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All contracts regardless of size will go to tender from June 1
Cabinet Notes: The Procurement Act comes into effect on June 1, 2021, when the Tenders Board Act will no longer be the law.
It will...
St. John’s Lodge 492 ER $17, 871.85 donation to the Dental Division within the...
A meaningful donation was made to the Dental Division within the Ministry of Health, Wellness and the Environment by the St. John’s Lodge 492...
Barbuda COVID patient transported to MSJMC
SOURCE: Daily Observer — Barbuda’s first COVID-19 patient is currently in Antigua receiving symptomatic treatment, after the district practitioner for Barbuda, Dr Jeremy Deazle, said...
Kiwanis International celebrates 106th anniversary
Kiwanis International is a global organisation of volunteers dedicated to serving the children of the world one community at a time.
Chartered on Jan. 21,...
CDC issues Level 4 ‘Very High’ COVID-19 Advisory for Saint Lucia
The United States Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)has issued a Level 4 COVID-19 travel health advisory for Saint Lucia.
The agency’s 4-level system...
Hurst Reports on Cabinet of Wednesday January 20 2021
HURST REPORTS ON CABINET of Wednesday, January 20, 2021
The Cabinet of Antigua and Barbuda met both face-to-face and virtually, three members deciding to use...
Social Security introduces new pension payments plan
The Antigua and Barbuda Social Security Board (ABSSB) has announced the introduction of a new pension payment arrangement as it adopts measures to cope...
Biden returns US to Paris climate accord hours after becoming president
President Joe Biden signed an executive order to rejoin the U.S. into the Paris climate agreement on Wednesday, his first major action to tackle global warming...
Gaston Browne, as Chair of AOSIS, sends early message on climate change to US...
In an early communication immediately after Joseph Biden was sworn in as President of the United States of America, Antigua and Barbuda’s Prime Minister,...
Joe Biden is sworn in as the 46th president of the United States, Harris...
President-elect Joe Biden was sworn-in as the 46th president of the United States Wednesday shortly before noon, amid a devastating global pandemic and the threat of possible domestic terrorism.
In...
Man steals TV from Halcyon Hotel as payback
A John Hughes man has been fined $1599, the cost a 32" flat screen television he nabbed from the Halcyon Cove Hotel.
Thirty-year-old Ronald Silencieux...
Businesswoman and several others fined for breaching curfew
Several people were convicted in the St. Johns Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday for breaching Covid-19 protocols.
Ingrid Jennings of Kentish Road, the owner of Chippies...
Smith sentenced to 18 months in prison for receiving stolen items, breaching curfew
Joshua Smith of Green Bay was sentenced to 18 months at Her Majesty’s Prison, after pleading guilty to a charge of receiving stolen items,...