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A number of cases currently before the High Court will have to be postponed for a while longer, as efforts continue to have the courtrooms at the Parliament Drive building properly cleaned and sanitised. Last Monday, the courtroom that housed the Bruce Greenaway murder trial was forcibly closed after court…
By Robert A. Emmanuel robert.emmanuel@antiguaobserver.com Attorney General Steadroy Benjamin says changes will be made to the Child Justice Act to enable youths to be charged as adults for certain crimes. Offences by minors have dominated the national conversation for several months and, speaking to Observer media, Benjamin pledged that the…
The Government says there is no need for what it argues would be an expensive commission of inquiry into the Antigua Airways saga, and neither does the Governor
By Latrishka Thomas Latrishka.thomas@antiguaobserver.com The Senate has passed an amendment to fix a section in the Criminal Prosecutions Service Act that makes it unlawful for the police to institute charges against someone without the written approval of the Director of Public Prosecutions. The legislation, which was passed in 2017 and…
By Charminae George charminae.george@antiguaobserver.com Discussions on whether or not the Governor General has the power to call a commission of inquiry continue among the legal minds of Antigua and Barbuda. In recent weeks, there have been intensified calls for an impartial probe into the West African flights saga, which saw…