The deputy chairman of the Barbuda Council has said that funding and construction agreements are now in place for a multi-million dollar port on the sister isle.

At least one major supermarket has seen a shortage in food items after industrial action by workers at the Port Authority over the last two days.

The Antigua Trades and Labour Union -AT&LU- has strongly condemned the port authority for calling in the police during industrial action at the facility yesterday.

Port workers upped the ante yesterday, refusing to work despite having struck a deal with management of the Port Authority on Monday.

Whether or not Antigua Port Authority workers will continue with their duties today is still in question. Eight days into October, workers had not yet received their September wages prompting them to down tools yesterday.

The state of what at least one Customs official described as ‘obsolete and substandard’ facilities at Deep Water Harbour continue to stare authorities

Minister responsible for the Port Authority Trevor Walker has promised he would soon address some of the burning issues plaguing the cash-strapped and overstaffed institution.

Chairman of Antigua Port Authority Greg Walter has questioned the whereabouts of several important documents belonging to the authority which have gone missing.

The Antigua Port Authority has been advised to reduce its 253 employees by more than 50 per cent or risk further stagnation within the entity, even as local trade unions call for the rights of employees to be respected in the process.

Officials attached to the Inland Revenue Department, (IRD), are reminding members of the general public that only one barrel will be allowed per household when the Christmas Barrel initiative begins today.