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Study finds rum kills 85,000 people annually in the region

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Alcohol consumption was responsible for an average 85,000 deaths annually during the period 2013 to 2015 in the Americas, where per capita consumption is...

Day care providers happy to be given the green light to open

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Day care centers and pre-schools are welcoming a decision by Cabinet to reopen their establishments.   They have been faced with rising costs as a result...

PM says curfew hours will be reduced as COVID-19 cases drop

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Prime Minister Gaston Browne says the rate of COVID-19 infection in Antigua and Barbuda has dropped.   He told Pointe FM that Cabinet will decide this...

No private vehicles allowed to collect arriving airport passengers

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The Cabinet of Antigua and Barbuda recently held a discussion on enforcing the restrictions imposed at the V.C. Bird International Airport that disallow private...

Brian Lara remembers his world-record 400 not out, made against England in Antigua in...

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On April 12 2004, West Indies batsman Brian Charles Lara became the first man ever to reclaim the world Test batting record after scoring 400 not out against England at the Antigua Recreation Ground in St John’s, and...

Cabinet of Antigua and Barbuda decides that no student should be without electricity at...

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 The Cabinet of Antigua and Barbuda decided to guarantee that no student is without electricity at home.  Those students whose homes have been disconnected from the...

LETTER: Questions to Farmer Browne on latest venture

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Dear editor, I want to commend the efforts being made by the Pineapple Express members to develop several investment groups. It is a bright spark...

One new case of COVID-19

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(Dashboard Update for April 11, 2021)     The most recent report received by the Ministry of Health, Wellness and the Environment from the Mount St. Johns...

Women’s Forum condemns ‘disgusting’ remarks by Prime Minister Browne about the Women...

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The Women’s Forum of the United Progessive Party (UPP-WF) strongly condemns the Facebook remarks made by Prime Minister Gaston Browne regarding the women of...

LIAT suspends all flights to southern Caribbean

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LIAT has suspended all flights in the southern part of its network as of Friday April 9, due to the volcanic activity in St...

Lovell threatens to sue Donna Chaia

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United Progressive Party Leader Harold Lovell says he plans to sue Donna Chia for statements she made about him on radio recently. Lovell said Chaia...

Caribbean Development Bank ready to assist St. Vincent

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The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) joins with the regional and international community in expressing our solidarity and best wishes to the Government and People...