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Visitor arrivals up in second quarter
The Ministry of Tourism has released figures showing an increase in visitor arrivals for the Second Quarter of 2018.
The United States remains the leading...
Fewer Atlantic hurricanes forecast for 2018
US forecasters have downgraded their hurricane season predictions.
They now say that ocean conditions suggest it is now likely that a below-average number of storms...
Man stabbed five times after party boat cruise
A private all-inclusive boat party on Wadadli Cats ended in bloodshed yesterday after one of the passengers was stabbed five times.
Denton Roberts was stabbed...
Man attacked by cutlass wielding villager
Herberts resident Orel Roberts, 31, says he narrowly escaped a cutlass attack in Sea View Farm last night.
The man says he was relaxing on...
Police now suspect homeless man was killed
One month after a homeless man was found dead in Bolans, police now suspect he was killed.
Foul play was apparently not suspected in the...
Tropical disturbance no longer a threat to region
The tropical disturbance that was between Africa and the Caribbean has dissipated, the Antigua Met Service has announced.
The disturbance had a 20 per cent chance of...
India Says Antigua Examining Request To Extradite Mehul Choksi
The Antigua and Barbuda government is examining India’s request for the extradition of fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi, one of the prime accused in the...
100 former call center workers to find jobs with the government
The government says it will employ some people who have been displaced as a result of the close of the call center.
NCO closed on...
Tourism officials meet with Barbuda Council
Officials from the Ministry of Tourism and the Antigua and Barbuda Tourism Authority made an official visit to the sister isle of Barbuda to...
CXC Registrar concerned at direction of regional educational system
The Registrar of the Barbados-based Caribbean Examination Council (CXC), Glenroy Cumberbatch, is expressing concern that the region is not preparing students to either work...
Queen Thalia beats her dad on the regional stage
Queen Thalia has captured the Leeward Islands Calypso competition in Anguilla last night.
In doing so, she beat her father King Zachari who won the...
New Ferry Service to Barbuda Discontinued
Less than a month after the Lady Caroline Ferry Service begun operating between Antigua and Barbuda, the company is discontinuing its service.
A post on...
We want our queen show back says culture minister
Culture Minister Daryl Matthew said on Thursday that he wants to see the return on the traditional Carnival Queen Show.
In recent years, the Miss...