Enviroment
Consultations Begin Ahead Of New Litter Prevention Laws
The Ministry of Health, Wellness and the Environment has begun having consultations with other governmental organizations whose employees will become Litter Prevention Wardens at...
Yida Building Four Lane Highway
The architect supervising work for the YIDA project at Coconut Hall and Guiana Island has reported that 8 miles (5 kilometers) of road, four...
More Litter Wardens To Be Employed
The government has agreed to employ 15 new Litter Wardens, with increased enforcement powers conferred under the recently-passed Act, will be employed.
"Their primary role...
Work Stops On Barbuda Airport
The company building the new runway on Barbuda has reportedly left the project 80 percent complete and the government is blaming the Barbuda People’s...
Environment Boss Says She’s Not To Blame For Mangrove Removal
Chief Environment Officer
Ambassador Diann Black-Layne says that the Cabinet has chosen to override
several recommendations made by the Department of the Environment as it
pertains to...
Yida Interested In Preserving The Environment – Officials
Chiese investment group YIDA is more interested in preserving the environment than detractors, the government has said.
This assertion was made after a discussion on...
New Litter Bins To Be Installed This Weekend
(PRESS RELEASE)
The Ministry of Health, Wellness, and the Environment will begin the process of installing the recyclable garbage bins throughout St. John's on...
Antigua joins Clean Seas campaign
– Antigua and Barbuda, Trinidad and
Tobago, and Paraguay today joined UN Environment’s Clean Seas campaign,
bringing the number of countries now involved in the world’s...
Ministry prepares to install litter bins throughout the city
The Ministry of the Environment over the weekend began preparing for the installation of over 90 garbage bins in the city of St. John's.
Environment...
Ministry distributes mosquito nets, urges continued vigilance on Mosquito Control
The
Ministry of Health, Wellness and the
Environment has distributed over one
thousand mosquito nets to health facilities around the island.
This
is an initiative that was suggested...
House Passes Bill To Impose Large Fines and Jail Time for Littering
“We’ve had a problem in Antigua & Barbuda in succeeding in keeping this country clean”, Health Minister, Molwyn Joseph told parliament as he tabled...
Gospel Light Elementary School First to Benefit From 2.2 Million Grant
The Gospel Light Elementary School became the first recipient to commission their Solar PV System as part of an EC $2.2 Million...
Recycling Efforts To Be Boosted With Additional Man Power
The Ministry the Environment says it will help fund labourers to be stationed at the local recycling plant.
Having been informed of a temporary...