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88 cases of COVID-19 in Antigua; Country logs 19 more on Sunday
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 nineteen (19) new laboratory confirmed COVID-19 cases in Antigua and Barbuda as of Friday 13th August 2021 at 6pm. Five (5) of these cases were recorded on August 12th…
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ABLP ahead in recently conducted poll, PM says
The leader of the Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party, Gaston Browne, has given an insight into a recent political poll conducted. He said the poll was conducted in two constituencies. The ABLP Leader mentioned these two key findings: Browne was speaking on Pointe FM yesterday and promised to give more details soon.
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PM’s wife says infidelity rumours were started on Facebook Live
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Sunday’s tear gassing of residents has left Lovell sad and disappointed
Audio Courtsey Observer Media: United Progresisve Party (UPP) Political Leader Harold Lovell said Sunday’s incident in which people were tear gassed and rubber-bulleted has left him sad, mad and disappointed. Lovell said freedom of assembly is a constitutional right, which ought not to be suppressed. The UPP Political Leader said he was particularly disappointed in…
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Haiti earthquake: Rescuers search for survivors as death toll climbs to 700
Officials in Haiti have confirmed at least 724 people are dead after a powerful 7.2-magnitude earthquake hit the Caribbean nation on Saturday. Rescuers are picking through rubble in a desperate search for any survivors. Homes, churches and schools were among buildings flattened in the quake. Some hospitals were left overwhelmed and in need of supplies.…
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Statement by CARICOM on the earthquake in Haiti
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is deeply saddened at reports of loss of life and significant damage in Haiti following a major earthquake on Saturday, August 14. The Chairman of CARICOM, Gaston Browne, Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda has held discussions with the Prime Minister of Haiti, the Honourable Ariel Henry and has assured him…
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US Ambassador: No one is safe until everyone is safe
“No one is safe until everyone is safe”, was the message of US Ambassador to Barbados, Linda Taglialatela, as she participated in the handover of the Pfizer vaccine donation to the Barbados Government on Friday. The U.S. Government donated 70,200 doses of the vaccine, and Taglialatela stressed the importance of countries working together to stop…
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Wave of Anti-Vaxxers rise up across the Caribbean
By NAN Staff Writer While Caribbean countries grapple with a spike in new COVID-19 infections and governments beg for vaccine donations, anti-vaxxers and those long skeptical of vaccines are taking to the streets across several countries in the region in heated protests against any mandatory vaccination policies. Protests have now been held in St. Vincent…
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Afghanistan Where God only comes to Weep
There is a book, ‘Afghanistan where God only comes to Weep’ where the many years of turmoil have reduced the people of Afghanistan to terror and tears. And when one realizes that the US was the one who entered the war, training and arming the Taliban and Osama Bin Laden to chase out the Russians,…
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727 active COVID-19 cases in Dominica