Outdoor endurance challenges
Outdoor endurance challenges thrive in Antigua and Barbuda despite COVID-19 adjustments
By Christal Clashing
Bright Hack
The BRIGHT Hack FinTech Challenge 2023 in Antigua & Barbuda
by Christal Clashing
Stepping up to the pan: Insights into the success of Antigua's Hells Gate Steel Orchestra
If you talk to a young pan player, his mother and his music teacher/ pan-yard drill master, they will all say the same thing about their involvement with the Hells Gate Steel Orchestra -
I WAS THERE THE DAY JOHN LENNON DIED. NUPPY
On my most recent 2023 trip to Antigua & Barbuda, I happened to be waiting my turn at a local bank in the town of English Harbour wearing my favourite Beatles T shirt when an elderly man approached commenting on the picture of the four lads. He told me his name was Cecil Andres Carlos but affectionately known as NUPPY. He said he was born in 1951 in English Harbour and fathered 10 boys and 5 girls.
THERE’S A LOT OF CASINOS FOR A SMALL ISLAND
At the present there are many Casinos in Antigua & Barbuda. Including Kings, The Boardwalk, Ascot’s Arcade, Paradise, Casino Royale, Granda Bay, and Joe Mikes Hotel Restaurant Casino. Gambling is entirely legal in this island nation and since 1994 is one of the biggest online (internet) providers in the world. Since 1988 the KING’S CASINO has been the most popular and is located on the seashore, not far from the parking lot of cruise liners.
Antigua and Barbuda’s sustainable status under threat by Chinese investment group
By Christal Clashing
In the face of being awarded a sustainability award by Lonely Planet, both environmental and cultural sustainability In Antigua and Barbuda is under threat by the Chinese development by the YIDA Group.
About the Lonely Planet Award
ToMeeks Retail Outlet
ToMeeks Retail Outlet
Business owner: Tomeka Cole Product/service: Retail
“[Begun] initially as a mobile business widely accessible to customers. Located in Tyrell’s Village, it is now one of the few retail outlets within the St. Paul’s constituency which operates from a physical location… One of the main goals is to ensure we provide our customers with quality product lines which are budget-friendly considering the current economic crisis.”
