'So where you have this consolidation taking place and exit from the region, it is really going to be left up to us to build up our own resources, our own banks, our own institutions and I think that is the essence and ethos behind the prime minister and the government of Antigua and
Barbuda's insistence that the resources that would remain when Scotiabank leaves are really the depositors for Antigua and
Barbuda,' he said.
Wildin (Number 16) is pictured with Antigua and
Barbuda U20 team mates.
A source said, "As soon as MEA (Ministry of External Affairs) received information of the likely presence of Mehul Choksi in Antigua, our High Commission in Georgetown had alerted the A&B (Antigua and
Barbuda) government, in writing and verbally, to confirm his presence in their territory and detain him and prevent his movement by land, air or sea." Last week, Choksi reportedly claimed he had taken Antigua citizenship last year to expand his business as the passport of the Caribbean nation provides visa-free travel to 132 countries.
Dubai: His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, on Tuesday received Gaston Browne, Prime Minister of Antigua and
Barbuda, who is participating at the World Government Summit 2018 (WGS).
Gaston Browne, Prime Minister of Antigua &
Barbuda, which suffered 95 per cent damages to its infrastructure after Hurricane Irma, commended the UAE for its $10 million contribution to the Caribbean region.
"In
Barbuda as well as in the British Overseas Territories of Anguilla, Turks and Caicos, and the British Virgin Islands; in Dominica, and in Puerto Rico, Saint Martin and other islands too, the loss of life and property and the damage to the natural environment have been utterly heartbreaking."
"The prince will arrive in Antigua and
Barbuda on November 17, conducting engagements on the island of Antigua that day.
The Caribbean region was recently hit by two Category V hurricanes that caused widespread destruction and damage to lives and property across the region with Antigua and
Barbuda, Dominica and Saint Kitts and Nevis as the worst affected.
"There is no living man left on the island, the civillization that has been living for 300 years on
Barbuda is no longer there," US Ambassador to Antigua and
Barbuda Ronald Sanders told USA Today.
The ex-striker said his parents had been unable to make contact with other family members in
Barbuda, after the area was "wiped out" by the Category Five storm.
NORTH Wales developer Steve Morgan has donated one million US Dollars to the
Barbuda Relief Fund after the island was devastated by Hurricane Irma.
Mr Morgan has backed the
Barbuda Relief Fund and called on the international community to come together to help those affected by Hurricane Irma.
Claire Frank believes seven-months pregnant Afiya, sister Asha and their dad Mackenzie may have been sucked from their home on the island of
Barbuda.
