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PM Says Independence Would Not Be Complete With Privy Council As Final Court

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Antigua and Barbuda is celebrating its 37th anniversary of political independence from Britain on Thursday, with Prime Minister Gaston Browne saying that independence would not...

PM Asks US Ambassador For WTO Monies

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On the even of Antigua and Barbuda's 37th anniversary of Independence, Prime Minister Gaston Browne has raised the issue of the monies owned by...

Brigade wants more fire trucks

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The government says it is considering increasing the fleet of firetrucks that not serve the country. This revelation was made after the Head of the...

Cabinet backs decision of CHAPA which led to protest

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The Cabinet of Antigua and Barbuda says it has lent its support to the board of the Central Planning and Housing Authority (CHAPA) in...

Back Pay Promised By Referendum Day

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The government says it will likely pay civil servants their long overdue backpay on the same day that Antigua and Barbuda votes in its...

Lawyer Says Robinson’s Second Suspension Is Backed By The Constitution

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Attorney for the Police Service Commission (PSC) Dr David Dorsett said on Wednesday that the second suspension of Commissioner of Police Wendell Robinson was...

CCJ President disappointed in his fellow Vincentians

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The President of the Trinidad-based Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), Adrian Saunders, said he had hoped that his elevation to that post would have...

Hoteliers say region losing billions of dollars annually

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The Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA) says empty hotel rooms are costing the Caribbean billions of dollars in economic opportunity each year. CHTA Director...

Antigua Drops Again In Doing Business Report

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The World Bank says Antigua and Barbuda has only implemented one reform resulting in a less than desirable spot in the latest ease of...

Elderly Man Fined Instead Of the Mandatory Imprisonment For Gun Crime

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A Paradise View resident Vernon Toy Joseph 75, escaped the mandatory penalty of imprisonment without the option of a fine.  The elderly man appeared before...

Antigua and Barbuda sends condolences to Jewish Community in the US; expresses solidary against...

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The Government of Antigua and Barbuda has sent messages to the Mayor of Pittsburgh and the Head of the American Jewish Committee Headquartered in...

Antigua welcomes new Egyptian Ambassador

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Minister of Foreign Affairs,  E.P. Chet Greene welcomed the newly accredited Ambassador of the Arab Republic of Egypt to Antigua and Barbuda, His Excellency...

Trump eyeing executive order to end birthright citizenship

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President Trump is vowing to sign an executive order that would seek to end the right to U.S. citizenship for children born in the...