Tank Expansion Ground Breaking Ceremony at West Indies Oil, Company Ltd
January 7, 2016 It is significant that so early in this New Year we are witnessing the start of a project that will bring at least 75 new jobs as well as significant revenues to Antigua and Barbuda. We are starting the year as the Government intends us to continue – by getting projects off the ground that will accelerate economic growth, increase employment and earn new money. The Government is keenly aware that there is great anticipation amongst our people for increased and accelerated economic activity. We know that everyone in our society, who has lived through the economic decline of our country between 2006 and 2014, understands that transformation does not happen overnight. We are also aware that the people of our nation appreciates that, in its first 18 months in office, the government had to stabilize the financial system that was near collapse, and fix the myriad problems of non-supply of water and repeated interruptions of electricity; significant u...
