Our Scans · Antigua and Barbuda · Weekly Summary

• Caribbean: As investors adjust to new CBI programme pricing, demand for Antigua, Grenada, Dominica, St Kitts and St Lucia are expected to remain strong in 2025. Golden Visas
• By legalising medical cannabis, Antigua acknowledges the potential benefits it can bring to individuals struggling with mental health issues, offering them a sense of hope and relief. Antigua News Room
• The legalization of medical cannabis in Antigua has paved the way for various medical applications and export opportunities. Antigua News Room
• The Barbudan People's Movement (BPM) has insisted: Barbudans will not allow their land and resources to be sold to the benefit of the wealthy, leaving us disempowered and encircled, as has happened in Antigua and other islands. Clash!
• Climate change is a real threat to Caribbean Islands like Antigua and Barbuda that continue to face sea-level rise, rising temperatures, and more extreme weather events. United Nations
• This month, the government of Antigua and Barbuda established the Redonda Ecosystem Reserve which will cover 30,000 hectares or 74,000 acres of land and sea, including the small island. DNyuz
• Kitts and Nevis and Antigua and Barbuda, both of which face elevated risks associated with tourism industries that attract hundreds of thousands of visitors each year. Caribbean Investigative Journalism Network
• An upcoming UN confernce on small island developing states in Antigua and Barbuda will address climate change, sea-level rise, biodiversity loss, global debt crisis, and rising inequality. EnergiesNet
• In the last year, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, and Trinidad and Tobago have joined the Local 2030 Islands Network, committing to building island resilience to climate change. The White House
• Small nation states like Vanuatu, Tuvalu, and Antigua and Barbuda, all of which face extreme risks to their populations as a result of climate change and are eager to push the ICC into declaring crimes against the environment to be violations of international law. Ukrainska Pravda
• The report, entitled 'A Rocky Recovery,' claimed that Antigua and Barbuda will see a decline in real GDP growth in 2028, projected at 2.8% growth. Antigua Observer Newspaper
• The population of a critically endangered snake that could not be found anywhere else in the world but on one 8.4-hectare sized island a few kilometers off Antigua's coast grew from 50 to over 1,200 and can now be found on four of Antigua, Barbuda, and Redonda's offshore islands. Antigua Observer Newspaper
• Antigua and Barbuda's membership in the Eastern Caribbean Partial Credit Guarantee Corporation provides an opportunity for small businesses to increase access to credit. Antigua News Room
• Antigua and Barbuda experienced an impressive 8.5% rate of growth in 2022, and has projected a whopping 9.4% growth in real GDP for 2023. Antigua News Room
• Antigua is a beautiful Caribbean island with stunning beaches and endless opportunities for water sports. Radical FIRE
• Under the hospitality partnership scheme between the Governments of Jersey and Antigua and Barbuda, hospitality professionals will be coming to Jersey from April to September. gov.je
• Antigua and Barbuda will have the opportunity to play an important role in strengthening defense relations with other countries. Antigua News Room
• Robertson is from Antigua and Barbuda, one of the island countries most at risk of suffering massive losses from climate change. CBC
• Antigua and Barbuda's prime minister has vowed to hold a referendum soon on whether to become a republic, and Jamaica's ruling Labour Party also plans a vote. Democracy Now!
• Antigua and Barbuda will hold a referendum within the next three years on becoming a republic. The Times
• There is a gap in service in the northern Caribbean, also hinting that both Barbados and Antigua and Barbuda could potentially play a major role in the new LIAT going forward. Antigua News Room
• A new airline called Antigua Airways will soon be permitted to operate flights from West Africa directly to Antigua. Antigua News Room

Last updated: 17 June 2025