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82 new cases of COVID-19
(Dashboard Update for October 7, 2021)
The most recent report received by the Ministry of Health, Wellness and the Environment from the Sir Lester Bird...
Autopsy confirms teen in Guyana did not die from COVID-19 vaccine
An autopsy conducted on a 13-year-old schoolboy found that he died because of bleeding in his brain, the Ministry of Health said in a...
Roots of Latin American and Caribbean underdevelopment planted by ‘lost’ Columbus
By Sir Ronald Sanders
(The writer is Antigua and Barbuda’s Ambassador to the United States and the Organization of American States. He is also a Senior...
Victoria-raised woman, ‘always life of the party,’ killed in Antigua
Friends and family of a Victoria-raised woman who was killed in her home on the Caribbean island of Antigua are remembering her as someone...
Global Ports celebrates works at Antigua and Nassau cruise ports
Antigua Cruise Port has completed its marine works while repairs to infrastructure and the expansion of Nassau Cruise Port’s piers continue, giving way to...
Opening of bars deferred to a later date, Minister says
https://youtu.be/Z-OfJcRNc9E
Antigua running out of AstraZeneca and Pfizer vaccines, makes request to Dominica, St. Vincent
https://youtu.be/FynjMTcuS2s
Exxon makes new Guyana discovery, increases resource to 10 billion barrels
OilNOW: ExxonMobil announced on Thursday a new discovery at the Cataback-1 well and increased its estimate of the discovered recoverable resource for the Stabroek Block...
Reopening of primary schools delayed for 2 more weeks
CABINET NOTES:
Cabinet has decided to delay the reopening of Primary Schools for another two weeks.
Secondary Schools with 100 per cent vaccinated students and 100...
CABINET NOTES of Wednesday October 6, 2021
HURST REPORTS ON CABINET of Wednesday October 6 2021
The Cabinet began its consultations at about 10:30 am and concluded at 4:00 pm. Three...
The UWI receives US$120,000 gift from one of its first medical graduates, Dr Michael...
The months of August and September marked the annual Global Giving campaign of The University of the West Indies (The UWI). As the 2021...
Casino, restaurants, gyms and cinemas to reopen
Casino, restaurants, gyms and cinemas will reopen from Oct. 15.
The decision was made today at the weekly Cabinet meeting.
EARLIER REPORT:
https://antiguanewsroom.com/bars-clubs-gyms-closed-for-another-two-weeks-while-restaurants-beaches-and-curfew-restrictions-remain-in-place/
54K receive atleast first vaccine dose
Figures from the authorities show a sharp rise in the number of people getting vaccinated against COVID-19.
The number of first doses administered has risen...