Gun Amnesty To Begin on Monday
A gun amnesty program will begin on April 7, 2025, allowing individuals to surrender illegal...
Former Curtain Bluff Resort Employees Protest Over Severance Dispute
Former employees of the Curtain Bluff Resort gathered for a second week of protests yesterday,...
Overtime Payments Now Classified as Salaries, Exceeding $500,000
The government has announced a significant change in the classification of overtime payments owed to employees by the state? These payments will now be categorized as ‘salaries’ based on a directive from the Cabinet. This adjustment means that overtime payments...
Gun Amnesty To Begin on Monday
A gun amnesty program will begin on April 7, 2025, allowing individuals to surrender illegal weapons without facing prosecution. The initiative will run until April 30, with the police designated as the receiving authority for all surrendered weapons. "Within the...
Former Curtain Bluff Resort Employees Protest Over Severance Dispute
Former employees of the Curtain Bluff Resort gathered for a second week of protests yesterday, demanding unpaid severance and workplace injury compensation after decades of service. Observer Media interviews the protestors including Philmore Watkins, former...
Gray’s Farm Resident Gets More Than Four Years for Weapons Charges
A Gray's Farm man has been sentenced to over four years in prison after authorities discovered him in possession of an unlicensed firearm and ammunition during a routine patrol. Akeem Brookes received concurrent sentences earlier today from Magistrate Ngaio Emanuel...
Attorney To Appeal Brittany Jno Baptiste’s 27-Year Sentence
A 27-year prison term imposed on 24-year-old Brittany Jno-Baptiste faces legal challenge as her attorney prepares to contest what he describes as an excessive punishment for a manslaughter conviction. Speaking with Observer Media, the defence lawyer Wendel...
Teachers’ Strike Continues, Students Face Exam Delays
Over 1,500 teachers from government primary and secondary schools are entering their third consecutive day of strike action today, causing significant disruption to students' education and exam schedules. The teachers are advocating for the release of promotional...
Notice to Stakeholders of Continued Work in Jennings on Valley Road
The Project Implementation Management Unit within the Ministry of Works has considered the public’s interest in reducing the impact of a road closure on Valley Road North (VRN) over the weekend. Special Notice is given that major culvert work in Jennings,...
Grand National 2025 set for the off
by Mick the Ram One of the most prominent annual events in the UK sporting calendar takes place on Saturday 5 April with the running of the 2025 Grand National steeplechase. Regarded as one of greatest horse races in the world, this marathon endurance test takes 34...
Challenges in Dredging at Crabbes and St. John’s Harbour Continues
The Cabinet recently convened to address ongoing dredging operations at Crabbes and St. John’s Harbour, focusing on the challenges faced by Blue Ocean, the firm leading the project. Representatives from Blue Ocean presented an update on their efforts to deepen the...
Government Introduces Paternity Leave for Male Employees
In a move aimed at strengthening family ties, the Cabinet has announced today that "Paternity Leave" will officially be incorporated into all labor agreements for male government employees. This decision according to legislators underscores the government's...
Overtime Payments Now Classified as Salaries, Exceeding $500,000
The government has announced a significant change in the classification of overtime payments owed to employees by the state? These payments will now be categorized as ‘salaries’ based on a directive from the Cabinet. This adjustment means that overtime payments...
Gun Amnesty To Begin on Monday
A gun amnesty program will begin on April 7, 2025, allowing individuals to surrender illegal weapons without facing prosecution. The initiative will run until April 30, with the police designated as the receiving authority for all surrendered weapons. "Within the...
Gray’s Farm Resident Gets More Than Four Years for Weapons Charges
A Gray’s Farm man has been sentenced to over four years in prison after authorities...
Attorney To Appeal Brittany Jno Baptiste’s 27-Year Sentence
A 27-year prison term imposed on 24-year-old Brittany Jno-Baptiste faces legal challenge as her...
HURST REPORTS ON CABINET OF Wednesday 2 April 2025
The Cabinet meeting commenced with prayers from a Methodist minister who addressed the issue of...
Credit Suisse AT1: Bank challenges disclosure of documents related to FINMA order March 22, 2023
Financially troubled Credit Suisse is objecting to the disclosure to plaintiffs’ documents related to the decision issued by FINMA on March 22, 2023, through which the Swiss financial regulator had ordered the bank to write down even Contingent Capital Awards...
AT1 case: Credit Suisse relationship managers lied to clients, too
By Dario Item This is the story of an investor who, like many others, was deceived by the Credit Suisse AT1 affair. Julian (fictitious name, known to the editors of antigua.news) is a risk management expert and has a longstanding open banking relationship with...
Credit Suisse AT1: FINMA asks court not to show files to plaintiffs
By Dario Item Credit Suisse AT1 bondholders have filed more than 300 appeals (involving more than 3,000 appellants) with the Swiss Federal Administrative Court. On March 11 of this year, FINMA filed a partial response to one of these appeals. Antigua.news...
CSG AT1s CASE: Class Action In The U.S. Against Credit Suisse, Its Officers And PricewaterhouseCoopers
By Dario Item Core Capital Partners Ltd, a Nassau, Bahamas-based asset management firm, filed a class action lawsuit on Oct. 20 against Credit Suisse, its former officers Axel P. Lehmann and Sir Antonio Horta-Osorio (former chairmen of the board of directors),...
CREDIT SUISSE AT1 BONDS: The Missed Opportunity
A recent article in the Financial Times, titled How UBS's $3.3bn Credit Suisse deal spawned $9bn of legal claims, shares that Pallas law firm is taking legal action against Credit Suisse (now UBS) for not opposing the write-down of AT1 bonds ordered by FINMA on...
CREDIT SUISSE AT1s CASE: The Unspoken Things
By Dario Item It is widely acknowledged that Credit Suisse has experienced several difficulties in recent times. Since October 2022, there has been a growing lack of trust in the financial institution. However, this has not resulted in a shortage of funds or...
FINMA banned Credit Suisse from repaying AT1s, Sonntagszeitung reveals
In yesterday’s edition of the Swiss weekly Sonntagszeitung, it was revealed that Credit Suisse had requested to repay some of its AT1 bonds two days before the press conference made on March 19, 2023. However, the Swiss Financial Market Regulatory Authority (FINMA)...
Credit Suisse AT1: Bank challenges disclosure of documents related to FINMA order March 22, 2023
Financially troubled Credit Suisse is objecting to the disclosure to plaintiffs’ documents related to the decision issued by FINMA on March 22, 2023, through which the Swiss financial regulator had ordered the bank to write down even Contingent Capital Awards...
AT1 case: Credit Suisse relationship managers lied to clients, too
By Dario Item This is the story of an investor who, like many others, was deceived by the Credit Suisse AT1 affair. Julian (fictitious name, known to the editors of antigua.news) is a risk management expert and has a longstanding open banking relationship with...
Teachers’ Strike Continues, Students Face Exam Delays
Over 1,500 teachers from government primary and secondary schools are entering their third...
Lady Tittle-Tattle: Top Banker Investigated For Fraud?
Well, well, well, looks like we have some juicy gossip. Apparently, a certain banker is being...
Gun Amnesty To Begin on Monday
A gun amnesty program will begin on April 7, 2025, allowing individuals to surrender illegal...
Former Curtain Bluff Resort Employees Protest Over Severance Dispute
Former employees of the Curtain Bluff Resort gathered for a second week of protests yesterday,...
Gray’s Farm Resident Gets More Than Four Years for Weapons Charges
A Gray’s Farm man has been sentenced to over four years in prison after authorities...
Trump slaps 10% tariff on Antigua and Barbuda and other Caribbean Countries
Antigua and Barbuda and several other Caribbean countries, including Anguilla, Dominica,...
St Vincent National to be Deported Today Following Illegal Entry
A St. Vincent and the Grenadines national, identified as 38-year-old Kemanie Curtis Spencer, is...
African Woman Takes Helm as Commonwealth Secretary-General, Pledges Renewal Amid Global Tensions
Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey became the first African woman to lead the Commonwealth on April 1, 2025,...
Grand National 2025 set for the off
by Mick the Ram One of the most prominent annual events in the UK sporting calendar takes place on...
Top Gun and Batman actor Val Kilmer has died aged 65
by Mick the Ram Hollywood actor Val Kilmer, who starred in blockbuster movies such as Top...
Antiguan and Barbudan Aims for Goal in DaLang Cup China’s Fashion Design Contest
Petra WilliamsPetrathespectator.com Antigua and Barbuda’s Keithroy Andrew Charles is among...
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