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His eldest son, Sir William Young, 2nd Baronet (1749–1815), was the Governor of Tobago from 1807-1815 as well as serving as a Member of Parliament. [12] Sir William purchased some of the best pieces of real estate on Antigua, St Vincent, and Tobago. [8]
Jennifer Cassar (August 4, 1951 – July 19, 2018) was a Trinidadian cultural activist and civil servant.Cassar served as the Carib Queen, a leader of the Santa Rosa First Peoples Community and the indigenous community in Trinidad and Tobago, from 2011 until her death in 2018.
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. [2] [5] (There is a newspaper also called Caribbean Times that is published in New York City.)
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19 September – A national holiday is observed on the day of the funeral of Elizabeth II, Queen of Antigua and Barbuda. The governor-general and the prime minister attend the queen's state funeral in the United Kingdom. [4] 19 September – A service of Thanksgiving for Queen Elizabeth II is held at the Cathedral of St John The Divine. [4]
In 1858, there was an uprising in Point between Antiguan dockworkers and Barbudan dockworkers due to job competition. The Antiguan dockworkers later began to attack other minority groups. [4] In 1859, the Barbuda (Extension of Laws of Antigua) Act was passed, beginning the merger process between Antigua and Barbuda. [5]
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Antigua and Barbuda has a bicameral legislature and multiple political parties, with universal adult suffrage and elections held every 5 years.The Senate has 17 members appointed by the Governor-General, with 10 being appointed on the advice of the Prime Minister, 4 on the advice of the Leader of the Opposition, one on the advice of the Barbuda Council, one resident of Barbuda on the advice of ...