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Trade Union Congress (TUC) Elects New Executive Committee

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St John’s Antigua – 13 December 2022 – President of the Antigua and Barbuda Workers’ Union, Kem Riley, has been elected President of the Antigua...

VIDEO: APUA Employees Narrowly Escape Serious Injury in Crash along Sir George Walter Highway

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(SOURCE: STATE MEDIA) Two employees of the Antigua Public Utilities Authority are lucky to have escaped serious injury or worse when a Toyota Vitz slammed...

New legislation provides pension for qualifying scrutineers; Senator Nicholas hails adoption of UPP’s long-held...

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The Representation of the People (Scrutineer’s Pension) Bill, 2022 is one step closer to being enacted, after it received bipartisan support in the Upper House...

Using prominent attorney’s name, unknown scammer targets businessman for more than $2k in cell...

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Another attempt is being made to use the names of prominent citizens to run a phone-credit scam. We learned that a Cedar Valley businessman was...

Ambassador Hunte bids tearful farewell

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Senior government officials join a day of commendations and tearful farewells as AOSIS Chairmanship ends. NEW YORK- 13th December 2022- Antigua and Barbuda’s Permanent Representative...

Police officer on motorcycle collides with vehicle on Independence Avenue

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A police officer came to an abrupt halt whilst northward bound on Independence Avenue this morning after making impact with a vehicle exiting Factory...

Appeal Court maintains jail term for Guyanese man who raped five-year-old twice

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The Court of Appeal in Guyana has dismissed an appeal by a man who was given a 28-year jail term for raping a five-year-old...

Court strikes down ABLP disciplinary action against Asot Michael as unlawful

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Court strikes down ABLP disciplinary action against Asot Michael as unlawful PRESS RELEASE St Johns Antigua, Dec 13, 2022 – The High Court of Antigua and...

Residents Asked to Heighten Security Awareness for Christmas & Holiday Season

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The Police are appealing to residents and visitors to heighten their security awareness, as they enter the busy periods of the Christmas and Holiday...

LETTER: Beyond flabbergasted by PM’s comments about his wife

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Dear Editor, To say I was flabbergasted when Gaston Browne declared that his wife deserves more credit than she has received from the Antiguan public...

Chinese technicians visit Booby Alley

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Chinese technicians on Monday carried out a site visit at Booby Alley in The Point signalling the start of the preparation phase of the...

Senator Lewis warns Rural West that taking a chance on ALP’s replacement candidate would...

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The people of St. John’s Rural West want better representation and not the usual “what-can-I-do-for-you” question on the eve of a general election, says...

Small islands seek UN sea court’s opinion on climate change

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BERLIN (AP) — The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea said Monday that small island states have asked it to provide an...