{"id":94959,"date":"2020-01-08T07:42:08","date_gmt":"2020-01-08T11:42:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=94959"},"modified":"2020-01-08T11:01:14","modified_gmt":"2020-01-08T15:01:14","slug":"calsey-beazer-joseph-makes-history-as-the-third-female-to-chair-the-barbuda-council","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/calsey-beazer-joseph-makes-history-as-the-third-female-to-chair-the-barbuda-council\/","title":{"rendered":"Calsey Beazer-Joseph, The Third Female To Chair The Barbuda Council"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a><\/div>
\"\"<\/a><\/div>

Barbuda People\u2019s Movement (BPM) member Calsey Beazer-Joseph is the chair of the Barbuda Council, the local governing arm on the sister island.<\/p>

\"\"<\/a><\/div>\n

This makes her the third woman to ever chair the council with the other two females being Francine Francis and Antigua Barbuda Labour Party (ABLP) Senator Knacyntar Nedd.<\/p>\n

Beazer-Joseph was elected during a special ceremony that was held to swear-in the newly appointed BPM Councilman Devon Warner.<\/p>

\"\"<\/a><\/div>
\"\"<\/a><\/div>\n

The newly elected chair has been a member of the Council for close to two years, and was first elected in 2018 during a by-election, and was re-elected in 2019.<\/p>

\"\"<\/a><\/div>\n
\"\"<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Barbuda People\u2019s Movement (BPM) member Calsey Beazer-Joseph is the chair of the Barbuda Council, the local governing arm on the sister island. This makes her the third woman to ever chair the council with the other two females being Francine Francis and Antigua Barbuda Labour Party (ABLP) Senator Knacyntar Nedd. Beazer-Joseph was elected during a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":94960,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-94959","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"\nCalsey Beazer-Joseph, The Third Female To Chair The Barbuda Council - 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\/calsey-beazer-joseph-makes-history-as-the-third-female-to-chair-the-barbuda-council\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Calsey Beazer-Joseph, The Third Female To Chair The Barbuda Council\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Barbuda People\u2019s Movement (BPM) member Calsey Beazer-Joseph is the chair of the Barbuda Council, the local governing arm on the sister island. This makes her the third woman to ever chair the council with the other two females being Francine Francis and Antigua Barbuda Labour Party (ABLP) Senator Knacyntar Nedd. Beazer-Joseph was elected during a […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/calsey-beazer-joseph-makes-history-as-the-third-female-to-chair-the-barbuda-council\/\" \/>\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=\"2020-01-08T11:42:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-01-08T15:01:14+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\/2020\/01\/front-pic-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"814\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"586\" \/>\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<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/calsey-beazer-joseph-makes-history-as-the-third-female-to-chair-the-barbuda-council\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/calsey-beazer-joseph-makes-history-as-the-third-female-to-chair-the-barbuda-council\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Editor\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/person\/36cac05ef6398fe56ae3e6317f8535c5\"},\"headline\":\"Calsey Beazer-Joseph, The Third Female To Chair The Barbuda Council\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-01-08T11:42:08+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-01-08T15:01:14+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/calsey-beazer-joseph-makes-history-as-the-third-female-to-chair-the-barbuda-council\/\"},\"wordCount\":108,\"commentCount\":5,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/calsey-beazer-joseph-makes-history-as-the-third-female-to-chair-the-barbuda-council\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:814\/h:586\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/front-pic-1.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Politics\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/calsey-beazer-joseph-makes-history-as-the-third-female-to-chair-the-barbuda-council\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/calsey-beazer-joseph-makes-history-as-the-third-female-to-chair-the-barbuda-council\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/calsey-beazer-joseph-makes-history-as-the-third-female-to-chair-the-barbuda-council\/\",\"name\":\"Calsey Beazer-Joseph, The Third Female To Chair The Barbuda Council - Antigua News Room\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/calsey-beazer-joseph-makes-history-as-the-third-female-to-chair-the-barbuda-council\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/calsey-beazer-joseph-makes-history-as-the-third-female-to-chair-the-barbuda-council\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:814\/h:586\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/front-pic-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-01-08T11:42:08+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-01-08T15:01:14+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/calsey-beazer-joseph-makes-history-as-the-third-female-to-chair-the-barbuda-council\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/calsey-beazer-joseph-makes-history-as-the-third-female-to-chair-the-barbuda-council\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/calsey-beazer-joseph-makes-history-as-the-third-female-to-chair-the-barbuda-council\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:814\/h:586\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/front-pic-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:814\/h:586\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/front-pic-1.jpg\",\"width\":814,\"height\":586},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/calsey-beazer-joseph-makes-history-as-the-third-female-to-chair-the-barbuda-council\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Calsey Beazer-Joseph, The Third Female To Chair The Barbuda Council\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/\",\"name\":\"Antigua News Room\",\"description\":\"News As It Happens\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Antigua Newsroom\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1080\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_1584.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1080\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_1584.jpeg\",\"width\":1260,\"height\":1260,\"caption\":\"Antigua Newsroom\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/antiguanewsroom\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/AntiguaNewsRoom\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/antiguanewsroom\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/person\/36cac05ef6398fe56ae3e6317f8535c5\",\"name\":\"Editor\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536?s=96\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536?s=96\",\"caption\":\"Editor\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/author\/editor\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Calsey Beazer-Joseph, The Third Female To Chair The Barbuda Council - Antigua News Room","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/calsey-beazer-joseph-makes-history-as-the-third-female-to-chair-the-barbuda-council\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Calsey Beazer-Joseph, The Third Female To Chair The Barbuda Council","og_description":"Barbuda People\u2019s Movement (BPM) member Calsey Beazer-Joseph is the chair of the Barbuda Council, the local governing arm on the sister island. This makes her the third woman to ever chair the council with the other two females being Francine Francis and Antigua Barbuda Labour Party (ABLP) Senator Knacyntar Nedd. Beazer-Joseph was elected during a […]","og_url":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/calsey-beazer-joseph-makes-history-as-the-third-female-to-chair-the-barbuda-council\/","og_site_name":"Antigua News Room","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/antiguanewsroom","article_published_time":"2020-01-08T11:42:08+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-01-08T15:01:14+00:00","og_image":[{"width":814,"height":586,"url":"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/front-pic-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Editor","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@AntiguaNewsRoom","twitter_site":"@AntiguaNewsRoom","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Editor"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/calsey-beazer-joseph-makes-history-as-the-third-female-to-chair-the-barbuda-council\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/calsey-beazer-joseph-makes-history-as-the-third-female-to-chair-the-barbuda-council\/"},"author":{"name":"Editor","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/person\/36cac05ef6398fe56ae3e6317f8535c5"},"headline":"Calsey Beazer-Joseph, The Third Female To Chair The Barbuda Council","datePublished":"2020-01-08T11:42:08+00:00","dateModified":"2020-01-08T15:01:14+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/calsey-beazer-joseph-makes-history-as-the-third-female-to-chair-the-barbuda-council\/"},"wordCount":108,"commentCount":5,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/calsey-beazer-joseph-makes-history-as-the-third-female-to-chair-the-barbuda-council\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:814\/h:586\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/front-pic-1.jpg","articleSection":["Politics"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/calsey-beazer-joseph-makes-history-as-the-third-female-to-chair-the-barbuda-council\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/calsey-beazer-joseph-makes-history-as-the-third-female-to-chair-the-barbuda-council\/","url":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/calsey-beazer-joseph-makes-history-as-the-third-female-to-chair-the-barbuda-council\/","name":"Calsey Beazer-Joseph, The Third Female To Chair The Barbuda Council - Antigua News Room","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/calsey-beazer-joseph-makes-history-as-the-third-female-to-chair-the-barbuda-council\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/calsey-beazer-joseph-makes-history-as-the-third-female-to-chair-the-barbuda-council\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:814\/h:586\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/front-pic-1.jpg","datePublished":"2020-01-08T11:42:08+00:00","dateModified":"2020-01-08T15:01:14+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/calsey-beazer-joseph-makes-history-as-the-third-female-to-chair-the-barbuda-council\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/calsey-beazer-joseph-makes-history-as-the-third-female-to-chair-the-barbuda-council\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/calsey-beazer-joseph-makes-history-as-the-third-female-to-chair-the-barbuda-council\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:814\/h:586\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/front-pic-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:814\/h:586\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/front-pic-1.jpg","width":814,"height":586},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/calsey-beazer-joseph-makes-history-as-the-third-female-to-chair-the-barbuda-council\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Calsey Beazer-Joseph, The Third Female To Chair The Barbuda Council"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/","name":"Antigua News Room","description":"News As It Happens","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#organization","name":"Antigua Newsroom","url":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1080\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_1584.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1080\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_1584.jpeg","width":1260,"height":1260,"caption":"Antigua Newsroom"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/antiguanewsroom","https:\/\/x.com\/AntiguaNewsRoom","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/antiguanewsroom\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/person\/36cac05ef6398fe56ae3e6317f8535c5","name":"Editor","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536?s=96","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536?s=96","caption":"Editor"},"url":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/author\/editor\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94959","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94959"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94959\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/94960"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}