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Antigua leads Caribbean economic growth-ECLAC
The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) is predicting that Caribbean economies will grow by 1.7 per cent this year after...
PM says new tax an option to fund university campus
Prime Minister Gaston Browne says he is not ruling out the option of introducing a new tax to fund the operations of the fourth...
QC says injunction against Barbuda Airport is ‘madness’
Prominent Attorney Sir Gerald Watt QC has taken strong objection to a decision by a high court judge to grant an injunction halting construction...
Power Hungry: PM dismisses suggestion by Trevor Walker
Prime Minister Gaston Browne has paralyzed a suggestion by Barbuda Member of Parliament Trevor Walker for Antigua and Barbuda to consider the St. Kitts...
John McCain, senator and former presidential candidate, dies at 81
Senator John McCain, the Vietnam war hero turned senator and presidential candidate, has died aged 81.
Mr McCain died on Saturday in Arizona surrounded by...
Antiguans to benefit from easier access to medical services in French islands
Citizens of the nine-member Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) will now have easier access to medical facilities in the French islands Martinique and...
Health authorities want increased vaccination coverage
Member States of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) are being urged to rapidly increase their vaccination coverage.
According to PAHO’s Director, Carissa F. Etienne,...
US Embassy to do away with visa renewal interviews for Bajans only
The United States (US) Embassy has announced that from August 28, it will waive visa renewal interviews in Barbados for qualified applicants.
It said the...
Antigua benefits from plastic sheeting training
As part of hurricane and general disaster preparedness efforts in the Caribbean, the United States Agency of International Development’s Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster...
Golden Jubilee Police Week to be celebrated
The Royal Police Force of Antigua and Barbuda will be celebrating its fiftieth (50th) Police Week of Activities from 2 to 8 September 2018...
Efforts ongoing to restore and beautify the island’s historical sites
A renewed effort is being made by the Ministry of Tourism Antigua and Barbuda via its Agri-Toursim and Beautification Unit to restore and beautify...
More than 100 animals killed at an illegal slaughter Site
One man was arrested yesterday after investigators discovered an illegal slaughter site in Perry Bay near the former Ribbit Night Club.
Over
100 heads of dead...