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Hotels facing cancellations amid UK shutdown
Hotels across Antigua and Barbuda are facing cancellations as the UK enters its four-week lockdown. Prior to the announcement by the British Government, many...
Fire causes damage at Blackpine Power Plant
Firefighters were called to the Blackpine Power Plant this morning after a fire broke out at the facility.
According to reports, a booster at the...
All Saints Secondary School’s Music Education Programme Strengthened with New Steel Pan Instruments
The renowned Performing Arts Programme at the All Saints Secondary School has been strengthened with a Sandals Foundation donation of a brand new set...
Biden takes lead in Pennsylvania, where a win would deliver the White House
WASHINGTON — Joe Biden took a slim lead in Pennsylvania and edged ahead Georgia with the fate of the presidency on the line and five closely watched states continuing to count ballots more than...
Antigua and Barbuda still keen on CARICOM travel bubble
Cabinet Notes: Antigua and Barbuda has been deemed a “high risk” state, nonetheless, by one CARICOM state, requiring Covid-19 negative PCR Tests for citizens...
APUA prefers clean energy plants over solar and wind until the cost of batteries...
Cabinet Notes: Ten experts, including three managers from APUA, three Officials from the Ministry of the Environment, two officials from the Ministry of Energy,...
PM concerned over ‘high risk’ classification
Pointe Xpress: Prime Minister Gaston Browne says he is concerned about a recent Barbados travel advisory which has classified Antigua and Barbuda as a...
Tourism sector feeling effects of COVID’s 2nd wave
Pointe Express: The resurgence of the COVID-19 virus in the major tourism source markets for Antigua and Barbuda is already being felt in the...
9 active cases of COVID-19 in Antigua
The most recent report received by the Ministry of Health, Wellness and the Environment from the Mount St. John’s Medical Center (MSJMC) has revealed...
Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves, 74, has secured an unprecedented five consecutive terms in office
IWNSVG: The incumbent Unity Labour Party (ULP) was returned to office in Thursday’s general elections with a one-seat increase in its margin of victory,...
BA suspends all flights to Antigua from Nov. 13 to Dec. 10
IMPORTANT UPDATE: British Airways is suspending commercial flights from London Gatwick to Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Grenada and St Lucia, following the UK...
Professor Sir Hilary Beckles addresses urgent call for economic development through reparatory justice at...
Vice-Chancellor of The University of the West Indies (The UWI), Professor Sir Hilary Beckles addressed the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on Tuesday, November...
COMMENTARY: Democracy not autocracy must prevail
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...