The Mia Mottley Administration is being asked to share part of the financial burden in a new rescue plan to reorganize cash-starved LIAT, which requires an initial reinvestment of EC$108 million. The reorganization plan, which was made public by Prime Minister Gaston Browne on Saturday, was prepared by the Antigua and Barbuda government for consideration by Barbados and the other major LIAT shareholders, St Vincent and the Grenadines and Dominica. A meeting has been set for 5 p.m. on Monday, where Browne is expected to make his pitch to the other shareholders. A previously scheduled meeting, which Browne saw as…
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ST JOHN’S, Antigua (CMC)— Shareholder prime ministers of regional carrier, LIAT, are scheduled to meet on Monday in Barbados to discuss the fate of the airline. According to the Prime Minister Antigua and Barbuda, Gaston Browne, a previously scheduled meeting was not held due to the unavailability of Prime Minister Mia Mottley of Barbados. He said the meeting, that will also include chairman of Caricom, Dr Ralph Gonsalves, will now be held at 5:00 pm on Monday. Browne, who does not share the position adopted by the major shareholders of the Antigua-based cash-strapped airline, has been pushing for a plan…
A tropical wave located more than 900 miles west-southwest of the Cabo Verde Islands is producing a small area of disorganized showers and thunderstorms. Environmental conditions are expected to be marginally conducive for development of this system during the next few days while it moves westward at 10 to 15 mph over the tropical Atlantic. By Friday and over the weekend, conditions are forecast to become less favorable for tropical cyclone formation. * Formation chance through 48 hours…low…10 percent. * Formation chance through 5 days…low…20 percent.
St. Vincent and the Grenadines recorded six (6) new COVID-19 cases, with the receipt of results from the CARPHA Public Health Lab late this evening. Four (4) of the cases are from the AA 945 flight which arrived on Saturday July 18, 2020 from Miami. One case is a Vincentian returning home from Antigua and one was found on exit screening for a Vincentian who visited briefly from Barbados. The process of informing and contact tracing has commenced. St. Vincent and the Grenadines therefore currently has twenty-one (21) active COVID-19 cases. A total of fifty (50) confirmed COVID-19 cases with…
St. Vincent and the Grenadines has recorded an additional three (3) COVID-19 cases associated with the AA 945 flight of July 11, 2020, following receipt of PCR results from the CARPHA Public Health Laboratory. This brings to twelve (12) the number of COVID-19 cases associated with this flight. Further results from second round testing related to that flight, are outstanding. Initial testing of COVID-19 PCR samples collected yesterday July 18, 2020 for the AA 945 flight from Miami has preliminarily revealed four (4) positive cases. All samples have been sent to CARPHA for analysis as part of the multi-tiered verification…
All systems are in place for the restart of the 2019/2020 National Club Championships of the St Vincent and the Grenadines Football Federation (SVGFF). When the Championships recommence next Tuesday, 21st July at the Victoria Park, seven matches are down for decision in the First Division and thirty- five in the Premier Division. Third Vice- President of the SVGFF- Dwight Roberts, who is also head of the Tournament’s Committee, projects that “by next Monday, everything will be complete.” Roberts noted that among the preparations and protocols to be enforced is the testing of all players, management staff, referees, match commissioners,…
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AFP) — Two people were killed at Johannesburg airport Saturday during a shootout between police and thieves who stole facemasks and cellphones, police said. South Africa has the highest number of coronavirus cases on the continent with nearly 5,000 deaths and 350,000 infections. It also has one of the highest crime rates in the world. “A group of suspects entered the cargo section at the O. R. Tambo Airport and held the staff at gunpoint at one of the warehouses,” police said. “A high speed chase and shootout resulted” in which two suspects were shot dead and…
CNS) – There is an apparent standoff between Barbados and Antigua — LIAT’s largest shareholder and the airline’s headquarters, respectively. Sources close to the situation have told Caribbean News Service (CNS) that Antigua and Barbuda is refusing to accede to a request to have three of the 10 ATR aircraft in LIAT’s fleet moved to Barbados. The three aircraft were purchased with funds borrowed from the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), which is based in Barbados. The other seven ATR aircraft are on lease from various lessors. On Saturday Prime Minister Gaston Browne announced that a meeting of the major shareholders…
Increase in life expectancy, migration among working population and decrease in births were among the reasons for moving the pensionable age from sixty to sixty-five years. Executive Director of the National Insurance Services (NIS), Stewart Haynes, addressed the issue during an interview on NBC Radio last Tuesday. The pensionable age was changed during the Pension Reform in 2014 but, as Haynes pointed out, the changes are taking place gradually. “We changed it to move from sixty (60) because at the time of the Reform, that was the lowest retirement age in the region. Further, when we looked at the demographic…
Prime Minister Gaston Browne says some visitors are trying to gain entry into Antigua by using Fake Covid-19 certificates. He said the problem is not unique to Antigua & Barbuda but at other destinations where ports have reopened. Browne said this may lead to authorities taking another look at covid-19 protocols next week. Currently, visitors are expected to test before arrival into Antigua and present a negative covid-19 certificate. Browne said this policy has resulted in lower number of imported cases. The Prime Minister has also reported that two of the four visitors who recently tested positive for the coronavirus…