Job creation for the unemployed in the country is still high on the agenda for the Antigua & Barbuda Labour Party (ABLP), led by political leader Gaston Browne.

A candidate has been identified for the post of chief executive officer of the Antigua & Barbuda Airport Authority, a post which has been vacant for close to two years.

There was no outcry following a meeting with Clico policyholders in Antigua & Barbuda and judicial managers Deloitte Consulting Ltd on Thursday,

Barbudan Community activist John Mussington said a lack of stakeholders consultation hindered the Barbuda portion of plans in the national land use plan.

The union representing airport security workers said yesterday that it had received confirmation that overdue salaries, which prompted industrial action this week, have been paid.

Digicel and APUA are trading verbal blows over which company is responsible for a technical fault that has disenfranchised Digicel customers since Monday.

Frustrated by scholarship winners not giving back to Antigua & Barbuda, the Board of Education’s head plan to mount a campaign agitating for a change in government policy.

About 200 local depositors are a jangle of nerves and tempers, as they struggle with the fear of losing US $90,000.

The private sector is hoping that implementation of its proposals for stimulating the sector can begin by the end of June.

Government has collected $63 million in taxes for the first quarter of the year – a figure that meets the amount budgeted by the Inland Revenue Department (IRD) for the period.