The Antigua & Barbuda Trade Union Congress (ABTUC) called for government to pay down on its over $500 million debt to Social Security and to reconsider the increase in contribution rate

The government has been up-to-date in its payments to the Antigua & Barbuda Social Security Board, said Minister of Finance Harold Lovell.

Plans for a US $150 million sports village have moved a step closer following the signing of an official agreement between the government and developers.

General Manager of LIME Davidson Charles has welcomed the opened telecommunications market that will enable all telecoms providers to compete on a levelled playing field.

The Ministry of Sports is attempting to build stronger partnerships with sports facility management and community stakeholders in an effort to conserve resource

The Ministry of Sports has warned it will take a hard-line approach to groups that fail to attend a meeting tomorrow to address the use of electricity at recreational facilities across the island.

Director of Sports, Mervyn “MR” Richards, has sought to address concerns over the issuing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to Antigua & Barbuda Softball Cricket Association (ABSCA) for the field immediately west of Princess Margaret Secondary School following calls from at least one former national athlete for the agreement to be made null and void.

Parliament has ratified an agreement that seeks to resolve government’s multi-million dollar indebtedness to the Medical Benefits Scheme (MBS) – the third such deal to be approved by legislators within weeks.

Government is making moves to address its indebtedness, dating back 36 years, to the Social Security Scheme.

Antigua & Barbuda Softball Cricket Association (ABSCA) is currently perusing a Memorandum of Understanding drafted by the Ministry of Sports that, once signed, will give the Association control of the playing field just west of Princess Margaret School (PMS).