Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party announces special programme to develop young musicians

Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party announces the new special programme to help in the development of the young musicians.

Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party announces special programme to develop young musicians
Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party announces special programme to develop young musicians

Antigua and Barbuda: Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party announces the new special programme to help in the development of the young musicians. ABLP also laid out the projects and programmes launched by PM Gaston Browne-led administration for the upliftment of the youth. ABLP stated that youth have gained land, financial support and platform for political voice.

A New Special Programme to Help Develop Young Musicians:

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Adding to this, the ABLP will invest in facilities to give our youth a chance to develop their musical talent and to export their music around the world. In the past, we have had musicians who have made regional and international names, among them Sir Mcclean Emanuel (king Short shirt) and, as far back as the 1940’s, the “brute force steel band”. The facilities today, via modern technology and the internet, are multiplied significantly.

To contribute to this still further, the ABLP proposes to equip secondary schools with music laboratories to promote and hone musical growth, development, and expression.

Youth have gained from land and financial support:

An In 2014 and again in 2018, the ABLP government put young women in their 20s into the senate, the national assembly, and the cabinet. Again, in the January 2023 general elections, women in their 30s are among the ABLP candidates. The prime minister has also indicated that a re-elected ABLP government will include 22-year old caleb gardiner in the senate. He is a graduate of UWI five Islands and was a member of the national youth parliament. He has the capacity and knowledge to ensure that the views of young people are heard in the highest decision-making body in the Land. Young persons will also be appointed to boards of statutory corporations.

That is the kind of next level commitment which the ABLP government is making and will continue to make to the youth of our country who are part of our present, and integral to our future.

Giving Youth A Political Voice:

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An especial effort has also been made to ensure that young people are the beneficiaries of the entrepreneurial development fund and the Venture capital fund that assist young people to Start-up businesses or expand existing ones.

Qualifying young people have received development land at $3.00 per square foot, and 10-year loans at between 1 to 3% interest – terms that are available nowhere else. Young people have also been given the opportunity to own their own homes at the several housing estates that the ABLP government and its agencies have constructed. Many of them have taken advantage of this opportunity to own their first homes.