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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: Asot Michael’s fiery contribution to 2023 Budget Debate
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MP Simon says PM Browne needs to apologize to nation’s youth over threat to tump Asot Michael in his face
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Antigua and Barbuda and Serbia abolish visa requirements
The Antigua and Barbuda passport was strengthened internationally on Friday, March 10 when Ambassadors of Antigua and Barbuda and the Republic of Serbia signed an agreement in Washington, DC, on behalf of their governments, abolishing visa requirements for their citizens. The Agreement was negotiated and signed between Ambassador Sir Ronald Sanders, representing Antigua and Barbuda,…
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Meta, which owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, to cut 10,000 staff
(BBC) — Meta, which owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, has announced plans to cut 10,000 jobs. It will be the second wave of mass redundancies from the tech giant, which laid off 11,000 employees last November. Meta chief executive Mark Zuckerberg said the cuts – part of a “year of efficiency” – would be “tough”…
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Grenada’s Prime Minister escapes major injuries in vehicular accident
Grenada’s Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell escaped “without major injury” after his official vehicle was involved in a motor vehicle accident on Tuesday morning, according to a statement issued by his office. It said that Mitchell, who led the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) to power in the 2022 general election, was traveling to the Parliament…
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Confirmed: Global floods, droughts worsening with warming
The intensity of extreme drought and rainfall has “sharply” increased over the past 20 years, according to a study published Monday in the journal Nature Water. These aren’t merely tough weather events, they are leading to extremes such as crop failure, infrastructure damage, even humanitarian crises and conflict. The big picture on water comes from…
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Hand, foot and mouth disease detected in Trinidad school
PHOTO: Minister of Education Dr Nyan Gadsby-Dolly (Trinidad Guardian) — A class at a Carenage primary school is in quarantine after a pupil contracted hand foot and mouth disease. Education Minister Dr Nyan Gadsby-Dolly said it is “usual to have a few cases in schools from time to time” and this is the second to…
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As CSEC pass rates fall, Rural West MP urges Administration to follow through on plans to upgrade Ottos Comprehensive
(REAL News) — MP Richard Lewis has specifically identified the Ottos Comprehensive School (OCS) as one of the secondary institutions in dire need of attention. Lewis – the St. John’s Rural West representative and a graduate of the OCS, himself – says the school’s overall CSEC pass rate, in 2022, was only 43.3 percent, a…
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AMCHAM advocates for continuation of Duty-Free Imports from Jamaica and the Caribbean
The American Chamber of Commerce of Jamaica (AMCHAM Jamaica), participated in federal hearings before the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) in Washington DC last Thursday, as the USITC begins their periodic review of the duty-free access of goods from Jamaica and the region to the United States. AMCHAM Jamaica CEO, Jodi-Ann Quarrie, represented the Chamber…
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Antigua to suspend sale of citizenship to Russia and Belarus
(Observer by Newsco) — Applications from nationals of Russia and Belarus to Antigua and Barbuda’s Citizenship by Investment Programme (CIP) will be suspended from March 31. This after Prime Minister Gaston Browne told US government officials that he had previously been unaware that several applications from Russian nationals had been accepted. On February 25, following…
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Court rules St. Vincent Government COVID-19 Vaccine mandate law unlawful and unconstitutional
(Nature Isle News) –High Court judge Esco Henry ruled that the special measures rules made under Statutory Rules and Orders 28 of 2021 — the vaccine mandate law — are unlawful, unconstitutional, and void. She further held that none of the public sector workers who lost their jobs under the law ceased to be entitled…