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Negotiations with several unions are continuing to determine the percentage increase to be paid

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Cabinet Notes: Negotiations with several unions are continuing to determine how much of a percentage increase is to be paid within the contractual three-year...

All wages, salaries, pension payments and social security recipients will be paid in full...

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Cabinet Notes: The Cabinet reiterated its decision to ensure that all wages, salaries, pension payments and social security recipients will be paid in full...

Fraud-accused DPP Anthony Armstrong to return to court on January 5

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Antigua and Barbuda’s fraud-accused Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) will return to court in Jamaica on January 5 where his attorney will again make...

Former gov’t minister ‘thankful’ to be alive after being shot in robbery

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Ambassador Bernard Percival Snr, who was shot in the leg and groin by assailants as he entered his Paynters home on Tuesday night, has...

Almost 80 Pounds of Cannabis Seized at Airport

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Forty-three vacuum-sealed packages of the controlled drug cannabis were seized at V.C International Airport. The substance was discovered at LIAT Cargo storage during a joint...

CABINET NOTES of Wednesday, 14 December 2022

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HURST REPORTS ON CABINET of Wednesday, 14 December 2022 Cabinet commenced its meeting at 11:00 am and concluded at 3:00 pm, all members were present....

Two stolen firearms on the street, sources allege, with latest one being lifted in...

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Well-placed sources are reporting that two firearms were recently stolen and alerting residents that they are now on the street. The sources say the Police...

Antigua and Barbuda among 5 Caribbean countries attending regional conference in Colombia

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Antigua and Barbuda is amongst 5 Caribbean countries attending the International Transport Workers Federation (ITF) Dockers Regional Conference in Cartagena, Colombia. The Antigua and Barbuda...

France beat Morocco 2-0 in the Fifa World Cup in Qatar on Wednesday, shattering...

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France was pushed all the way by World Cup wild cards Morocco before the holders sealed a place in Sunday's final against Argentina. The first...

Former Jolly Beach Employees to Begin Receiving Severance Payments on December 15

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The Antigua and Barbuda Workers Union has announced that the distribution of cheques to former workers of Jolly Beach Resort, will begin on Thursday,...

Ex-cop gets three years for fraud

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A former police officer will be spending the next three years behind bars with some of the very criminals he may have helped to...

Tourism Accommodation Re-certification Period Fast Approaching

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Tourism Accommodation Re-certification Period Fast Approaching. (St. John’s Antigua; December 14th, 2022) The licensing of accommodations ensures that the said property has been certified to...

Traffic accidents send police officer to the hospital and an APUA van into the...

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REAL NEWS: Within a short space of each other, several traffic accidents occurred on Tuesday, December 13. One landed a police officer in the hospital...