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Bill Cosby guilty on all three counts in indecent assault trial, jury decides

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Norristown, Pennsylvania (CNN) - The jury in Bill Cosby's retrial found the TV icon guilty of all three counts of aggravated indecent assault on Thursday for...

MSJMC workers still skeptical even after assurances from government

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“Until I see with my eyes what changes are made, I am not going to give a thumbs up at all,” said Joan Peters...

Gov’t seeks to fix tax loophole by exploited by lawyers

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(Statement from Cabinet) The Cabinet invited a lawyer and the Solicitor General to address the issue of payment of Non-citizens Landholder’s License fees. A fee of...

Another change to carnival schedule

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The Antigua and Barbuda Festivals Commission has tweaked its 2018 carnival schedule which was released last weekend.  The new scheduled was released on Saturday at the...

PM saddened by van attack in Canada

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Prime Minister Gaston Browne has written to Canada’s Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau expressing sadness over the killing of ten persons and the injuring of...

Multiple Drug Busts At Airport In One Day

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Law Enforcement and Security Officials seized an estimated $256,000 worth of Cannabis at V.C Bird International Airport on Tuesday. Police Officers attached to Narcotics and...

UNDP repairs more than 100 roofs on Barbuda

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The partnership between United Nations Development Programme and Government of Antigua and Barbuda - to replace 250 roofs damaged by Hurricane Irma in 2017...

31 million US dollars in remittances sent to Antigua in 2017

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Guess how much money exactly was sent back to the Caribbean from immigrants globally last year? If you guessed USD 13.5 billion, then you are...

Researchers in Antigua hope to correct colonial accounts that depict the Carib people as...

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For centuries, historians held that the Caribbean’s earliest inhabitants were peaceful farmers who were wiped out by the ferocious man-eating Carib people. But archaeologists...

Health authority urges caution on marijuana

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The executive director of the Trinidad-based Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), Dr James Hosepdales, is urging regional countries to “proceed with an abundance of...

Antigua and Barbuda Seeks More Assistance From India

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Antigua and Barbuda is seeking technical assistance from India noting that over the years the Indian Government has been helpful to this Caribbean state...

Access To Finance A Challenge For Small Business

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Executive Director of the Antigua and Barbuda Investment Authority (ABIA), Henderson Fields, says access to finance is one of the challenges faced by small...

PM Browne welcomes British High Commission in Antigua and Barbuda

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Antigua and Barbuda will again be host to a British High Commission. The UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office announced on Thursday, 19th April its...