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CARIBBEAN-SLAVERY -Slavery still ‘very real, widespread’ – ILO
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
The Antigua and Barbuda program manager at the AIDS Secretariat Delcora Williams wants to see changes to the Childcare and Protection Act (2003) to...
Radio Personality And Wife Hospitalised After Crash
Disc Jockey Juante Kirby and his wife were both hospitalised after an accident over the weekend.
The accident took place in the South of the...
McCauley Puts Up A Tough Fight, Loses Bid to Become Caribbean Wellness Ambassador
After a period of intense competition, Aidan McCauley has failed in his bid to become Caribbean Wellness Ambassador.
He was defeated by the competitor from...
‘It feels good to be alive’: Michael Browne returns
Education Minister Michael Browne returned to Antigua over the weekend after undergoing treatment abroad for a heart problem.
Officials insist it wasn't a heart attack...
Cause of Pope’s Head Street Fire Still Unknown
Fire Officials and the victim of Saturday's fire on Pope's Head Street say they do not know what could have caused the blaze.
The house...
Close to 1000 living with HIV/AIDS In Antigua
Over 900 residents are living with HIV/AIDS in Antigua & Barbuda, according to information from the AIDS Secretariat.
From 1985 to the end of 2017,...