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Sandals Resorts CEO Advocates For More Unified Sustainable Energy Policy

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Sandals Resorts’ Group Chief Executive Officer, Gebhard Rainer, recently proposed more regional partnerships between governments and the private sector as the key to increasing...

Intruder told woman “keep quiet and don’t move” as he robbed her in her...

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A 42-year-old woman came face to face with a man who had breached her home in search of money. The Nut Grove resident telephoned the...

Man brandishes ‘butcher knife’ at superette employee and takes off with $1,300 cash after...

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Investigations are underway into a daring daylight robbery during which a Lightfoot West business was relieved of $1,300 in cash by an unknown man. The...

Solving regional air transport woes

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By Ramesh Lutchmedial The proposal by Caribbean Airlines Ltd (CAL) to acquire additional ATR 72 aircraft to service the intra-regional market to fill the void...

Risk of vaccine-preventable disease outbreaks at 30-year high, PAHO Director says

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The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Director, Dr. Jarbas Barbosa, calls on countries to urgently step-up routine vaccination programs as the risk of disease...

The UWI Five Islands to explore the case for Republicanism in the Caribbean

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With the upcoming coronation of a new British monarch, The University of the West Indies Five Islands Campus will explore the case for Republicanism...

Regis Burton Appointed CEO of Medicinal Cannabis Authority

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The Antigua and Barbuda Medicinal Cannabis Authority (MCA) is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Regis Burton as its Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Mr....

Caribbean Union Bank has begun to generate a profit

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CABINET NOTES: The Caribbean Union Bank (CUB) made an appearance before Cabinet to speak about the successes of the bank in the post Covid-19 period. The...

More than EC$120 million spent on the purchase of reverse osmosis plants in Antigua...

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CABINET NOTES: The Cabinet held discussions on the issue of water sustainability utilizing reverse osmosis plants. A severe drought exists which compels complete reliance on reverse...

Limiting the purchase of land in Barbuda to a category of citizens called “Barbudans” is...

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CABINET NOTES The Cabinet held a discussion on a further amendment to the Barbuda Land (Amendment) Act (2018). Members were persuaded by a paper emanating from the Ministry of Legal...

ABWU Initiates Motion to Eradicate Human Trafficking in Tourism

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The global fight against human trafficking will receive a significant boost from the collective support of unions involved in the global tourism and transportation...

LETTER: It’s time to fire the bunch of renegades and commission agents masquerading as...

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DEAR EDITOR: It appears that the present administration is only concerned with the “creative self enrichment” of its members and supporters, except that there is...