Posts by Petra

It was a packed house for what is now fast becoming one of Antigua and Barbuda’s most cherished annual Christmas traditions.  The third edition of The Spirit of Christmas, presented by…

The occasion brought together the nation’s political leadership, diplomatic corps, and civil society in a visible demonstration of continuity and bipartisan support for the China–Antigua and Barbuda relationship. His Excellency…

There’s an old idea America never quite buried.  Manifest Destiny, the belief that some people are meant to move freely, expand, claim space, and others are meant to be managed,…

For much of the past decade, the United States has functioned as the global economy’s stabiliser of last resort. Even when growth slowed elsewhere, America continued to generate jobs, sustain…

December 11, 2025 - China released an updated Policy Paper on Latin America and the Caribbean yesterday (Wednesday), the third in less than two decades. The paper outlines a comprehensive…

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…