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Antigua and Barbuda Ambassador calls for World Bank/IMF urgent attention to all vulnerable economies

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Antigua and Barbuda’s Ambassador to the United States, Sir Ronald Sanders, issued the following statement today. On March 25th, the World Bank Group (WBG) and...

Tourism Minister Says Antigua Will Be Shutdown As Of This Weekend

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Minister of Tourism Charles ‘Max’ Fernandez says all commercial flights will end and the island will be on lockdown by the end of this...

Robbers Take Off With All The Hand Sanitizers At Clinic

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Police are investigating an incident of a break-in at the Liberta Community Clinic where thieves reportedly made off with all of the health facility’s...

Barbuda Council Announces The Closure Of All Ports Of Entry

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The Barbuda Council has declared that passengers are not allowed to enter Barbuda as of the 26th March 2020, 11:59pm. This travel restriction will proceed...

Massive Turn-Out At Ministry Of Agriculture’s Seedling Distribution Exercise

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​The Ministry of Agriculture distributed thousands of seedlings today (Mon) at three locations across the Island. Although the distribution exercise was set to begin around...

Minister Of Agriculture Meets With Large Scale Farmers In Further Response To COVID- 19...

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Minister of Agriculture, Hon. Samantha Marshall and senior representatives within the ministry, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute...

Public Warned From Sending False And Misleading Information

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The Police are calling upon members of the public to be more responsible in their actions and to desist from using social media and...

Barbuda Council Blocks Access To Palmetto Point Causing A Halt In PLH Project

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Members of the Barbuda Council led Chairlady Kalsey Beazer, and Member of Parliament, Trevor Walker, blocked access to Palmetto Point in an attempt to...

Flow Retail Stores Operating Guidelines

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Given the current developments with the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) and guidance by the Ministry of Health, Wellness and the Environment, and the World Health...

Last British Airways Flight To Antigua Scheduled For March 29

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British Airways commercial flight schedule (last flights) from Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean to the UK. 🇬🇩 Grenada to the UK: March 25 🇰🇳 St Kitts...

Caribbean Cinemas Closes Until Further Notice

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The country’s lone cinema, Caribbean Cinemas, has announced that it too will close for an indefinite period because of the COVID-19 pandemic. In a statement,...

Thursday Declared National Day Of Prayer and Fasting, Not Public Holiday

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The Government of Antigua and Barbuda today joined with the Evangelical Alliance, other religious bodies and Churches to declare Thursday, March 26, 2020, “A...

IOC Member Says 2020 Tokyo Olympics Will Be Postponed Because Of Coronavirus Pandemic

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(USA today) Veteran International Olympic Committee member Dick Pound told USA TODAY Sports on Monday afternoon that the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games are going to...