ABLP wins 2018 General Elections

March 22, 2018 in Regional

The Antigua Barbuda Labour Party has won the 2018 general elections, gaining one more seat in the parliament. It’s a 15-1-1 win for ABLP, United Progressive Party and Barbuda People’s Movement respectively. The Democratic alliance did not win any seat. The leaders of both UPP and DNA who...

Antiguans and Barbudans voting for a new gov’t

March 21, 2018 in Regional

ST JOHN'S, Antigua (CMC) — Voters in Antigua and Barbuda are casting ballots today for a new government in a general election that Prime Minister Gaston Browne called more than a year ahead of the constitutional deadline. While there are seven political parties and five independents...

Cops say Klansman Gang rakes in $1.8m weekly from extortion

March 21, 2018 in Regional

MEMBERS of the notorious Klansman Gang in Spanish Town, St Catherine, are raking in $1.8 million weekly from extorting mainly business owners and transport operators, the police have said. The disclosure was made yesterday at a press conference called by the Counter-Terrorism and Organised Crime Investigation...

State of Emergency Declared in a Second Parish in Jamaica

March 20, 2018 in Regional

[caption id="attachment_21089" align="alignleft" width="300"] Prime Minister Andrew Holness (at podium) declares a State of Public Emergency for the St. Catherine North Police Division. Pictured (from left) are: Chief of Defence Staff, Major General Rocky Meade; Acting Commissioner of Police, Clifford Blake; National Security Minister Robert...

Barbuda commercial flights resume

March 19, 2018 in Regional

Commercial flights to and from Barbuda have resumed with the blessing of the Eastern Caribbean Civil Aviation Authority (ECCAA). A release from Edward Gilkes, the Director of Operations at the Antigua and Barbuda Airport Authority, stated that the restart of flights comes after Saturday’s inspection of...