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Global Uncertainty Could Slow Tourism and Economic Growth, ECCB Warns
The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank’s Monetary Council has warned that rising geopolitical tensions, volatile oil prices and global trade uncertainty are creating significant risks...
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Antigua among CARICOM states Weighing Insurance Plan to Protect Hotels, Hospitals from Disasters
Caribbean leaders have agreed to explore a regional insurance and reinsurance strategy aimed at expanding catastrophe coverage for hotels, hospitals and other critical infrastructure as hurricanes and other disasters continue to drive up insurance costs across the region.The initiative was approved during the 51st...
Politics
Burnette Says Crime Statistics Understate Antigua’s Crime Problem
Former Assistant Commissioner of Police Nuffield Burnette says official crime statistics do not accurately...
World
Boat carrying tourists capsizes off Vietnam’s Phu Quoc island, killing 15
Ambulances line up on a pier after a tourist vessel capsized off Phu Quoc...
Business
Monetary Council Keeps Savings and Discount Rates Unchanged
The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank’s Monetary Council has left key interest rates unchanged while...
Society
Single-Lane Traffic on All Saints Road as Major Infrastructure Works Begin
NOTICE: WORKS ON ALL SAINTS ROADThe Ministry of Works advises the general public that...
education
AUA Freezes Tuition, Offers Free Housing, expands scholarships for New Medical Students
The American University of Antigua (AUA) College of Medicine has announced a package of...
Politics
Police Officers Renew Push for Risk Allowance After Years of Unanswered Calls
The Police Welfare Association is again urging the government to introduce a risk allowance...
Business
PM Browne Backs ‘Big Push’ to Double Eastern Caribbean Economy Within Seven Years
Prime Minister Gaston Browne has endorsed an ambitious plan to double the size of the Eastern Caribbean economy over the next seven years, calling...
Business
Regional CBI Regulator Remains on Schedule for September Launch
The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank’s Monetary Council says the Eastern Caribbean Citizenship by Investment...
Business
Central Bank Plans for Instant Cross-Border Payments Across Caribbean
ECCB Advances Plans for Instant Cross-Border Payments Across CaribbeanThe Eastern Caribbean Central Bank’s Monetary...
Politics
Senator Hughes Says CARICOM Failed to Present United Front on US Deportee Proposal
Senator Chester Hughes has criticized Caribbean leaders for failing to develop a unified regional...
Politics
Politics
Greene Says Antigua and Barbuda Ready for CHOGM 2026 After National Simulation
Foreign Affairs Minister E.P. Chet Greene says Antigua and Barbuda is prepared to host...
Politics
CARICOM to Put Reparations at Centre of CHOGM in Antigua
Caribbean leaders have agreed to make reparatory justice a major focus of the Commonwealth...
Politics
Senator Hughes Says CARICOM Failed to Present United Front on US Deportee Proposal
Senator Chester Hughes has criticized Caribbean leaders for failing to develop a unified regional...
Politics
Greene Says Antigua and Barbuda Ready for CHOGM 2026 After National Simulation
Foreign Affairs Minister E.P. Chet Greene says Antigua and Barbuda is prepared to host...
Politics
CARICOM to Put Reparations at Centre of CHOGM in Antigua
Caribbean leaders have agreed to make reparatory justice a major focus of the Commonwealth...
Politics
Senator Hughes Says CARICOM Failed to Present United Front on US Deportee Proposal
Senator Chester Hughes has criticized Caribbean leaders for failing to develop a unified regional...
Politics
Police Officers Renew Push for Risk Allowance After Years of Unanswered Calls
The Police Welfare Association is again urging the government to introduce a risk allowance...
Politics
Burnette Says Crime Statistics Understate Antigua’s Crime Problem
Former Assistant Commissioner of Police Nuffield Burnette says official crime statistics do not accurately...
Business
Business
Monetary Council Keeps Savings and Discount Rates Unchanged
The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank’s Monetary Council has left key interest rates unchanged while reaffirming its commitment to preserving the EC dollar’s fixed exchange rate as the currency marks 50 years of stability against the US dollar.Meeting in Dominica on Friday, the Council agreed...
Business
Global Uncertainty Could Slow Tourism and Economic Growth, ECCB Warns
The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank’s Monetary Council has warned that rising geopolitical tensions, volatile...
Business
Central Bank Plans for Instant Cross-Border Payments Across Caribbean
ECCB Advances Plans for Instant Cross-Border Payments Across CaribbeanThe Eastern Caribbean Central Bank’s Monetary...
Business
Regional CBI Regulator Remains on Schedule for September Launch
The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank’s Monetary Council says the Eastern Caribbean Citizenship by Investment...
Business
Sir VC Bird and Dame Eugenia Charles Among Icons Replacing Queen on New EC Banknotes
The Eastern Caribbean (EC) banknotes have been redesigned to honour the people, heritage and...
Technology
Technology
UWI and Caribbean Telecommunications Union Sign Partnership to Advance Regional Digital Development
The UWI and the Caribbean Telecommunications Union Formalise Strategic Partnership to Advance Regional Digital DevelopmentThe University of the West Indies (UWI) and the Caribbean...
Technology
Facebook and IG are currently down for millions of users – Antigua News Room
Millions of Facebook and instagram users worldwide experienced disruptions on Friday as reports of...
Technology
Barbados to launch app to report potholes – Antigua News Room
In Barbados, the government is set to launch an app that will allow citizens...
Technology
WhatsApp to let users go by usernames, not phone numbers
WhatsApp will let users go by usernames instead of phone numbers, closing a longstanding privacy gap on the app used by more than three billion people.The Meta-owned platform said on Monday that it has begun letting users reserve unique usernames before a wider rollout...
Technology
Anthropic urges AI labs to pause, warns humans risk losing control – Antigua News Room
Aljazeera – Anthropic is proposing that the world’s top artificial intelligence companies come up with a coordinated way to pause development of advanced AI...
World
World
10 Killed in Bahamas Plane Crash as Flamingo Air Flights Suspended
A small plane crashed in North Andros on Friday, killing all 10 people on...
World
Regional Agencies Join Forces to Strengthen Caribbean Response to Hurricanes and Disease Outbreaks
1: Strengthening disaster preparedness and emergency response across the Caribbean, Elizabeth Riley, CDEMA Executive...
World
Boat carrying tourists capsizes off Vietnam’s Phu Quoc island, killing 15
Ambulances line up on a pier after a tourist vessel capsized off Phu Quoc...
World
LETTER: EU’s CBI Ultimatum Threatens Caribbean Economic Sovereignty
I write not as a supplicant but as an observer of a profound injustice....
World
“No Small State is Safe”: Experts at UWI Vice-Chancellor’s Forum caution Cuba’s Crisis Tests Caribbean Solidarity
Cuba’s deepening crisis reflects broader shifts in the global order and is testing Caribbean solidarity, regional experts said at a Vice-Chancellor’s Forum hosted by The University of the West Indies (The UWI) on June 25.The livestreamed event titled “Perspectives on the Current Cuban Crisis:...
Society
Society
Ministry Agriculture Interns Gain Hands-On Poultry Farming Experience
The Ministry of Agriculture’s Summer Internship Programme continued this week with a hands-on visit to two local farms, giving participants practical experience in poultry...
Society
Single-Lane Traffic on All Saints Road as Major Infrastructure Works Begin
NOTICE: WORKS ON ALL SAINTS ROADThe Ministry of Works advises the general public that...
Society
Fisheries Division Sets Fisheries Laws Training for Local Fishers
ST. JOHN’S, Antigua — The Fisheries Division will hold a training session on fisheries...
Society
Jamaican Murder Suspect Detained in Antigua Police Operation
A Jamaican national reportedly wanted for murder in his home country has been detained by police in Antigua and Barbuda following an operation in Liberta.Police officers, assisted by members of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Task Force, carried out the operation on Thursday morning,...
Society
VIDEO: Aunty Cavelle’s Restaurant Burglarized Overnight
Aunty Cavelle’s Restaurant was broken into during the night of July 9, according to a social media post shared by a supporter of the...
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Business
Global Uncertainty Could Slow Tourism and Economic Growth, ECCB Warns
The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank’s Monetary Council has warned that rising geopolitical tensions, volatile...
Politics
Antigua among CARICOM states Weighing Insurance Plan to Protect Hotels, Hospitals from Disasters
Caribbean leaders have agreed to explore a regional insurance and reinsurance strategy aimed at...
Politics
Burnette Says Crime Statistics Understate Antigua’s Crime Problem
Former Assistant Commissioner of Police Nuffield Burnette says official crime statistics do not accurately...
World
Boat carrying tourists capsizes off Vietnam’s Phu Quoc island, killing 15
Ambulances line up on a pier after a tourist vessel capsized off Phu Quoc...
Business
Monetary Council Keeps Savings and Discount Rates Unchanged
The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank’s Monetary Council has left key interest rates unchanged while...
Society
Single-Lane Traffic on All Saints Road as Major Infrastructure Works Begin
NOTICE: WORKS ON ALL SAINTS ROADThe Ministry of Works advises the general public that...
education
AUA Freezes Tuition, Offers Free Housing, expands scholarships for New Medical Students
The American University of Antigua (AUA) College of Medicine has announced a package of...
Politics
Police Officers Renew Push for Risk Allowance After Years of Unanswered Calls
The Police Welfare Association is again urging the government to introduce a risk allowance...
Business
PM Browne Backs ‘Big Push’ to Double Eastern Caribbean Economy Within Seven Years
Prime Minister Gaston Browne has endorsed an ambitious plan to double the size of...
Business
Regional CBI Regulator Remains on Schedule for September Launch
The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank’s Monetary Council says the Eastern Caribbean Citizenship by Investment...
Business
Central Bank Plans for Instant Cross-Border Payments Across Caribbean
ECCB Advances Plans for Instant Cross-Border Payments Across CaribbeanThe Eastern Caribbean Central Bank’s Monetary...
Politics
Senator Hughes Says CARICOM Failed to Present United Front on US Deportee Proposal
Senator Chester Hughes has criticized Caribbean leaders for failing to develop a unified regional...
