Two weeks after government paid February salaries late, public servants have been informed that wages for the month of March will not be forthcoming until after the Easter holidays.

The government is hoping for leeway in fulfilling a court ordered payment of over US $70 million to Half Moon Bay Holdings (HMB).

Hundreds, if not thousands, of people convicted for driving without licences over the last 12 years may be entitled to legal redress – as government accidentally removed the offence and penalties from the Vehicles and Road Traffic Act.

Plans are underway to create a centralised government database to help identify tax cheats.

Minister of Finance and the Economy Harold Lovell says that government will continue to financially bail out ABI Bank despite continued ambiguity concerning the future of the country’s relationship with the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

Businessman and contractor Alex John has been given until Valentine’s Day to fork out more than $21,000 to the government after one of his buildings was flattened by the Development Control Authority (DCA).

The case against Southern Developers Limited, two current parliamentarians and a former member of the Antigua Labour Party (ALP) government has commenced in the High Court.

Government is offering local manufacturers and other business stakeholders a package of incentives that it hopes will stimulate the sector and, by extension, the economy into some sort of recovery.

Former Justice Minister Colin Derrick and chairman of the Police Service Commission (PSC) Stefans Wynter yesterday said they had no knowledge embattled former commissioner of police Gary Nelson had not signed a contract for the post.

A Caribbean Development Bank representative is proposing that the Antigua & Barbuda government and others in the region take a serious look at ways of cushioning the impact of rising fuel prices on residents.