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PM praises response to Barbuda disaster in New Year’s Day speech

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Prime Minister Gaston Browne has praised his government's response to hurricane Irma in his New Year's Day message, which thanked those who came to...

UPP leader promises no return of PIT and repeal of UBT in New Year’s...

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Announcing policies aimed at "moving Antigua & Barbuda from its knees to its feet," United Progressive Party leader Harold Lovell has said in his...

Guyanese author says Barbudans fighting to retain collective ownership of land

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A Guyanese-born author of several books on African and African diaspora history says the people of Barbuda are currently not only struggling to recover...

Man found dead in prison

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The police are investigating the death of a prison inmate. Wilbert Paul, 66, was found dead in his cell about 7AM Sunday. He was serving a...

Kid Vicious wins soca title at Country Fest

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Kid Vicious has won the first ever soca monarch at the inaugural Country Fest in Urlings. Competing over the weekend, Kid Vicious beat ten other...

ABEC takes registration back to villages as talk of early election intensifies

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Two high ranking members of the opposition United Progressive Party (UPP) have told Antigua News Room that elections will be called by early March...

Car slams into supermarket on High Street

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A white Toyota Rav 4 slammed into a supermarket on High Street this morning moments before another accident on that same street. According to an...

‘Chaos and confusion’ at Transport Board

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Long queues and large crowds frustrated both motorists and workers at the Transport Board vehicle registration office in Paynters on Friday, as drivers took...

Grieving Barbudan family hosted at Government House

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(PRESS RELEASE) Seven Barbudan children and their guardians or other relatives were invited to Government House following the sudden death of their mother during the...

Mother and Son Charged with gun, ammo

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(STRATCOM) Police jointly charged 50 year-old Mary Edwards-Otto and her 21 year-old son Makieva Otto, both of Briggins with possession of two 9mm rounds of...

Prison boss and two others on Queen’s New Year Honours list

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Superintendent of Prison Albert Wade is to receive the Queen's Police Medal (QPM), the palace announced today. The award is part of the Queen's New...

Barbuda may lose thirty percent of its population: PM

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Prime Minister Gaston Browne is anticipating that 30 percent of Barbudans will not return to the sister-isle after finding that life is "sweeter" in...

Three months after a hurricane devastated Barbuda and everybody left, little is back to...

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(LA Times) Three months after hurricanes forced the evacuation of Barbuda, only 350 people — or less than 20% of the population — have returned...