UNITED NATIONS, CMC - Antigua and Barbuda Wednesday called for a re-shaping of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) citing the challenges faced by developing countries, including the Caribbean, in meeting the commitments under the initiative. Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Bal...

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – The Antigua and Barbuda government has warned it would move against people setting up illegal websites to promote the island’s Citizenship Investment Programme (CIP). Attorney General Justin Simon told Parliament that the Baldwin Spencer administration i...

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – The regional airline, LIAT, Wednesday said it had accepted the resignation of its chief executive officer, Ian Brunton, more than a week after it promised a “formal announcement” on the issue. But the brief statement gave no reasons for Brunton&rsq...

UNITED NATIONS, CMC – The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) began its annual debate here on Tuesday grappling with problems from ethnic and religious extremism to the ongoing global economic and financial crisis. Antigua and Barbuda’s Ambassador, John W. Ashe, who is presiding over...

ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Despite the accolades received during the recently held World Travel Awards and the country’s involvement in major promotional events, the twin-island state struggled through the summer months. General Manager of the Antigua & Barbuda Hotel and Tourism Ass...

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – The Barbados-based Caribbean Examination Council (CXC) will on Thursday launch a Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) level subject in Digital Media, Telecommunications, Science and Technology Minister Dr. Edmond Mansoor has announced. “Follo...

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – The Antigua-based regional airline, Tuesday denied a regional newspaper that the founder of the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) lost millions of dollars as a result of the operations of the airline during the competition last month. The Barbados Sunday Sun news...

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – The troubled regional airline, LIAT, Wednesday denied media reports that smoke was seen coming from one of its aircraft that had developed a pressurization problem while on a flight from Dominica to Barbados on Tuesday night. LIAT, which earlier this week confi...

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC– the regional airline, LIAT, Monday warned passengers to brace for more travelling woes this week after one of its new aircraft was grounded “as a result of a technical issue”. In a statement, the airline told passengers that “its operations cont...

ST. JOHN'S, Antigua, CMC - Police said one woman was killed and three others injured in separate incidents as Carnival celebrations ended abruptly here on Tuesday night. They said Rosemarie Lynch became the ninth homicide for the year after her body was found lying in a pool of blood at Perry Ba...