MP ASOT MICHAEL SUFFERS LEGAL BLOW IN CHALLENGE TO HIS SUSPENSION FROM PARLIAMENT
The High Court has ruled against St Peter Member of Parliament Asot Michael in his legal challenge to his suspension from Parliament's Lower House. The Court ruled this morning it…
Harold: Second US tropical storm in a week drenches Texas
(BBC)Tropical Storm Harold made landfall on the south-east coast of Texas on Tuesday, bringing more heavy rain and high winds to the southern US. The storm has dumped up to…
Pilots: Poor crew rostering causing CAL woes
(T&TGuardian)While there is still no confirmation on whether Sunday’s mass absence of Caribbean Airlines pilots was, in fact, industrial action, some workers are now pointing fingers at management over another…
Mother-daughter duo says viewing Earth from space was better than they imagined
(Observer)Few could imagine how the Earth looks from space, or the experience of weightlessness. But for Keisha Schahaff and Anastatia Mayers, the mother and daughter duo that broke the Caribbean…
Chevening scholar batting for reform of Antigua and Barbuda’s criminal justice system
(Observer)Helping to usher in much-needed reform to Antigua and Barbuda’s criminal justice system by prioritising rehabilitation is the main goal of the country’s lone recipient of the 2023 Chevening Scholarship,…
Gov’t urged to lend financial support as Mannie James fundraiser hits quarter of goal
(Observer)Loved ones of Mannie James – the jet ski operator who was killed during a shooting incident involving the police late last month – have reached a quarter of their…
UWIFIC’s Pro Vice-Chancellor Outlines Strategy for Financial Independence and Growth
Professor Justin Robinson, the newly appointed Pro Vice-Chancellor of the University of the West Indies Five Islands Campus (UWIFIC), introduces an ambitious roadmap for self-sustained expansion and financial autonomy. Robinson…
Antigua and Barbuda records 4th homicide for the year; man nursing gunshot wounds after latest shooting
(Observer)Antigua and Barbuda recorded its fourth homicide so far in 2023 from a Monday evening stabbing incident, while an unnamed man is said to be in critical condition at the…
Traffic boss refutes claim that ‘young people cause the most accidents on the roads’
(Observer)The long-held claim that the younger section of the population is largely to blame for traffic collisions across Antigua and Barbuda is being refuted by the Head of the Police…
Former Dominica Association of Persons with Disabilities director calls for greater accessibility in voting process for disabled persons
(DNO)One of the founders of the Dominica Association of Persons with Disabilities (DAPD) Nathalie Murphy has called for the implementation of certain systems and measures to facilitate better participation in…
