ST.
JOHN’S, Antigua and Barbuda – October 24, 2014…….The seven-person Antigua Port Authority Board Commissioners
was sworn-in at the Government House on Thursday morning, October 23 2014. The
oath was administered by the new Governor General, Dr. Sir Rodney Williams, who
took the opportunity to encourage the members to perform their duties well. The
Chairperson of the Antigua Port Authority Board is Senator MaryClare Hurst and
the Deputy is Delano Richards. Freestone Robinson, Dwight Gardiner, Peter
Thomas and Winston Gomes are Commissioners, and Craig Christopher, a lawyer, is
the Board Secretary.
The
seven-person Board of Commissioners has been working since their appointment;
however, the date of the formal swearing-in was determined by the Governor
General, taking his own busy schedule into account.
Several
important proposals to develop the Port have been submitted to the
Commissioners, and their evaluation will play an important part in the final
decision which is to be made shortly. The Minister with responsibility for the
Port is the Prime Minister who also serves as the Minister of Finance. All the
centers off revenue collection fall within the purview of the Minister of
Finance; that would include the Inland Revenue Department, the Customs, the
Treasury, and the Port Authority.
The
Port Authority’s many responsibilities extend beyond the St. John’s DeepwaterHarbour to include those several ports where vessels dock and revenue is earned
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