HaMafilms’ latest production, ‘Deep Blue,’ achieved resounding success with two stellar screenings at the 32nd annual Pan African Film & Arts Festival (PAFF) in Los Angeles. On the opening night, the star-studded film festival witnessed enthusiastic support from Causion, Antigua & Barbuda’s Reggae Ambassador, along with his wife Elvira Bell Bailey. The couple flew from […]
The court-appointed administrator for the cash-strapped regional airline, LIAT, Cleveland Seafort, says the airline will wind up its operations in its current form on January 24 . In a recent letter to staff outlining the latest position regarding the Antigua-based LIAT (1974) Ltd, Seaforth wrote “after careful consideration and evaluation of the present operations, a […]
Ricardo Drue, a soca singer renowned in his native Antigua and Barbuda and among the Caribbean community around the world, has died at the age of 38. Multiple Caribbean outlets reported that Drue was found unresponsive, and was rushed to a hospital in St. John’s, the capital of Antigua and Barbuda. Hours later, Drue’s fiancé […]
If you know you’ll be in need of a winter getaway as soon as the holiday season has passed, then Anguilla should be on your radar. Less visited than some of its neighboring islands but no less beautiful, Anguilla embodies the very best of the Caribbean minus the crowds (no wonder it’s popular with the […]
By Stephen Weir As the holiday season approaches, Canadian Calypso singing star Joel Davis and the E.P.I.C Carnival mas band are coming together to connect the children with the joys of Christmas. Davis (the Connector) and E.P.I.C are hard at work organizing the coming third annual Toy Drive and Children’s Holiday Party. This festive event […]
For a little more than 50 years, Louise Edwards has been collecting tamarind seeds that grow wild on the Caribbean island of Antigua to create earrings, mats and belts. Edwards grew up surrounded by women stitching the seeds, but today she is one of only five remaining master artisans on the island, all are in […]
Antiguan Calypso icon Sir McClean ‘King Short Shirt’ Emanuel will be the country’s lone recipient of an honorary degree from the UWI Five Islands campus, as part of the wider UWI’s upcoming Class of 2023 graduation ceremonies, starting next month. The announcement came on Saturday afternoon in a media statement from the UWI, in […]
By Canute Lawrence On Saturday, September 16, Antigua and Barbuda will showcase the Canadian premiere of its HaMafilm’s ‘‘Deep Blue’’ at the 18th Annual COMMFFEST Global Community Film & Arts Festival at the St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts, 27 Front Street East at 7:30 PM. ‘’Deep Blue,’’ dubbed an environmental love story is HaMafilms’ […]
Stephen Murphy is a champion of Antigua’s contemporary art scene, with work characterized by bold colours, dynamic forms, and thought-provoking emphases. Upholding the belief that a single piece of art possesses an extraordinary capacity to convey a multitude of emotions, narratives, and ideas, each artwork produced by Murphy is exclusive to you and you alone. […]
JOHN’S, ANTIGUA – Anticipation is reaching new heights in the twin-island Caribbean nation of Antigua and Barbuda as Keisha Schahaff and her daughter Anastasia Mayers prepare to embark on an unprecedented journey – a space travel odyssey that will etch their names in history. This remarkable mother-daughter duo is set to become Antigua and Barbuda’s […]