September 2016

Father and son remanded for drug possession

September 07, 2016 in Regional

A father and son who were brought before the court on drug charges, have been remanded to prison after they could not come up with the $50,000 cash component of their bail. Fifty-three-year-old Derrick Arnold George and 21-year-old Huganjah Derrick George of Christian Valley are jointly...

Six year old kicked out of school

September 07, 2016 in Regional

President of the Antigua & Barbuda Association of Persons with Disabilities (ABAPD), Bernard Warner has cried “victimisation”, after his six-year-old daughter was reportedly thrown out of a primary school without notice. Warner told OBSERVER media that his daughter, Jennings Warner, was expelled from the Five Islands...

Pooran, Powell in line for T20 debuts

September 06, 2016 in Sports

Rookies Nicholas Pooran and Rovman Powell are set to make their international debuts after being named in a West Indies Twenty20 15-man squad to face Pakistan later this month. Both players were rewarded for stirring performances in the Caribbean Premier League and are the only new...