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New rapid antigen tests could transform COVID-19 response in the region
The new affordable, reliable antigen diagnostic tests recently approved by WHO that can be performed anywhere are set to transform the region’s COVID-19 response by...
The UK Government is providing EC$10.17 million in grant funding to increase the resilience...
Today, the UK government was pleased to participate in a public consultation exercise for the Barbuda Energy Resilience Project which forms part of the...
Update on Antigua and Barbuda Travel Advisory- 14th October 2020
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA TRAVEL ADVISORY – 14th October 2020
The Government of Antigua and Barbuda has updated its travel advisory effective immediately to ensure the...
Call for $50 billion reparations
The CARICOM Reparations Committee wants $50 billion as money for an Investment Development Fund donated as a starting point by entities that profited from...
Molwyn Joseph wants bars to close at 8p.m.
The Cabinet is today mulling a suggestion by Health Minister Molwyn Joseph to reduce the hours that bars are allowed to operate in Antigua...
Beloved Football Coach Rolston ‘Debu’ Williams Dies
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National Technical Director of the Antigua and Barbuda Football Association (ABFA) Rolston “Debu” Williams has died.
He passed today at Mount St.John’s Medical Centre.
Williams,...
One New Case Of Covid-19
The most recent reports received by the Ministry of Health, Wellness and the Environment from the Mount St. John’s Medical Center (MSJMC) and the...
Vaccine expert warns facemasks will be needed until next summer
Facemasks and social distancing will be needed until next summer, the head of Oxford’s vaccine trial team said last night.
Andrew Pollard warned strict rules...
Curfew to be extended
With Antigua and Barbuda still being impacted by the global coronavirus pandemic, the current curfew, which expires at the end of this month, is...
Scotiabank announces the sale of its operations in Antigua and Barbuda to ECAB
Scotiabank announced today that it has reached an agreement for the sale of its operations in Antigua and Barbuda to the Eastern Caribbean Amalgamated...
16-year-old charged with brother’s murder
A 16-year old has been charged with the murder of his older sibling. Twenty-year old Aden Jean-Baptiste was stabbed to death during an altercation...
Parks Commissioner sends forceful message to business owners
The actions of one business owner who operates in the Nelson’s Dockyard National Park has come in for sharp rebuke from the management of...