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Important Notice: Pile Removal and Redoing at Bolans Playing Field Stand Construction Site.
Antigua News Room
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June 8, 2025
Important Notice: Pile Removal and Redoing at Bolans Playing Field Stand Construction Site. VOTE Dwayne Georger Said- Over the past several months, the construction site has been subjected to an unusually high volume of rainfall. This excessive...
“If you are red in Antigua, you are red in Dominica” – Skerrit
Antigua News Room
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June 7, 2025
“If you are red in Antigua, you are red in Dominica” – Skerrit St John’s, Antigua – 7 June 2025 Dominican Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit has reaffirmed the enduring alliance between the Dominica Labour Party (DLP) and the Antigua and Barbuda...
OECS Youth Leader Michael Joseph Reflects on Agriculture Study Tour in Costa Rica by Shenequa Williams
Antigua News Room
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June 7, 2025
OECS Youth Leader Michael Joseph Reflects on Agriculture Study Tour in Costa Rica by Shenequa Williams Michael Joseph, representing Antigua and Barbuda Agriculture Forum for Youth (ABAFY) and one of the youths from the Organisation of Eastern...
Caribbean’s First AI Sustainability Conference Set for Antigua This June
Discover Montserrat
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June 8, 2025
The Caribbean will host its first major regional conference focused on artificial intelligence this June, marking a historic moment in the region’s push toward digital transformation and sustainable development. Scheduled for June 23–24, 2025, the...
The man and the legend: In search of ‘Butch’ Stewart’s greatest legacy
Jamaica Observer
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July 6, 2025
STEWART... the Caribbean’s greatest son TODAY marks the 84th anniversary of the birth of the late Sandals and Jamaica Observer founder Gordon “Butch” Stewart whose life story is a complex tale of one man’s extraordinary journeys and events that...
Valuable Rig Stolen from Maulvin’s Trucking
Antigua.News
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July 5, 2025
The company, which provides trucking and heavy-duty equipment services for various construction projects, also operates two subsidiaries: Island-Wide Water Delivery for residential and hotel cistern needs and United Trucking for fuel delivery in...
ST. KITTS & NEVIS NOW HAS THE HIGHEST VAT RATE IN THE OECSECONOMIC ANALYSIS: Reversal of VAT Cut Places Increased Pressure on Households and Businesses
Times Caribbean
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July 5, 2025
— By Times Caribbean News BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS — St. Kitts and Nevis now holds the distinction of having the highest Value Added Tax (VAT) rate in the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS), standing at 17%, according to the latest...
Guatemala bets on avocado as a strategic export crop
Fresh Plaza
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July 1, 2025
Avocado has become a strategic crop for Guatemala to strengthen its agricultural sector and open up new international markets. Growers, exporters, government agencies, and technicians are working together under the leadership of the Agexport...
Agreement reached after soca quarterfinal controversy
Antigua News Room
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July 5, 2025
Joint Agreement Reached on Party Monarch Quarterfinal The Antigua and Barbuda Festivals Commission (ABFC) today met with the executive of the National Soca Fraternity to address concerns surrounding two competitors who were judged ahead of the...
Francis Wade | Being inspiring is hard
The Gleaner
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July 6, 2025
As a leader, you want to inspire people. As such, is there anything to learn from the upcoming election cycle here in Jamaica? Using the right lens, there may be. It’s customary nowadays to be jaded about politics. The steady drop in voter turnout...
Joint Agreement Reached on Party Monarch Quarterfinal Resolution
Antigua.News
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July 5, 2025
In a spirit of fairness and collaboration, the National Soca Fraternity proposed the following resolution: The two affected competitors, along with the next five placing artistes (positions 16–21) in both the Groovy and Jumpy segments of the...
Weekly recap of Dallas County home sales during week ending June 28
Dallas City Wire - Texas
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July 5, 2025
There were 343 reported residential sales in Dallas County in the week ending June 28, according to BlockShopper.com. The median sales price was $217,700 and the median property tax bill was $5,884 for the previous year. Property taxes based upon...
Clouden: Stop wasting time and legalise ganja
The New Today Grenada
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July 5, 2025
Outspoken attorney-at-law Anselm Clouden has called on the 3-year old Dickon Mitchell-led National Democratic Congress (NDC) government to fulfil its promise made to the young in the 2022 general election to legalise ganja on the island. Clouden,...
Young cricketers to embark on UK tour
The Antigua Observer
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July 3, 2025
- Advertisement - A total of 10 young cricketers will leave Antigua on July 6 for the United Kingdom where they will join six other players already in the UK as the Antigua and Barbuda High Commission in London, in partnership with the Ministry of...
Oasis Water Junior Party Monarch slotted for July 28 at Carnival City
The Antigua Observer
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July 5, 2025
- Advertisement - Competition for the juniors in this year’s Groovy and Jumpy contest has been rescheduled to Monday, July 28 at Carnival City due to impressive registration numbers. The competition, which was expected to be held on July 27 during...
Draft Legislation for Regional CBI/CIP Regulator Now Available for Public Comment
Times Caribbean
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July 3, 2025
BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS — July 3, 2025 — In a major step toward increased transparency and accountability in the Caribbean’s Citizenship by Investment (CBI/CIP) industry, the Interim Regulatory Commission (IRC) has officially published the draft...
LIAT to offer domestic flights between Montego Bay and Kingston
Caribbean National Weekly
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July 3, 2025
Domestic air travel between Montego Bay and Kingston is set to make a comeback, according to Chief Executive Officer of MBJ Airports, Shane Munroe. “Certainly, that is something that the Jamaican aviation industry has not seen for a very long...
YOUNG CRICKETERS FINE-TUNE PREPARATIONS FOR TOUR OF ENGLAND AND JERSEY
ABS Antigua & Barbuda
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July 3, 2025
A 16-member Antigua & Barbuda team will take part in a Cricket Tour to England and Jersey in the Channel Islands beginning this weekend. The initiative is being made possible by a collaboration between the Antigua and Barbuda High Commission in...
Inflation slows to 4.3% as transport costs drop sharply in March, CPI says
The Antigua Observer
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July 3, 2025
- Advertisement - Antigua and Barbuda’s annual inflation rate slowed to 4.3 percent in March 2025, marking a continued deceleration in price growth as the country moves further away from pandemic-era economic disruptions. The latest Consumer Price...
ANALYSIS: Ukraine’s Shadow War: Surgical Strikes Decimate Russia’s Shadow Fleet
Kyiv Post
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July 5, 2025
Operation Spiderweb epitomized Ukraine’s relentless campaign of asymmetrical and unconventional warfare against Russia. But an equally effective covert operation has taken aim at the heart of Russia’s illicit shadow fleet of oil tankers. Operating...