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Daily Archives: Jun 10, 2017

Activists offer no apology for death wish comments

The founder of Dogs and Cats of Antigua says she won’t apologize for the harsh comments meted out to the musician who burned a dead dog and joked about eating it.

Brazil top court lambastes alleged Temer espionage attempt

Brazil's Supreme Federal Court urged a thorough investigation into reports that the country's secret security service spied on Justice Edson Fachin, in the latest clash involving President Michel Temer's embattled administration.

Germany's Merkel says walls don't solve immigration problems

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Saturday that putting up walls will not solve problems that countries are seeing due to immigration.

U.S. joins battle as Philippines takes losses in besieged city

U.S. special forces have joined the battle to crush Islamist militants holed up in a southern Philippines town, officials said on Saturday, as government forces struggled to make headway and 13 marines were killed in intense urban fighting.

Trade Union Congress not happy after three years of ABLP

The General Secretary of the Public Service Union Sandra Williams says after three years in office the Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party still has...

Press Release: New Antiguan Book hits Book Stands

It was a gala, red carpet affair when Antigua and Barbuda's "Grand Dame of Poetry" Mary Geo Quinn launched her ninth book "Hol' De...

Editorial: A new chapter in e-books

You can imagine our shock when we heard that some students have damaged and misplaced the tablets involved in the e-book initiative undertaken by the Board of Education (BOE). A press release from the Education Ministry explained that some students have damaged and misplaced the tablets since the two-week distribution began in Mid-March. Further, officials have highlighted the “lack of care and protection” of the electronic tablets issued to secondary students across the island.

An agreement between LIAT and pilots, ATR 72s will fly

The management of regional carrier LIAT and representatives of the Leeward Islands Airline Pilots Association (LIALPA) struck a deal late yesterday, bringing to an immediate end a three-day impasse over a demand for increased pay by the pilots.

Which promises has Labour kept after 3 years?

Get rid of Personal Income Tax – So said, so done in June of 2016. The removal of PIT came as a relief to many who had voted for it in the 2014 general elections but as a carpenter from Prime Minister Gaston Browne’s constituency told our newsroom this week Friday

Press Release: Ministry Honours Retirees in Inaugural Ceremony

In a ceremony befitting Kings and Queens, twenty newly retired employees from the Ministry of Health and the Environment were showered with accolades during a retirement awards banquet at the former US Air Station in Coolidge.
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