The country inched closer to implementing its Citizenship by Investment Programme as the law bringing the policy into effect once again made its way to the Parliament.

Businesswoman Cheryl Thompson is out on half a million dollars bail after being in prison for nine days.

A second female is now in police custody as sources said that a well-known businesswoman is likely to be charged today with human trafficking.

It is unclear whether people who have been granted economic citizenship in OECS countries such as Dominica and St Kitts & Nevis will qualify to enter Antigua & Barbuda under the unrestricted free movement regime of OECS Economic Union.

For the second year running, Francine Barbara Matthew Spencer and her husband George Everette Spencer have found themselves before the High Court where they pleaded guilty to defrauding FirstCaribbean International Bank (FCIB) of thousands of dollars.

One of the five victims of Saturday’s robbery in Willikies, Shanty Cornelius, yesterday called for the perpetrators or anyone who finds her passport and other identification documents to return them to her or give them to the police.

All citizens who currently use the older version of Antigua & Barbuda passports have been put on notice that the travel document will become out-of-date by year-end, and are therefore being advised to apply for the new machine-readable passports in the upcoming months.