Judge Robertson has lifted the injunction against PLH who may now continue their work at Pametto Point building the golf course.This case will be appealed. Here is what the Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs think.
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The Antigua government will vote on Thursday on another amendment to the Barbuda Land Act to allow them to reap the biggest prize of all – the dividing up of Barbuda Land to their friends. Although years and years of their attempts to destroy our community – withholding basic services such as electricity, health, education […]
The Council administration under Chairman Arthur Nibbs has resumed sand mining on Barbuda in spite of a resolution in 2012 to stop. Nibbs said “Reality has set in… the council is currently in deep financial trouble. Our finances usually come from the central government, but the government itself is in a precarious situation”. Elsewhere in […]
Randolph (T C) Beazer, chairman of the Barbuda Council, has confirmed that sand mining operations in Barbuda will continue, but under strict guidelines. The Barbuda Council passed a resolution for tests to be carried out to ascertain the availability of off-shore sand. Randolph Beazer said that the sand mining would be controlled with the input […]
By a majority vote, the Barbuda Council has set a deadline of May 31 for sand mining operations to cease at Palmetto Point. Environmentalists, including John Mussington, have long been pointing out the damage caused to the environment by 23 years of sand mining in the area. The decision has ramifications for Antigua and Barbuda’s […]