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Cannabis valued at EC$77,600.00 was seized by police and customs during an anti-narcotics operation at Deep Water Harbour on Wednesday 15th September. The contraband weighed a total of 9 ½ pounds, and was discovered inside two barrels of…
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Associated Press – A man wearing full body armor fatally shot four people, including a mother and the 3-month-old baby she was cradling, and engaged in a massive gunfight with police and deputies before he was wounded and surrendered, a…
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Al Jazeera - Wealthy countries could potentially have a surplus of more than one billion COVID-19 vaccine doses available by the end of the year that are not designated as donations to poorer nations, according to a new analysis Vaccine…
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JAMAICA OBSERVER-Jamaica recorded 643 new COVID-19 cases and 18 more deaths on Sunday, according to the Ministry of Health and Wellness. The latest data brings total coronavirus infections in Jamaica to 71,987 and the virus death toll to…
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NOW GRENADA- Grenada recorded 7 Covid-19 deaths in a single day, increasing the country’s total from 5 to 12. The deceased, all of whom had comorbidities, were confirmed cases of Covid-19, ranging in age from 26 to 85 years. The…
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The Christian Valley Streamline Rehabilitation project is well on the way according to Project Consultant, Alvin Christian.  “We are still clearing, still shaping the sides except for the areas where we are proposing to put in the dams;…
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Match 1 of Youth ODI Series Venue: County Ground, Beckenham Toss: West Indies U19s won and decided to bowl Result: England U19s won by 166 runs West Indies Rising Stars U19s went down to England Under-19 by 166 runs in the…
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Match 3 of CG Insurance T20I Series Venue: Sir Vivian Richards Cricket Ground Toss: South Africa won and decided to bat Result: West Indies won by 5 wickets A career-best bowling performance from Karishma Ramharack led West…
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by Shelton Daniel Resident district medical officer for Barbuda, Dr. Jeremy Deazle, on Saturday disclosed that 682 persons on the sister isle have received their first dose of vaccination, while 546 have received both doses. Dr.…
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The Police and Customs Anti-narcotics Units continue to stem the flow of illegal drugs entering the country. On Tuesday 31st August, both law enforcement agencies carried a drug interdiction operation at Deep Water Harbour and discovered…
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(Reuters) - As Australia's COVID-19 deaths exceed 1,000 – a grim toll, but modest by global standards – a country that has used relentless lockdowns now faces perhaps its biggest health policy challenge of the pandemic: how to reopen. The…
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Members of the Royal Police Force of Antigua and Barbuda will be celebrating their 53rd anniversary of Police Week under the theme: “Working Together to Achieve Stability in Times of Uncertainty, Police Week 2021”   This year's week of…
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The Police Administration is aware of a planned picket organized by some members of the public schedule to take place at the Sir V.C. Bird Bust on Saturday 21st August at 3 pm. While the administration acknowledges the right to a…
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TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — A mysterious, highly contagious and lethal disease is spreading across the coral reefs of the Caribbean Sea, alarming scientists and leaving a trail of skeletons in its path. Its advance from Florida to…
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England's opening match of this year's men's Twenty20 World Cup will be against defending champions West Indies, organisers have announced. It sets up a rematch of England's agonising defeat in 2016 to the Windies, who won by four…
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The Police and Customs have seized over one million dollars’ worth of drugs, during an operation at the V.C. Bird International Airport on Wednesday 11th August. Both law enforcement agencies were conducting a routine inspection…
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It has come to the attention of the police administration that some members of the public have organized and planned to stage a picket in St. John on Thursday 12th August 2021. The administration wishes to remind the public that the…
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With profound sadness I learned of the passing of Sir Lester Bryant Bird, Knight of the Order of National Hero and former Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda. He was a towering leader, a superior manager of the national architecture…
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It said that Antigua and Barbuda will receive 17,550 dozes of the Pfizer vaccine, Bahamas, 397,000, Trinidad and Tobago 305,370, Barbados, 70,200, St Kitts and Nevis, 11,700 and St Vincent and the Grenadines, 35,100.
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The Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) Office for Barbados and Eastern Caribbean Countries is advising the public and health authorities to continue to take appropriate and urgent public health and social…
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