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Sibley Charles falls in Semifinals in ITF/COTECC Tournament

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Antigua and Barbuda national U-14 player 12-year-old Sibley Charles fell yesterday in the semifinals to number two Central American & Caribbean Tennis Confederation (COTECC)...

Six to compete in Digicel Jump Start programme

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Sixty aspiring players from Antigua and Barbuda will have the opportunity to showcase their talents when Digicel and the National Basketball Association (NBA), through...

Over a dozen residents fitted with prosthetic limbs

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 There were many smiling faces on the campus of the American University of Antigua (AUA) this week where over a dozen Antiguans are being...

University denies pressuring opposition senator to leave

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After an extremely contentious back and forth discourse in the media over the past few days as to whether the University of Health and...

Cryptocurrency trading to help fund proposed water park at Fort James

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The government says it is considering a proposal to use funds from the Citizenship by Investment Programme to fund an EC$ 50 million water...

Man Charged in Airport Drug Bust

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One of two men who was held earlier this week in the airport drugs bust has been charged. Police charged 40 year-old Calvin Donaldson of...

No more sales tax to bury the dead

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The government of Antigua and Barbuda says it has made good on a United Progressive Party manifesto promise to remove Antigua Barbuda Sales Tax...

Postal workers expected back at work today

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After protest action shut down the General Post Office staff are being told to return to work. The post office located in St. John's has...

Filthy police station cells reportedly cleaned

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The Minister of Legal Affairs has reported to the Cabinet that industrial cleaners went into the cells at the St. John’s Police Station on...

Government back peddles on appointment of CIP board

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The government of Antigua and Barbuda has had a complete change of heart on the controversial issue of appointment of the board to oversee the...

Antigua & Barbuda challenges US money laundering report

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The Government of Antigua and Barbuda has challenged the findings of the United States 2018 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR) which has publicly...

FEATURE: The One a Day Pill to Prevent HIV

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Pre Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) - The One a Day Pill to Prevent HIV WHAT IS IT? WHO SHOULD USE IT? Eleanor Frederick, MSc, MPH Pre-exposure prophylaxis or...

One person ordered deported after strip clubs raid

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As a result of the joint operation spearheaded by the Trafficking in Persons (Prevention) Committee (TIPPC) last weekend, one person who was found to...