The Antigua Power Company’s (APC) win at the Privy Council yesterday is likely to cost the country millions of dollars, but this is still to be determined.

Half Moon Bay (HMB) Holdings – owed more than US $65 million by government – has sought the court’s intervention in getting its money.

Securing a death penalty on a murder conviction in the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) is “virtually impossible” as the legal standard to be met is extremely high.

Antigua & Barbuda is to begin actively enforcing the death penalty after a 22-year lull.

It was an afternoon of reflection and remembrance, under blue skies and intermittent rainfall, yesterday for the hundreds of people who converged at Spring Gardens Moravian Church and later at St John’s Public Cemetery to pay their respects to media icon and patriot Winston “Mr D” Derrick.

Members of the local media fraternity, in particular former OBSERVER Media journalists, looked back with fondness the days they spent working for the company’s chairman, Winston Derrick.

In the wake of the sudden death of OBSERVER Publications Ltd Chairman Winston Derrick, condolences and tributes have come pouring in from many segments of society, including several dignitaries.

No voice. No money. No media experience. No support from the political directorate. All the Derrick brothers had was a dream that evolved into a vision.

Opposition Leader Lester Bird and four other prominent attorneys have expressed shock and condemnation over the attempt to silence the media as it relates to reporting on the Citizens by Investment programme.

Three soca artistes who performed here over the weekend have thrown their support behind the regional integration movement, in particular the free movement of people.