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The Antigua and Barbuda Red Cross Society (ABRCS) has officially launched its very own ambulance service with the recent donation of a new emergency vehicle from the Japanese Red Cross. The non-profit organisation said the ambulance will complement existing public and private emergency care mechanisms across Antigua. The new Ford…
By Samantha Simon The Antigua & Barbuda Red Cross Society (ABRCS) hosted their annual Give a Hand initiative during the holiday season as part of their Beyond Homelessness programme. Members of the homeless community who were part of the organisation’s registry came out to receive a warm Christmas meal, hygiene…
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Decades-old legislation expected to curb vagrancy and homelessness
In the coming months, a few less vagrants may be seen roaming the streets. That is because the Ministry of Social Transformation plans to operationalise legislation that will examine the situation of vagrancy and homelessness in Antigua and Barbuda.
A Public Trustee has already been appointed to work with the Family Services Unit and the recently enacted Social Protection Board, which is expected to manage social protection programmes under the charge of the Ministry of Social Services.
The Minister for Social Transformation and the Blue Economy, Dean Jonas said Jose Laurent, a lawyer within the Ministry of Legal Affairs, has already been appointed to serve in the role as authorised by the 1995 Public Trustee Act which he described as “a gamechanger” for Antigua and Barbuda.