LIAT employee suspended after allegedly beating customer

September 23, 2015 in Regional

[caption id="attachment_7895" align="alignleft" width="300"] The incident took place at the Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport in Tortola.[/caption] ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, September 22, 2015 – LIAT has confirmed it has suspended one of its employees and launched an investigation into an alleged fight between the female worker...

Henley & Partners says A&B leads the region in CIP

September 22, 2015 in Regional

Antigua & Barbuda is currently leading the region in the Citizenship by Investment Programme (CIP) market, according to CEO and Global Managing Partner of Henley & Partners, Eric Major. As the biggest player in the global citizenship market, Major said even without published numbers from the...

UWI Vice-Chancellor receives humanitarian award

September 21, 2015 in Regional

WASHINGTON DC, United States, Monday September 21, 2015 – Vice-Chancellor of The University of the West Indies Professor Sir Hilary Beckles has received the Global Community Healer Award, a humanitarian award from the Community Healing Network (CHN), for his tireless work in trying to secure...

It’s progress – Portia goes after child abusers

September 21, 2015 in Regional

PRIME Minister Portia Simpson Miller used the platform of the People's National Party's (PNP) 77th annual conference to tout an agenda of progress and prosperity, while saying very little on the issue of crime which many were expecting her to address. On the issue of crime,...

New breast cancer medication launched in Jamaica

September 18, 2015 in Regional

KINGSTON, Jamaica, Friday September 18, 2015 — Government has signed a contract with global leader in diagnostic and pharmaceutical products, Roche, that will see a new cancer medication made available to local breast cancer patients. The medication is Herceptin Subcutaneous (SC), an agent commonly used in...