The conflict in the Gulf is not a distant abstraction. Its economic shockwaves are already lapping at Caribbean shores.
By Ronald Sanders When powerful states make policy decisions, small states reflexively personalize them. When small states fragment, powerful states need not justify their actions at...
By Ronald Sanders The 55th Regular Session of the General Assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS) will be held in one of its smallest...
The cabinet of Guyana is set to evaluate the application of the new airline, LIAT 2020, which aims to begin operations in Guyana within the next...
The government of Antigua & Barbuda announced that Prime Minister Gaston Browne has been recognized by a US-based faith-driven academic institution known for shaping global leaders....
The newly rebranded regional airline, LIAT 2020 (Leeward Islands Air Transport), is set to launch flights to 11 new destinations in the near future. CEO Hafsaf...
LIAT 2020, the revitalized version of one of the Caribbean’s most cherished airlines, made its historic maiden flight, marking a significant milestone in regional aviation. The...
Antigua & Barbuda is poised to broaden its development financing avenues by joining the Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean (CAF). Prime Minister Gaston...
A seismic event of magnitude 5.4 jolted Antigua & Barbuda along with neighboring islands on Wednesday. Fortunately, there have been no immediate reports of damage or...
The St. Kitts & Nevis government is moving to ban single-use plastics, implementing a three-phase structure that will affect the importation, sale, and distribution of several...
The Browne administration in Antigua & Barbuda has revealed that it will undertake a re-registration of voters in order to “preserve the integrity of the voters’...
The court-appointed administrator for the cash-strapped regional airline, LIAT, Cleveland Seaforth, says the airline will wind up its operations in its current form on January 24...
Several countries in the eastern Caribbean were struck by two earthquakes Thursday morning. According to the Seismic Research Center at the University of the West Indies...
The Trinidad & Tobago-based Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) says it regards itself as a prime example of Caribbean ingenuity as the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) celebrates...
The 15-member Caribbean Community (CARICOM) grouping on Monday, June 5 said it is committed to addressing the issue of plastic pollution and promoting sustainable consumption and...
Antigua & Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne has urged former employees of the cash-strapped regional airline LIAT (1974) to accept his administration’s compassionate offer while accusing...
The government of Antigua & Barbuda has agreed to the terms of a joint initiative with Nigerian private carrier, Air Peace, to boost investments in LIAT...
Caribbean countries continue to be rattled by earthquakes over the past 48 hours with the Trinidad & Tobago-based Seismic Research Centre (SRC) of the University of...
Less than 3 months after Antigua Airways made its inaugural flight emanating from West Africa, the Antigua & Barbuda government has taken a decision to temporarily...
Prime Minister Gaston Browne led his ruling Antigua & Barbuda Labour Party (ABLP) to a nail-biting victory in Wednesday’s general election, winning 9 of the 17...
Antigua & Barbuda’s main opposition United Progressive Party (UPP) says if it wins the January 18 general election, it will introduce legislation allowing for the exemption...
Prime Minister of Antigua & Barbuda, Gaston Browne, on Monday night announced January 18, 2023, as the date for general elections in Antigua & Barbuda and...
By Gregory Simpkins Being left out of industrialization for so long has been an obstacle for emerging markets in Africa and Latin America and the Caribbean...
As countries in the sub-region continue to advocate for the protection of their respective Citizenship by Investment Programmes (CIPs), one Caribbean leader says bolstering the security...
The Antigua & Barbuda government has announced an amnesty for persons “still struggling” to deal with the financial impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic that has...
AFP | The Queen’s death has put the wind at the back of republican movements in a region once dominated by the British empire, analysts say,...
Reuters | Antigua & Barbuda plans to hold a referendum on becoming a republic within the next 3 years, the Caribbean nation’s prime minister told British...
AP | The Bank of Jamaica is preparing to issue a nationwide digital currency for the first time in its history following recent approval from legislators....
Leaders of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) have agreed to co-sign a letter being sent to United States President Joe Biden as they announced...
Press Release | The Prime Minister of Antigua & Barbuda, Vice-Chancellor of The University of the West Indies (UWI) and Chair of the Association of Commonwealth...
Growth predicted for 2022, is also underpinned by expectations of accelerated implementation of several large infrastructure projects across the region.
A one meter rise in sea level can displace approximately 110,000 people in CARICOM member states - Mia Mottley
Salaries of unvaccinated public servants will be withheld
An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.2 rocked several Caribbean islands on Thursday night, but there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries. The Trinidad...
It is time to re-think the integration project, based on practical realities.
Antigua & Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne has hinted at the possibility of a new company to administer the affairs of the cash-strapped regional airlines, Leeward...
Lotteries will give vaccinated residents a chance to win $1,850
Antigua & Barbuda has just gotten into the film business. St. Kitts & Nevis-born producer Rudy Langlais (“The Hurricane,” “Sugar Hill”), and his partners, Caribbean social...
Antigua & Barbuda has injected a further US$400,000 in regional carrier Leeward Islands Air Transport (LIAT) even as the twin-island nation prime minister vowed that the...
The Antigua & Barbuda government says it will resist efforts to shift the base of the financially-strapped regional airline, Leeward Islands Air Transport (LIAT), to Barbados....
Citizens of the member states of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) are no longer required to obtain work permits to be employed in Antigua...
The Antigua & Barbuda-based regional airline, LIAT (Leeward Islands Air Transport), Tuesday announced the launch of its inaugural service to Haiti as part of a major...
Dominica is on the verge of becoming a cryptocurrency community and other Caribbean countries, like Antigua & Barbuda may want to get in on the action....
Former education minister, Rodney Williams, is to be sworn in as Antigua & Barbuda’s new Governor-General, acting Prime Minister Steadroy Benjamin has said. Williams will replace...
By Richard Schiffman Wigton wind farm in Manchester, Jamaica. PHOTO/Jamaica Gleaner Lefties Food Stall, a pint-sized eatery serving Barbados’ signature flying-fish sandwiches, recently became the first...
Newly elected Antigua & Barbuda Prime Minister, Gaston Browne. PHOTO/Antigua Observer Newly elected Prime Minister Gaston Browne has named a 10 member cabinet that was sworn...
Gaston Browne (pictured), led his Antigua & Barbuda Labor Party (ALP) to a landslide victory in the general elections held on Thursday and has pledged to...
Incumbent Prime Minister of Antigua & Barbuda Baldwin Spencer (l) and Opposition leader Gaston Browne (r). PHOTO/File Voters in Antigua & Barbuda go to the polls...
Incumbent Prime Minister of Antigua & Barbuda Baldwin Spencer (l) and Opposition leader Gaston Browne (r). PHOTO/File Campaigns are underway in Antigua & Barbuda, with the...
Antigua & Barbuda Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer. PHOTO/File Antigua & Barbuda Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer has reiterated he would name the date for the general election...
Regional airline, Leeward Islands Air Transport (LIAT), says it will take “decisive action” to deal with unprofitable routes as the struggling Antigua & Barbuda-based airline seeks...
Antigua & Barbuda has asked the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to send a mission to observe the general election likely to be held next month. The Baldwin...
The Caribbean Development Bank has admitted Suriname as a full member of the financial body. As a result, Suriname will now have easier access to subsidized...
Dominica’s Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit says the time has come to make the regional airline, Leeward Islands Air Transport (LIAT), an essential service as the airline...
Antigua & Barbuda Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer has hinted at a general election within the next 4 months. The last general election was held in March...
Antigua & Barbuda is celebrating its 32nd anniversary of political independence from Britain on Friday with the traditional military parade, the presentation of national awards to...
Antigua & Barbuda has launched its “Citizenship by Investment Program” with Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer saying the initiative is to generate investments and jobs for nationals...
St. Lucia Prime Minister Dr. Kenny Anthony. PHOTO/File St. Lucia Prime Minister Dr. Kenny Anthony began his one year term as Chairman of the Monetary Council...
An earthquake of magnitude 4.1 on the Richter scale rattled Trinidad yesterday. There were no immediate reports of injury or damage. The Seismic Unit of the...
The Antigua & Barbuda-based regional airline, LIAT (Leeward Islands Air Transport), Friday said the Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank is providing US$65 million in loans to the...
Antigua & Barbuda on Wednesday said it had established a select committee to oversee the implementation process, as the twin-island nation seeks to suspend certain concessions...
The Spencer administration in Antigua & Barbuda, has revealed that it does not have any intention of re-engaging the International Monetary Fund (IMF), even after the...
Antigua & Barbuda government says there has been no “substantial progress” with the United States with regards to the long standing internet gaming dispute despite recent...
A major international credit rating agency says the liquidity crisis leading to Grenada default on its US and Eastern Caribbean (EC) dollar bonds is “credit negative”...
The Antigua & Barbuda Investment Authority (ABIA) recently hosted Kirk Laughlin, founder/editorial director of Nearshore Americas, who visited the island-nation last week to gain insight on...
Americans call it piracy. Antiguans call it justice. The islands of Antigua & Barbuda are threatening to strip intellectual property protections from American goods as part...
(Reuters)- Antigua & Barbuda will tell the World Trade Organization (WTO) on Monday that it intends to use trade sanctions against the United States, which it...
Net foreign direct investment (FDI) in St Lucia has risen by 81.6 percent this year compared to 2011, the largest increase in the Caribbean this year,...
The tiny Caribbean nation of Antigua & Barbuda intends to pursue retaliatory sanctions against U.S. commercial services and intellectual property as part of its David vs....
New opposition leader of Antigua & Barbuda., Gaston Browne. PHOTO/File For the first time in its 66 year history, the Antigua Labor Party will not be...
At a two day international conference on the financial services sector in St. John’s, Antigua, a leading international expert has urged Caribbean nations to stand their...
(Caribbean Journal) – Antigua & Barbuda has begun a series of consultations on a proposed Citizenship by Investment programme in the country. The first of four...
The Antigua & Barbuda government has ended the 25-year monopoly enjoyed by the Landline Internet Mobile and Entertainment (LIME) telecommunications company on international direct dial telephone...
(PRNewswire) – Digicel Group, the best value mobile operator in the Caribbean, Central America and Pacific, has acquired Haitian mobile operator, Voila, from its parent company,...
The Government is trying to decide whether to join some of its Eastern Caribbean neighbours in offering Antiguan citizenship to those who can afford it.
