Jicky's latest community news
from the MRS Radio Station
About Jicky
Ordrick Samuel, also known as Jicky or Montgomery, operates the MRS Radio Station from his home. He broadcasts from speakers on his roof on Monday to Saturday at 6.30 am to 7.15 am and when necessary in the afternoon. He provides Barbudans with general news, village information, notices, and birthdays. Every Friday morning Pastor Ralph Payton of the Seventh Day Adventist Church advises on marriage education. MRS Radio also features guest DJs. Jicky can be contacted on 460 0087 within Antigua and Barbuda.
We carry the latest news as it happens in Barbuda. Moreover we feature forthcoming events anywhere in the world, for example family reunions or graduations.
Use our contact page to provide information about your activity and we will include it
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Read our archive for earlier news and articles.
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Basketball season starts again
Monday 6 September
Basketball season has started again in Barbuda. It started on August 7th and there are six teams - Vipers, Young Warriors, Rockers, Flip-mo, Boars and Vikings. The season will finish early next year. The Boars are former champions, with Rockers being tipped to dominate with a very strong team, however Young Warriors could come of age this year. More on the sports page.
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Hurricane Earl hits Barbuda
Monday 30 August 2010
Early this morning Hurricane Earl passed close by Barbuda. Satellite photos show the eye of the storm tracking just off the north coast.
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Work starts on the new Community Centre
Friday 27 August 2010
Antigua Public Utilities Authority (APUA) staff are installing the electrical supply for the Chinese workers who will be living in Barbuda until the work is completed.
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Barbudans build for Chinese
Monday 23 August 2010
Temporary accommodation is being built to house Chinese workers who will be arriving to build the new Community Centre.
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Codrington son dies tragically
Monday 16 August 2010
The son of Sir Christopher Codrington, whose ancestors the principal village on Barbuda is named after, shot himself last month after a split with his girlfriend. See our facebook page for the full story.
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3 silver medals for Barbuda at CUT games
Monday 26 July 2010
Peter Cuffy, one of the coaches for the Antiguan and Barbudan team in the Caribbean Union of Teachers Games (CUT) held in St. Kitts on July 23rd and 24th 2010 reports back.
Antigua and Barbuda was represented by 29 athletes including two from Barbuda. The team won 6 medals - 4 silver, and 2 bronze. The team walked away with the MVP in the Under 9 boys category with Razeem Richards (Barbuda) winning 3 silver medals, 80m, 150m and Long Jump. He also placed 4th in the cricket ball throw.
The other medal winners were, Sapphire Davis, silver in the 1200m open girls, Orlando Thomas, bronze in the 400m under 13 boys, and Kenneth Benjamin, bronze in the 1200m open boys. The team also had commendable results from Kiwandi Morson in the High Jump under 13 girls. She finished 4th, Meuset Jeffers also came in 4th place in the 400m under 15 girls. We should also recognize all those who finished in the top eight thereby scoring valuable points for Antigua and Barbuda. Jakeem Miller, Sheldon Noble, Peter Emanuel, Unique Raleford were all top eight finishers.
“Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.”
Raymond Chandler
Congratulations to all of our winners.
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Barbudans approve Lighthouse Bay extension project
Wednesday 21 July 2010
The Barbudan populace has given the thumbs up to the Lighthouse Bay extension project, one of three discussed at a recent village meeting. While chairman of the Barbuda Council Kelvin Punter, expressed pleasure at the outcome of the gathering, the Antigua Labour Party representative on the Barbuda Council Senator Arthur Nibbs said he was disappointed that only one project got clearance from the villagers.
“We had a very interesting and productive village meeting last night," Punter said. "We had three projects on the cards that were discussed and at the end of it, with all the input and opinions, we got the consent of the people for Lighthouse Bay only.”
He added that the investor, who is a Barbudan, will get an additional 30 acres to the 15 already set aside for the project. When asked if this amount of land being given to one investor was excessive, he said when compared to other development initiatives it was not. "When you look at other projects like Coco Point and K Club you're talking about 100 plus acres," he said. "So an additional 30 acres for a project that has actually started shows that they have interest. He said the 45 acres would be used for a condominium-style development.
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Pre-school children graduate
Wednesday 01 July 2010
Well done to the children from pre-school who graduated last week.
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R & B stars Ginuwine and Faith Evans come to Barbuda
Wednesday 01 July 2010
After their show on Antigua, singers Faith Evans and Ginuine came to Barbuda to plant “Trees of Love”. For the full story, see the local newspaper, www.antiguaobserver.com
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Graduation ceremony
Thursday 17 June 2010
Graduates from the 2009/10 Technical and Vocational training courses have received their awards at a special ceremony to recognise their achievements.
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Two new buildings for Barbuda
Thursday 17 June 2010
Work has begun in earnest on the new Fisheries complex at the lagoon, which will provide new facilities for local fishermen to unload, store and sell
their catch. There will also soon be a community centre in Barbuda, next to
the Nurse's hostel on River Road. It will offer a reading room, a twenty-one
space computer suite for technical and vocational training courses and space
for Council meetings, village events and weddings.
Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer attended the ground-breaking ceremony. The Barbuda Council are providing the labour force to complete the work.
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Barbuda suggested for royal honeymoon
14 June 2010
Barbuda has been suggested as the ideal honeymoon location for Prince William and Kate Middleton - should they tie the knot - by Vanity Fair reporter George Wayne, who recently spent a few nights at the Lighthouse Bay resort. The miles of empty beaches were one of his favourite things about the island.
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Caribana horse racing
06 June 2010
It was a smaller Carabana than usual but still enjoyed by most. See everyone's Facebook pictures for the best ones!
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It's exam time at Holy Trinity School
04 June 2010
Young people in Holy Trinity School prepare to take their Common Entrance Exams - here term ends on July 2nd
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Emile Heskey goes to the World Cup!
03 June 2010
Emile's mother is Barbudan, although he
was born in Leicester, UK and went to the same school as Gary Lineker. Is there something about Leicester that produces great footballers? Highfield Rangers - an amateur football club that was formed by a group of young men who came to England as children from the Caribbean in the 1960s, are still going strong in the city.
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barbudaful.net comes alive
01 June 2010
If you've been a repeat visitor to these pages in the last year
or so, you'll have noticed that our news has been a bit out of date. But that's all
about to change:
- we'll be updating this page regularly again with news and photos direct from Barbuda
- reshaping our archive pages into their own section, which should make it easier to find the older news and articles
- we've got some new information about a couple of restaurants and bars on Barbuda, and a new tour company.
So check back here soon for the latest news from Barbuda, and send us some feedback to let us know what you think.
