CIBC FirstCaribbean Bank has honoured and celebrated its 3400 employees in the 17 Caribbean countries where the bank operates across the region.

The Cabinet of Antigua and Barbuda, last week, received preliminary recommendations for strengthening policy coordination, inter-ministry collaboration and monitoring and evaluating policy implementation. This forms part of the preparatory activities of the imminent Public and Social Sector Transformation project.

Barbuda Council Chairman Arthur Nibbs has suggested that Cabinet approval for investment process be removed as a prerequisite for investment projects on the sister-isle.

The Government of Antigua & Barbuda and the Antigua Public Utilities Authority have lost their bid at the level of the Privy Council to further bar the Antigua Power Company Limited (APC) in its drive to secure justice in the long-running power generation battle.

Prime Minister Dr. the Hon. Ralph Gonsalves of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines will deliver a public lecture here in Antigua, on May 23rd 2013, in celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the African Unity/African Union and the commencement of Africa Year, which will be observed from May, 2013 – May, 2014.

A 4.8-magnitude earthquake caused shaking across the northeastern Caribbean on Saturday evening, according to the United States Geological Survey.

Antigua and Barbuda has the highest rate of penetration for access to ICT’s in Commonwealth small states according to a report on Electronic Governance in Small States released by the Commonwealth Secretariat.

Today concludes the Sixteenth Meeting of the CARICOM Council for Foreign and Community Relations, COFCOR, hosted by the Government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago at the Hilton Hotel of Port-of-Spain.