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Browne Considers Reducing Social Gathering Limit From 25 To 10
Prime Minister Gaston Browne says he is contemplating reducing social gatherings to 10 and to take more "draconian actions", which will further curtail personal...
Police Stops Church Service And Beach Party As They Enforce Social Distancing
A church service in Bolans was cut short today because it breached the limit of 25 for all gatherings.
Attorney General and Public Safety Minister...
United States Government Provides US$1.7 Million To Eastern Caribbean Countries In Response To COVID-19
The United States is mobilizing all necessary resources to respond rapidly to the COVID-19 pandemic, both at home and abroad.
A total of US$1.7 million...
Driver Sustains Serious Injuries In Car Crash
Police are investigating a vehicular crash that occurred in Coolidge village on Saturday night.
A white car crashed head-on into a wooden utility pole smashing...
Baldwin Spencer Reacts To The Death Of US Civil Rights Activist
Former Prime Minister, Winston Baldwin Spencer, shares his condolences following the death of American civil rights activist, Rev. Joseph Lowery.
Spencer shared his memory of...
Antigua Open Lionfish Tournament And Festival Postponed
The Antigua Lionfish Alliance announces postponement of the International Antigua Open Lionfish Tournament and Festival. The June festival is being rescheduled for this Fall,...
Media Personality Carl Joseph Dies
Former Voice of the People host Carl Joseph has died, Observer Radio's management has confirmed.
Dave Lester Payne announced on radio moments ago that Joseph...
Government Institutes 14-day Curfew in Antigua and Barbuda
The Cabinet of Antigua and Barbuda determined that circumstances in Antigua and Barbuda have sufficiently changed with the onset of the Covid-19 crisis so...
PM Announces Curfew, Bans Social Gatherings
Prime Minister Gaston Browne has announced a national curfew which he says will be "strictly enforced."
The curfew hours are between 8 p.m - 6...
Seaports Will Remain Open For Business
The seaports will remain open for business despite the government’s announcement that the V. C. Bird International Airport will close midnight on Thursday.
“The port...
Virgin Atlantic Repatriation Flight From Antigua On Saturday 28 March, 2020
Virgin Atlantic has reached out to the ABHTA yesterday to make them aware of a repatriation flight out of Antigua on Saturday.
According to Virgin...
Carr Gets 5 Years For 2017 Killing
Ibell Carr of Table Hill Garden was sentenced to five years in prison for fatally stabbing 40-year-old Kelvin Matthew three years ago.
Carr pleaded guilty...
Woman Robbed Of Around $2000 Cash In Gray’s Farm
Police are currently investigating an incident of a woman that was robbed at gunpoint in the Grays Farm area yesterday in the evening.
She was...