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The Trumpet, founded in about 1968 [2] The Sentinel, late 1980s/1990s, founded by Vere Bird Jr. [2] News Pages Antigua, founded in the 2000s [2] Carib Arena, founded in the 2000s, short-lived [2] Antigua Sun and Sun Weekend, founded in 1997 by Allen Stanford. Caribbean Times, in Antigua and Barbuda, ceased to publish in January 2018.
Antigua. / 17.08500°N 61.80000°W / 17.08500; -61.80000. Antigua ( / ænˈtiːɡə / ann-TEE-gə ), [2] also known as Waladli or Wadadli by the local population, is an island in the Lesser Antilles. It is one of the Leeward Islands in the Caribbean region and the most populous island of the country of Antigua and Barbuda.
The Antigua Daily Observer, the Antigua News Room, and The Antiguan Times are the names of the country's three newspapers. The Antigua Observer is the only newspaper that is published every day in printed form. It is possible to watch the local television channel, ABS TV 10. (it is the only station that shows exclusively local programs).
During a royal tour by the Earl and Countess of Wessex in April 2022, the Prime Minister stated that Antigua and Barbuda would "one day become a republic", but the move was "not on the cards" at that time. In the same month, historian Ivor Ford suggested that most people in Antigua and Barbuda wanted to replace the Queen as head of state. He ...
Sir Ronald Michael Sanders KCN KCMG AM [1] [2] (born 26 January 1948) [3] is an Antiguan Barbudan diplomat, academic, former broadcast-journalist, and the current Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the United States and to the Organization of American States [4] (OAS) since 2015. He holds the unique distinction of being the first ...
Maria Bird-Browne. Maria Vanessa Bird-Browne (born 1991) is a politician in Antigua and Barbuda. She was elected as a member of the House of Representatives for St. John's Rural East in the Parliament of Antigua and Barbuda in 2018, becoming the youngest lawmaker in the country. She is the country's minister for housing, lands, and urban renewal.
e. General elections were held in Antigua and Barbuda on 18 January 2023 to elect members of the House of Representatives. The Labour Party (ABLP) has held an absolute majority of 15 seats in the House of Representatives after the 2018 general election, with Gaston Browne remaining as prime minister. Browne initiated a constitutional referendum ...
A constitutional referendum was held in Antigua and Barbuda on 6 November 2018, [1] the first referendum in the country's history. [2] The proposed constitutional amendment, which ultimately failed to pass, would have made the Caribbean Court of Justice the final court of appeal, replacing the London-based Judicial Committee of the Privy ...