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Workers Union Calls For Establishment Of Unemployment Fund
The Antigua and Barbuda Workers Union has denied calling for a law to suspend severance and gratuity payments.
The bill was being contemplated by the...
Hong Kong told to learn from Antigua as it poised to go before WTO
Hong Kong is considering going to the World Trade Organisation over possible US sanctions but is being told that it's efforts could be counterproductive...
Twenty physically incapacitated people will be beneficiaries of an adjustable and portable hospital bed...
Twenty individuals, who are physically incapacitated, will be beneficiaries of an adjustable and portable hospital bed donated by the Rotary Club of Antigua.
The goal...
Monkeys steal coronavirus blood samples in India
(REUTERS)
A troop of monkeys in India attacked a medical official and snatched away blood samples of patients who had tested positive for the novel...
Services Being Offered By Community Clinics To Return To Normal
The Ministry of Health Wellness and the Environment is advising the public that commencing Tuesday 2 June 2020, services at the clinics will return...
AG Asks Unions And Hoteliers To Workout Challenges Together
A second tripartite virtual meeting amongst 21 Representatives of Government, Employers and Employees was chaired by the Honourable Attorney General and Minister of Public...
LIAT Suspends Passenger Services For Another Month
LIAT‘s commercial passenger services will remain suspended until 30th June 2020, due to the continued impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Chief Executive Officer, Mrs Julie...
Renovations Continue At Old Holberton Hospital
The Ministry of Health, Wellness and the Environment is continuing on its mission of rehabilitating structurally sound buildings for use.
Health Minister Molwyn Joseph announced...
COMMENTARY: Regional travel needs urgent tax relief!
by Hon. Asot Michael, St. Peter Member of Parliament
Five years ago, as Antigua and Barbuda’s Tourism Minister, I pleaded for the removal of the...
Pandemic highlights the urgency of strengthening Caribbean agriculture to produce more food, connect to...
The effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on world tourism and trade demonstrate that Caribbean countries must modify their current economic development model, which is...
Bill to suspend payment of gratuity and severance has been shelved says AG
The government has shelved the passage of a bill that would suspend gratuity and severance payments while the economy recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic.
The...