Philmore Mullin, Director of the National Office of Disaster Services (NODS), says the office is “tidying up arrangements” that will allow Antigua to receive and host evacuees from St Vincent, if necessary. “We have been meeting primarily and discussing most of today and making sure that...
Prime Minister, Gaston Browne, has written to the Master of All Souls College at Oxford University, seeking reparations for what now amounts to tens of millions of pounds sterling as a result of the “hard labour” of enslaved people on Antigua and Barbuda. In a letter...
The Eastern Caribbean has created its own form of digital currency meant to help speed transactions and serve people without bank accounts. The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank said its “DCash” is the first such blockchain-based currency introduced by any of the world’s currency unions, though some...
Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of crime, Fitz Bailey, says the 50-year-old man in police custody in relation to the murder of 20-year-old Khanice Jackson has confessed to the crime. Bailey made the disclosure in an interview with Nationwide News Network this morning. According to the...
The Serum Institute of India (SII) – the makers of the CoviShield or AstraZeneca vaccine – says it will prioritize getting vaccines to the COVAX facility, even as it faces great demand. The COVAX Facility has already notified participating economies which include Antigua and Barbuda that...