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A major investigative agency reportedly has an interest in the operations of Antigua Airways, according to the Political Leader of the United Progressive Party (UPP), Harold Lovell.

He made the disclosure during last Thursday’s edition of The Captain’s Corner, adding that the agreement between the investor and the Browne Administration “is an upside-down transaction” which must be monitored closely.

Lovell is concerned that there are too many irregularities surrounding the start-up of the airline, which will bear this country’s name and flag.

The airline should make its inaugural flight to Antigua and Barbuda next month, October 2022, according to the Cabinet.

As a former Minister of Tourism, Lovell says the manner in which the new airline is being launched does not fall in line with the usual proceedings.

In the course of his duties, he says, he was involved in welcoming new airlines to Antigua and Barbuda, and he knows the agencies which should be a part of the process. However, he has not heard of their involvement in this venture, Lovell says.

The UPP Political Leader is asking what roles the Aviation and Tourism Ministers are playing in this airline venture, which already seems to be starting off on the wrong foot.

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The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) has partnered with the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) to implement a regional project to develop a framework for Caribbean Moves: an initiative to reduce the high incidence of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs).

The project will build on the momentum of, ongoing national programmes, intended to increase physical activity and healthy eating and curb the high rates of NCDs in the region.

Caribbean Moves was launched in Kingston, Jamaica (14 September) and will support health promotion activities in Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Belize, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Montserrat, Saint Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines and the Turks and Caicos Islands building on the successes of similar initiatives in Barbados, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis and Trinidad and Tobago.

The Bank has committed in excess of USD175,000 in financial and technical resources to develop Caribbean Moves, and support successful implementation.

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“The economic costs of NCDs will not only further burden our countries but also undercut productivity and human capital investments in education and health.” says Mr Isaac Solomon, Vice President, Operations at the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) who spoke at the launch event held on September 14, adding that “NCDs also result in loss of income; increased economic dependence and burden of care within households – the latter generally carried by women – and concurrent lifelong poverty traps. Failure to address NCDs undermines sustainable development and will also result in vulnerable and socially disadvantaged groups being left further behind.”

The Bank’s support of the initiative is a response to these implications and the burden NCDs pose on CDB’s Borrowing Member Countries. Poor health is an antecedent to, and consequence of poverty and there is a high cost of diseases such as diabetes and hypertension in the region.

The Caribbean is on record as having the highest mortality and obesity rates in the Americas, with NCDs accounting for approximately three out of four deaths.

These deaths are linked to common modifiable risk factors, including physical inactivity which the Caribbean Moves project will address.

NCDs have also amplified the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, and, in turn, the pandemic has exacerbated the NCD-burden in the region.

This is affecting the governments and the region’s ability to reach set development targets and widen the distance to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

It is anticipated that Caribbean Moves will enable a Caribbean culture that reflects a more active and healthy society by empowering all people in the Caribbean to be more physically active in their daily lives and to make healthier eating choices.

SOURCE: Caribbean Development Bank

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El presidente del Comité de Estaciones de Gasolina del Centro Unido de Detallistas de Gasolina, Carlos Crespo, informó en RADIO ISLA que hay “muchas estaciones de gasolina, ahora mismo, sin gasolina”. 

Carlos Crespo indicó que “el problema más grande de esto, es que no hay suficientes choferes para distribuir la gasolina en los camiones. Hay camiones y hay tanques, pero no hay choferes”. 

Además, Crespo expuso que esta industria también se está viendo afectada debido a la transición de Shell a Mobil. La misma está ocurriendo en un tiempo desafortunado tras el paso del huracán Fiona.  

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