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Antigua and Barbuda COVID-19 Crisis and Political Censorship By Kwame Nkosi Romeo The COVID-19 crisis is unbearable for all countries, including the Caribbean Community grouping (CARICOM), comprising 15 Member States and five Associate Members countries: 11 Member States are on the Center for Disease and Control Protection (CDC)  Highest risk Level 4 listing .  Three are on  High Level 3, and one on Low Level 1 Of the five Associate member countries, two are on CDC Level 4, two on Level 3, and one on Level 1 In CARICOM, Antigua and Barbuda ranks 14 of 20 in Case Fatality Rates (CFR) with a poorer score of 2.41 and 19 of 20 in COVID-19 testing with a regrettable 17.6% of the population checked. In comparison, Jamaica ranked 13 of 20 CFR 2.22, 18 of 20 COVID-19 testing 20% of the population. All fatalities are crucial, but 12 countries with lower CFR per 100 people than those mentioned above: Cayman Islands 0.25, Anguilla 0.26, Dominica 0.46, St. Vincent and the Grenadines 0.54, Belize

A  Reflection 'The Handwriting Is On the Wall' Antigua Daily Observer Saturday, July 28, 2001 By Kwame Nkosi Romeo In Antigua and Barbuda, the assumption is there is only one individual with any real power, prime minister Lester Bryant Bird, and one ideology with that similarity - the ruling class. The brutal modus operandi of the Antigua Labor Party (ALP) government is obviously against its citizenry, mainly persons embodying our creative aspirations. One of our nation's celebrated social justice warriors, McClean Emmanuel (King Short Shirt) testimony on Observer Radio 'Have Your Say" on Friday, July 20, 2001, echoed that torment:  "The government deliberately hurt me because I am not on their side." And with bleeding heart lamented the burden of the oppressed: "What I feel others feeling it." That's true, but time will tell if Short Shirt's despondency about Antigua and Barbuda's future under the Bird dynasty persists. Still, it

The Naked Truth about State Capture and Antigua Labor Party (ALP) Tyranny  By Kwame Nkosi Romeo "From a political point of view, former prime minister of Antigua and Barbuda Lester Bryant Bird is a hollowed hero. He failed to govern his political and economic decisions by any ethical principles. He preferred to adorn himself with the cultural symbols of the radical 1960s and 70s while simultaneously rejecting the moral and revolutionary ideas of the period. Bird left a legacy of bad judgment and unethical decisions without being subjected to justice." -Alvette E Jeffers September 6, 2021. Many friends told me to resist talking ill of the dead, and I obeyed. But then again, this story won't Rest In Peace (RIP) with former prime minister Lester Bryant Bird passing! It has just begun since my sabbatical leave is over.  Did the community express genuine grief on the passing of the Antigua Labor Party (ALP) former prime minister Lester Bryant Bird on August 9 and laid to rest