Economy
CIP sales bouncing back
The poorly performing Citizenship by Investment Programme (CIP) is up by 20 per cent for November when compared to the past few months.
The programme has...
PM wants pay increase for government workers
Prime Minister Gaston Browne is promising that despite a cash strapped treasury, he will position the government to give an increase in salaries and...
PM forecasts major economic growth for 2018
Prime Minister Gaston Browne is anticipating a labour shortage next year as a result of his ambitious goal to grow the economy by at...
PM wants regional CIPs to coordinate, stop fierce competition
Prime Minister Gaston Browne is seeking to harmonise the Citizenship by Investment Programme (CIP) with other regional territories, to prevent the "race to the...
Gov’t takes aim at tax dodgers
The government will be cracking down on businesses which attempt to evade paying their fair share of taxes.
Prime Minister Gaston Browne said the government...
Sandals here to stay, says CEO
Sandals is not going anywhere and will continue to promote the twin-island nation, according to Sandals Resorts International.
A public rift between the prime minister...
Sandals answers prime minister radio remarks
(Press Release)
Sandals Resorts International condemns in the strongest possible manner, the vicious, sustained and defamatory attacks that Antiguan Prime Minister Gaston Browne continues to...
IMF almost repaid in full
Seven years after it was first borrowed, the controversial International Monetary Fund (IMF) debt is almost fully repaid, now standing at a little over...
Browne suggests halal restaurants, hotels to attract rich Saudi tourists
Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne wants Saudis to visit and invest in his hurricane-battered country.
He is considering bringing halal standards to the...
Cost of living going up, gov’t figures show
If it feels to you like the prices across the country have been going up, you are not wrong and there is data to...
Gov’t asks World Bank for reconstruction loan
Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Gaston Browne announced that he has agreed to borrow US$40 million from the World Bank for reconstruction in...
CIP passport price reduced as applications decline
Faced with increased competition and a decline in applications for the Citizenship by Investment Programme (CIP), the government has decided to reduce the cost of acquiring...
Chinese company offers new town for Barbuda
A Chinese firm specialising in energy and housing met with the Cabinet of Antigua & Barbuda on invitation of the Minister of Works and...