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The government of Antigua and Barbuda is encouraging cremation as an alternative to traditional burials, but no legislative amendments have been made to regulate or mandate the practice.
Speaking at the Post-Cabinet Press Briefing, Chief of Staff Lionel Hurst acknowledged the growing interest in cremation but confirmed that the legal framework remains unchanged.
“At present, if someone wishes to be cremated, the body must be sent to St. Kitts or Grenada, and the ashes returned to Antigua and Barbuda ,” he explained.
The government had previously advocated for a joint crematorium to be established, but both major funeral homes have opted to develop their own independent facilities instead.
“They have indicated that they wish to operate their own crematoriums rather than a shared one,” Hurst noted.
The push for cremation comes as the government seeks to preserve land for other uses and modernize burial practices.
However, without updated legislation, it remains an individual choice rather than a regulated option.
Officials expect that once local cremation facilities are established, more residents will consider it as a viable alternative. However, no timeline has been provided for when these facilities will become operational.
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Why is it that less developed islands like St. Kitts, Grenada and St. Lucia have all crematoriums for years and Antigua hasn’t caught up? This is 2025 not 1975. Cremation is a much better, more sophisticated and cheaper option than traditional burials. Why spend 15 thousand on a stupid casket, just to be placed in the earth or tomb to deteriorate when you can keep your relative’s ashes in an urn.
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The way people are just going missing and weird criminal activities are happening, I don’t feel comfortable with just going full on crematorium. Yall will probably burn bodies by ‘accident’ to hide persons finding out things yall doing.
The skilled & experienced Antiguan-Canadian women came ready to build and operate a Crematorium within a feasible timeline.
Embarrassingly they left & took their skills & dynamism back to Canada because the A&B Government appeared to have multiple roadblocks, and it appears from this article, a reluctance to change the law and offer citizens & residents a more affordable and quietly dignified departure from this mortal coil.
Methinks money is at the root of this issue, not land, not a debate to amend the current archaic law, but where will the dollars flow.