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Antigua and Barbuda Begins Consultations on Citizenship by Investment
Above: Antigua (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Antigua and Barbuda has begun a series of consultations on a proposed Citizenship by Investment programme in the country. The first of four consultations took place at the end of last …

IMF Concludes Antigua Review Mission
Above: Antigua (Photo: AT) By the Caribbean Journal staff The International Monetary Fund recently concluded its seventh stand-by arrangement review mission to Antigua and Barbuda. The mission, which was led by Geoffrey Bannister, took place from Aug. 14 to Aug. …

Interview with Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer
Above: Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer (CJ Photo) By Alexander Britell BRIDGETOWN — Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer and his United Progressive Party have led Antigua and Barbuda’s government since 2004, when, as leader of the opposition, he unseated the Antigua Labour …
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Antigua Prime Minister Holds Discussions With Republic of Abkhazia
Above: Antigua PM Baldwin Spencer (UN Photo/Michelle Poiré) By the Caribbean Journal staff Antigua Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer held talks this week with Dr Irakli Khintba, Deputy Foreign Minister of the Republic Abkahzia, which is seeking recognition as a state. …
Antigua PM: “Ship of State is Moving”
Above: Antigua Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer By the Caribbean Journal staff Antigua Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer says that, while the country is enduring difficult and challenging times, “the ship of state is moving.” Spencer was speaking at a public meeting …
West Indies Cricket Impasse Over; Jamaica’s Chris Gayle to Return
By the Caribbean Journal staff The year-long impasse between Jamaica’s Chris Gayle and the West Indies Cricket Board has been resolved, Antigua Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer has announced. Baldwin said the way is now clear for the active return of …
Kosovo Foreign Minister Meets With Antiguan Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer
Above: Kosovo Foreign Minister Enver Hoxhaj (UN Photo/Evan Schneider) By the Caribbean Journal staff Antiguan Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer recently received Kosovo Foreign Minister Enver Hoxhaj for talks on the matter of Kosovo’s recognition as an independent state, the government …
China and Antigua Continue Partnership, Sign Technical Cooperation Agreement
Above: Spencer and Gao sign the agreement (Photo: ABG) By the Caribbean Journal staff The government of Antigua and Barbuda has signed an economic and technical cooperation agreements with China totaling almost $10.5 million. The two sides signed the agreement …
Antigua Prime Minister Spencer Pledges Closer Cooperation with China
Above: Antigua PM Baldwin Spencer with Chinese officials (Photo: ABG) By the Caribbean Journal staff Antiguan Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer is pledging to forge closer ties with China and continue its support for the One China policy, he said following …
Antigua: “Zero Tolerance” on Gun Crimes
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 …
New Brazilian Ambassador in Antigua
Above: Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer and Ambassador Raul Campos e Castro (Photo: ABG) By the Caribbean Journal staff Brazil’s new Ambassador to Antigua and Barbuda, Raul Campos e Castro, presented his letters of credence yesterday, making him the second resident …
Antigua Looks to Buy Back Airport Land
By the Caribbean Journal staff The government of Antigua will look to repurchase two parcels of land around the country’s airport compound from a company owned by jailed Texas financier R Allen Stanford, according to Prime Minister Dr Baldwin Spencer. …
Antigua Could Liberalize Telecom Sector
Above: PM Baldwin Spencer By the Caribbean Journal staff The Antiguan government is embarking on a series of programmes aimed at liberalizing the telecommunications sector in the country in 2012. “We really need to sit down, government, APUA and the …
Antigua Passes New Election Bill
Above: Antigua’s Parliament By the Caribbean Journal staff Antigua’s House of Representatives passed a bill that will make several major changes to the country’s electoral commission, along with making minor adjustments to the process of maintaining a registry of electors …
Chinese Delegation Visits Antigua
Above: Antigua’s Parliament By the Caribbean Journal staff A 20-member delegation from China’s National People’s Congress is visiting Antigua today for a series of talks with government officials. The Chinese delegation will hold meetings with Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer today …
Antigua House Passes Basseterre Treaty
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 …
Antigua Works to Be Digitally Competitive
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 …
Following China’s Lead, South Korea Looks to Caribbean Market
Above: Antigua PM Baldwin Spencer and South Korea FM Kim Sung Hwan (UN Photos: Eskinder Debebe and JC McIlwaine) By Alexander Britell China has been extending its influence and investment in the Caribbean region over the last several years, highlighted …
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