By Kadeem Joseph Kadeem.joseph@antiguaobserver.com The outgoing acting president of the Antigua and Barbuda Union of Teachers (A&BUT) used her state of the union address to blast the Ministry of Education (MoE), and by extension the government, for a lack of support. As she addressed scores of educators attending the union’s…
By Kadeem Joseph Kadeem.joseph@antiguaobserver.com The Antigua and Barbuda Union of Teachers (A&BUT) is calling for an “immediate intervention” to tackle the growing number of the nation’s youth who are using marijuana and alcohol. Annetta Alexander Hunte, the outgoing General Secretary of the A&BUT, agreed that since the passage of the…
By Kadeem Joseph Kadeem.joseph@antiguaobserver.com Traffic police are welcoming suggestions for greater collaboration between interest groups in an effort to improve safety on the roads. Calls for increased efforts to make the nation’s roadways safer for all were reignited after a collision on Sunday morning landed four cyclists in hospital. Among…
By Kadeem Joseph Kadeem.joseph@antiguaobserver.com With the country’s response to mental health issues back in focus following protests by staff at the country’s lone psychiatric hospital, Clarevue, calls for a more comprehensive approach to mental healthcare have been renewed. Mental health advocate Chaneil Imhoff believes modernising the country’s dated legislation -…
By Kadeem Joseph Kadeem.joseph@antiguaobserver.com Lawyers for two former police officers found guilty of corruption in late March have appealed for leniency for their clients ahead of Monday’s sentencing. While sentencing was due yesterday, legal representatives for Marcus Isadore, who was 43 years old at the time of committing the crimes…