ST JOHN'S, Antigua -- A senior member of the Antigua and Barbuda Chamber of Commerce has said that the Baldwin Spencer administration’s Divestment Programme could encourage Antiguans and Barbudans to invest locally. During a consultation on Friday, a delegation of executive members...

PHILIPSBURG, St Maarten -- Windward Islands Airways (Winair) has responded to what it describes as “serious, malicious, damaging and deliberately orchestrated rumours geared at discrediting the airline.” The airline, through its managing director, Edwin Hodge, said that the public should be aware of false rumours.

I was somewhat perplexed while reading the Antigua Daily Observer front page caption (December 3, 2009) “Teen Jailed on Gun, Ammo Charges.” The article indicated that the teen’s name was withheld because he was a juvenile. Yet the withholding of his name did not relax the punishment.

HOUSTON, USA (Reuters) -- The receiver in accused swindler Allen Stanford's civil fraud case is suing about 200 investors for as much as $545 million they collected from certificates of deposit alleged to be at the center of a $7 billion Ponzi scheme. The investors named in the lawsuit are said to have unfairly cashed out.

BRADES, Montserrat -- Antiguan-runner Neville Nicholls can now boast of being the winner of the first ever Montserrat Volcano Half Marathon, which was held on the morning of December 5, 2009. Fourteen brave runners from Antigua, Canada, Guadeloupe, Montserrat and the UK, braved the elements.

All eyes in Antigua and Barbuda are on you and also the praise of the people are with you because they are looking for justice. The faith of the Nation is in your hands through God. The people of Antigua and Barbuda went through a long night of suffering by the administration of Baldwin Spencer.

There are raving concerns but no real consensus over the public feud between opposition leader, Lester Bird and Her Excellency, Governor General (GG), Dame Louise Lake-Tack. At present, I suspect neither Bird nor the GG would want to be buried in the same place. This negative publicity is a losing battle even a travesty.

ST JOHN'S, Antigua -- A broad range of policymakers from across the region will gather in Antigua next week, for a Regional Poverty and Social Impact Analysis (PSIA) consultative meeting. The meeting will be highly participatory, and give voice to groups affected by the crisis, especially the most vulnerable.

WASHINGTON, USA (Reuters) -- The US Justice Department asked a court on Wednesday for permission to seek the names of American clients of Texas financier Allen Stanford who may be hiding assets abroad to evade taxes. Most of Stanford's fortune came from Stanford International Bank, based in Antigua.

BRADES, Montserrat -- The Montserrat Ministry of Communications, Works & Labour has released the following information on the new ferry operations from Antigua, which commence on Wednesday, December 2. “Passengers wishing to use the ferry Service should contact the local Handling Agent...

ST JOHN’S, Antigua -- Antigua and Barbuda is set to receive further technical and financial assistance from the European Union following high level talks in Brussels by a team from St John’s. The mission followed negotiations leading to the conclusion of the 10th European Development Fund (EDF).