Last Updated on August 30, 2022, 8:22 AM AST by Anthony Morris
Antigua and Barbudas: The annual back-to-school distribution has started today at the Cedar Grover Community Center of Antigua and Barbuda. The back-to-school drive will continue tomorrow, August 30th, at the Yorks Community Center from 3:00 PM and on Wednesday, August 31st, 2022, from 4:00 PM.
The year 2022 will mark the ninth (9th) year our Parliamentary Representative for St. John’s Rural North, Charles ‘Max’ Fernandez, ventures for this annual back-to-school donation initiative without fail.
AS a part of the Back-to-School supplies Hundreds of families will receive packed school bags along with lunch kits, water bottles, exercise or coloring books, pens, pencils, erasers, sharpeners, scientific calculators, geometry sets, flash drives, rulers, and crayons.
In a personalized message to students, MP Fernandez wrote, “Education is your passport to the future, for tomorrow, belongs to the people who can prepare for it today.”
He added, “Always remember, learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere. Charles ‘Max’ Fernandez wishes you a productive, safe, and fun academic year.”
Prime Minister Gaston Browne addressed the # ABLP’s 2022 Convention hosted under the theme of “A Charge to the Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party – Advancing Antigua & Barbuda to a New Level of Development.”
Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda Gaston Browne-led administration stands proudly behind its record of investments in the people of their country.
These investments have led to expansion and job creation in West Indies Oil Company. (The company is listed on the Eastern Caribbean Stock Exchange), Upgrades to the V.C. Bird International Airport, Renewable Energy investments: Wind turbines, Green Barbuda Electricity and solar lighting for farming districts.
Additionally, the government has indulged in a wide range of investments, such as:
- Refurbishment and completion of buildings such as State Insurance Company Limited Barbuda,
- John E. St. Luce Finance & Conference Center,
- The new Industrial Court,
- Treasury Department,
- Phase 1 of the Prison Upgrade and
- Improved performance at the Airport Authority
- These upgrades in the country’s infrastructure stand second to none.
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