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Pay up or leave PM tells Digicel and Flow

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Prime Minister Gaston Browne today put telecommunication providers Digicel and Flow on notice that his government will not honour agreements signed under the former...

ECAB Recommits to the Junior Party Monarch Competition

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General Manager of the Eastern Caribbean Amalgamated Bank (ECAB), Michael Spencer, presented the Chairman of the Antigua Barbuda Festivals Commission (ABFC), Maurice Merchant, with...

Law to prevent smoking in public places passes Lower House

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The Tobacco Control Bill which prohibits smoking in public places has passed after the debate in the Lower House. "We have an obligation to protect...

Five Islands Primary student crowned Optimist Petit

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Ten-year-old Shanae Peters, student of the Five Islands Primary School and sponsored by Millennium Brokerage and Equipment Services, emerged the winner of this year's...

Group goes to CCJ for equal access to Law Schools

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Jason Jones, President and Co-founder of the Association of Caribbean Students for Equal Access to the Legal Profession (ACSEAL) has initiated legal proceedings in...

Finalists of the 2018 Calypso Competition revealed

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The nine finalists to challenge the reigning Calypso Monarch, King Zacari, on Friday, August 3, was announced last night at the Wadadli Beer Calypso...

Optimists ready for signature show tonight

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Eight girls and two boys will compete this evening for the coveted title of “Optimist Petit” at the UWI Open Campus on Factory Road...

PM wants all ministers to make their assets public

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Prime Minister Gaston Browne says he plans to discuss with his ministers, the possibility of releasing their assets for scrutiny by members of the...

Calvin S defends unpopular changes to Miss Antigua Barbuda Pageant

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The coordinator of the Miss Antigua and Barbuda Pageant, Calvin Southwell, has said there is nothing strange about crowning three queens at Wednesday's pageant. He...

Calypso artists told to “sink or swim” at tonight’s semifinals

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The Wadadli Beer Calypso Monarch Competition semifinals is tonight and calypso committee chairman Dion Simmons says that the artists will, “either sink or swim.” “If they...

Minister promises action against dog fighting rings

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Health Minister Molwyn Joseph has said he will get the police involved to end the inhumane and illegal practice of dog fighting here. The minister...

Government wants cleaner city and safer streets for carnival

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The government says measures are being put in place to ensure safer streets and a cleaner city for carnival and beyond. An official from National...

Inquest reveals that American visitor who fell off hotel balcony could have survived

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A BUILDER who died three weeks after falling four stories from a hotel balcony in Antigua would have had a better chance of survival...