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CABINET NOTES: Wednesday, April 21 2021
The Cabinet met for more than seven hours, members meeting both virtually and face-to-face.
Following prayers by the visiting pastor, the Cabinet expressed their best...
Family of Nigel S Christian Launch Memorial of Excellence Award
AGS student Nigel Jahkeem Henry is the first recepient of the Nigel S Christian Memorial of Excellence Award.
He was presented with the award at a...
Cable & Wireless Communications Calls for More Girls in ICT
Company to host video essay competition and forum to encourage more girls to study STEM
Cable & Wireless Communications (C&W), parent company of Flow and...
Cabinet approves reopening of gyms
Cabinet has today approved the reopening of gyms from Monday April 26, subject to specific conditions.
In addition, houses of worship may resume services from...
Expansion work commences on annex to Sir Novelle Richards Academy
Construction on the annex to the Sir Novelle Richards Academy has commenced.
SNRA officially opened on Nov. 24, 2017, on the birthday of their name...
Magnitude 4.4 earthquake recorded off Antigua
UWI: Mag: 4.4, 63.0 km NW of Saint John's, Antigua and Barbuda, 2021-04-21 3:43 pm
An earthquake with magnitude 4.4 jolted parts of Antigua Wednesday...
Restrictions remain on weddings and funerals
Cabinet Notes: Funerals and weddings remain at 25 persons because of the intimacy which is practiced historically at these events.
Attendees are discouraged from loitering...
Rowley and Gonsalves: UWI Sciences battle with them
The following statement is issued by the Vice-Chancellor of The UWI, Professor Sir Hilary Beckles.
As The University of the West Indies (The UWI) stands...
Officials remind public of possible 50K fine ahead of closed Spiny Lobster season
Fisheries Division Notice:
Dear Seafood Lovers, Fishers, Hoteliers and Restaurateurs:
The closed season for the Caribbean spiny lobster is fast approaching – MAY 1st to JUNE...
Government Moves Ahead with renaming of MSJMC
The renaming of Mount St. John Medical Center to the Sir Lester Bird MSJMC will soon be undertaken.
A three-person Cabinet team is charged with...
The Antigua Athletic Club to close its doors
One week after the Dixie Call Centre declared that it is ceasing operations in Antigua and Barbuda, another business is announcing that it will...
25 person limit dropped for churches
The Head of the Ecclesiastical Commission was accompanied by five pastors of the Independent denominations, seeking to have Cabinet expand the number of congregants...
OPEN LETTER TO: Matron Christopher — Fiennes Institute
Matron:
My name is Cheryl Bird. I live in the U.S. I am the daughter of Vere Bird Sr. (the previous Prime Minister of Antigua)...