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One million dollars for for Social Security to help pay pensioners
Cabinet notes
Social Security will be provided $1,000,000 to enable it to meet its obligation before 31 January.
The Government will also focus upon the construction...
Government promises to do more to solve water problem
Cabinet Notes:
The Prime Minister welcomed the members back after a three-week holiday break. He noted that the economy grew by 4.2 percent in 2021...
Cabinet: No shutdowns, no curfews and all vessels scheduled to arrive Antigua will be...
Cabinet Notes:
The Cabinet agreed that there will be no shutdowns, no curfews and all vessels scheduled to arrive Antigua will be allowed to dock.
The...
CABINET NOTES: JAN 12, 2022
HURST REPORTS ON CABINET of Wednesday, January 12, 2022
The Cabinet of Antigua and Barbuda convened virtually, for more than seven hours.
The Prime Minister...
Omicron less severe than Delta but still poses danger for unvaccinated: WHO
(Reuters) – The highly infectious Omicron coronavirus variant causes less severe disease than the Delta strain but it remains a “dangerous virus”, particularly for...
InterCaribbean Airways looks set to replace LIAT in Caribbean Skies
InterCaribbean Airways looks set to replace its bankrupt rival LIAT, as the Caribbean aviation industry limps back to normalcy.
The Turks and Caicos Islands-based InterCaribbean...
Hospitalizations increase to 9 as Antigua logs 45 new COVID-19 cases
The most recent report received by the Ministry of Health, Wellness and the Environment revealed forty-five (45) new laboratory confirmed COVID-19 cases in Antigua...
UPP’s Drive-in Rally at Old Road postponed
The United Progressive Party regretfully announces that pandemic-related challenges have affected certain of its service-providers, and this has forced the postponement of the Drive-in...
3 more Cabinet members test positive for COVID
Cabinet Secretary Konata Lee and three cabinet members have tested positive for COVID-19, but all are reportedly doing well and participated in yesterday’s virtual...
4 government Ministers test positive for COVID in St Vincent
Debate on the EC$1.3 billion budget was suspended on Tuesday after several government legislators, including Finance Minister, Camillo Gonsalves, tested positive for the coronavirus...
JetBlue is cutting 17 routes including an Antigua route in 2022
JetBlue is canceling 17 of its routes in 2022.
The airline is mostly cutting routes that it added during the pandemic in the hopes of...
ABWU Urges Immediate Action on Establishment of National Minimum Wage Advisory Committee
General Secretary of the Antigua & Barbuda
Workers’ Union, David Massiah, has written to Minister of Labour Hon. Steadroy Benjamin, urging expeditious action towards the...
