Daily Archives: May 11, 2018

National basketballer Coy Quinland was rushed to the Mount St. John's Medical Centre with non-life threatening injuries when he was thrown from a car that flipped yesterday morning.

The Cabinet has dismissed cries from the Guild of Antigua and Barbuda Air Traffic Controller (GABATCO) as nothing more than a false alarm claiming that renovation and repairs have been ongoing for some time.

All workers from at least three of five branches of Western Union have been sent home for an indefinite period as the company was forced to close the sub-stations in Antigua to allow for a system upgrade.

Public school teachers are reminding the government how critical internet connectivity is to the teacher and learning process.

The government’s electronic textbook initiative is at great risk of becoming a “colossal failure” if changes are not made immediately to the content that is provided to teachers and students.

Public school teachers on the island have accepted Prime Minister Gaston Browne’s offer of one month’s tax free salary as government continues to negotiate with bargaining agents on a suitable pay raise and other benefits for public servants.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (CMC) – French Caribbean side Haiti will provide Lionel Messi’s Argentina with their final home warm-up match before next month’s World Cup in Russia, when the two teams meet on May 29 in Buenos Aires.

Yesterday, the world paused for the 15th observance of World Lupus Day.   Our plans were to highlight this very important day, but life got in the way.  And for people living with lupus, life gets in the way a lot.  Unfortunately, lupus is a condition that resides in the background of public consciousness and rarely gets the attention it deserves; neither from a public education nor a financial support perspective.  It is for these reasons that we have chosen to use our voice to lend a small bit of assistance towards ensuring that people who are afflicted with lupus are diagnosed and treated effectively. 

The Boston Celtics will face LeBron James' Cleveland Cavaliers in the NBA Eastern Conference finals after a 4-1 series win over the Philadelphia 76ers.

The Antigua and Barbuda Cricket Association (ABCA) could be forced to cancel its annual Tri Nation T20 Series this year.