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UWI receives US$250,000 towards student scholarships
CCRIF SPC recently presented a cheque for US$250,000 to The University of the West Indies (The UWI) for tuition scholarships for students in need...
Antigua and Barbuda gets help from Japan to fight seaweed
Antigua and Barbuda’s annual fight to control the invasive sargassum seaweed has received a shot in the arm from the government of Japan.
The Japanese...
Seatons man allegedly swindled 18k from woman
Twenty-nine-year-old Jevaughn Josiah of Seatons-charged with larceny and fraudulent conversion- was granted bail in the sum of $20,000 with a $5000 cash component, in...
PM calls out Defence Force personnel to assume post office duties under State of...
Prime Minister Gaston Browne has declared a State of Emergency at the General Post Office and has instructed members of the Antigua and Barbuda...
There are now more than 40 major businesses accepting Bitcoin Cash in Antigua
Bitcoin Cash (BCH ) is making its w ay across the island of Antigua, bit by bit. Over 40 businesses on the island now...
Two more cases of COVID-19 in Antigua
The most recent reports received by the Ministry of Health, Wellness and the Environment from the Mount St. John’s Medical Center (MSJMC) and the...
Man jailed for escaping from St. John’s Police Station twice
On both November 28 and 29 Jamie Title escaped from his cell at the St. John’s Police Station by breaking the burglar bars.
He was...
Greene cautions: ‘COVID-19 will not disappear overnight’
Foreign Affairs Minister, E.P. Chet Greene, is cautioning the nation that the COVID-19 pandemic will not disappear overnight, even when effective vaccines become available.
Speaking...
Woman who burned son with hot iron placed on probation
A 29-year-old mother has been placed on probation for 3 years after she burned her 9-year-old son with a hot iron.
Two years ago, a...
More Antiguans over 50 testing positive for HIV
An AIDS Secretariat official has expressed alarm over the increasing number of positive cases in individuals over the age of 50.
Oswald Hannys, a Counselor...
UK is first country to approve Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine
The United Kingdom has become the first Western nation to approve a Covid-19 vaccine, a landmark moment in the coronavirus pandemic that paves the...
Teenager remanded on wounding charge
The 16 year old Clare Hall student charged for allegedly attacking another student from the school has been remanded to custody.
The teenager made his...
One new case of COVID-19
(Dashboard Update for November 30, 2020)
The most recent reports received by the Ministry of Health, Wellness and the Environment from the Mount St. John’s...