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COVID-19 barrel relief initiative extended to June 30
The COVID-19 barrel relief initiative has been extended to June 30, it was announced over the weekend.
Antiguans and Barbudans have imported thousands of barrels...
OECS condemns US travel advisory
The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) has taken issue with a decision by the United States to issue a new travel warning for...
When will we realise and fulfil the national motto “each endeavouring, all achieving”?
Sisters and Brothers, Comrades, Members and Friends: As we celebrate another Labour Day, we look around at the current state of affairs both here...
Vaccinate voluntarily or be forced PM says
For the first time since the start of Antigua and Barbuda’s vaccination programme this year, Prime Minister Gaston Browne has warned residents of mandatory...
Prime Minister Gaston Browne celebrates with Halcyon Steel Orchestra
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200 pounds of cannabis found in imported vehicle
Law enforcers are investigating the discovery of over 200 pounds of cannabis.
The cannabis was reportedly seized last week.
The contraband was discovered in a Nissan...
Joella Lloyd breaks 28 year old National record
Reigning Junior Sportswoman Woman of the Year and 2021 SEC Indoor 60m Champion has broken the Women's National 100m record.
Running at home at Tennessee...
Kiwanis Club of St. John’s Antigua donates $6K to MSJMC Maternity Department
The Kiwanis Club of St. John’s Antigua donated $6,000 to the MSJMC Maternity Department for the purchase of a vaccine refrigerator.
This refrigerator will be...
Former Antigua Jr Soca Monarch Taeco O’Garro is now the 2021 Northeast Conference...
Taeco O'Garro is now the 2021 Northeast Conference Long Jump Champion.
The diminutive O'Garro, known for his logic defying leaps in the Triple Jump, stepped...
US releases genetically modified mosquitoes
The first release of genetically modified mosquitoes in the United States began this week in the Florida Keys — the culmination of a decade-long...
Shift workers more likely to be hospitalised, new research finds
People who work shifts appear to be significantly more likely to end up in hospital with COVID-19, than people who have regular work patterns,...
Prisoner charged with stabbing prison officer seven times
An inmate at the Her Majesty’s Prison (HMP) who allegedly stabbed a prison officer about seven times on April 19, has been charged.
The police...
Lobster season closed
The Antigua and Barbuda Fisheries Division have restricted the consumption, harvesting and any type of trading of Spiny Lobster.
The months of May and June are particularly important as...