Government’s plan to have the entire country reregistered for general elections is in serious jeopardy, after the opposition Antigua Labour Party (ALP) filed an injunction to halt proposed changes to constituency boundaries.

The group responsible for constructing the public library said work on the multi-million dollar facility resumed this week as promised by the Board of Education (BOE).

A senior education official wants the planned giveaway of 6,000 iPad 3s and other tablet computers to high school students to be tied to specific education goals.

Six out of 10 schoolchildren show utter disregard for costly textbooks – racking up a $5 million bill for government and taxpayers this year.

The Board of Education (BoE) and the Antigua Barbuda Contractors Enterprises Limited (ABCEL) are at odds over the status of work on the national public library project that has been stalled for around a year.

The post Independence seminar organised by the country’s Reparations Commission proved a prime forum for exploring uncomfortable contradictions and a reminder that 30 years on Independence is about more than pageantry and ceremony but the real work of figuring out who we are as a country, what we stand for, and where we want to go.

Businesses and individuals, who have been non-compliant with the laws that stipulate employees’ deductions must be paid into the statutory corporation, are being put on notice by the Board of Education to make efforts to regularise their accounts or be branded as law breakers.