pay more for debit card purchases
By Robert A. Emmanuel [email protected] With the Christmas season fast approaching and consumers eager to do festive shopping, using debit cards may come with hidden costs businesses have been passing on to consumers—despite it being illegal to do so. Yesterday on the Observer AM show, the Prices and Consumers Affairs…
News Antigua and Barbuda Credit: Antigua and Barbuda finally overturn anti-LGBTQI+ laws
One corner of the Caribbean is getting with the times: Earlier this week, the island nation of Antigua and Barbuda overturned many anti-LGBTQI+ laws in its Sexual Offences Act. The law decreeing that intercourse must be between “a male person and a female person” was replaced with the word “persons” after the country’s High Court …
News Antigua and Barbuda Credit: ECCU Credit Bureau touted to improve region’s financial ecosystem and ease process of getting loans
By Orville Williams [email protected] Countries served by the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union (ECCU), including Antigua and Barbuda, are set to soon benefit from a newly-established credit reporting system that will potentially bolster the region’s financial ecosystem. The launch of the ECCU Credit Bureau will be a historic move, both for…
News Antigua and Barbuda Credit: SJCCU: 40 trees to commemorate 40 years
In celebration of its 40th anniversary of providing financial services to Antigua and Barbuda, the St John’s Co-operative Credit Union (SJCCU) partnered with the Ministry of the Environment to plant 40 fruit trees across Antigua. SJCCU’s General Manager, Ms Jennifer Whyte remarked that “this symbolic gesture is a reflection of…
News Antigua and Barbuda Credit: Calling all New York City-based travelers: Fly to Antigua and Barbuda for $300 round-trip
Calling all New York City-based travelers: This deal is for you and you only. Act fast to book round-trip flights to the Caribbean islands of Antigua and Barbuda, departing from both John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) and LaGuardia Airport (LGA) for $280 and $305, respectively. Flights out of JFK are nonstop. This deal is …
News Antigua and Barbuda Credit: Prince Edward and Sophie, Countess of Wessex Continue to Face Backlash on Caribbean Royal Tour
The Antigua and Barbuda Reparations Support Commission shared an open letter renewing calls for an apology for the role Britain played in the transatlantic slave trade ...
News Antigua and Barbuda Credit: How Prince Edward and Sophie can avoid PR backlash during Royal tour of Caribbean, according to a PR expert
The Earl and Countess of Wessex have been urged to use their 'diplomatic influence' to get 'reparatory justice' for Antigua and Barbuda ...
News Antigua and Barbuda Credit: Prince Edward’s Caribbean tour ‘may be one of the region’s last royal visits’, author claims after protests
As the royal tour of eastern Caribbean countries has progressed, so too have calls for reparatory justice from campaigners.
News Antigua and Barbuda Credit: Earl and Countess of Wessex urged to use influence to secure reparations for Antigua and Barbuda
The Earl and Countess of Wessex have been urged to use their influence to secure “reparatory justice” for Antigua and Barbuda, as the island’s prime minister warns it will o ...
News Antigua and Barbuda Credit: Earl and Countess of Wessex cancel trip to Grenada at the last minute
A royal visit to Grenada has been cancelled at the last minute, after the Earl and Countess of Wessex pulled out of their trip following the Cambridges' controversial tour of the ...
News Antigua and Barbuda Credit: Jamaica’s surprise Commonwealth announcement leads to speculation over possible royal intervention
Prime minister of Antigua and Barbuda says choice of Kamina Johnson-Smith as candidate to replace Baroness Scotland is a ‘monumental error’ ...
News Antigua and Barbuda Credit: COVID-19 updates: Thailand and Antigua/Barbuda loosen restrictions and CDC relaxes cruise guidelines
Popular vacation destinations are continuing to loosen their COVID-19 protocols as many people are making spring and summer travel plans. While we continue to track the latest changes around the world in our country-by-country guide to coronavirus reopenings, below are the latest changes announced. For more TPG news delivered each morning to your inbox, sign …
News Antigua and Barbuda Credit: Andi Oliver: 'I wanted Miquita to have the same life-changing experience in the Caribbean'
When broadcaster and chef Andi Oliver took her daughter on holiday some 26 years ago, she was planning a transformative experience for then-11-year-old Miquita. “I’d visited Antigua when I was 16 – I ...
News Antigua and Barbuda Credit: I Have Become A Political Football, Says Diamantaire Mehul Choksi
In an exclusive interview with Business Standard, diamantaire Mehul Choksi sasys Neither a fugitive nor a bank defaulter. He claims he turned a defaulter only after banks “wrongly implicated” him in ...
News Antigua and Barbuda Credit: ‘More could be done’ says Fuller with regards to honouring Antiguan rowers
By Carlena Knight [email protected] One of the Antiguan rowers who competed in the Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge is of the opinion that more can be done to honour the four ...
