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NODS to Trevor Walker: We don’t report to you

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(PRESS RELEASE) The National Office of Disaster Services (NODS) does not report to the Member of Parliament for Barbuda Mr. Trevor Walker or the Barbuda...

Opposition Leader blasts 2019 budget

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Opposition Leader, Jamale Pringle, Friday described as “disappointing” the EC$1.2 billion (One EC dollar=US$0.37 cents) budget presented to Parliament by Prime Minister Gaston Browne. The...

Woman Charged In Cedar Valley Drug Bust Appears In Court

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(PRESS RELEASE) Further to the press release by the ONDCP of 16 January 2019 concerning the seizure at Cedar Grove of compressed cannabis found in...

Efforts Underway To Stop Dengue Spreading Mosquito

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The Central Board of Health is continuing efforts to spot the Aedes Aegypti mosquito which is known for spreading Chikungunya, Zika and Dengue fever....

PM Says Complaints About High Cost of Living Are Lies

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Prime Minister Gaston Browne today dismissed as “lies and deceptions,” concerns over the cost of living in Antigua and Barbuda. Pointing to International Monetary Fund data, the...

Grammarian tops Halo Christmas Art Competition

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Joshua Edwards of the Antigua Grammar School emerged as overall winner of the Halo Christmas Art Competition 2018. Joshua entered in the 13 –...

PM promises better roads in 2019

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Prime Minister Gaston Browne says the vexing issue of poor road conditions will be addressed in 2019. He told the Budget Speech today that an...

A budget of new taxes, tax collection measures

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Prime Minister Gaston Browne introduced a number of new taxes and announced measures to boost the collection of existing taxes when he presented the...

One Dead In Race Track Accident

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Glinton Omarde,42, of Old Road has become the nation's first road fatality. He died on Wednesday night while racing at the track located along All...

Credit Suisse loan for APUA

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The government plans to use part of a US$ 40 million Credit Suisse loan to fund APUA's subsea cable, Prime Minister Gaston Browne has...

Former Education Minister Wants Heads To Roll In E-books scandal

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Former Education Minister Dr Jacqui Quinn today questioned why no one has yet been held accountable for the so called E-books scandal. Dr. Quinn was...

Fresh Appeal Made For Information On Missing Man

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The family and the Police are making a fresh appeal for information in locating 19-year-old Tray Griffith of Green Bay. Tray is 6 feet 7...

Woman Charged After ONDCP Drug Bust

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On Monday, 14th January 2019, the Office of National Drug and Money Laundering Control Policy (ONDCP) with assistance from other Law Enforcement partners conducted an operation in...