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Ministry To Consult Hoteliers And Car Rentals Regarding Ongoing Road Works

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The Ministry of Works’ Project Implementation Management Unit (PIMU) is set to host a consultation for AHTA members and owners of car rental companies...

Number of fires on the increase in 2018

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The Fire Department says they have surpassed the number of fires this year compared to 2017. Fire Chief Elvis Weaver says so far for the...

The Chief Vet calls for more full-time Livestock Farmers

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Chief Veterinary Officer Dr. Tubal Edwards would like to see more livestock farmers get into the business on a full-time basis. He made the point...

More tests required to determine cause of Shawn’s death

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The police say the post mortem started yesterday on Shawn Warner is so far inconclusive. Police PRO Frankie Thomas says further forensic testing is scheduled...

Director of Education Pays Tribute to Late Principal

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The Director of Education Clare Browne is paying tribute to the work of former Antigua Girls High School Principal Mrs. Yvette Samuel. Mrs. Samuel passed...

CARIBBEAN-SLAVERY -Slavery still ‘very real, widespread’ – ILO

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The United Nations’ International Labor Organization (ILO) says slavery is still “a very real and widespread phenomenon,” affecting more than 40 million people worldwide. On...

Principal denies illness at school

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The principal of the New Winthorpes Primary School is denying that students took ill at the institution recently. Parents of students attending the New Winthorpes...

APUA Staff Wants Eight Percent Pay Hike

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Staff at the state owned Antigua Public Utilities Authority are demanding an eight percent pay increase but the company is insisting that its only...

Grenada’s PM says he will not block Scotia’s sale

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Unlike his counterpart in Antigua and Barbuda, the Prime Minister of Grenada, Dr Keith Mitchell says he was not surprised at the decision by...

March raises awareness for disabled community

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NATIONAL VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION CENTRE FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES (NVRCD), joined with the rest of the world as it celebrated theInternational Day for Persons with...

Hope for seamers despite spin tactics, says thrilled Walsh

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Bangladesh bowling coach, Courtney Walsh, does not believe excluding seamers from the attack for the second Test against West Indies, was a setback for...

If not now when’ – Prime Minister Rowley of CSME

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Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Heads of Government were challenged to move the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) forward by Prime Minister of Trinidad and...

AIDS Secretariat Programme Manager wants laws changed

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The Antigua and Barbuda program manager at the AIDS Secretariat Delcora Williams wants to see changes to the Childcare and Protection Act (2003) to...