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By Carlena Knight Carlena.knight@antiguaobserver.com Minister of Social Transformation Dean Jonas has welcomed the possible introduction of a sex offenders register. The Sex Offenders Registry Bill 2022 seeks to see convicted offenders’ names publicly listed, along with other pertinent information like their date of birth, nationality, current home address and workplace…
By Latrishka Thomas Latrishka.thomas@antiguaobserver.com Two Barbudans may have to fork out EC$141,000 to pay the government’s legal fees after they lost a case they took to the Privy Council, claiming that Barbudans owned land on the sister isle in common. Member of Parliament for Barbuda, Trevor Walker, and current Chairman…
By Carlena Knight Carlena.knight@antiguaobserver.com Leader of the United Progressive Party (UPP) Harold Lovell is chastising the Gaston Browne-led administration over the manner in which it has handled the long-standing Barbuda land rights saga. Lovell told Tuesday’s Observer AM show that the government’s “failure of statesmanship” fuelled the war between 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)…
Amidst a crushing pandemic, a pipeline pushed through unceded territory. Experts say this fits a global pattern of power plays. A special report.