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Government To Undertake Study On Wages Earned By Hotel Workers

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The Government has decided to undertake a study of the wages and emoluments earned by hotel workers, in order to determine whether the incomes...

Government To Honor Long Standing Vendors For Their Contribution To The Tourism Industry

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The government held extensive discussions on vending in the city of St. John’s and on the beaches of Antigua and has decided to honor...

Daniel “Timmy” Thomas Named The Best Mixologist On Antigua & Barbuda At Taste...

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The Antigua and Barbuda Hotels and Tourism Association placed the call out to find Mixologists to compete in its inaugural Taste of Wadadli Mixology...

Junior Chambers International Antigua Donates To The Cancer Center

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On Wednesday 11th December 2019, the world joined the Junior Chambers International for their annual JCI Active Citizen Day. JCI Antigua was sure to lead...

Man Suffers Broken Leg After Being Hit By Pickup

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A man suffered a broken leg after being hit by a pickup truck in Gray's Farm moments ago. The man was walking along the main...

‘What Cool Looks Like’ Summer Campaign Wins Big At Awards Ceremony

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The Antigua and Barbuda Tourism Authority's (ABTA) award-winning #WhatCoolLooksLike global summer 2019 campaign, has won another award. This time it’s a MarCom platinum award, for...

Antigua and Barbuda named the ‘Caribbean Destination of the Year’

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Antigua and Barbuda has been named the ‘Caribbean Destination of the Year’, during the Caribbean Travel Awards hosted by Caribbean Journal, the world’s largest...

COMMENTARY: Withdrawal of Canadian banks: opportunity to remedy not repeat mistakes

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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...

Gov’t Salaries To Be Paid From FRIDAY Rather than Monday According To Hurst

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The Cabinet notes dated, 11th December indicated,“that salaries and wages will begin to be paid on Monday, 16 December 2019, or at least one...

ACB Says RBC Purchase Will Be Finalised In Coming Months

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A consortium of Eastern Caribbean indigenous banks (of which Antigua Commercial Bank is a member), today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement...

RBC Confirms Sale In Antigua, Eastern Caribbean

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Royal Bank of Canada (RY on TSX and NYSE) today announced it has entered into definitive agreements to sell all banking operations in the...

ACB To Acquire Royal Bank Of Canada

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After months of negotiation, employees have been told that the Royal Bank of Canada is to be sold to Antigua Commercial Bank. The workers of...

CIP Set To Earn 132 Million Dollars In 2019

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The government is reporting that the Citizenship by Investment Program has performed well in 2019. According to the Cabinet, the programme raised $120 million dollars...