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Safety-first trials are already running near the Discovery Bay Tunnel. Is this a careful first step toward driverless taxis? Photo by Felix Chan If you’ve been driving or taking the bus around Sunny Bay or the Discovery Bay Tunnel lately, you might have spotted something a little unusual: a car or bus with special labels, gliding along a bit more deliberately than the usual traffic. Welcome to the age of autonomous vehicles, and yes, it’s arriving right here on our island. Ov

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Harvey Law Group examines Antigua and Barbuda's Citizenship By Investment Program, highlighting its far-reaching appeal to international investors In a world of growing uncertainty, many high-net-worth individuals are turning to the Caribbean for stability, security and opportunity. Antigua and Barbuda’s Citizenship by Investment (CBI) program has become one of the most attractive routes to a second passport. Antigua and Barbuda is a twin-island nation made up of two major i

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When a decades-long aviation career took an unexpected turn, Vicky Edwards embraced a new challenge. Her next destination: one of the most remote places on Earth. Edward Szekeres reports PHOTOS BY Andrew J.C. Spires & courtesy of Vicky Edwards It all started with a movie. In late 2019, as COVID was silently spreading across the world, Vicky Edwards was on her way home to finish a work project when she walked by Palace ifc. Where’d You Go Bernadette, a comedy-drama starring C

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Residents still reminisce about Hemingway’s and The BIG Picnic but a new generation of musicians is helping DB get its groove back. Sam Agars reports PHOTOS COURTESY OF Andrew J.C. Spir es, Baljit Gidwani & Sam Agars If you talk to anyone with any knowledge of the music scene in Discovery Bay, it’s not long before Hemingway’s or The BIG Picnic enters the conversation. Staples of the DB community for so long, it’s only natural people remember the live-music venue and the annu