Category: LATEST BUZZ

2010 BVI MUSIC FEST LINEUP OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCED:
IYAZ, GYPTIAN, NINA SKY, & FANTASIA TO BE FEATURED

Road Town, Tortola, April 17 – At a launch party at Quito’s Gazebo last night, the 2010 BVI Music Festival Committee announced an impressive musical line up for the tenth anniversary of the beach concerts.  The lineup includes world renowned acts such as the 2004 American Idol, Fantasia, Jamaican reggae singer Gyptian and the Virgin Islands very own, international musical talent, Iyaz.

Beginning on Friday, May 28, reggae and soca fans will get a chance to hear music from;  WCK, Gyptian, Harella, Jalena, and Aaron.  Saturday night will feature, Co Co Tea, Nina Sky, Iyaz, Imo, Maccabee, Empress Ruth, and Sister Joyce. The last night of the festival will feature American Idol, Fantasia, The Spinners, Mash the Run Way Fashion Show, Ghost from the United Kingdom, and the BVI’s MBJ Baltimore.

St John’s, April 14, 2010 – High Court Judge Justice Errol Thomas today granted two Antigua Labour Party members of Parliament their request for Judicial Review of the Baldwin Spencer administration’s July 2009 decision to appoint a Commission of Inquiry into what is popularly known as the IHI Debt Settlement matter.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, March 7, 2010 –  In the wake of the devastating earthquake that struck Haiti on 12 January 2010, the French-speaking Caribbean nation is keen to show the world that it is alive and that tourism has a major role to play in its recovery

Broadcast by Hon Lester B  Bird MP

Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the ALP

On Sunday 7^th March 2010

“UPP regime hell-bent on taxing the people and selling-off State Enterprises”

Fellow Citizens and Residents of Antigua and Barbuda

This past week we have again seen the dictatorial behaviour of the UPP regime in the highhanded manner that their henchpersons in the Senate and the House of Representatives have stifled discussion of the nation’s business.

All Antigua Labour Party (ALP) parliamentarians walked out of Parliament at 11:00 am this morning, Wednesday, March 3, 2010, in protest of a decision to disallow the ALP a short period of deferral to study the 30 amendments to the anti-Money Laundering legislation put forward by the ;government. Parliament was reconvened from Thursday, February 11, 2010, three weeks ago, the Speaker of the House remarked; therefore, the authority to discuss the 30 amendments to the Money Laundering Prevention Act was not a new item but a continuation going back three weeks. The amendments were submitted to the ALP parliamentarians on Monday past, or two days ago.

LABOUR PARTY DEPLORES INCLUSION OF ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA ON TERRORISM FIANCING BLACKLIST

St John’s, Antigua: 22 February…  The Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party has roundly condemned the ruling United Progressive Party over the inclusion of Antigua and Barbuda in a list of countries that “pose a risk in the international system” for terrorism financing.

Cooperation between Member States of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and Latin America will be advanced when CARICOM Heads of Government participate in two Summit meetings […]

The Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) is deeply saddened and shocked by the passing of Prof. Rex Nettleford. The Caribbean has lost a true icon, a dedicated son, a committed servant and an ardent champion for, and defender of, its identity.