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VIDEO: Serpent Unleashed, why Serpent’s entry into politics is a Big Deal
https://youtu.be/YhuVi8T4QqA
This article was first published by Antigua News Room on July 27, 2020
Last week’s announcement that popular media personality Algernon ‘Serpent’ Watts had entered...
Official Medical Cannabis Licence: What next
DEAR EDITOR:
Congratulations to the Rastafarians. They deserve to be the first to receive a cannabis license. But, I write to you because I, like...
Hospitality Sector vaccination rate now over 60% of employees vaccinated
Antigua and Barbuda hospitality industry partners are looking ahead and seeing recovery in sight with airlift and occupancy showing slow signs of increase.
The...
Tribute to the late Comrade Llewellyn Smith CM, from Comrade Leader, Prime Minister Gaston...
"Every political party is dependent upon a corps of selfless workers, determined to ensure the success of the institution at the polls, as a...
Department of Environment Secures Grant to Improve Water Security
The Department of Environment is pleased to announce that it has secured a grant totaling two-hundred-and fifty-thousand (250,000) United States dollars under the Adaptation...
VIDEO: Sly J broke down in tears live on air
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_r7kosjEow
The Department of Environment and the IAS Project Provides Tablets for Government Departments to...
On June 7, 2021, the Department of Environment (DoE) through the “Preventing COSTS of Invasive Alien Species (IAS) in Barbados and the OECS Countries”...
VIDEO: Leatherback sea turtle caught in swim marker line while coming ashore to nest
https://youtu.be/fZeBDIQRtho
Yesterday a leatherback sea turtle was caught in a swim marker line while attempting to come ashore to nest.
People in the area were able...
Choksi legal team releases videos and photographs to prove he was kidnapped from Antigua
A U.K.-based law firm looking after the case of fugitive diamond trader Mehul Choksi on Monday released images and videos purportedly showing individuals including...
US CDC: Antigua and Barbuda among world’s safest destinations
Antigua and Barbuda has continued its model tourism reopening with a new designation by the US CDC as a “low-risk” destination.
Antigua and Barbuda has...
Lovell says UPP taking PM Browne’s early election hints seriously
The United Progressive Party (UPP) leader, Harold Lovell, said the party was taking the Prime Minister’s hints of early elections seriously.
“Our candidates have been...
No new cases of COVID-19, one active case
(Dashboard Update for June 14, 2021)
The most recent report received by the Ministry of Health, Wellness and the Environment from the Sir Lester Bird...
Antigua and Barbuda Issues First Official Medical Cannabis Licence
History was made on Monday 14th June 2021, as the Government of Antigua and Barbuda, through the Medicinal Cannabis Authority (the “MCA” or “Authority”),...