June 2019

Ortiz in Boston to receive care for gunshot wound

June 11, 2019 in Sports

A plane carrying David Ortiz landed in Boston on Monday night, a day after the Red Sox icon was shot at a club in his native Dominican Republic and underwent emergency surgery. Ortiz was then taken by ambulance, with a police escort, to Massachusetts General Hospital,...

Inside one of the most bizarre nights in NBA history

June 11, 2019 in Sports

Are the Golden State Warriors better without Kevin Durant? Check that: The Warriors need Kevin Durant. But the daily will-he-or-won’t-he hangs like a cloud over the Warriors’ locker room. It’s a lot like his impending free agency. And why won’t he play? Klay Thompson gutted it out on a...

Bishop denounces possible legalisation of obeah

June 11, 2019 in Regional

A local religious leader has spoken out against a proposal being considered by the government of a CARICOM country to legalize the practice of obeah. President of the Antigua & Barbuda Council of Church Leaders and Head of The Christian Ministries Center, Bishop Charlesworth Browne has...

Public Divided On Students’ Expulsion

June 11, 2019 in Regional

On the heels of the decision taken by the Ministry of Education to expel two male secondary school students who were involved in a widely circulated video that displayed disturbing acts of bullying, members of the public have taken sides with some condemning the expulsion...