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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.)
Antigua.news icon. Antigua.news (a.k.a. Antigua News or Antigua and Barbuda News) is a digital news and opinion portal founded in 2022 by Ambassador Dario Item as the official news channel of the Embassy of Antigua and Barbuda in Madrid, focused on delivering coverage of current affairs in Antigua and Barbuda, as well as key global breaking news.
On 14 January 2025, a by-election was held in the Antiguan parliamentary seat of St. Peter following the assassination of Asot Michael.It was Antigua and Barbuda's third election since Prime Minister Gaston Browne emerged victorious in the 2023 general election.
The project was intended to be a modern futuristic city with skyscrapers and monorails, [4] being led by the formerly-Chinese investor Yida Zhang, now exclusively a citizen of Antigua and Barbuda. [5] In 2016, Antigua's human and infrastructural development was on an upward trajectory, [6] being the first country in the Caribbean to ban plastic ...
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]
Also in 2007, Antigua hosted the Cricket World Cup, but due to unsafe conditions at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, the government was publicly humiliated. [7] However, Antigua and Barbuda was able to defeat the United States in a court case involving its online gambling industry, resulting in an increased standing in the non-aligned world and ...
The following day, October 31, 1981, amidst a tropical downpour, [8] Antigua and Barbuda inaugurated its parliament building, just hours before achieving independence. [9] In the harbor, five warships—three British, one Venezuelan, one American—stood ready for the midnight salute to mark the momentous occasion. [ 8 ]