Editorial credit: 360b / Shutterstock.com On the afternoon of January 24, 2024, President Xi Jinping met with Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda Gaston Browne, who is on an official visit to China, at the Great Hall of the People. Noting that Antigua and Barbuda is one of the first countries in the Eastern Caribbean […]
Antigua and Barbuda and Qatar have signed an air services agreement that will enable airlines to operate commercial and cargo flights between both countries. The agreement was signed by Mohamed Falah Al-Hajri, Qatar’s Acting Undersecretary of the General Authority of Civil Aviation, and Brian Challenger, Antigua and Barbuda’s Senior Technical Advisor at the Ministry of […]
Editorial credit: Eliyahu Yosef Parypa / Shutterstock.com The government of Antigua and Barbuda has announced that it plans to challenge the expansion of Caribbean Airlines (CAL) into the Eastern Caribbean, which would harm the regional airline LIAT 2020. The Cabinet issued a statement after its weekly meeting stating that it had taken note of CAL’s […]
By Sir Ronald Sanders Call me a cynic, but years of participation in negotiations between developed and developing countries have schooled me to be cautious about grand announcements and promises. The devil is usually in the details. Experience has taught me to remain hopeful, but to be vigilant in ensuring the commitments, pledges and promises […]
MIAMI, FL -6 MAY 2017- A Boeing 737 airplane from Bahamas Air (UP) at the Miami International Airport (MIA). (Shutterstock) Bahamasair is aiming to add at least one new aircraft to its fleet every year through 2025, a senior executive revealed yesterday, with ambitions to expand its routes to more Caribbean territories. Prince Storr, the […]
In Antigua, Street vendors and other small business owners are in for a boost when members of the United Progressive Party (UPP) embark on a special community drive. A convoy of supporters will travel from Mack Pond in All Saints Village to Old Road Village, making stops along the way to patronize chefs, crafters, farmers […]
OSBOURN, ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA – DECEMBER 30, 2021: Terminal at the V. C. Bird International Airport in Antigua Although there has been quite a buzz over the revelation of a new airways from the African continent to Antigua and Barbuda, United Progressive Party (UPP) Chairman D Gisele Isaac said she is taking the news with […]
By Gemma Handy, Antigua Observer Developers behind the controversial Peace, Love and Happiness (PLH) project in Barbuda have been accused of “greenwashing” regarding a probe they commissioned to assess the impact of the massive scheme on local residents’ human rights. Swiss consultancy firm Focus Right is said to have interviewed more than 70 Barbudans to […]
By Santana Salmon, Caribbean National Weekly The Antigua and Barbuda government has accused the Eastern Caribbean Amalgamated Bank (ECAB) of engaging in a pattern of frustration to prevent the administration from retaining ordinary shares in the bank. Prime Minister Gaston Browne, speaking on a radio program, said the ECAB board of directors had given a […]
ST JOHN’S, ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA -21 JAN 2018 – View of passengers on stairs deplaning a Boeing 737 airplane from United Airlines (UA) at the V. C. Bird International Airport (ANU) in Antigua. (Shutterstock) By St. Vincent Times The Antigua and Barbuda government says a new airline will soon be permitted to operate flights from […]