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Barbuda Caribana postponed
(PRESS Release)
The Tourism Committee of the Barbuda Council convened on 11th May 2018 to discuss the Caribana festival on Barbuda. In consideration of the...
Asot resigns!
Minister of Investment and Trade, Asot Michael has resigned. News reaching the Antigua Newsroom indicates that the decision was taken at an emergency meeting.
As...
Opposition calls for dismissal of senior government minister
The main opposition United Progressive Party (UPP) has called on Prime Minister Gaston Browne to dismiss his Investment and Trade Minister, Asot Michael, who...
‘Antigua Island Girls’ row to neighboring island to prep for Atlantic Row
Coach Eli Fuller averaged that they would take approximately 20 hours to row the 60 miles from Antigua to St. Kitts, their first international...
AG donates to St. Peters Primary School
"Ensuring the safety of youth around the twin island state is my duty, and whatever I can do within my powers to ensure the...
Privy Council rules in favour of D. Gisele Isaac
The Privy Council, Antigua and Barbuda's final court of appeal has ruled that a matter involving the dismissal of former Executive Secretary of the...
Suspended senior police officer and mother granted bail on fraud charges
Assistant Superintendent of Police Ray John and his mother, Yvonne Nickie, were each granted $50,000 bail this morning when they were taken to court...
Cash, a nice watch and a car for my mum- Caribbean politicians deny bribery...
A Government Minister here has been caught up in extraordinary fresh corruption allegations.
Property tycoon Peter Singh Virdee has been accused of bribing high-ranking Caribbean...
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle honeymoon in Antigua unlikely
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle could honeymoon in Africa or the Caribbean after Saturday’s wedding, with Botswana likely top of the list.
The couple knows...
Billionaire who bribed John Ashe jailed
A Macau billionaire has been sentenced to four years in a US prison after he was convicted of bribing United Nations officials over US$1.7...
Ray John and one other charged for trying to forge Antigua and Barbuda passports
Police have now 47yr-old Ray Anthony John and 63yr-old Yvonne Nickie both of Gunthropes jointly with five counts of Conspiracy to Forge Antigua and...
Only 50k for Barbuda carnival
The government has drastically cut its financial support for the annual Caribana celebrations on Barbuda.
The celebrations are held on Whit Monday weekend each year.
Prime...
PM says getting promised donor funds for Barbuda problematic
Prime Minister Gaston Browne is lamenting the difficulty in obtaining monies promised to Barbuda by major international donor countries and organisations.
The prime minister says...