Labour Minister Dr Errol Cort and Labour Commissioner Hesketh Williams have both expressed concern over the impending closure of Call Center Services

General Secretary of Antigua & Barbuda Workers Union’s (ABWU) Senator David Massiah has called for more social dialogue, in the wake of an International Labour Organisation (ILO) report that predicts a new and deeper jobs recession.

Businesses owed millions of dollars in tax returns are unlikely to get their money any time soon unless other businesses that owe taxes to the government pay up.

Chairman of the Agricultural Development Corporation (ADC) Lesroy Grant is urging local entrepreneurs to view sea island cotton production as a viable and safe alternative for investment in the current depressed economic climate facing the nation.

The proposed US $100 million redevelopment budget for the downtown area of St John’s has been significantly reduced to somewhere in the $60 to $75 million range, according to general manager of the Antigua Pier Group, Conrad Pole.