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Barbados Has Caribbean’s Highest Human Development Index: UN
November 3, 2011 | 6:44 pm | 0 Comment
Barbados has the highest Human Development Index of any CARICOM country, according to the latest data from the United Nations Development Programme. Barbados has an index of 0.793, which is 47th in the world, just after Croatia and ahead of Uruguay. Coming in second in the region was the Bahamas, followed by the Bahamas, at 53rd, and Antigua, at 60th. See below more...
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New Antigua Airport Terminal Breaks Ground, With Help from China
November 3, 2011 | 11:43 am | 0 Comment
Above: a rendering of the new VC Bird Airport Terminal By the Caribbean Journal staff Antigua broke ground yesterday on a new airport terminal at the country's VC Bird International Airport, a project that will begin construction next month and be completed by December 2013. The project will be handled by the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation, more...
Antiguan to Lead UN Budget Talks
November 1, 2011 | 12:10 pm | 0 Comment
By the Caribbean Journal staff Ambassador Conrod Hunte, Antigua and Barbuda's Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations, has been appointed the chair of the United Nations budget negotiations in the Fifth Committee. Hunte will oversee budget talks for the two-year period from 2012-2013. Last week, Secretary General Bank Ki-moon unveiled a budget more...
New Tourism Ambassador for Antigua
October 26, 2011 | 10:18 am | 0 Comment
Above: Anna Maria Horsford By the Caribbean Journal staff Award-winning actress Anna Maria Horsford, who was born in New York to Antiguan parents, will be Antigua's newest tourism ambassador. The position was created by Antigua's Ministry of Tourism in 2007. Horsford, whose career has spanned roles from Thelma Frye on the television sitcom "Amen" to a new BET more...
St Lucia Top Caribbean Country for Doing Business: World Bank Report
October 24, 2011 | 2:00 am | 0 Comment
By the Caribbean Journal staff Doing business is easier in St Lucia than anywhere else in CARICOM, according to the 2012 Doing Business report from the World Bank and the International Finance Corporation. St Lucia was ranked 52nd in the world for the ease of doing business, tops in the Caribbean, followed by Antigua and Barbuda at 57th and Dominica at 65th. more...
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Increased Seismic Activity in Leewards
October 24, 2011 | 12:01 am | 0 Comment
By the Caribbean Journal staff There is increased seismic activity around the Leeward Islands, according to the Seismic Research Centre in Trinidad. The Eastern Caribbean is a seismically active area, and the Unit said there was no need to panic -- as there are hundred of earthquakes in the seismically active area in and around the region each year. more...
Antigua Expands Computer Access Drive
October 20, 2011 | 9:23 pm | 0 Comment
Above: a new Community Computer Access Centre (Photo: ABG) Following a week-long "digital village" in Antigua, the country's government is expanding a programme aimed at improving acess to technology. The so-called Technology for Communication, Education and Empowerment Programme will open two new "Community Computer Access Centres" at two schools on Friday. more...
Antigua House Passes Basseterre Treaty
October 18, 2011 | 11:35 am | 0 Comment
Above: the Antiguan Parliament (Photo: ABG) By the Caribbean Journal staff Antigua's Lower House of Parliament passed the Revised Treaty of Basseterre yesterday, establishing the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States Economic Union Act 2011. The revised treaty creates a single economic and financial space covering the OECS, and is aimed at further more...
Antigua Works to Be Digitally Competitive
October 12, 2011 | 12:21 am | 0 Comment
Above: Antigua PM Dr Baldwin Spencer By the Caribbean Journal staff Antigua's ICT Fest is underway, part of a plan Dr Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer said aims at making the country digitally competitive. "Today the government of Antigua and Barbuda is continuing to deliver on its promise of building an intelligent nation," Spencer said. "Today Antigua and more...
Antigua Becomes a Digital Village
October 10, 2011 | 6:14 pm | 0 Comment
Above: Antigua (Photo: ABDT) By the Caribbean Journal staff For a few days this week, Antigua's Multipurpose Cultural and Exhibition Centre has been converted into a digital village at the seventh annual ICTFEST, a forum on information and communication technology. The programme consists of two days of interactive exhibitions, technology competitions and more...
