Wednesday, June 26, 2024

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200 pounds of cannabis found in imported vehicle

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  Law enforcers are investigating the discovery of over 200 pounds of cannabis.   The cannabis was reportedly seized last week.   The contraband was discovered in a Nissan...

Joella Lloyd breaks 28 year old National record

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Reigning Junior Sportswoman Woman of the Year and 2021 SEC Indoor 60m Champion has broken the Women's National 100m record.   Running at home at Tennessee...

Kiwanis Club of St. John’s Antigua donates $6K to MSJMC Maternity Department

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  The Kiwanis Club of St. John’s Antigua donated $6,000 to the MSJMC Maternity Department for the purchase of a vaccine refrigerator. This refrigerator will be...

Former Antigua Jr Soca Monarch Taeco O’Garro is now the 2021 Northeast Conference...

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Taeco O'Garro is now the 2021 Northeast Conference Long Jump Champion.   The diminutive O'Garro, known for his logic defying leaps in the Triple Jump, stepped...

US releases genetically modified mosquitoes

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The first release of genetically modified mosquitoes in the United States began this week in the Florida Keys — the culmination of a decade-long...

Shift workers more likely to be hospitalised, new research finds

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People who work shifts appear to be significantly more likely to end up in hospital with COVID-19, than people who have regular work patterns,...

Prisoner charged with stabbing prison officer seven times

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An inmate at the Her Majesty’s Prison (HMP) who allegedly stabbed a prison officer about seven times on April 19, has been charged.   The police...

Lobster season closed

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The Antigua and Barbuda Fisheries Division have restricted the consumption, harvesting and any type of trading of Spiny Lobster. The months of May and June are particularly important as...

Dirty Vegan star Matt Pritchard rows the Atlantic

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While most of us have spent months locked down, Dirty Vegan Matt Pritchard has been rowing the Atlantic. The BBC TV chef is in a team of...

WANTED: Benjamin “Ras” Silcott of Cassada Gardens

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The Police have issued a ‘Wanted Bulletin’ for the immediate arrest of Benjamin “Ras” Silcott of Cassada Gardens. He is wanted in connection with allegations...

Wendel Robinson says his client is innocent, accuses police of breaching rights

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Attorney-at-law Wendell Robinson says police took a statement from his client in breach of his rights to have his lawyer present. Robinson is representing the...

9 people hospitalized with COVID-19; one in serious condition

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Nine people are currently hospitalized in Antigua with COVID-19, Prime Minister Gaston Browne announced moments ago. The Prime Minister said one of the hospitalized individuals...