By Robert A Emmanuel robert.emmanuel@antiguaobserver.com The Antigua and Barbuda government has taken a significant step in its efforts to remove a vessel, which has been moored within the Falmouth Harbour, from the country’s waters. The Alfa Nero, a 267-foot vessel stranded in Antigua for more than a year with an…
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By Robert A Emmanuel robert.emmanuel@antiguaobserver.com Leader of the Opposition, Jamale Pringle said that his party’s opposition to the amendments passed last week in Parliament to the Port Authority Act was due to concern over its far-reaching implications. Pringle who led a walkout of Opposition MPs in Parliament on March 16,…
By Robert A. Emmanuel robert.emmanuel@antiguaobserver.com Following the government’s notice of intent to sell the Russian-owned superyacht Alfa Nero, the Prime Minister’s Chief of Staff Lionel Hurst said that the government will commit to making public the buyer’s name and ultimate sale price of the 267-feet vessel. Having been moored in…
By Carlena Knight Carlena.knight@antiguaobserver.com Debate began in the first official sitting of the Upper House on Monday regarding the sale of the Russian superyacht Alfa Nero. An amendment to the Port Authority Act seeks to strengthen the government’s legal standing as it prepares to auction the vessel which was left…