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UWI Five Islands Holds First Campus Council Meeting
Vice Chancellor of the University of the West Indies Sir Hilary Beckles has hailed as "an historic moment" the inaugural UWI Five Islands Campus...
PM Browne Sends Open Letter To Antiguans And Barbudans On COVID-19
Prime Minister the Hon. Gaston Browne on Thursday, the commencement of a new seven-day 24 hour curfew to curb the spread of the Coronavirus,...
LETTER: Banks Must Remain Open
Dear Editor,
It seems the treatment of the COVID-19 pandemic is going to be more deadly than the actual virus.
I could say a lot on...
ST. KITTS: Emergency Relief Fund Payments To Begin Within Days
By Ken Richards (WINN): Some of the members of the country’s workforce who quality for payments from the Social Security COVID-19 Emergency Relief Fund...
Supermarkets can now open Easter Sunday and Monday
Supermarkets will now be allowed to open on Easter Sunday and Easter Monday but will remain closed on Good Friday.
In regulations published this week,...
Amended Curfew Regulations Re: Easter Sunday and Monday
24 Hour Curfew imposed from 6 a.m. April 9 to 6 a.m. April 16, 2020 Official Guidelines
• The government of Antigua and Barbuda has...
COMMENTARY: Caribbean At Risk As Big Powers Delay Action On COVID-19 Global Economic Effects
By Sir Ronald Sanders
(The writer is Ambassador of Antigua and Barbuda to the United States and the Organisation of American States. He is also...
Food Packages Being Prepared For Distribution To Needy
The Minister of Social Transformation reported that the food packages which are to be distributed by her Ministry are being readied, and volunteers are...
Barbuda Continues To Restrict Travel To Antigua Until April 16
The Barbuda Council has extended the prohibition on travel to its sister isle, Antigua, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The existing quarantine period was...
Gov’t critical of UPP for bringing partisan politics into COVID-19 fight
The government says the main opposition United Progressive Party (UPP) is bringing partisan politics into the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic in Antigua &...
Tailors And Seamstresses Now Added To The List Of Essential Services
Tailors and seamstresses have been added to the list of essential services, in order to allow them to work and to distribute their goods...
PM Concludes That There Is No Community Spread Of COVID-19 In Antigua
Prime Minister, Gaston Browne has revealed that the results from the submission of 40 tests, to CARPHA in Trinidad since February, indicate that there...
Nurses To Get A Payment Of $1000 Monthly Throughout The COVID-19 Crisis
The government has decided that an honorarium of $1,000.00 per month will be paid to the diligent and self-sacrificing nurses who are on the...