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Junior Basketballers Depart for 3×3 Championships in Guadeloupe

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On Thursday 27th February, eight of the Nation’s Junior Basketballers departed for the 3rd edition of the Antilles IBF 3x3 Hoops, taking place in...

Barbuda Loses China Market For Lobster Export Because Of The Coronavirus

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Barbuda laments over the loss of its biggest overseas lobster market, China who is currently battling the dreaded coronavirus. Chairman of the Agriculture Committee on...

COMMENTARY: CARICOM’S Role As Haitian Crisis Worsens

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

Livestock Farmers Recieve Grant Through Australian High Commission Direct Aid Programme

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The Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) in collaboration with the Caribbean Agriculture Research and Development Institute (CARDI) and the Ministry of Agriculture...

Antigua & Barbuda Celebrates Wendy Movie Premiere

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Antigua and Barbuda is celebrating the theatrical release of Wendy, the latest film by Beasts of the Southern Wild award-winning Director Behn Zeitlin that was partially filmed in the twin-island destination. Wendy is...

Valentine’s Regatta Still Going Strong

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19 boats took to the water out of Jolly Harbour on Saturday 15th February for the first four races on of the Valentine’s Regatta, sponsored...

Heart and Stroke Foundation receives help from Halo

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The Halo Foundation recently handed over a cheque of EC$5000 to the Heart and Stroke Foundation, as a contribution to their initial slate of activities. Their Excellencies...

Alleged Tension With the Minister Of Education Causes State College Principal To Be Placed...

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Antigua State College (ASC) Acting Principal, Na-Ajele Williams-Buffonge, has been placed on “forced special administrative leave” as of Monday because of an alleged conflict...

Multihull Line Honours Victory For PowerPlay In The RORC Caribbean 600

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Peter Cunningham's MOD70 PowerPlay (CAY), skippered by Ned Collier Wakefield has taken Multihull Line Honours in the 2020 RORC Caribbean 600 just four minutes...

Witnesses Say Drug-Smuggling Accused Pilot Fears For His Life And Family’s

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The trial involving local Pilot, Colin Murraine, had more witnesses from the Office of National Drug and Money Laundering Control Policy (ONDCP) testifying that...

Government Says Weekly Italian Charter Will Only Do Pick Ups

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The weekly charter which arrives in Antigua from Milan, Italy, will arrive on Friday, February 28, 2020, only to pick-up the last group that...

Cabinet Seeks To Reign In Officials Who Make Public Statements On Controversial Issues

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A new procedure has now been adopted for how officials make statements on controversial issues in the public. The Cabinet says that it listened to...

Cabinet Approves Four Million Dollars For Outstanding Payments To Barbuda Contractors

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The Cabinet decided that a sum of approximately EC$4,000,000 (four million dollars)—owed to multiple contractors for their work in Barbuda, repairing rooftops and making...