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Bag with IDs for woman missing since 2017 fished from water
Police are investigating a new development in the Vincia James disappearance after a bag with identification cards belonging to her was fished from a pond in the North Sound area Thursday afternoon. An individual was fishing when the bag was reeled in on the line, according to reports. While police have confirmed the bag with…
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Sir Lester Bird Medical Centre Addresses Claims of Missing Body
Sir Lester Bird Medical Centre (SLBMC) wishes to express its deep dissatisfaction with the Real News Antigua and the Antigua Newsroom (who also published the story) following the publication of the article: Family Complains They Cannot Find Body of COVID Victim Who Died Since September 25 And Hospital Director is Saying Nothing. We find this…
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CARPHA strengthens its COVID-19 testing capacity with Japan donation
CARPHA has announced that they received twenty-three (23) Viral RNA Test Kits valued at US$43,411. Tatsuo Hirayama, Ambassador of Japan to the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago presented the donation to CARPHA at a ceremony on Tuesday. Details follow in this press release from CARPHA: Thanks to a bilateral cooperation program, the Japan CARICOM Friendship…
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No need for a COVID-19 vaccine mandate in St Kitts and Nevis, official says
The decision to implement a COVID-19 vaccine mandate in St. Kitts and Nevis is not on the table at this time for the government. This is because of the high number of persons who have voluntarily stepped forward to receive a jab. Statistics from the Ministry of Health in St. Kitts and Nevis reveal that…
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Magnitude 4.5 earthquake recorded off Antigua and Barbuda
UWI, SRC – Automatic Earthquake Location DATE AND TIME: 2021-10-07 1:53 pm (Local Time) 2021-10-07 17:53 (UTC) MAGNITUDE: 4.5 LOCATION: Latitude: 17.06N Longitude: 60.40W Depth: 10 km NEARBY CITIES: 155 km NE of Point-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe 161 km E of Saint John’s, Antigua and Barbuda 224 km NE of Roseau, Dominica
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Portion of CDB loan may be reserved for former LIAT workers, but there are conditions
RELATED: CDB approve US$25 million loan to Antigua and Barbuda
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GASTON UNFILTERED: $90K a year – ‘Brother man, secure yu job’
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82 new cases of COVID-19
The most recent report received by the Ministry of Health, Wellness and the Environment from the Sir Lester Bird Medical Centre revealed eighty-two (82) new laboratory confirmed COVID-19 cases in Antigua and Barbuda as of Tuesday 5th October 2021 at 6pm. One hundred and seventy-six (176) samples were processed at Sir Lester Bird Medical Centre.…
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Autopsy confirms teen in Guyana did not die from COVID-19 vaccine
An autopsy conducted on a 13-year-old schoolboy found that he died because of bleeding in his brain, the Ministry of Health said in a statement on Wednesday. The autopsy was prompted after Joshua Henry died on Monday, a few hours after receiving a second dose of the Pfizer vaccine for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). In…
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Exxon makes new Guyana discovery, increases resource to 10 billion barrels
OilNOW: ExxonMobil announced on Thursday a new discovery at the Cataback-1 well and increased its estimate of the discovered recoverable resource for the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana to approximately 10 billion oil-equivalent barrels. Cataback-1 brings the total significant discoveries to more than 20 within the Stabroek Block. The Cataback-1 well encountered 243 feet (74 meters)…
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Reopening of primary schools delayed for 2 more weeks
CABINET NOTES: Cabinet has decided to delay the reopening of Primary Schools for another two weeks. Secondary Schools with 100 per cent vaccinated students and 100 per cent vaccinated teachers, staff and ancillary staff may continue to function.