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With continued complaints of poor lighting on the roadways and across communities, the Cabinet is now moving to rectify this issue.

Accordingly, several managers from the Antigua Public Utilities Authority (APUA), including the Electricity and General Managers, were invited to the weekly sitting of the Executive on Wednesday, October 19.

Inquiries reportedly were made about the lighting of dark areas on the Sir George Walter Highway and Friars Hill Road; parts of St. John’s City; and several villages, including Liberta and Golden Grove.

According to the Cabinet, the dark areas in several public schools are also to be addressed.

The Electricity Manager is said to have reported that “700 lights are available for deployment; and, in some instances, APUA has arranged to have holes dug to accommodate the forms on which the lights will be erected,” this week’s Cabinet Notes say.

However, residents in certain areas note that bases for these light poles were erected years ago – and then abandoned.

Of the lights to be put in place now, APUA says that 200 are solar powered and 500 will have to be connected to the electricity supply.

The Notes claim the utility company has ordered 1,000 additional lights, which will arrive here before the end of the year, and many of these will be deployed early in the New Year.

Meanwhile, the Government is to embark on lighting the City for the Christmas season.

Reportedly, the commercial center of St. John’s will be decorated with coloured lights, which, according to reports, are being ordered now to ensure their installation in time for the festive holidays.

On another note, the Notes quote the Electricity Manager as saying that electricity rates in Antigua and Barbuda are the lowest in the Caribbean, except for Trinidad & Tobago, an oil-producing country where the cost of energy is low.

However, citizens and residents continue to contend that the electricity rates are too high.  One woman says her bill averages about $600 monthly, although she has only the usual appliances – a fridge, washing machine and television set, which is hardly used, because of her work hours.

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One man is dead after a shooting in Sea Lots on Thursday night.

Police said members of the Port of Spain Gang Unit were driving along Production Avenue, Sea Lots, at around 7.30 pm when they saw two men sitting on stools near a shop.

On seeing the police both men got up and shot at them. The police took cover and shot back, wounding one man, while the other ran away.

Police took the wounded man to the Port of Spain General Hospital, where he was declared dead.

They said he was identified only as Joseph. Police found a Glock 19 pistol.

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Director, Haime Croes:

ORANJESTAD (AAN):  Haime Croes, Director di Departamento di Infrastructura y Planeamento (DIP) a bisa cu nan ta den un proceso for di basta tempo caba di reorganisacion total di e aparato publico, specialmente riba e aspecto di Landspakket. Tin varios tarea cu nan a haya cu tin cu haci.   

            Segun Croes, tin un deficit basta grandi di hende. DIP ta un di e oficinanan sigur cu tin falta di personal. Asina mes nan ta dispuesto pa haci mas mihor pa ta posibel.

            Un di e aspectonan cu nan a haci ta e ‘departamento comercial’ cu a haya su evaluacion. Awor tin tur cos bao control pa loke ta trata hendenan cu a inscribi pa ‘optie’. A duna varios caba y e ta bayendo segun e exigencianan cu DIP ta pidi a base di e maneho di 2018, a bisa.

            Ta pidiendo rekisitonan cu ta importante pa bin na remarca pa haya un ‘optie’ y DIP ta pone esaki den cuadro di e ROPV tambe, Croes a señala.

            Aworaki ta hayando diferente persona cu ta pidi opcion y si nan ta cumpli segun e rekisitonan nan ta haya. DIP ta sali for di e aspecto di sectornan prometedor. Si ta wak bek den añanan anterior tur cos ta mesun cos y a duna asina hopi y na final niun no a logra. Cu esaki a crea un Aruba unda hopi hende a haya tereno cu no ta cumpli  creando speculacion riba mercado y cu ta haya hopi bendemento di tereno, a splica.

            Haime Croes a sigui bisa cu DIP ta andando segun e maneho. Aworaki ta bayendo bon y kisas ‘slow’, pero tur hende ta yega na nan tereno.

            El a agrega cu tin hende cu kier traha e mesun cos di semper. Tin hende cu kier sigui traha hotel, mientras cu tin un par cu kier sigui traha oficina. Tur esey ta importante pa wak. DIP tin un maneho bon cla, structura hunto cu Directie Economische Zaken cual ta esun prioridad pa e sectornan prometedor.

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ORANJESTAD (AAN): Aruba a ricibi bishita di Alcalde di Roatan un isla cu ta pertenece na Honduras, sr. Ronnie McNab y su delegacion.

Motibo di e bishita tabata pa mira con diferente proceso ta tuma luga na Aruba, entre otro e uso di incinerator pa mihor maneho di desperdicio, den cuadro di e similaridadnan cu e islanan tin.

   Alcalde McNab a indica cu ta admira con organiza y desaroya Aruba ta, cual ta e deseo cu tin pa Roatan tambe. Prome Minister Evelyn Wever-Croes a expresa cu e encuentro tabata hopi ameno.

   Prome Minister Wever-Croes a splica cu e team cu a bishita Aruba a elogia Aruba pa con desaroya Aruba ta, pero tambe pa e forma con ta atendiendo cu desperdicio y e uzo di e incinerator.

   Roatan ta un isla cu ta pertenece na Honduras y e ta depende principalmente di turismo. Compara cu Aruba cu ta ricibi mas tanto turista ‘stay over’, Roatan ta ricibi mas tanto turismo crusero. Un otro similaridad ta, cu e isla tin mas o menos 100 mil persona ta biba.

  Considerando e similaridadnan aki,  a intercambia diferente idea di loke ta traha bon cerca nan cu lo por funciona na Aruba y vice versa. A palabra cu den futuro lo sigui intercambia ideanan.

   Director di DOW, Marlon Croes a splica cu na Honduras nan ta explorando otro forma mas innovativo pa deshaci di sushi diario cu nan ta produci. Den cuadro di esaki, nan a bin den contacto cu un compania internacional cu ta deliver incinerator na Inglatera y nan a worde recomenda pa wak esun na Aruba como cu e ta den operacion.

    Croes a duna di conoce cu e team a keda hopi satisfecho cu con e incinerator ta funciona y con ta kima e sushi den forma responsabel pa salubridad publico, teniendo medio ambiente  na cuenta. A base di e informacion cu nan a haya di e team di DOW cu ta opera e incinerator, e profesionalnan  a expresa cu nan lo cumpra 2 of 3 incinerator pa instala na Honduras riba e isla di Roatan. Cu e meta pa reduci e cantidad di sushi cu tin, y pa cera nan landfill (termino largo). Ademas, nan a menciona cu nan ta wak Aruba mane un role model pa loke ta ordenacion, personanan gentil, isla limpi, bon manteni y nan tambe tin e deseo pa yega unda Aruba ta, sr. Croes a bisa.

   AlcaldeRonnie McNab a gradici Prome Minsiter Wever – Croes pa a ricibie y su delegacion. Nan ta hopi contento di por a ricibi e oportunidad pa trata temanan cu ta concerni ambos isla.

   E deseo ta pa mira Roatan bay dilanti y a traves di e bishita aki por a haya un bista di con e por worde haci entre otro riba tereno di uzo di e incinerator pa atende cu maneho di desperdicio. ‘Nos ta aspira pa tin un desaroyo igual cu Aruba na nos isla un dia, y pues kico ta mas mihor cu papia cu esnan encarga cu esaki,’ sr. McNab a expresa.

   Prome Minister Wever-Croes a termina bisando cu sr. McNab y henter e delegacion a keda impacta cu Aruba y e desaroyo cu nan a mira, cual ta hacibo orguyoso.

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