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25th November 1989 – Stonewall was founded. Stonewall emerged from the Whitney-Burger combination who got together when time permitted to play for small events.  Leading up to the formation of the now international brand, Whitney Williams worked in electronics and Everton “Burger” Williams resided abroad but returned home regularly. The...

NOVEMBER 30, 1963 – Calvin Garfield Southwell was born to Wilma Ambrose and Clarence Southwell in the Green Bay Community, St. John’s Antigua and Barbuda. He attended the Green Bay Primary School and the Ottos Comprehensive school. Post his secondary education Calvin found employment as a teacher, in banking and...

December 19, 1950 – Laurine Marie Byam nee Austrie was born to Josephine Alexander and Denis Austrie, in the village of Mahaut, St. Paul’s Parish Dominica. She initially visited Antigua in 1969, worked for a short time at Papa Doc Bar on Union Rd, returned to Dominica for a brief...

DECEMBER 29, 1954 Samuel ‘Moqush’ Hill was born to Elenora ‘Neckle’ Phillip-Charles (of Point) and ‘Man’ Hill (of Cassie Parsa eventually Villa).Samuel attended Point School and, from a tender age, he became addicted to music and The Arts. In fact, the story is told that his mom, a founding member...

January 2, 1967 – Richard S. Lewis was born on #2 Armstrong Road in Gray’s Farm on January 2, 1967, to Rose Edwina Lewis (aka Irose Jarvis) of Liberta Village and Ainsworth George Alexander Lewis (aka Albert “PC” Lewis) of Liberta Village (born in Dominica). He attended the Green Bay...

January 5, 1973 – Joanne C Hillhouse was born to Ronald Hillhouse (Seaview Farm, Antigua) and Josephine John-Hillhouse (of Dominica). She was raised in the Ottos Community first at Willow Bend, near Antigua Plumbing & Hardware before the family settled at Bird Road. Her early schooling was faith based: the...

JANUARY 10, 2021 – The Inaugural Graduation Ceremony for the University of the West Indies Five Islands Campus, Antigua and Barbuda was held. Six women etched their names into the history books as the first graduates having completed their Post Graduate Diploma in Education. They are Launee Richards (Valedictorian), Natisha...

The Atlantic Campaigns, formerly known as the Atlantic Rowing Race, started as an ocean rowing race from the Canary Islands to the Caribbean, a distance of approximately 2,550 nm (2,930 statute miles or 4,700 km). The race was founded in 1997 by Sir Chay Blyth inspired by his 1966, ninety-two...

January 13, 2018 – Team Antigua Atlantic Rowers comprising Eli Fuller, Scott Potter, John Watt and Nico Pshoyos set a national rowing record for crossing the Atlantic Ocean in thirty (30) days, two hours (2) and twelve (12) minutes. The team was the second team from Antigua and Barbuda to...

JANUARY 16, 2017 – first successfully completed kidney transplant in Antigua and Barbuda was performed at the Mount St John Medical Centre. The eight-hour, 2-part procedure was performed by a 14-member team comprising four surgeons, two anaesthetists and eight specialist nurses. Included in the team were the following from the...