Critics lack confidence in De Niro’s Nobu expansion on Barbuda

by Bijoux | Sep 27, 2022 | Antigua and Barbuda, Top News

Not everyone is particularly happy with the latest pronouncement by Hollywood star Robert De Niro to expand his luxury Nobu restaurant on the sister isle. While many have praised the move, the Chair of the Barbuda Council Mackenzie Frank for one is not too...

Antigua records one new Covid-19-related death

by Bijoux | Sep 27, 2022 | Antigua and Barbuda, Top News

Antigua and Barbuda has recorded one new Covid-19-related death and 81 new cases of the deadly virus. Health officials say the cases were as of September 21, 2022, at 6 pm. According to reports, five cases were recorded on September 5th, five on September 6th, three...

Antigua and Barbuda celebrated World Tourism Day

by Bijoux | Sep 27, 2022 | Antigua and Barbuda, Top News

As Antigua and Barbuda joins the rest of the world today to observe World Tourism Day, Charles ‘Max’ Fernandez said there should be the coming together of not just stakeholders but all citizens to ensure the survival of the sector. September 27, 2022, has been...

Vincentian man sentenced to 21 years in prison for killing a woman he wrongfully thought infected him with HIV

by Bijoux | Sep 27, 2022 | Caribbean

Desron Roberts, a 26-year-old man of Cane End, St Vincent has been sentenced to 21 years and four months in prison for murdering a woman he thought had infected him with HIV in 2018. A High Court judge in St. Vincent took into account the three years, 10 months, and...

Cubans vote for same-sex marriage in a referendum

by Bijoux | Sep 27, 2022 | Caribbean, Top News

In a referendum on Sunday, September 25th- 66.9 percent of Cubans; more than 3.9 million approved a sweeping “family law which now gives the green light for same-sex couples to marry and adopt. The new law will also allow surrogate pregnancies, broader rights...