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Filipinos nailed to crosses despite church objection
(AP) — Eight Filipinos were nailed to crosses to reenact Jesus Christ’s suffering in a gory Good Friday tradition that draws thousands of devotees and tourists to the Philippines despite being rejected by the Catholic Church. The real-life crucifixions in the farming village of San Pedro Cutud in Pampanga province north of Manila resumed after…
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Former Jamaica Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller hospitalised
(Jamaica Gleaner) — Former Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller has been hospitalised. Simpson Miller was rushed to a Corporate Area hospital last night. The condition of the 77-year-old is not known. More details to come. Make a donation to help support ABN, via PayPal: [email protected]. Follow Antigua Breaking News on Twitter @ABNAntigua and Instagram @AntiguaBreakingNews…
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Boy, 11, ‘kills 10-year-old girl’ at German children’s home
An 11-year-old boy is suspected of involvement in the death of a 10-year-old girl at a children’s care home in Germany, police have claimed. The girl was found dead in her room at a child and youth welfare facility in Wunsiedel, in Germany’s Bavaria region, on Tuesday. Evidence collected at the crime scene ‘indicates the…
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Trinidad Police Officer pleads guilty to raping his 9-year-old daughter multiple times and recording it on a DVD
(Trinidad Express) — A Trinidad and Tobago police officer has pleaded guilty to raping his daughter a number of times over three years. The attacks began when the child was nine years old. His arrest took place in July 2010, when his wife—the girl’s mother—found a DVD showing the man raping the child. The officer,…
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Antigua Government wants to reduce possibility of industrial action among teachers in new school term
CABINET NOTES: The Cabinet invited the Director of Education, the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, the President, the General Secretary and two other officials of the Antigua and Barbuda Union of Teachers (ABUT) to its meeting, in an effort to provide assurances and to reduce the possibility of any industrial action in the…
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China moving ahead to build 150 homes at controversial Booby Alley site
CABINET NOTES: The Cabinet was briefed on the clash between the members of the Royal Police Force, who were acting on a court order, and a male who occupied a wooden house in Booby Alley and refused to exit. The press statement placed in circulation by the Police formed part of the discussion. The Cabinet agreed…
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FirstCaribbean International Bank Limited Has Announced St. Kitts Sale Will Not Go Ahead
FirstCaribbean International Bank Limited has announced today that the sale of its assets of FirstCaribbean International Bank (Barbados) Limited in St. Kitts to St. Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla National Bank Limited (SKNANB) will not now go ahead. The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (‘ECCB’) provided conditional approval for the sale of the assets and banking business of FirstCaribbean International…
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Antigua and Barbuda sending 7 police officers to St. Lucia to fight crime
Seven Police Officers from the Royal Police Force of Antigua and Barbuda will join the Regional Security System (RSS) in St. Lucia to help to battle crime. In March, Prime Minister of St Lucia, Philip J Pierre, has called for help from the Regional Security System, (RSS) and has also implemented 24-hour police patrols among…
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Mature response from Guyana at ICJ victory over Venezuela
By Sir Ronald Sanders (The writer is Antigua and Barbuda’s Ambassador to the United States and the Organization of American States. He is also a Senior Fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies at the University of London and Massey College in the University of Toronto. The views expressed are entirely his own) Guyana has…
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Royal Family hit by new payout demands over slave trade links
King Charles’s backing for research into links between the monarchy and slavery risks fuelling calls for Britain to pay compensation, critics warned last night. Buckingham Palace yesterday announced it was cooperating with a landmark study into the monarchy’s involvement with the transatlantic slave trade and said the King took the issue ‘profoundly seriously’. The research…