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Daily Archives: Jul 10, 2018

An audit for coconut palms on OTC antibiotic

An island-wide audit of coconut trees known to be on a treatment programme for the disease, lethal yellowing, is due to begin this week. The...

Help arrives for complaining nurses

Two of the Cuban nurses promised for the Dialysis Unit at the hospital have arrived in Antigua. This has been revealed by the Ministry of...

Fish consumption in Latin America and the Caribbean projected to grow 33 per cent by 2030

The United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is forecasting an important boost to Latin America and the Caribbean’s currently low fish consumption, a...

Opposition party questions delay in opening of Bermuda’s first casino

Almost four years after legislators gave the green light for the introduction of casinos in Bermuda, the island seems no closer to the first...

SARU working to retrieve state assets

The State Assets Recovery Unit (SARU) is working with the Ministry of Legal Affairs to retrieve over GUY$200 billion in state assets lost through...

All 13 rescued from flooded Thai cave: navy SEAL unit

All 12 boys and their soccer coach trapped for more than two weeks deep inside a flood Thai cave have been rescued, a Thai...

Every single cent collected, spent on Barbuda says PM

Gaston Browne, Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, has denied claims that the government has been slow in spending pledged funds on the restoration of Barbuda.

Female robbery accused remanded

Kathy-Ann Isaac, the woman accused of robbing her workplace, Carlisle Bay Hotel, became emotional in the All Saints Magistrate's Court after hearing she had to be remanded to prison.

Early hazard system coming on stream soon

The National Office of Disaster Service (NODS) could soon complete the installation of the hazard early warning system that it has been talking about for over a year now.

Editorial: Gender differences in education

We would like to begin by congratulating the top student for the 2018 Grade Six National Assessment, Stephanie Archibald of Baptist Academy.  Stephanie secured a mark of 374 out of 400 and we are sure that her family, her school and her friends are very proud of her accomplishment.  It is worth noting that the top five was a tight cluster with only eight marks separating first from fifth including a tie for second with scores of 370.   
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