Posts by Petra

December 9, 2025 - Antigua and Barbuda’s founding father, The Right Honourable Sir Vere Cornwall Bird Sr., was born 116 years ago today. A giant carved from cane fields and…

Zahra Airall’s staging of For Colored Girls reminds us why Ntozake Shange’s 1976 choreopoem remains one of the most enduring, soul-shaking works in the canon of Black feminist theatre. Originally…

Last Sunday, Caribbean Cinemas came alive! Sold out, buzzing, and bathed in anticipation, as Lipstick Productions premiered its third film, Tek Back Man, written and produced by the incomparable Adelza…

China has entered another phase of economic recalibration; one built squarely on stimulating domestic consumption as a central plank in its pathway to continued economic growth. In an era of…

There are some people whose lives stretch far beyond their physical years, people who do not simply live history, but help to write it, explain it, archive it, and translate…

Understanding the Westminster Sequence: Vision vs. Execution In the Westminster parliamentary tradition, the Throne Speech and the Budget Speech serve distinct but complementary purposes. The Throne Speech, delivered by the…

by LINLEY WINTER (November 26, 2025) The work of the Constituencies Boundaries Commission (CBC) is critical to the electoral process in Antigua and Barbuda. Elections are contested in constituencies. Section…

November 27, 2025 - St. Vincent and the Grenadines is at the polls today, not in the calm rhythm of democratic routine, but in the charged atmosphere of a country…

November 26, 2025 - What began as a casual musical partnership between friends (November 25, 1989) has grown into one of Antigua and Barbuda’s most influential cultural institutions. Stonewall was born from…