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UPP proposes regional post-disaster summit

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As Antigua and Barbuda embarks upon the road to physical and economic recovery following Hurricane Irma, the United Progressive Party is urging the Government...

Registration of Barbudans to take place at the CRU

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The Antigua and Barbuda Electoral Commission (ABEC) has made the decision to allow for the process of continuous registration for qualified Barbudan electors to...

Eight years for manslaughter

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A 25-year-old member of the One Love Rastafarian tribe was sentenced to eight years in prison today for killing his cousin in 2014. Lafieama Phillip...

Granny’s sentencing pushed back

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The grandmother who was convicted of manslaughter in July will have to wait a week longer to learn her fate. Sixty-eight-year-old Millicent Cornwall-Roberts was scheduled...

Why Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit is “pissed off”

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(Caribbean News Service) A deeply disturbed Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit on Friday said he is “really, really pissed off” with certain elements in the...

DNA reveals female candidate

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In keeping with her promise to “keep the slate balanced,” the political leader of the National Democratic Alliance (DNA), Joanne Massiah, shocked the crowd...

Missing plane found, occupants alive

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A small plane which went missing between Antigua and Guadeloupe this afternoon has been found. Air Traffic Controllers told ANR the aircraft and crew were...

Accident leaves vendor trapped under stall

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A female vendor was trapped under her stall at the East Bus Station this afternoon. Information reaching Antigua News Room suggest that a truck ran...

Education Ministry seeks information on Barbudan students

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The Ministry of Education is asking private schools to submit information to the ministry on Barbudan students who have been admitted into their learning...

MP concerned about gun violence in his constituency

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The parliamentary representative for St John’s Rural North is concerned about the recent gun crimes that have been committed in his constituency. Two murders have...

DNA wants review of open-door policy for CARICOM nationals

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The country’s open-door policy to CARICOM nationals needs to be reviewed taking into account the recent upsurge in violent crimes, according to head of...

Dominicans eager to take relief items to their relatives

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A Dominican man has expressed disappointment that he was unable to board the Montserrat ferry and then a chartered boat to travel to Dominica...

Conservationists excited to find surviving Barbuda Warblers on devastated island

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On Wednesday, September 6, Hurricane Irma engulfed Barbuda with 185 mph winds, leaving most of the population homeless and a landscape ravaged by wind...