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It is owned by NewsCo Limited, based in St. John's, Antigua. [2] Antigua.news is a digital news portal founded in 2022 by ambassador Dario Item as official news channel of the Embassy of Antigua and Barbuda in Madrid, focused on covering current affairs in Antigua and Barbuda, as well as key global news stories, winner of ABGMA best online news ...
The Outlet was a radical newspaper published in Saint John's, Antigua and Barbuda. [1] [2] The Outlet was founded in 1968. [3] The newspaper was edited by Tim Hector and James Knight. [1] [2] [4] It functioned as a weekly organ of the Antigua Caribbean Liberation Movement (ACLM). [5] For the ACLM the newspaper played a very important role. [6]
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The first confirmed English settlement in Antigua and Barbuda was established in 1632. [2] In 1674, the first sugar plantation was established in the country. This is when the first African slaves were brought to the country, and soon, the majority of people in Antigua and Barbuda were of African descent. [3]
The Daily Observer, the only daily newspaper of Antigua and Barbuda, est. 1993; Northern Daily Leader, published in Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia, and formerly known as The Daily Observer; The Daily Observer, est. 2011; The Daily Observer, published in The Gambia; Liberian Observer, which has also used the name Daily Observer
By 1998 Antigua and Barbuda was not considered a democracy by Freedom House. [36] The 1999 elections were neither free nor fair, and due to this, the Antigua and Barbuda Electoral Commission was established in 2001. [37] [38] State media was liberalised. [39] A small Caribbean integration movement had also emerged in Barbuda.
Fabian Jones, the Barbuda Council senator, is a member of the Barbuda People's Movement, and an opposition senator. [1] The other opposition senators are members of the United Progressive Party. [2] Kiz Johnson is an independent senator. [3] The remaining senators represent the Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party. [4]
Antigua and Barbuda is composed of six parishes and two dependencies. Saint John is the most populous parish, home to well over half of Antigua and Barbuda's population. [65] During colonial times, the parishes were governed by parish vestries, however, the parishes now lack any sort of government. [66]