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Banks and other private sector businesses urged to resume full operating hours
(CABINET NOTES)
The Cabinet was informed that certain private sector businesses, including banks, have been operating on a reduced schedule since the Coronavirus pandemic caused...
US$2 million to be set aside for COVID-19 vaccine
(CABINET NOTES)
The Cabinet has decided to set aside more than US$2 million dollars for the purchase of Covid-19 vaccines when the medicine becomes available--which...
LIAT Administrator submits report to PM Browne
Cabinet Notes: The Administrator of LIAT, appointed by the Court nearly four weeks ago, has submitted to the Prime Minister and Minister of Finance an...
Jamaican Footballer Dashawn “Taka” Stanton dies in Antigua
Footballer Dashawn “Taka” Stanton died at around 9:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Mount St. John’s Medical Centre.
The midfield player who was diagnosed with encephalitis...
Former PM Baldwin Spencer to get knighthood during Independence Celebrations
Cabinet Notes: The Chairman of Cabinet, Prime Minister Gaston Browne, has commenced discussions within the Cabinet to award the erstwhile representative from the St. John’s...
10 LIAT pilots challenging Antigua’s Companies Amendment Act
A senior Barbadian LIAT pilot on Wednesday gave the Antigua and Barbuda Court of Appeal formal notice of his intention to challenge a recent...
Gov’t urged to give Scotland Yard assurance Antigua will not not seek death penalty...
Antigua-born lawyer Wayne Marsh is urging the Gaston-Browne administration to give Scotland Yard the assurance that Antigua will not not seek the death penalty...
212 people in self quarantine in Antigua
The most recent report received by the Ministry of Health, Wellness and the Environment from the Mount St. John’s Medical Center has revealed no...
Hurricane Laura becomes “extremely dangerous” Category 4 storm
Hurricane Laura has strengthened into an "extremely dangerous" Category 4 storm as it barrels toward the Louisiana and Texas coasts. "Little time remains to...
New Disturbance With 20% Chance Of Developing In 5 Days
NHC: A westward-moving tropical wave located just off the west coast of
Africa about 400 miles east-southeast of the Cabo Verde Islands is
producing disorganized...
Destin: Third Wettest July on Record but Droughts Continue
Dale C.S. Destin| 268weather
July was a very wet month for Antigua. It was the wettest month for the year, thus far, by “miles”, the...
Driver In High-Speed Chase Sentenced To A Week In Jail, Fined
19-year-old Montel Barton, the driver in last weekend's high speed chase with police has been sentenced to seven days in prison.
Barton was sentenced to...