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UWI-led research sheds new light on the Caribbean rainy season
A paper entitled Seasonal Atmospheric Transitions in the Caribbean basin and Central America, led by a UWI Scientist, recently published in international journal, Climate Dynamics...
Frederick-Loomis wants to make history for Antigua and Barbuda at Beijing 2022
High jumper Priscilla Frederick-Loomis has set her sights on a place at the Winter Olympic Games as she looks to make history for Antigua...
Actor Chadwick Boseman Dies At 43 After 4-Year Fight With Colon Cancer
Actor Chadwick Boseman, who played Black icons Jackie Robinson and James Brown before finding fame as the regal Black Panther in the Marvel cinematic...
295 people in self quarantine in Antigua
The most recent reports received by the Ministry of Health, Wellness and the Environment from the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) and the Mount...
Nearly Four Million Dollars Worth Of Drugs Destroyed By The Police
A total of Three Million, Three Hundred and Sixty-four Thousand; Two Hundred and Eighty Dollars and Fifty Cents worth of illegal drugs was destroyed...
Social Security pension payments will not commence on Aug. 31
The Antigua and Barbuda Social Security Board (ABSSB) regrets to advise that pension payments for August 2020 will not commence on Aug. 31, 2020...
Two men injured in smash up on Fort Road
Two men were hospitalized following a vehicular collision on Fort Road around 7 am today.
According to an eyewitness, a silver Lexus car was heading...
Woman to face reckless driving charges after crashing into Land Registry
The woman who crashed into a utility pole and the Land Registry yesterday is to be charged with reckless driving.
She was the driver in...
Barbados-based LIAT staff to claim benefits
(Barbados TODAY)
While LIAT workers in Barbados are now able to start claiming unemployment benefits, one senior labour union official is suggesting that the future...
Prime Minister Browne awards ten young constituents with scholarships
Ten young constituents from the Villa and Point Communities were the lucky recipients of scholarships awarded by Parliamentary Representative and Prime Minister, Hon. Gaston...
LIAT workers still to be paid
More than 100 LIAT employees in the region have not been paid in four months.
This was highlighted by Deputy General Secretary of the Barbados...
Gov’t of St. Vincent to write off over $14 million owed by LIAT
(SEARCHLIGHT)
The Government of St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) will write off over $14 million that it is owed by LIAT 1974 Ltd in...
Antigua among 10 places that rely most on tourism for jobs
Globally 10% of jobs and GDP were in travel and tourism in 2019.
197.5 million jobs in the industry could be at risk...