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UPP Political Leader denies that he and his colleagues <\/strong><\/p>

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were invited to SIDS4 Conference<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

MP Jamale Pringle, Leader of the Opposition and Political Leader of the United Progressive Party (UPP), categorically denies the rumours that he and his parliamentary colleagues received an invitation to participate \u2013 as delegates, observers, or otherwise \u2013 in the United Nations\u2019 fourth Small Island Developing States conference (SIDS4) now underway in Antigua and Barbuda.<\/p>

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The Party received from the Office of the Governor-General a letter of invitation addressed to the Leader of the Opposition, which invited the Opposition Parliamentarians and their guests to \u201cThe Governor-General\u2019s Welcome Reception for the Heads of Delegation, 4th<\/sup> SIDS International Conference,\u201d which was held on Sunday, May 26.<\/p>

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On his own, MP Pringle was invited by the prime minister and his wife to a \u201cdinner in honour of the Heads of State\/Government\u201d attending the Conference, at Sandals Grande Antigua.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI received no other communication, not in person, nor by email, from any other government office or agency inviting ourattendance at, or participation in, the Conference,\u201d MP Pringle states.  Accordingly, both invitations were declined.<\/p>

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While the expectation of the Party was that the Conference would be hosted by the Government and People of Antigua and Barbuda, the event has been treated, instead, like a project of the Cabinet and the Antigua Labour Party \u2013 a distortion that the UPP cannot support.<\/p>\n

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UPP Political Leader denies that he and his colleagues  were invited to SIDS4 Conference MP Jamale Pringle, Leader of the Opposition and Political Leader of the United Progressive Party (UPP), categorically denies the rumours that he and his parliamentary colleagues received an invitation to participate \u2013 as delegates, observers, or otherwise \u2013 in the United Nations\u2019 fourth […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":170340,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-203177","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\nUPP Political Leader denies that he and his colleagues\u00a0were invited to SIDS4 Conference - 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\/colleagues-were-invited-to-sids4-conference\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"UPP Political Leader denies that he and his colleagues\u00a0were invited to SIDS4 Conference\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"UPP Political Leader denies that he and his colleagues  were invited to SIDS4 Conference MP Jamale Pringle, Leader of the Opposition and Political Leader of the United Progressive Party (UPP), categorically denies the rumours that he and his parliamentary colleagues received an invitation to participate \u2013 as delegates, observers, or otherwise \u2013 in the United Nations\u2019 fourth […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/colleagues-were-invited-to-sids4-conference\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Antigua News Room\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/antiguanewsroom\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-05-29T09:29:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-05-29T09:31:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/pringle.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2048\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1070\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Editor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@AntiguaNewsRoom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@AntiguaNewsRoom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Editor\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/colleagues-were-invited-to-sids4-conference\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/colleagues-were-invited-to-sids4-conference\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Editor\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/person\/36cac05ef6398fe56ae3e6317f8535c5\"},\"headline\":\"UPP Political Leader denies that he and his colleagues\u00a0were invited to SIDS4 Conference\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-05-29T09:29:18+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-05-29T09:31:22+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/colleagues-were-invited-to-sids4-conference\/\"},\"wordCount\":263,\"commentCount\":19,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/colleagues-were-invited-to-sids4-conference\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:548\/h:286\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/pringle-e1719436859558.jpeg\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/colleagues-were-invited-to-sids4-conference\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/colleagues-were-invited-to-sids4-conference\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/colleagues-were-invited-to-sids4-conference\/\",\"name\":\"UPP Political Leader denies that he and his colleagues\u00a0were invited to SIDS4 Conference - 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