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No plans to close borders despite rising COVID cases in Antigua & Barbuda
Antigua and Barbuda's government said that it does not plan to close its borders to international travel despite rising cases of COVID-19 in the...
HAITI: Health Ministry monitoring emergence of a ‘very infectious’ skin disease
Health officials have been monitoring the emergence of a very infectious skin disease that is similar to scabies.
According to the Ministry of Health, this...
US Coast Guard seize cocaine valued US$8.5 million; two arrested
The United States Coast Guard, earlier this week, transferred custody of two suspected smugglers and US$8.5 million in seized cocaine to US federal agents at...
Two new cases of COVID-19
(Dashboard Update for January 30, 2021)
The most recent reports received by the Ministry of Health, Wellness and the Environment from the Mount St. John’s...
UK to help Caribbean in its fight to identify new COVID-19 variants
The UK will offer its world leading genomics expertise to help identify new variants of
the virus that cause COVID-19 in countries in the Caribbean...
Experts recommend wearing two masks for COVID-19 protection
Layering your face is in -- but not as a fashion statement. It may just save a life.
Public health officials are suggesting double masking...
Pick Sense from Nonsense written by Dr. Lester Simon
By Dr. Lester Simon
There is a strangeness stalking the land. Some folks, including ones who know better, are talking so much nonsense that the sense...
Antigua records another COVID-19 death
*STATEMENT from MSJMC Re Recent Death Due to COVID-19*
*St. John’s Antigua, January 29, 2021 -* A thirty-nine (39) year old patient has tragically passed...
6-year-old boy who wants to become Prime Minister visits PM Browne
Today, 6-year-old Jadon Smith paid Prime Minister Gaston Browne a courtesy visit at the Prime Minister’s office on Queen Elizabeth Highway.
The Grade 2 student...
Another 103 LIAT employees to be terminated
Another 103 employees of the collapsed regional airline LIAT are to be terminated.
This has been revealed by Cleveland Seaforth, the Antigua and Barbuda court-approved...
Canada cancels all flights to the Caribbean
Canada’s main airlines have agreed to cancel service to the Caribbean and Mexico and the federal government is introducing new mandatory quarantine rules as they...
Three new cases of COVID-19
(Dashboard Update for January 29, 2021)
The most recent report received by the Ministry of Health, Wellness and the Environment from the Mount St. John’s...
LETTER: CMU students call for meeting with Prime Minister Gaston Browne
Dear Editor,
This is an appeal for the Prime Minister and the respective authorities to hear the pleas of Antiguan students studying at the Caribbean...