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‘Put gas price back to $12.50 per gallon or face other actions,’ Watts and...

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The Prime Minister is being given an ultimatum:  Revert to the $12.50 per gallon retail price of gas or face other actions. This call, made...

William and Kate scrap visit to Belize farm after villagers stage protest about ‘colonialism’

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(DAILY MAIL) William and Kate last night cancelled the first big engagement of their Caribbean tour in an extraordinary row over indigenous rights. The royal...

Unvaxxed travellers will not need COVID-19 tests to enter the UK

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(BBC) The transport secretary has confirmed that all remaining Covid travel measures will be scrapped. After a meeting with senior ministers, Grant Shapps said...

GUYANA: 15% rise in the price of flour with immediate effect

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The National Milling Company of Guyana Inc (NAMILCO) has increased the price of flour by 15 per cent with immediate effect. A statement from the...

Major entertainment event planned for Antigua this summer

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(NYMUSIC.COM) There won’t be any half-stepping from legendary MC, Big Daddy Kane, as he is set to perform while aboard the Antiguan shores. Hosted...

Antigua talks Climate Change with Italy

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The Honourable E.P. Chet Greene, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Immigration and Trade of Antigua and Barbuda, paid a courtesy call on His Excellency Ambassador...

Serious preparation needed for the Caribbean in the wake of Russia-Ukraine conflict

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Almost three weeks ago, Russian forces invaded Ukraine, the result of which has been described as a full-on war. On Thursday, March 10, The University...

Road fatility victim identified as Shane ‘Yellowman’ Wellcome

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POINTE XPRESS: Shane "Yellowman" Wellcome died on the spot when he allegedly lost control of his motorcycle, which slammed into a lamp post last...

Joint Op-Ed from diplomats: We All Stand With Ukraine

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People across the globe have been shocked and moved by the harrowing scenes from Ukraine. Whole cities are being destroyed by Russian missiles, with...

PM Browne happy residents are still wearing masks in the absence of a mandate

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The mask mandate was discontinued on Wednesday after more than two years. https://youtu.be/3oiaXbTF1-E

3 new laboratory confirmed COVID-19 cases in Antigua and Barbuda

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Dashboard Update for March 19, 2022)   The most recent report received by the Ministry of Health, Wellness and the Environment revealed  three (3) new laboratory...

Preparations underway for Coroner’s inquest into shooting death of escaped prisoner

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The preliminaries for the holding of a Coroner’s inquest into the circumstances touching the tragic shooting death of prison farm escapee, Shanell ‘Silence, Mabz’...