Haiti hurricane victims face choice: leave or rebuild

October 20, 2016 in Regional

[caption id="attachment_14761" align="alignleft" width="300"] Jules Sima, age 44, rides his moto amid destruction from Hurricane Matthew on his way to his parent's destroyed home in the area of Chabet, commune of Roche-a-Bateaux, southwestern Haiti, on October 18, 2016.[/caption] ROCHE-À-BATEAU, Haiti (AFP) — The beach was like...

Regional discussion to focus on adequate pay for nurses

October 19, 2016 in Regional

Antigua Observer:-Three-hundred nurses from 22 countries will converge in Antigua & Barbuda beginning this weekend for the Caribbean Nurses Organisation 30th Biennial Conference, and President of the Caribbean Nurses Organization, Antoinette Paterson Bartley said along with the many challenges nurses face, the issue of proper...

Two Antiguans caught with over $1.7M worth of cannabis

October 19, 2016 in Regional

[caption id="attachment_14738" align="alignleft" width="300"] Officers attached to the Office of National Drug and Money Laundering Control Policy (ONDCP) arrested two men, yesterday, after they were caught transporting close to 854 pounds of compressed cannabis in this pickup truck[/caption] Two men who were caught red-handed with almost...

‘Heartbreaking’

October 18, 2016 in Regional

[caption id="attachment_14715" align="alignleft" width="300"] UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon makes a gesture of solidarity to people whose homes were destroyed by Hurricane Matthew, as he visits a school where they have sought shelter in Les Cayes, Haiti, on Saturday.[/caption] PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon...