By Kadeem Joseph The historic Sir Vivian Richards Cricket Ground served as the backdrop for scores of mourners to pay their final respects to Sir Lester Bryant…
Disabled man thankful for brand new home
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A collaboration between the Ministry of Social Transformation, Human Resource Development and the Blue Economy and the Precision Centre culminated in Leslie Emmanuel, a member of the religious organisation receiving the keys to his new home, located on Herberts main road.
During a short handover ceremony on Thursday, Social Transformation Minister Dean Jonas (who is also the Parliamentary Representative for the area), said that he was pleased to learn of the Precision Centre’s willingness to partner with the government on the project to provide Emmanuel, who has been confined to a wheelchair for more than 30 years, with suitable living conditions.
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.
Family and friends celebrate 103rd birthday of dear lady
By Carlena Knight
It was a day of cheers and broad smiles for Margaret Myrtle McCarty Peters who celebrated her 103
rd birthday yesterday.
Peters created history by becoming the first centenarian to celebrate her day via the Community Development Division’s virtual celebration initiative.
The initiative which falls under the Ministry of Social Transformation, Human Resource Development and the Blue Economy, came about due to the social distancing protocols which had to be adhered to due to Covid. With this program operating via Zoom, it gives families, friends and other officials the opportunity to celebrate the lives of the many centenarians across the island.
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