Antiguan film triumphs at Pan African Festival in LA

Antiguan film triumphs at Pan African Festival in LA

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 […]

LIAT to cease operations on January 24

LIAT to cease operations on January 24

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 […]

Soca singer Ricardo Drue dies at 38

Soca singer Ricardo Drue dies at 38

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 […]

Connector, E.P.I.C Carnival launch third annual toy drive

Connector, E.P.I.C Carnival launch third annual toy drive

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 […]

Revitalized Antiguan art on display at Garden Museum in London

Revitalized Antiguan art on display at Garden Museum in London

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 […]

King Short Shirt to receive UWI honorary degree

King Short Shirt to receive UWI honorary degree

  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 […]

Antigua and Barbuda’s ‘Deep Blue’ makes its Toronto debut

Antigua and Barbuda’s ‘Deep Blue’ makes its Toronto debut

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’ […]

Antiguan-Canadian Stephen Murphy’s artistic vision

Antiguan-Canadian Stephen Murphy’s artistic vision

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. […]

Caribbean’s First Mother-Daughter Astronauts Ready for Virgin Galactic spaceflight

Caribbean’s First Mother-Daughter Astronauts Ready for Virgin Galactic spaceflight

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 […]

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