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Technical difficulties affecting voter registration process
(ABEC RELEASE)
The Antigua and Barbuda Electoral Commission (ABEC) wishes to advise the general public that there are currently some challenges with regard to the...
Opposition parties protest outside parliament
Some members of the opposition Barbuda People's Movement (BPM) and the main opposition United Progressive Party (UPP) are protesting amendments to the Barbuda Land Act.
They...
Asot To Run Again – PM
Member of Parliament Asot Michael has been announced as one of 17 candidates who will run on an Antigua Barbuda Labour Party (ABLP) ticket...
Passenger claims money stolen from her luggage at airport
A recent LIAT passenger says the Antigua Barbuda Airport Authority has agreed to investigate the disappearance of £850.00 from her luggage.
Deborah McCalla describes the...
St. Lucia records drop in unemployment
Prime Minister Allen Chastanet, has hailed a drop in the country’s unemployment figures, declaring that his administration is very excited about the development.
However Chastanet...
Gov’t amasses massive Barbuda ferry bill
As the agreement between the Barbuda Express and the government has ended it has been revealed that the government incurred about $50,000 weekly to...
ABLP denies PM influenced Rural East race
With speculations rife that Prime Minister Gaston Browne may influence the Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party (ABLP) race to select a candidate to run...
Antigua & Barbuda Pledges Its Commitment to Combat Terrorism
Antigua & Barbuda has pledged to step up its cooperation with countries across the Middle East on the region's fight against the war on...
Maduro bans main opposition parties from general elections
Venezuela's president, Nicolas Maduro, says the country's main opposition parties are banned from taking part in next year's presidential election.
He said only parties which...
Murder accused ex-cop dies in hospital after refusing food
According to reports reaching Antigua News Room, Kensworth Browne, an ex-police officer accused of killing his wife has died.
He reportedly died in hospital today...
Antigua-hosted OECS Assembly agrees to tackle climate resilience
The Organisation of the Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Assembly has passed a resolution for member states to collectively lobby for and build climate resilience...
Sir Vere Cornwall Bird – National Patriarch
(By Rawlston Pompey)
In its national development, there have been four significant periods that marked the nation’s ‘...history; ...challenges and progress.’ The first period saw...
Granny sentenced for beating granddaughter to death
Seventy-year-old Millicent Cornwall-Roberts will get out of jail in her 90s if she can survive the 25 year sentence she received for killing her...