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By Shermain Bique-Charles Shermainbique.charles@antiguaobsever.com After staging several meetings and discussions in recent months, the National Minimum Wage Advisory Committee met for its last engagement on Friday. The committee, which was established in February, includes members from the Employers Federation, the Chamber of Commerce, and the Hotels and Tourism Association, among…

By Orville Williams orville.williams@antiguaobserver.com Members of the public are being urged to desist from smuggling contraband into Her Majesty’s Prison (HMP), after a raid at the facility yesterday revealed a significant number of illicit items, including more than 60 cellular phones. “What we’re seeing here is clearly a violation of…

By Orville Williams orville.williams@antiguaobserver.com Ahead of today’s discussion on the proposed National Sex Offender Register Bill, a group of residents is supporting its passage as an important tool to help protect women and children. The bill – which was tabled in Parliament on Monday – proposes that sex offenders be…

By Latrishka Thomas Latrishka.thomas@antiguaobserver.com The Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (ECSC) has opened a family division within the High Court of Antigua and Barbuda with the aim of broadening access to justice in the country. The establishment of this division enables the twin island state to address all levels of family…

Antigua’s Parliament has referred the National Sex Offender Register Bill, 2022 to a select committee following opposition concerns

By Orville Williams orville.williams@antiguaobserver.com Government could soon commence discussions on potential changes to abortion laws here in Antigua and Barbuda, amid sustained fallout in the US from a major Supreme Court decision. On June 24, the court officially overturned the historic 1973 Roe v Wade ruling and declared that the…

By Makeida Antonio makeida.antonio@antiguaobserver.com The Attorney General has sought to address the stance taken by Barbudans that the fight for land rights will prevail despite the recent ruling by the country’s final court of appeal. On June 13, the Privy Council dismissed an appeal of the Paradise Found Act (2015)…

By Elesha George Elesha.george@antiguaobserver.com Prime Minister Gaston Browne’s comment was “the less said at this point the better”. That seems to be the general approach taken by the government of Antigua and Barbuda regarding last year’s mysterious disappearance of fugitive businessman, Mehul Choksi. The government continues to take what can…

 The leader of the main opposition United Progressive Party (UPP), Harold Lovell, is calling on the authorities here to shed light on the alleged kidnapping of fugitive India-born, Antigua and Barbuda citizen, Mehul Choksi, who had been accused

By Shermain Bique-Charles Shermainbique.charles@antiguaobserver.com Scam artists are using phone numbers from government departments to defraud residents. They are making it appear as if the calls are coming from legitimate officials like the Attorney General, Steadroy ‘Cutie’ Benjamin The latest in a string of phone calls and text messages have been coming…