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Daily Archives: Apr 17, 2017

Antigua Turf club postpones Easter Monday race

The inclement weather has forced the postponement of the Easter Monday race week. The Antigua Turf Club says the track is unsafe for racing because...

Five earthquakes recorded off the coast of Barbuda

Amid concern from residents, the Director of the National Office of Disaster Services Philmore Mullin has said that the cluster of earthquakes residents have...

DCA is going digital

The Chief Town and Country Planner Frederick Southwell says efforts are underway to speed up the time in which the Development Control Authority approves...

Kite festival called off due to bad weather

The highly anticipated Antigua & Barbuda International Kite Festival has been postponed due to inclement weather conditions.

'They will probably die here': Antigua's psychiatric patients' grim future

"A large percentage of people don't need to be here," he says. "Can they discharge themselves? To what programme? To who? To get co-operation from family members is tough.

Next Star Wars movie to feature new female character

The largely testosterone-fueled Star Wars movie franchise has added an important new female character in the eighth film, "Star Wars: The Last Jedi", director Rian Johnson said on Friday at a fanfest in Orlando.

'Fate of the Furious' Debuts to Hefty $100.2 Million

"The Fate of the Furious" is roaring to a record-setting global debut over the weekend even as domestic audiences showed less enthusiasm for the latest installment in Universal's long-running "Fast and Furious" series.

Violence spikes in Indian Kashmir after videos inflame tension

Militants have stepped up attacks in Indian-ruled Kashmir and police warned officers not to go home, amid a spike in violence in the contested region, after the army allegedly tied a man to the front of a jeep as a human shield.

South Korea charges ousted leader Park and Lotte chief with bribery

South Korean prosecutors on Monday charged ousted president Park Geun-hye and Lotte Group chairman Shin Dong-bin with bribery in the latest twist to a corruption scandal that rocked the country for months.

Russia says plans a meeting with U.S. and U.N. on Syria in Geneva: agencies

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov said on Monday that diplomats from Russia, the United States and the United Nations plan to discuss the Syrian crisis in Geneva next week, Russian news agencies quoted him as saying.
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