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Antigua’s sister-island Barbuda will run on 100 percent renewable energy

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The Chief Negotiator in the Green Barbuda Energy Project announced that the 100% green energy project that is financed by the United Arab Emirates...

Antigua And Barbuda Celebrates OECS 40th Anniversary Today

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Today, Friday June 18, 2021, is the 40th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Basseterre that brought into being the Organisation of...

Nicholas Dismisses As “Background Noise” Those Opposing State Of Emergency

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https://youtu.be/VTMYm1ItMXA The United Progressive Party (UPP) strongly disagrees with the extension of the State of Emergency by the Gaston Browne Administration.   A State of Emergency is...

UN re-elects Antonio Guterres as secretary-general

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The U.N. General Assembly elected Antonio Guterres to a second term as secretary-general on Friday, giving him another five years at the helm of...

LETTER: When Will They Learn?

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Dear Editor, When will they learn? When will the beleaguered terminated liat employees and the retained ones working free realize that the PM has no intention...

Antigua Will Donate Unused Vaccines To Other Caribbean Countries To Prevent Wastage

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https://youtu.be/jOJOPEVbPOI     If it appears that the stored vaccines in Antigua’s possession that are scheduled to expire in a few weeks, and that they are not...

VIDEO: Information Minister Says 3AM Curfew Only Applies To The First Fete

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https://youtu.be/g5ML8nwxYsE Information Minister, Melford Nicholas, says the 3am curfew only applies to the first fete. The first fete is an event set for July 16 and...

Fully vaccinated persons attending approved events can stay out as late as 2:30 a.m

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CABINET NOTES: The Cabinet determined that the number of people allowed to attend funeral services and weddings in churches, during this Covid crisis, will...

United Progressive Party says no need to extend State of Emergency; Public Health...

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The United Progressive Party (UPP) strongly disagrees with the extension of the State of Emergency by the Gaston Browne Administration.   A State of Emergency is...

Case Of Teen Who Allegedly Tried To Kill Man After Luring Him To The...

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The committal proceedings for a youngster accused of attempting to murder a man whom he persuaded to have sex with him to repay a...

CABINET NOTES: Thursday, June 17 2021

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Cabinet convened for nearly seven hours today, both virtually and face-to-face, all members attending except one. 1.i. The Cabinet received an update on Covid-19 and...

Mehul Choksi to be remanded at Dominica State Prison despite his declining health

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Magistrate Pearl Williams has ordered that Antiguan citizen and businessman Mehul Choksi who is wanted in India for alleged bank fraud, be remanded at...

LIAT workers ‘shouldn’t get preferential treatment’

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One credit unionist is not of the view that indebted, cash-strapped former LIAT workers are to be given any special treatment by the credit...