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Scotiabank managing director Stephen Bagnarol addresses reporters on the Republic Bank acquisition at its head office, Port of Spain yesterday

CARIBBEAN | Scotiabank says Caribbean Remains Important

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad — Scotiabank is not pulling out of the region insisted Scotiatbank's senior vice-president and head of the Caribbean South and East, Stephen Bagnarol yesterday. Instead, it has decided to focus on its core markets, where they have “size and scale.”

November 29, 2018
Published in Business & Economy

Antigua’s Tourism Minister Charles Max Fernandez

ANTIGUA | Waldorf Astoria one of 15 hotels to be built in Antigua

The first Waldorf-Astoria in the Caribbean is to be located in Antigua, and is one of 15 new hotels that have been approved for construction in Antigua and Barbuda, that country’s Tourism Minister, Charles ‘Max’ Fernandez, told reporters during a product update briefing at the State of the Tourism Industry Conference (SOTIC) in The Bahamas recently.

October 15, 2018
Published in Tourism

Palmetto Plus Cottage, a hurricane resistant structure that is an attractive ‘Caribbean Colonial’ cottage.

Hurricane-Resistant Modular Homes coming to Antigua

Antigua is set to roll out its first Bauhu homes soon, according to a post on social media by Bauhu. However, no specific date has been given as to when the hurricane-resistant homes will enter that market.

September 24, 2018
Published in Weather

ANTIGUA: Promo girls face sexual harassment, discriminatory pay – Study

(ANTIGUA OBSERVER) – A recent research conducted in Antigua and Barbuda found that promotional models were subjected to sexual harassments and discriminatory payments based on skin colour.

August 9, 2018
Published in Lifestyle

Saint Lucia and Grenada agree to fund LIAT, St Kitts says no — report

Prime Minister Gaston Browne has revealed that the governments of Grenada and St Lucia have agreed to subsidise the operations of LIAT.

July 1, 2018
Published in Business & Economy

Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) headquarters in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago

Antigua sets November 6 date for CCJ referendum

ST JOHN'S, Antigua —November 6 is the date when Antiguans and Barbudans will vote in a referendum to determine whether the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) would be the nation’s final court of appeal.

June 19, 2018
Published in Justice

Chairman of the Integrity Commission Radford Hill (Photo by Kieron Murdoch OBSERVER media)

ANTIGUA | Integrity commission to investigate Asot Michael

There are grounds to open an investigation into Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party Member of Parliament (MP) Asot Michael, according to the Integrity Commission.

June 17, 2018
Published in Caribbean

ANTIGUA | Trade Minister Asot Michael resigns amid new scandal

Source –CMC– Trade and Investment Minister Asot Michael has tendered his resignation from the newly formed Antigua and Barbuda government, amid speculation that he was among Caribbean politicians who had received bribes from a British investor.

May 21, 2018
Published in Caribbean

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