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New senators appointed following embarrassing defeat for government in Senate

Baldwin Spencer, Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda

Baldwin Spencer, Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, 16 March 2013 (CMC) – The brother of former West Indies cricket captain, Viv Richards, is among two new senators named by Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer after he dismissed two government legislators who failed to support legislation for his administration’s Citizenship by Investment Programme that he said would result in significant economic gains for Antigua and Barbuda.

A government statement said that Prime Minister Spencer has advised Governor-General Dame Louise Lake-Tack to appoint Mervyn Richards and Richard Lewis as senators following the dismissal of Colin Derrick and Anthony Stuart. Continue reading →

Antigua and Barbuda PM wants third term in office

Baldwin Spencer

Baldwin Spencer, Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, 18 March 2013 (CMC) – Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer has called on supporters of his ruling United Progressive Party’s (UPP) to give him a third consecutive term in office saying he still has more work to do in improving the socio-economic situation in Antigua and Barbuda.

“I want to ensure, with everything that I have to give, that the United Progressive Party is successful in the polls come election time…because I believe honestly and sincerely that the party with your help, and with your support, deserves a third term because we have unfinished business to attend to,” he told delegates attending the party’s ninth biennial convention over the weekend. Continue reading →

Christmas Message 2012 from Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda

Baldwin Spencer

Baldwin Spencer

My fellow Antiguans and Barbudans, residents and friends, once again it is the season of peace, joy and goodwill.

It is a season of celebration. At this time we celebrate the entry into the world of our Lord Jesus Christ, whose simple birth is a lesson in humility to all of us.

The story of Jesus changed the world and that is why we celebrate his birth every year around this time. Continue reading →

Antigua and Barbuda Opposition Leader Puts Case to Remain at Helm of Opposition Party

Opposition Leader Lester Bird

Opposition Leader Lester Bird

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, 19 September 2012 (CMC) – Leader of the main opposition Antigua Labour Party (ALP), Lester Bird, says he will continue to lead the party despite “anxieties” among supporters regarding his health and age.

“I am still very much able to perform the tasks of the Leader and would step aside the moment my doctors felt that such tasks were likely to exceed my limitations,” said Bird, 74, the island’s second prime minister. Continue reading →

Inaugural Session of OECS Assembly Confirmed for Friday 10 August 2012

The Parliament of Antigua and Barbuda - future home of the OECS National Assembly in Antigua

The Parliament of Antigua and Barbuda – future home of the OECS National Assembly in Antigua (Photo courtesy of the Office of the Antigua and Barbuda in Prime Minister)

ST. JOHN’S, ANTIGUA – Thirty-nine parliamentarians from throughout the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) are scheduled to assemble at the Parliament Building of Antigua and Barbuda on August 10, 2012, for the inaugural meeting of the OECS Assembly, a new institution fashioned under the Revised Treaty of Basseterre Establishing the OECS Economic Union, which came into force in January 2011. Continue reading →

Opposition Defers on No-Confidence Vote – For Now

Opposition Leader Lester Bird

Opposition Leader Lester Bird

ST JOHN’S, Antigua (CMC)- A much-anticipated vote of no confidence against Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer and his United Progressive Party (UPP) government failed to materialise in Parliament on Wednesday as Opposition Leader Lester Bird retired for the day feeling unwell.

The opposition Antigua Labour Party (ALP) had long signalled its intent to move a vote of no confidence against the Spencer administration, but when the sun set on the day’s proceedings the house adjourned indefinitely. Continue reading →

Antigua Opposition Leader Outlines Strategies For Stimulating Local Economy

Opposition Leader Lester Bird

Opposition Leader Lester Bird

ST JOHN’S, Antigua (CMC) – Opposition Leader Lester Bird has called for income tax to be repealed and a reduction in government sales tax in order to revive the ailing economy in Antigua and Barbuda.

In a radio broadcast, Bird a former prime minister, also called for an increase in pensions to elderly people as part of an overall strategy to ensure that “people must have money in their pockets” in a bid to stimulate the local economy. Continue reading →

Spencer and Bird Agree with Chinese

Baldwin Spencer

Baldwin Spencer

(DAILY OBSERVER) – In a rare moment of unanimity, both Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer and Opposition leader Lester Bird have come out in support of the Chinese Mission’s objection to the use of the Taiwanese flag by a group of protestors who flew the symbol outside the local Chinese Embassy to demonstrate their dissatisfaction over the controversial Chinese funded power plant deal. Continue reading →

Antigua and Barbuda Signs Fire-Arm Marking Agreement With OAS

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – The Government of Antigua and Barbuda and the Organization of American States (OAS) has signed a cooperation agreement to implement the Fire-arms Marking Agreement project. The agreement was signed by Her Excellency Dame Deborah-Mae Lovell, Ambassdor/Permanent Representative of Antigua and Barbuda to the OAS and His Excellency José Miguel Insulza, Secretary-General of the OAS. Continue reading →