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LIAT Suspends Passenger Services For Another Month

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LIAT‘s commercial passenger services will remain suspended until 30th June 2020, due to the continued impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Chief Executive Officer, Mrs Julie...

Renovations Continue At Old Holberton Hospital

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The Ministry of Health, Wellness and the Environment is continuing on its mission of rehabilitating structurally sound buildings for use.   Health Minister Molwyn Joseph announced...

COMMENTARY: Regional travel needs urgent tax relief!

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by Hon. Asot Michael, St. Peter Member of Parliament Five years ago, as Antigua and Barbuda’s Tourism Minister, I pleaded for the removal of the...

Pandemic highlights the urgency of strengthening Caribbean agriculture to produce more food, connect to...

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The effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on world tourism and trade demonstrate that Caribbean countries must modify their current economic development model, which is...

Bill to suspend payment of gratuity and severance has been shelved says AG

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The government has shelved the passage of a bill that would suspend gratuity and severance payments while the economy recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic. The...

Mount St. John’s Medical Centre Lifts No-Visitor Policy but Restrictions Remain

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With universal protections in place, Mount St. John’s Medical Centre has lifted its no-visitor policy. “We know how important it is for our patients to...

Pedestrian Struck By Car Warns Other Pedestrians to Take Care When Crossing The Road

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An accident on the Friars Hill Road that has landed Trevor Thomas, a 46-year-old man with three children, in the hospital is now a...

Joseph Wants To See Revitalisation Of Cotton Industry

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Given the current circumstances of the global pandemic, COVID-19, Agricultural Assistant One (1), Mr. Caswall Josephs said that he welcomes the broadening focus on...

Dam Expected To Retain 30 Million Gallons Of Water After Expansion

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A Dam Expansion Project in the Burkes vicinity is in its third week and is set for completion at the end of this week. The...

UPP Member Calls For PM To Reconsider Jonas’ Reappointment To Cabinet

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George Wehner, Mobilization Officer of the United Progressive Party (UPP), is calling on Prime Minister Gaston Browne to reconsider the reappointment of Dean Jonas...

COMMENTARY: Salute the “CARICOM Three” for their sacrifice

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By Sir Ronald Sanders (The writer is Ambassador of Antigua and Barbuda to the United States and the Organisation of American States.  He is also a...

Border reopening without adequate preparation is of concern to UPP

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The  United Progressive Party (UPP) is aware of, and sensitive to, the hardships being caused by the economic shutdown.  We also understand that we...