Barbuda’s finance chairman has appealed for improved transportation to the sister island.

Barbudans, as of yesterday, began paying more for LPG gas after PDV Caribe announced it would no longer subsidise the cost of transporting the commodity to the island.

One businesswoman has thrown her hat into the political ring for the upcoming Barbuda Council elections scheduled for March 23.

The number of parents and guardians accessing the School Uniform Grant programme has increased by 10 per cent in 2010.