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LIAT Suspends Services For Another Two Weeks
LIAT‘s commercial passenger services will remain suspended until 15th July 2020, due to the continued impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Chief Executive Officer, Mrs Julie...
Rapid Sofia Testing At Airport Expected To “Change The Ball Game”
The head of the Mount St. John's Medical Center Laboratory Dr Lester Simon says the arrival of rapid covid-19 tests to Antigua & Barbuda...
Government Says No Shutdown
Information Minister Melford Nicholas says no decision has been taken to implement a national lock-down as 39 new covid-19 cases were confirmed yesterday.
The minister...
LIAT shareholders to meet this week to discuss the airline’s future
Shareholder governments of the cash-strapped regional airline, LIAT, are to hold an informal meeting on Saturday amid reports that there are plans afoot to...
Bush fire destroys crops and buildings in Falmouth
A bush fire in Falmouth reportedly spread to crops and buildings on Wednesday morning.
According to reports, an 8x8 structure occupied by a man was...
Faculty Development and Expansion at The UWI Five Islands Campus
The University of the West Indies (The UWI) wishes to bring clarity to conversations in the local media surrounding ongoing recruitment for new faculty...
PM Browne Calls Police Welfare Association’s Short Notice Summon ‘Disrespectful’
Following yesterday’s request for a meeting with the Police Welfare Association, Prime Minister Gaston Browne has referred to their “summoning” of his presence as...
President Of Women Against Rape Says COVID-19 Has Created Unbearable Conditions For Many Women...
Nurse Alexandrina Wong, the President of Women Against Rape (WAR), says the COVID-19 pandemic has created a number of stressful and unbearable conditions for...
PM says new Covid-19 patients pose no threat to the community, announces mandatory quarantine...
Prime Minister Gaston Browne has given more details about the 39 new coronavirus cases announced today.
In a statement, Browne said he was addressing fears...
39 new imported cases of COVID-19 in Antigua
Two days after Health Minister Molwyn Joseph declared the country "COVID-free", there are reports that there are now 39 new confirmed cases of the...
Pregnant Antiguan woman In Trinidad pleads to come home
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Pregnant and desperate to go back to her homeland, Sheniequa Lewis is begging National Security Minister Stuart Young to help her.
Lewis, 21, is a...
Hotels Enjoying 50-70 Percent Occupancy Says Tourism Minister
Tourism Minister Charles Max Fernandez says the hotels which have opened so far are enjoying occupancy rates of between 50-70 percent.
He made the disclosure...
Destin Says More Saharan Dust Coming
Climatologist Dale Destin says another round of the Saharan dust is heading towards the region.
Antigua and the region have been blanketed by a large...