In Antigua, An Eye Toward Hollywood
Above: downtown St John’s (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Antigua cannot sustain its economy on tourism alone, according to Bert Kirchner, a local film producer and chairman of the International Film Festival of Antigua & Barbuda. Kirchner said […]
New US Ambassador to Barbados, Eastern Caribbean Visits Antigua
Above: from left, Antiguan Finance Minister Harold Lovell and Ambassador Larry Palmer By the Caribbean Journal staff Ambassador Larry Palmer, the United States’ new envoy to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean, has presented his credentials in Antigua and Barbuda. Palmer […]
Antigua Continues Investigation of LIAT Hangar Fire, With Help from Barbados
By the Caribbean Journal staff Barbadian foreign arson investigator Roderick Walcott is leading a two-person team in Antigua examining the recent fire at the LIAT hangar, according to National Security Minister Dr Errol Cort. Walcott arrived in Antigua Tuesday and […]
R Allen Stanford Gets 110-Year Sentence for Antigua-Based Fraud Scheme
Above: Casey Federal Courthouse in Houston By the Caribbean Journal staff Financier R Allen Stanford has received a 110-year prison sentence for orchestrating a 20-year investment fraud scheme in which he misappropriated $7 billion from his Stanford International Bank. The […]