All Saints West Member of Parliament Michael Browne was earlier today sworn in as the new minister of Creative Industries and innovation. He will have responsibility for Culture, Carnival, Independence, One Nation Concert, V.C. Bird Day Celebrations, Visual, Graphic, Decorative, Performing and Musical Arts, Happiness and Unity, Innovation, and the UNOPS. Browne resigned as the […]

The Antigua and Barbuda Festivals Commission, (ABFC), is pleased to announce the schedule of events commemorating our fortieth (40th) Anniversary of Independence, under the theme “Resilience, Reflection and Recovery”. Chairman of the ABFC, Mr. Maurice Merchant, outlines that for the second consecutive year, due to the current epidemiological circumstances involving the COVID-19 pandemic, the Government […]

The UK Chief of Defence Staff, General Sir Nicholas Carter, has visited Antigua and Barbuda to attend the second annual Caribbean Chiefs of Defence (CHOD) conference. The aim of the annual conference is to strengthen defence relationships and interoperability across the Caribbean region. The conference was led by the Hon Gaston Browne, Prime Minister of […]

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua and Barbuda – 8th September 2021…….Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda and Chairman of the Caribbean Community, CARICOM the Hon. Gaston Browne has called on the grouping of African and Caribbean countries to harness their powers to demand change in the international system.   Prime Minister Browne was speaking on Tuesday during the […]

Prime Minister, Gaston Browne, has written to the Master of All Souls College at Oxford University, seeking reparations for what now amounts to tens of millions of pounds sterling, amassed from the hard labour of enslaved people on Antigua and Barbuda. The Prime Minister’s letter, which was dispatched on Tuesday morning, received swift response from […]