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Hurricane Maria is now a Category 5

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Maria is now a Category 5 hurricane, the National Hurricane Center said. It is due to hit the Leeward Islands, with the eye passing directly...

V.C. Bird International Airport closed until Wednesday

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The V.C. Bird International Airport was closed at 6 p.m. today as powerful Category 4 Hurricane Maria menaces the Caribbean. The Antigua and Barbuda Airports...

Gov’t will not bow to pressure from Barbudans, says Joseph

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The government is making it clear that it will not bow to public pressure to return Barbudans to an unsafe and unhealthy environment on...

High Commission Holds Service of Thanksgiving

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PRESS RELEASE Representatives from the British government, senior UK business and political figures, members of the diplomatic corps, the trade and tourism industry, the media...

Riding out the storm in Barbuda

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Police and soldiers safeguarding property on Barbuda will ride out the storm there. Minister of National Security Steadroy “Cutie” Benjamin said the law enforcement officers...

Effects of Maria’s spiral bands expected this afternoon

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Antigua and Barbuda is expected to see spiral bands associated with Hurricane Maria moving in by later today, according to officials from the Met...

UPDATE: Stabbing victim identified

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A stabbing incident in Liberta Monday morning left a 40-year-old man dead.  Kelvin Mathew of Liberta was pronounced dead on the spot by a...

Hurricane Maria strengthens to Category 3 storm

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The National Hurricane Center in Miami says that Hurricane Maria has strengthened to a Category 3 storm as it headed toward the Caribbean. Maria on...

BREAKING NEWS: Man stabbed to death in Liberta

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A young man believed to be in his twenties has been stabbed to death in Liberta. The incident occurred moments ago on the ball court....

Antigua and Barbuda now under Tropical Storm warning

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BULLETIN Hurricane Maria Intermediate Advisory Number 8A NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL       AL152017 800 AM AST Mon Sep 18 2017   ...HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT REPORTS MARIA INTENSIFYING... ...EXPECTED TO...

Canadian crews deliver much-needed supplies to Antigua and Barbuda

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CTVNews.ca A Canadian plane full of volunteers delivered much-needed supplies this weekend to the island nation of Antigua and Barbuda, where efforts are underway to...

ALBA Bank to Donate $2 Million to Barbuda for Reconstruction

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Barbuda took a direct hit from Category 5 Hurricane Irma, destroying over 90 percent of building structures. The Bank of the Bolivarian Alliance for the...

Bethesda man chopped after “anti-man” confrontation

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A Bethesda man had a part of his ear almost severed after he allegedly called a fellow villager an "anti-man," a term synonymous with being...