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PM berates UN officials for “taking all the credit” in Barbuda

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Prime Minister Gaston Browne has berated United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) officials on the ground in Barbuda, accusing the organization of “opportunism”. Browne has also...

UPP to convene second National Vision Forum

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(Press Release) The United Progressive Party (UPP) will convene the second National Vision Forum on Tuesday, January 30th at Freedom Hall at 7 pm.  The forum will...

Third female candidate joins election race for DNA

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A woman is the 10th candidate for the new Democratic National Alliance and the party's third female down to contest the next general election. Banking...

Over 400 vehicles stopped and searched over the weekend

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Over four hundred vehicles were stopped and searched in a Traffic Department operation on Saturday night. Police PRO, Inspector Frankie, said that during the activity conducted on...

Man accused of English Harbour stabbing detained by police

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Police have detained Ilya Romanov, 30, of Israel who is the suspect in a wounding incident in English Harbour this morning. According to reports, Romanov...

St. Kitts officials issue advisory after suspected case in Antigua

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(WINN) After an investigation into a case of measles being launched in Antigua, the Ministry of Health in St. Kitts and Nevis have released an...

Police to get advanced weapons to fight crime

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The government says it will invest in "advanced weaponry" to ensure that residents and visitors live in relative safety. The commitment was given in the...

Cocaine, ganja and cash seized in St. Johnsons Village

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(STRATCOM Release) Police arrested several people for drugs related offences yesterday. A search of their properties at St. Johnsons Village on Friday, turned up a quantity of...

Police seize gun, twelve arrested

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(STRATCOM Release) More than a dozen people were arrested and are in police custody after police found one .25 pistol along with five matching round...

Police searching for white male after English Harbour stabbing

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Police are investigating a stabbing which has left a man nursing neck wounds. According to reports by the man's friends, he was stabbed "in the...

Opposition dismisses budget package as pathetic

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The main opposition United Progressive Party (UPP) Friday described as a “pathetic presentation of a budget” the EC$1.2 billion (One EC dollar=US$0.37 cents) fiscal...

Daniel makes good on threat to sue PM Browne

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An opposition has filed a defamation lawsuit against Prime Minister Gaston Browne for allegedly making “outrageous’ statements against him in Parliament recently. The lawsuit was...

Journalist Ian “Magic” Hughes sentenced for sexual offence

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Sports Journalist Ian “Magic” Hughes was sentenced to two years in prison today after being found guilty of Indecent Assault on a 14-year-old girl. The...