Governments urged to use social media in crime fight

September 25, 2015 in Regional

[caption id="attachment_7924" align="alignright" width="300"] Dr Daniel Isom, professor in the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Missouri, St Louis, United States, at Crime Stop’s 25th anniversary awards banquet at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston last Saturday. (PHOTO: COLLIN REID)[/caption] AN...

Antiguan court building evacuated following bomb scare

September 25, 2015 in Regional

ST JOHN’S, Antigua (CMC) – Workers at the High Court and government officers were forced to evacuate their buildings on Friday after a man claimed he had placed explosive devices there. Police Commissioner Wendell Robinson told the Caribbean Media Corporation (CMC) that the man had phoned...

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...