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Antigua Observer Editor unable to work as work permit is not renewed
Editor of the Antigua Observer, Gemma Handy is unable to work as her work permit has not been renewed.
Handy applied for work permit renewal on...
Benjamin “Ras” Silcott still at large
Benjamin “Ras” Silcott of Cassada Gardens remains at large, days after police issued a ‘Wanted Bulletin’ for him.
He is wanted in connection with allegations...
Grade Six Retreat discusses upcoming National Assessment
Key preparation tips, requirements and expectations of Grade Six students who will undergo the annual national assessment were discussed at length on Tuesday in...
Antiguan man beats COVID after 84 day battle
After being hospitalized for 84 days and severely ill with Covid-19, Aldo McCoy has been discharged.
The MSJMC team wishes Mr. McCoy a full recovery.
Fifty-year-old...
Dr Hyginus Leon replaces Dr Warren Smith as President of the Caribbean Development Bank
Dr. Hyginus ‘Gene’ Leon today took office as President of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), becoming the sixth chief executive of the regional multilateral...
LETTER: Dear Mr Serpent Watts
Dear Mr Serpent Watts
Enough people are tired of hearing you calling out your running mates on the radio to know that what you are...
PM says 300K payment in ministry of Aviation was for Barbuda Airways
Prime Minister Gaston Browne is denying corruption in the acquisition of aircraft.
Browne says the opposition is trying to suggest that the transaction was corrupt.
https://youtu.be/Bw2JUUEVycg
PM explains 100k payment to Comptroller of Customs
Prime Minister Gaston Browne has been explaining why a payment of $100,000 was made to Comptroller of Customs Raju Buddoo.
Some elements in society have...
Jamaica to restrict travel from Trinidad and Tobago
Jamaica has indicated plans to restrict travel from Trinidad and Tobago, which has recorded increased cases of the Brazilian variant of the virus.
Trinidad and...
70 Years of Labour Day: 1951 TO 2021
by President Wigley George, Antigua Trades and Labour Union
Labour Day reveals a turning point of triumph over oppression, of conquest over exploitation, of labour...
Should Gov’t pay people, including anti-vaxxers to take COVID-19 vaccination?
Jamaica Observer Editorial:
It could be out of sheer frustration, or just plain good sense, but the Antigua and Barbuda Government has inked a deal with...
Nurses want stronger effort to end nurse migration
Nurses Association Labour Day Message:
Fellow labour unionist, colleagues in the nursing profession, and all workers in Antigua and Barbuda, I deem it a privilege...
St Vincent gov’t orders Russian vaccine as nationals shy away from AstraZeneca
The St Vincent and the Grenadines government says it has ordered 50,000 doses of the Russia-developed Sputnik-V COVID-19 vaccine, as nationals continue to refuse...