AGP Executive Report
Last update: 5 hours agoCommonwealth & Reparations: King Charles is set to visit Antigua for the Commonwealth summit starting Nov. 1, with regional leaders expecting slavery-reparations demands to be front and centre. Youth & Education: CARICOM is asking young people for input on youth development ahead of a Nov. 4 governance reform dialogue in Antigua and Barbuda, while SLBMC prepares the first Clinical Neurology Summit (Nov. 13–15) and schools get climate-resilience assessments flagging roof, flood and emergency-access risks. Child Protection Law: Parliament passed tougher sexual offences amendments, including life imprisonment for intercourse with a person under 16, as ministers urged stronger action and reporting. STEM for Girls: Antigua’s first all-girls robotics team, HAWK, received EC$30,000 to compete in South Korea’s FIRST Global Challenge (Oct. 7–10). Sports & Community: Cool & Smooth/Joma launched a national sports uniform programme, and Curtain Bluff and APCMOL notched wins in the Cool & Smooth Business Basketball League. Tourism & Travel: American Airlines adds two daily Miami–Antigua flights from Oct. 5, and tourism leaders keep pointing to Miami as a key gateway. International Moves: Antigua and Barbuda broke CARICOM ranks at the UN by backing Ecuador’s María Fernanda Espinosa for UN Secretary-General.
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