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Government and Antigua and Barbuda Airport Authority getting $100M loan
Get the news delivered directly to your phone. Click here to Join our WhatsApp Group CABINET NOTES: The Cabinet held a zoom meeting with three (3) officials from a banking group that is about to lend one hundred million dollars to the Government and the Antigua and Barbuda Airport Authority (ABAA). The government will receive…
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Cabinet gets update on preparation for SIDS Conference in Antigua and Barbuda next year
Get the news delivered directly to your phone. Click here to Join our WhatsApp Group CABINET NOTES: The Ambassador of Antigua and Barbuda to the United Nation, accompanied by three other officials, was invited to the Cabinet meeting. The team addressed the issue of the May 27th to 30th SIDS Conference which Antigua and Barbuda…
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Minister of Health returns from China trip, wishes Antigua and Barbuda was as advanced
Get the news delivered directly to your phone. Click here to Join our WhatsApp Group CABINET NOTES: The Minister of Health gave a report on his recently-ended trip to China and noted the research that is being done to address diseases such as diabetes, heart disease, cancers and organ failure. He noted that the data…
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New luxury 5-star resort to be built on Barbuda
Get the news delivered directly to your phone. Click here to Join our WhatsApp Group The Cabinet was informed that a new luxury 5-star resort, to be built on Barbuda, has gone beyond the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) stage. The new developers will build fifty (50) luxury villas, thirty-five (35) residences, and will grow some…
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PM Browne gets assurance from PM Mottley that Barbados will collaborate with Antigua and Barbuda to support the air bridge between Africa and Caribbean
Get the news delivered directly to your phone. Click here to Join our WhatsApp Group CABINET NOTES: i. Prime Minister Browne reported that he held discussions with the Prime Minister of Barbados who assured him that Barbados will collaborate with Antigua and Barbuda to support the air bridge between Africa and the Caribbean. Antigua and…
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Cabinet Notes of Wednesday 8th November 2023
Get the news delivered directly to your phone. Click here to Join our WhatsApp Group HURST REPORTS ON CABINET of Wednesday 8 November 2023 The Cabinet commenced its sitting with prayers by a priest, who asked for God’s presence and blessings on the Prime Minister, the Ministers and the people. The Prime Minister welcomed Minister…
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Sean Bird denies claims that he is seeking to head the UPP
Get the news delivered directly to your phone. Click here to Join our WhatsApp Group (REAL News) — Sean Bird, the United Progressive Party (UPP) caretaker for St. John’s Rural East, is denying claims that he is seeking to contest for leadership of the Party and has been circulating a flyer with that intention. As…
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2 Barbuda residents fight the government, seeking to protect land
Get the news delivered directly to your phone. Click here to Join our WhatsApp Group (AP) — When Hurricane Irma slammed into the tiny Caribbean island of Barbuda as a Category 5 storm in 2017, the government temporarily evacuated the entire population of some 1,600. Even before many people returned, United States developers were allowed…
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Vatican says transgender Catholics can be baptised
Get the news delivered directly to your phone. Click here to Join our WhatsApp Group (AFP)— Transgender believers can be baptised in the Catholic Church, if it would not cause scandal or “confusion”, the Vatican said Wednesday, clarifying a sensitive area of doctrine. The Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, tasked with promulgating and…
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LIAT experiences schedule disruption due to maintenance issues
Get the news delivered directly to your phone. Click here to Join our WhatsApp Group LIAT has announced that due to unscheduled maintenance issues there will be a disruption to its regular flight schedule. A statement from LIAT says the issues have caused the airline to suspend its current schedule as it works to resolve the…
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Coroner’s Inquest Underway into mysterious death of Lateefa George
Get the news delivered directly to your phone. Click here to Join our WhatsApp Group A coroner’s investigation is underway to clarify the circumstances of Lateefa George’s death while she was a patient at Clarevue Hospital. The 27-year-old woman was found unresponsive at the facility on October 31 and transported to the Sir Lester Bird…