Monday, September 16, 2024

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Ernest Piper (Piper’s Pharmacy) Dies at 92

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One of the nation’s foremost pharmaceutical patriarchs, Ernest Wellesley Piper, has died at the age of 92 years. He passed away “peacefully at his...

Cabinet lifts mandatory evacuation order for Barbuda

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Cabinet today lifted the mandatory evacuation order for Barbuda. But even those the order has been lifted, Cabinet believes Barbuda is still uninhabitable.

Port Manager urges Dominicans living in Antigua to collaborate with relief

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Port Manager Darwin Telemaque says a combined effort to get relief supplies into Dominica is the best approach at this time rather than individual...

Jamaican national kidnapped and murdered

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Police are investigating a shooting incident at Cedar Grove that left a 26-year-old man dead. Around 5:40 a.m. on Wednesday, the body of Kenroy Simpson,...

Taking Human Trafficking Awareness to the Schools

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Members of the Trafficking in Persons (Prevention) Committee (TIPPC) within the Ministry of Legal Affairs, Public Safety and Labour visited three schools on Tuesday...

Fatal shooting in Cedar Grove

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A 26 year old male was reportedly kidnapped from his home in Cedar Grove and fatally shot. Residents report hearing several gunshots around 1:30 a.m....

Inappropriate Behavior is not to be Tolerated at Any Time, says Wong

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“Has he done it to other workers before?” is the question being asked by gender rights advocate Alexandrina Wong after hearing that a senior...

All KFC branches to reopen Wednesday evening

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KFC (Antigua) has been severely hampered because of a lack of poultry on the island following the passage of Hurricanes Irma, José and Maria...

Accident leaves man unconscious

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The police are making an impassioned plea to motorists to drive with caution on the nation’s roadways as a man lays in an unresponsive...

Man caught attempting to smuggle ganja into Antigua

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The police have reported that a man has been arrested after he attempted to smuggle ganja from Jamaica to Antigua at the Norman Manley...

Airport security workers return to work

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Things are back to normal at the VC Bird International Airport after security workers downed tools this morning in protest of the behaviour of...

Airport security workers down tools

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Airport security workers have reportedly downed tools in solidarity with a fellow worker. Reports reaching Antigua News Room (ANR) state that the workers are upset...

Why Prime Minister Browne was moved to tears

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Prime Minister Gaston Browne returned home today from the United Nations in New York, where he championed the cause of small island states against...