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DNA denounces excessive use of force on peaceful protesters
The Democratic National Alliance (DNA) denounces in the strongest terms the excessive use of force and the unprovoked responses by law enforcement officers that was unleashed on citizens and residents who gathered peacefully at the public market hours ago. All evidence points to citizens and residents who gathered to air their grievances and to demonstrate…
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VIDEO: Police use tear gas to disperse peaceful protesters in Antigua
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Freeedom Fighters’ protestors being teargassed and locked up by police
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49 active cases of COVID-19 as Antigua records 10 more
The most recent report received by the Ministry of Health, Wellness and the Environment from the Sir Lester Bird Mount St. John Medical Centre has revealed ten (10) new laboratory confirmed COVID-19 cases in Antigua and Barbuda as of Friday 6th August 2021 at 6pm. The Epidemiology Unit is still in the process of ascertaining…
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US Coast Guard offloads US$1.4B in illegal narcotics seized in Caribbean Sea, Pacific Ocean
The United States Coast Guard says the crew of its Cutter James offloaded about 59,700 pounds of cocaine and 1,430 pounds of marijuana worth more than US$1.4 billion seized in the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea. The offload on Thursday, in Port Everglades, Florida, is the largest in the history of the US Coast…
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Cutie’s warning to Freedom Fighter’s ahead of today’s protest: ‘They have another thing coming’
FREEDOM FIGHTERS FOR ANTIGUA & BARBUDA St. John’s, Antigua Antigua & Barbuda Press Release August 6, 2021 POLICE DENIES THE PEOPLE THE RIGHT TO MARCH THE PEOPLE WILL GATHER (PRESS RELEASE) Commissioner of Police Atlee Rodney has denied the people of Antigua and Barbuda the right to exercise their right to march to let the government…
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Anti-vaxxers’ attempted assassination of Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves — Buried Caribbean democratic innocence with a ‘brick’?
By Arvel Grant — Political and current Affairs Analyst When I read Reuters’ report of this tragic attempt on the life of the Vincentian Prime minister, I was stunned by the negative global effect which this act of brutishness could have on our civilization and our leaders’ attempt to combat the COVID pandemic. Those: Politicians,…