{"id":161676,"date":"2022-11-02T07:51:56","date_gmt":"2022-11-02T11:51:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=161676"},"modified":"2022-11-02T07:51:56","modified_gmt":"2022-11-02T11:51:56","slug":"letter-the-flight-came-simple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/letter-the-flight-came-simple\/","title":{"rendered":"LETTER: The flight came. Simple!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Why people always gotta be so negative? \u00a0The flight came. Now, \u2018Oh it\u2019s a charter flight.\u2019 \u2018Oh the company nuh established.\u201d So 4king what?<\/p>\n

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Look at the glass half full for now until.\u00a0The gateway to the Caribbean from the motherland, you know how many AUA med students would benefit from this?<\/p>

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African and Indian students require a USA or UK visa to pass through either country to get to Antigua to attend medical school here in Antigua.<\/p>

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You have a lot of students who couldn\u2019t come to Antigua because visa applications are booked up until 2024.<\/p>\n

Now Africa can now be our new tourism source market added to the USA \u00a0and the UK.<\/p>

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When I say tourism it doesn\u2019t have to be the regular tourist. It can be sports tourism \u2013 just imagine having our Benna Boys having a friendly football match with an African team!<\/p>\n

Or even musical collaborations with Antiguan and African artists. Antiguans in African movies!<\/p>

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Let\u2019s see the bigger picture instead of politics.<\/p>

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You done know it\u2019s the \u2026\u2026. Usual suspects!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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