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The government of Antigua is likely to abrogate intellectual property treaties with the U.S. by the end of March and authorize wholesale copying of American movies, music and other “soft targets” if the Bush administration fails to respond to proposals for settling a trade dispute between the two counties, according to the lawyer representing the Caribbean island nation. The Motion Picture Assn. of America has been closely following the case with tremendous concern, an org official said,... more

Oil fell below $36 USD on Friday 20th December to its lowest level in more than four years. Prices have fallen by more than $110 from their peak above $147 in July. This may be their second biggest weekly decline since 2003. The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) this week pledged to remove 2.2 million barrels per day from its supply, which will be the largest ever reduction by the group. It is believed that the worldwide credit squeeze will cause a drop in oil use and prices to... more

By Clarence E Pilgrim   With sprinkles of sunshine and cotton contoured clouds, on a bed of blue skies stretching from the Christmas market in Jamaica to Goedoe Pa in Suriname, over Parang music in Trinidad and alighting on Baked Turkey and specially prepared ham in Antigua …… all through the Caribbean lands the Christmas season is taking hold and building towards its climax on the 25th of December, the day which the Christian community recognizes as the birth of the son of god. However, the... more

  The sole mental illness treatment hospital in Antigua and Barbuda has problems.    A number of workers at the Mental Hospital on the 15th of December took industrial action in protest of several matters including outstanding salary increases and poor working conditions.  The workers are calling on the authorities, including acting permanent secretary John Jarvis, to look into their matters. They are complaining that they have not heard anything positive which may lead to a resolution... more

Anglican Minister Father Charles Willock is reported to be suspended indefinitely, for crossing the line between politics and religion. In a now infamous prayer the minister of religion asked the lord to sanction political wrong doing, while thowing his support behind the opposition Antigua Labor Party. The church leadership is to be praised for taking prompt and direct action to distance itself from this type of behavior.This should send a strong signal that “men of the cloth” have... more

The government of Antigua & Barbuda recently presented it’s National Budget plans for 2009. For those who wish to study the details of its contents, we have provided a link which should take you to the executive summary. http://www.ab.gov.ag/gov_v2/government/speeches/2008/pdf/ministers_budget2009.pdf This budget is not only very important because we are going into national elections, but our nation along with other Caribbean countries are navigating through a world financial crisis,... more

- Reporter throws shoes at President George W. Bush    Can anyone guess why and is this right?  Read More →

Well, its almost Christmas 2008, but my question here is, WHAT IS CHRISTMAS? I am of the opinion that we have just about lost christmas, what is the purpose of this holiday, do we know, do our neighbors know, do our children know? from Santa Claus, to Christmas Trees, and decorations, do we actually know what christmas is?? It seems like its all about Business, dont it?  Read More →

For those couples who are planning to have a child and are curious about whether to start preparing for a boy or girl would be interested in a BBC report which stated that Newcastle University researchers found men were more likely to have sons if they had more brothers and vice versa if they had more sisters.   They looked at 927 family trees, with details on 556,387 people from North America and Europe, going back to 1600.   The same link between sibling sex and offspring sex was not... more