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PM Browne writes to Trudeau about reviewing visa status
Prime Minister Gaston Browne has written to Canadian PM Justin Trudeau asking for directions on how to strengthen the Citizenship by Investment Programme (CIP)...
Team Antigua completes gruelling row across the Atlantic
The four men making up Team Antigua arrived moments ago at Nelson's Dockyard after completing the 3000-mile journey across the Atlantic.
Eli Fuller, Scott Potter,...
Antigua to Host World’s Most Famous Hacker at Cybersecurity Conference
Kevin Mitnick, the world's most famous hacker, a bestselling author and top cybersecurity speaker, will be the keynote speaker at the inaugural CityNext Antigua...
Family wants help in finding Canadian visitor
The public is being asked to help find Roman Mussabekov of Canada, whose family is trying to make contact with him.
Mussabekov is believed to...
Work permit cost slashed for farm workers
The cost of work permits for non-nationals who choose to engage in farming has been halved to $1,500, the Cabinet has decided.
Other measures are...
Canadian PM: Antigua CIP did not meet high standards expected of it
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has said that his government will consider lifting visa requirements for Antiguan and Barbudans if “significant improvements” were made...
Antigua to establish Sexual Offences Court
Antigua and Barbuda will be the very first Caribbean country to establish a Sexual Offenses Court, the government has announced.
It means that people who...
Police looking for men who fled during search
Police are seeking the help of the general public in knowing the whereabouts of 36-year-old Jason Jermaine Reynolds and 36-year-old Shagon Sheldon O'Brien both...
Tourist who found skeletal remains was a campaigner for missing woman
The American visitor who discovered skeletal remains in Cades Bay on Sunday has said she is deeply affected by cases of missing women.
Dr Carolina Weaver...
Alleged kidnappers get bail
The two men accused of unlawfully confining a woman this week were granted bail in the Magistrates Court today.
Twenty-eight-year-old Peter Coipel of Yorks was...
Chief Magistrate defends decision to impose fine for gun crime
(PRESS RELEASE)
In reference to the article in The Daily Observer, page 3, Re: ‘Chief Magistrate’s sentence raises more questions’, published on Monday, January 08,...
Old Half Moon Bay Hotel demolished ahead of expected construction
The controversial Half Moon Bay Hotel has been demolished as its new owners prepare for construction of a new resort later this year.
The property...
Law coming to regularise non-nationals
The government announced today that it will pass a law to ensure citizenship for non-nationals who have resided here for more than seven years.
The Cabinet...