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The Political Leader of the United Progressive Party (UPP) says that Sunwing International’s  takeover of the Halcyon Hotel property is a positive move that could provide much-needed jobs for local residents.

The Cabinet announced last week that the investor, Steven Hunter, is planning on turning the now-rundown property into a world-renowned five-star resort.

Reports are that the north wing of the old Halcyon Hotel has been demolished, making way for 250 new rooms during the first phase of the reconstruction.

Harold Lovell, who was a former minister of tourism, says the UPP welcomes any realistic project – since the Gaston Browne Administration has brought very few performing investors to the table.

However, he is optimistic that this project will get off the ground, since the principal of Sunwing International was brought to Antigua and Barbuda by the UPP Government.

Lovell says that a UPP Administration will continue to attract reputable investors, so that the economy can rebound while providing meaningful employment for residents.

Meanwhile, UPP Senator Damani Tabor is also expressing optimism that Sunwing International will succeed with this project – again, because the investor was initially sourced by the Baldwin Spencer Administration.

The second phase of the development will see bungalows being built on the hillsides above the hotel. Both construction phases will employ more than 450 workers, and each is expected to last more than two years.

Halcyon opened its doors to visitors around 1960 – some 62 years ago – and was then called the Caribbean Beach Club (CBC).

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El presidente de la Asociación de Comercio al Detal, Iván Báez, informó en RADIO ISLA que los comercios están gastando cientos de miles de dólares para continuar operando tras el paso del huracán Fiona y la falta de energía eléctrica.

“Obviamente, se está estimando, pero ronda en los cientos de miles de dólares en adición, pues obviamente, a lo que es reparaciones, diésel, limitaciones en horarios de operación, porque no se puede estar operando quizás en horarios normales. Todo eso tiene un costo sobre el comercio al detal”, expresó Báez. 

Por su parte, el presidente de la Asociación de Detallistas de Gasolina, Esdras Vélez, expuso que la entrega de combustible a las estaciones está atrasada. “La distribución (de combustible que llegó en una barcaza en el fin de semana) comenzaría en el día de hoy”, indicó Vélez.   

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Rihanna will take center stage at February’s Super Bowl halftime show.

The singer, who declined to perform in the 2019 Super Bowl halftime show out of solidarity with Colin Kaepernick, will headline the 2023 Super Bowl, the NFL announced Sunday, September 25, 2022, along with Jay-Z’s Roc Nation and Apple Music.

Rihanna posted an image on Instagram of an arm upstretched holding an NFL football.

“Rihanna is a generational talent, a woman of humble beginnings who has surpassed expectations at every turn,” said Jay-Z, whose Roc Nation is an executive producer of the show, in a statement.

“A person born on the small island of Barbados who became one of the most prominent artists ever. Self-made in business and entertainment.”

The Super Bowl will take place at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, on February 12. After years of Pepsi’s sponsorship, the upcoming halftime show will be sponsored by Apple Music.

Rihanna earlier said she turned down a similar opportunity for the 2019 Super Bowl that was ultimately headlined by Maroon 5. At the time, many artists voiced support for Kaepernick, the former San Francisco 49ers quarterback who protested police brutality against Black people and minorities by kneeling during the national anthem in 2016.

“I couldn’t dare do that. For what?” Rihanna told Vogue in 2019. “Who gains from that? Not my people. I just couldn’t be a sellout. I couldn’t be an enabler. There’s things within that organiastion that I do not agree with at all, and I was not about to go and be of service to them in any way,” she said of the league.

Kaepernick accused the NFL of colluding to keep him out of the league in a case that was eventually settled in early 2019.

In 2019, the NFL partnered with Roc Nation (which manages Rihanna) to help pick performers for the Super Bowl and strategize on the halftime show. The widely acclaimed 2022 halftime show featured Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Kendrick Lamar and Mary J. Blige.

With sales of more than 250 million records worldwide, Rihanna ranks as one of the best-selling female artists ever. Her last album was 2016’s “Anti.”

Rihanna last performed publicly at the Grammy Awards in 2018.

In the years since Rihanna has occasionally teased her music return.

Earlier this year, she had her first child with the rapper ASAP Rocky.

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer

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Les assises

Ils ont 17, 19 et 20 ans. Ils auraient pu être bons copains mais ils ont choisi de s’entretuer pour des peccadilles. Parce que l’un serait venu s’interposer pendant une bagarre et que l’autre aurait embrassé sa petite amie. Au final, l’un est mort et l’autre se retrouve aujourd’hui devant la cour d’assises de Basse-Terre.

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