January 28 – The Ocean Returned Our Heroes Home

Some moments stop a nation in its tracks. Not because of spectacle alone, but because they remind us of who we are. January 28 has become one such date in Antigua and Barbuda’s living memory, a day when the sea itself seemed to deliver back courage, endurance, and collective pride, as Team...

Everly Paul Chet Greene

January 15, 1964 - in the village of Liberta, St. Paul’s, Everly Paul ‘EP’ Chet Greene was born to Joseph and Averil Greene, into a community where sport, discipline, faith, and public life were tightly woven together. From an early age, he displayed the qualities that would later define him: quiet competitiveness, organisational instinct, and loyalty...

Ge’Eve Philip

Ge’Eve Philip: From Baby Eve to Caribbean Queen January 13, 2006 - Antigua gave birth to a voice that would grow with Carnival itself. Long before she ever stepped onto a senior Monarch stage, Ge’Eve Philip was already part of the culture. Raised in a musical family, she absorbed rhythm the...

Justin Lockhart Simon KC

Justin Lockhart Simon’s story does not begin in Antigua. It begins in a Caribbean that still moved as one. He was educated in Dominica, attending St Mary’s Academy, where he was elected Head Boy in 1968. Those formative years gave him discipline, confidence, and a regional outlook that would later define his public life....

Laurena Davis

Born on November 7, 1985, Laurena Davis was destined to sing her way into the nation’s story. The daughter of Cyrus Davis of John Hughes and the late Joycelyn Proctor-Davis of Swetes, she was raised along Desouza Road in Ottos. This community shaped her values of togetherness, generosity, and perseverance....

Jamale L Pringle

December 3rd, 1981 – Jamale L. Pringle was born to Rolston Pringle and Jean Paige-Jarvis and raised in the village of Swetes. He began his early education at the Swetes Primary School, then moved on to the All Saints Secondary School and the Antigua State College. As a child, some...

Tavia Hunte

November 22, 1979 - Tavia Hunte was born to Fitzroy Augustus and Geneva Augustus-Greenaway of Guyana. Her early education began at the Swetes Primary School in 1984 before moving on to the All Saints Secondary School, where she discovered her passion for dancing at the age of sixteen under the tutelage of Veron Stoute. Upon graduating from secondary school...

Andre Simon

November 13th, 1987 – Andre Simon was born to Michael Simon (Antigua) and Glennis Simon (Guyana). He was raised in Antigua along with his four other siblings. His early education was at the Foundation Mixed School, and then at the  Antigua Grammar School. At the age of 10, Simon’s father...

Dale Destin

October 26, 1969 - Dale Destin was born to Carsteta (aka Curlita) Edwards of St. Georges Street and Earl (aka Boysie) Destin of Point Wharf. He spent his formative years between Point, Villa, and Green Bay. He attended the Villa Primary and Princess Margaret Schools. Dale's first job was as...

LIAT

20th October 1956 - Leeward Island Air Transport Services ‘LIAT’ was founded in Montserrat by Kittitian Sir Frank Delisle. With only a single six-seater twin-engine plane, operations began with flights between Antigua and Montserrat.  With the acquisition of 75% by British West Indies Airlines (BWIA) in 1957, LIAT was able...