The team assigned to build the new Barbuda River Wharf dock arrived in Barbuda yesterday morning.

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.

A firm declaration, that the Sandals Grand Antigua Resort is financially sound.

Attorney General Justin Simon QC has said there is no immediate need for a magistrate to be permanently assigned to Barbuda, despite the current backlog of cases there.

Barbuda MP Trevor Walker has called on the authorities to assign a magistrate to the sister isle.

The Barbuda Council says help is on the way for Barbudans who have been able to get to mainland Antigua only by plane for the past few weeks.

Officers at the Barbuda Police Station may be forced to continue working under uninhabitable conditions at the dilapidated station building for a few more months.

Two members of the Barbuda Council have expressed divergent views about the very same matter, leading to the question—is there or isn’t there sand mining still taking place on the sister isle?

Having almost ravaged the fishing stock off Antigua, Barbuda-based marine biologist John Mussington says fishermen are now looking to employ their harmful practices on the sister isle.

Pre-Caribana events on Barbuda have begun, but the issue of air and sea transportation is posing a major threat to the success of the festival.