Caribbean Times 5th Issue - Friday 24th February 2017

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2 c a r i b b e a n t i m e s . a g Friday 24th February 2017 $5.5 Million donated to Early Childhood Development By Justin Peters The community of Buckleys will soon benefit from a state of the art Early Childhood Centre and Community Centre to serve Buckley and the surrounding communities such as Swetes and John Hughes, aiding those without the Editor’s Note Caribbean Times is printed and published at Woods Estate/Friars Hill Road. The Editor is Justin Peters. Contact: Caribbean Times, P.O. Box W2099, Woods Estate/Friars Hill Road, St. John’s, Antigua. Tel: (268) 562-8688, Fax: (268) 562-8685. Visit us online at our website: www. caribbeantimes.ag We ask you to send: Pertinent news items to news@caribbeantimes.ag. Advertisement inquiries to accounts@caribbeantimes.ag. Letters to the editor to editor@caribbeantimes.ag means necessary to afford Pre-school services. Children will be able to attend pre-school for free once the project is complete thanks to a timely donation of $5.5 Million EC or $2 Million US from the Maria Holder Memorial Trust, a non-profit organization out of Barbados. Yesterday, the Ministry of Education signed the official agreement with the Maria Holder Memorial Trust for the construction of a Preschool and Early Childhood Development Centre in the Buckleys Community. The co-operative project would see the government providing the lands for development and the Maria Holder Memorial Trust providing the funding. Now in the preliminary stages, the concept drawings have been completed, with full technical drawings showing electrical wiring diagrams expected to be completed shortly. The project would be expected to take off shortly after that with the expected completion time being approximately 18 months. Present for the signing were the Minister of Education, Science and Technology, Honourable Michael Browne, Minister of Social Transformation, Honourable Samantha Marshall, Director of Education, Mr. Clare Browne, cont’d on pg 3
Friday 24th February 2017 c a r i b b e a n t i m e s . a g 3 cont’d from pg 2 Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, Ms. Rosa Greenaway, and Project Manager from Maria Holder Memorial Trust, Ms. Donna Clarke. The Maria Holder Memorial Trust is a charity organization which focuses on Education, Culture and the Arts, Health, Poverty Prevention and very soon the elderly. The organization has also embarked on a project with the Ministry of Health that will be revealed soon. Minister Browne commented that although the centre is one of a number of Minister of Education, the Hon., Michael Browne projects that would become a reality in the near future. 100% FINANCING FREE INSURANCE & LICENSING Don’t Dream it. Drive it FREE ONE YEAR SERVICE & 3 MONTHS GAS FACTORY & AMERICAN ROAD,ST.JOHN’S ANTIGUA W.I. 1 (268) 462-1062 www.harneymotorsltd.com FREE REGISTRATION & PLATES
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