{"id":172530,"date":"2023-04-20T10:29:28","date_gmt":"2023-04-20T14:29:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=172530"},"modified":"2023-04-20T10:29:28","modified_gmt":"2023-04-20T14:29:28","slug":"limiting-the-purchase-of-land-in-barbuda-to-a-category-of-citizens-called-barbudans-is-unconstitutional","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/limiting-the-purchase-of-land-in-barbuda-to-a-category-of-citizens-called-barbudans-is-unconstitutional\/","title":{"rendered":"Limiting the purchase of land in Barbuda to a category of\u00a0citizens called \u201cBarbudans\u201d is unconstitutional"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"antig-2468956808\" class=\"antig-ecab antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Broadband 1200x400_1\"><img 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https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:256\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/PHOTO-2026-04-07-10-45-56.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1200\" height=\"400\"   \/><\/a><\/div><p>CABINET NOTES<\/p><div id=\"antig-3622649086\" class=\"antig-content_5 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ablpag\" aria-label=\"IMG_0041\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:864\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_0041.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:864\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_0041.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:240\/h:300\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_0041.jpg 240w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:819\/h:1024\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_0041.jpg 819w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:960\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_0041.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1350\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><strong>The Cabinet held a discussion on\u00a0a\u00a0further amendment to the Barbuda Land\u00a0(Amendment)\u00a0Act (2018).<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Members were persuaded by a paper emanating from the Ministry of Legal Affairs that the provision limiting the purchase of land in Barbuda to a category of\u00a0citizens called \u201cBarbudans\u201d is unconstitutional.<\/p><div id=\"antig-2384648232\" class=\"antig-content_4 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Broadband 1200x400_1\"><img 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Members were persuaded by a paper emanating from the Ministry of Legal Affairs that the provision limiting the purchase of land in Barbuda to a category of\u00a0citizens called \u201cBarbudans\u201d is unconstitutional. That portion of the 2018 law will be repealed and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":137921,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-172530","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.1 (Yoast SEO v24.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Limiting the purchase of land in Barbuda to a category of\u00a0citizens called \u201cBarbudans\u201d is unconstitutional - Antigua News Room<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/limiting-the-purchase-of-land-in-barbuda-to-a-category-of-citizens-called-barbudans-is-unconstitutional\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Limiting the purchase of land in Barbuda to a category of\u00a0citizens called \u201cBarbudans\u201d is unconstitutional\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"CABINET NOTES The Cabinet held a discussion on\u00a0a\u00a0further amendment to the Barbuda Land\u00a0(Amendment)\u00a0Act (2018). 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