Hours after the country was told of the reintroduction of the joint police and army patrols, National Security Minister, Brigadier John Sandy yesterday gave the nation the assurance that every effort was being made to bring crime down. He further assured that a zero tolerance approach had been adopted by law enforcement in its quest to deal with the criminal ...

Almost two months after Keyshawn Pierre was beaten by school bullies and his skull fractured, police are still to charge his attackers. Pierre’s mother Errolyn Pierre, said she is frustrated by the police inaction. In an interview on Wednesday, the boy’s mother said she is unhappy with the slow pace of the investigation. “It’s almost two months and the police ...

The Furness Building on Wrightson Road, Port-of-Spain which houses the Bank of Baroda. Unarmed men held up the bank on Wednesday.     Police officers on mobile patrol have foiled a major robbery at the Bank of Baroda at Furness Building, Port of Spain on Wednesday night and apprehended four suspects. The alert officers also rescued three of the bank’s managers and two ...

Monsignor Michael de Verteuil during yesterday’s Our Lady of Perpetual Help RC Church Corpus Christi procession through the streets of San Fernando.      Roman Catholic priest Monsignor Christian Perreira yesterday urged parishioners to pray for affordable food prices and safety of motorists on the “dangerous” and “demonic” roads. Perreira made the plea when he addressed congregants at the annual Corpus Christi Mass ...

Minister of Food Production, Land and Marine Affairs Vasant Bharath, centre, permanent secretary Edwina Leacock, left, and deputy permanent secretary Stephanie Elder plant cassava yesterday at the headquarters of the ministry in St Clair.     The Estate Management Business Development Co (EMBDC) was justified in prohibiting farmers from entering lands at Orange Grove, Minister of Food Production, Land and Marine Affairs Vasant ...

 Public posturing is the only way to describe the actions of members of the Antigua Labour Party (ALP) who continue to “debate” the motion of no confidence on the streets and in the media, which was aborted by ALP Leader Lester Bird. The Standing Orders governing Parliament make provision for such a motion to be debated in Parliament. The Standing Orders ...

  Minister of Education Hon. Dr. Jacqui Quinn-Leandro is urging parents to be more involved in their child’s education experience, to help mitigate what the ministry sees as an escalation in not only drugs but violence and deviant behavior.   Reaching out to parents at a United Progressive Party (UPP) rally in Bolans on Tuesday, the Education Minister stressed, without a support ...

    Facing an attentive audience in Bolans on Tuesday, Minister of Finance and Public Administration the Hon. Harold Lovell detailed the successes of the  United Progressive Party (UPP) administration despite the challenging economic times. Dismissing the Opposition Antigua Labor Party’s (ALP) recent move for a vote of no confidence in Prime Minister the Hon. Dr. Baldwin Spencer, the Finance Minister states that ...

  Tremendous applause followed the US premiere of The Skin  at the AFI Silver Theatre in Washington DC on June 2nd, exactly one year after it opened as the  fourth feature film from HAMAFilms Antigua.   Antiguans in the DC area came out to support the film following the rigorous promotion by the  office of Antigua & Barbuda’s Ambassador to the US, Deborah ...

The OECS Authority met today via video conference to discuss progress in respect of preparations for the inauguration of the OECS Assembly, one of the principal Organs of the OECS. The Authority agreed that the inauguration, which was originally scheduled for June 15, 2012, in St John’s Antigua, would be postponed by a few months. The Revised Treaty of Basseterre (2012) ...