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August 5th, 1964 – Carl  Lyndon ‘Bowlie’ Knight was born to KC Joe Knight (Villa) and Eulalie Shephard-Knight (Green Bay). He was raised between the Green Bay and Villa communities and attended the Villa Primary School. It was customary to see residents of Point and Villa on the Villa Primary...

July 30, 2022 – The prelude to the Calypso Monarch had stirred the pot sufficiently to fuel anticipation.  Tent season had been of good quality on and off the stage. QKC has stepped into a very important breach, filling the void left when one of our most prolific and usually...

July 15th, 1963 – Sandra Scotland-Williams was born to Jasper Alexander ‘Bobby’ Scotland of Ottos and Mary Helena Augusta Royer Dublin of Swetes Village. She began her early education in Antigua at Teacher Violet’s School before migrating at the age of 3, to Ottawa, Canada and then to Toronto with...

January 10, 2021- The UWI’s graduation season commenced with the Inaugural Graduation Ceremony for the Five Islands Campus, Antigua and Barbuda. Six women etched their name into the history books as first graduates having completed their Post Graduate Diploma in Education. There are Launee Richards (Valedictorian), Natisha Alie-Grant, Jerusha Baynes,...

January 17, 1977 State Insurance Commenced Operations. First Federation Life Insurance Company Ltd (FFLIC) was a regional operation being impacted by the socialist philosophy, which was fueling regional government policy at the time. In the late 70s, in response to the dominance of foreign owned companies and the massive repatriation...

TODAY IN HISTORY – April 8, 1969, Gwendolyn “Gwen” Salmon was born to Hurbert Salmon of Green Bay, Antigua & Barbuda and Catherine Destouche (Dominican). She attended the Ottos Comprehensive School.Gwen, as she is affectionately known by many with whom she interacts on a professional and social levels, has extensive...

April 10, 1959 – Dalma ‘Boogie’ George was born to Theodore George of Rodney Street and Edris George of Grays Farm. He proudly declares that his ‘navel string’ is buried in the yard of his parents home in Martin’s Village, where they continue to reside. Dalma’s musical journey began with...

April 14, 1986 -  5,000 plus cricket fans at the Antigua Recreation Grounds (ARG) witnessed Sir Viv Richards become the first batsman to score a Test Century at a strike rate of over 150 during the 1,045th International Test Match. It was the 5th and final test match in the...

The Antigua and Barbuda Basketball Association (ABBA) salutes Barrimore Gore for his 36 plus years of community activism and service to the basketball fraternity. Barrimore Gore more popularly known as “Buntin” to everyone in the Ottos Community was born on DeSouza Road and raised in bottom Ottos. He attended the...

The Antigua and Barbuda Cycling Association celebrates the invaluable contribution of Ms. Dwayna Derrick during her 8-year stint as Treasurer of the Association. During her tenure as Treasurer, Dwayna introduced generally accepted accounting principles to the organization, overseeing the management of the financial affairs, including the day-to-day financial affairs. She...