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 […]
First Secretary at the Antigua and Barbuda Mission to the United Nations, Asha Challenger, was elected to serve as Vice President of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) on Plastic Pollution. Challenger was elected to the role unanimously during the second session of the INC, which concluded in Paris France last Friday, a statement from the […]
A 25-year-old man is Antigua and Barbuda’s first murder victim for 2023. Roudi Shamarly was shot in broad daylight by an armed robber at Pick ‘N Mix Mart on DeSouza Road last Monday. Shamarly was in the adjacent Chicken Hub and reportedly rushed into the Mart where he was shot at point-blank range. He was […]
Trinidadian calypso legend David Rudder provided the soundtrack to rally West Indies cricket fans around the team and now that he’s preparing to end his performing career, a few West Indies legends presented him with some tokens to say thank you. Sir Andy Roberts, Sir Richie Richardson, Sir Curtly Ambrose, Jimmy Adams and Ambassador […]
