Antigua
Antigua and Barbuda’s National Football Team Gets New Name
February 22, 2012 | 11:41 am | 0 Comment
By the Caribbean Journal staff Antigua and Barbuda's national football team has received a new name, following a nationwide text-voting campaign. The club, which is ranked 90th in the world according to FIFA, is now the "Benna Boys." But while it's now official, that name has, in fact, been in use for some time. "We'll just chalk it up to irony that the more...
LIAT Cargo Signs Deal with Miami-Based Aviation Firm CAS
February 21, 2012 | 11:02 am | 0 Comment
By the Caribbean Journal staff LIAT Cargo has signed an Interline Agreement with Miami-based Commercial Aviation Services, a Miami-based carrier with heavy traffic to San Juan and Colombia. The agreement will hep transport cargo from to and from San Juan and Bogota via Barbados. "There is no other carrier offering this level of service," said Wilbur Edwards, more...
Antigua: “Zero Tolerance” on Gun Crimes
February 20, 2012 | 9:54 am | 0 Comment
Above: Antigua (Photo: ABG) By the Caribbean Journal staff Antiguan National Security Minister Dr Errol Cort is reiterating his stance that there will be "zero tolerance" for violent gun crimes in the country, following its first murder of 2012. The call came after the murder of Dorothy Prince, who was killed in a robbery at a service station on the island on more...
China Donates Laptops to Special Needs Students in Antigua
February 11, 2012 | 10:05 pm | 0 Comment
Above: Chinese Ambassador Liu Hanming and Education Minister Dr Jacqui Quinn-Leandro (Photo: ABG) By the Caribbean Journal staff Antiguan students with learning disabilities got a boost this week from the Chinese government, which donated 390 Lenovo laptops to the country's Ministry of Education. The move fulfilled a promise made by Chinese Ambassador Liu Hanming more...
Antigua, LIME Roll Out Laptop Programme for Country’s Teachers
February 9, 2012 | 10:57 am | 0 Comment
Above: a teacher receives a laptop (Photo: ABG) By the Caribbean Journal staff The government of Antigua, in collaboration with telecom LIME, has rolled out the third phase of its teacher laptop initiative, giving 500 teachers in the country a new high-speed laptop. Antigua is not the only Caribbean country to distribute laptops in this way -- Guyana's One more...
Antiguan, Canadian Schools Form Ties
February 8, 2012 | 9:26 am | 0 Comment
Above: Antigua Grammar School By the Caribbean Journal staff The Antigua Grammar School has formed an alliance with the Summit Alternative School in Ontario, Canada. The two schools will be joined, largely through video conferencing, as a way of sharing information on cultural differences and similarities. As part of the relationship under the International more...
Dominica, Antigua Sign Firearms Marking Agreements with OAS
February 7, 2012 | 11:06 am | 0 Comment
Above: Ambassador Hubert Charles, Dominica's Permanent Representative to the OAS, and Panama's Permanent Representative to the OAS, Ambassador Guillermo Cochez (OAS Photo/Juan Manuel Herrera) By the Caribbean Journal staff The Organization of American States will implement its "Promoting Firearms Marking in Latin American and the Caribbean" programme in Dominica and more...
China, Antigua Address Questions over New Power Plant
February 6, 2012 | 9:34 pm | 0 Comment
Above: A joint press conference with Chinese and Antigua officials (Photo: ABG) By the Caribbean Journal staff The governments of Antigua and China held a joint press conference today to address alleged issues surrounding the new 30-megawatt power plant handed over by the Chinese government in Crabbes last September. The press conference came after a series of more...
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Antigua Names Indian Native Its New Comptroller of Customs
February 6, 2012 | 8:08 am | 0 Comment
Above: Antigua's Parliament By the Caribbean Journal staff Raju Boddu, a native of India who has been on loan from the Indian government in Antigua for the last 10 years, has been named the country's new comptroller of customs, according to Finance Minister Harold Lovell. Boddu was formerly the Chief Forensic Accountant with the Antiguan government, and had more...
Antigua, Martinique Sign Cooperation Pact
January 30, 2012 | 9:14 pm | 0 Comment
By the Caribbean Journal staff The government of Antigua has signed a cooperation agreement with the Regional Council of Martinique. The two parties signed the agreement at the 54th meeting of the OECS Authority in St Lucia last week. Antigua Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer said he believed that "since we share the same Caribbean space, I believe in the need for more...
