ST JOHN’S, Antigua, Observer - Antigua & Barbuda is to acquire a new Border Management System to be used by the Immigration Department intended to integrate critical areas such as the work permits. It will also improve on the efficiency in processing incoming and outgoing passengers. The s...

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC - The Leeward Islands Airline Pilots Association (LIALPA) says its members are not involved in any industrial action as the Antigua-based airline, LIAT, deals with a number of problems including flight cancellations in recent days. LIALPA said it had also taken objecti...

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – The Antigua and Barbuda government says it has completed payment on the first set of securities to be issued on the Regional Government Securities Market (RGSM) in 2006. In a statement, the Baldwin Spencer administration said that the programme launched on Marc...

ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Chief Executive Officer of LIAT, Ian Brunton, has confirmed the regional carrier has enlisted “contract crews” to replace former Dash-8 pilots who are now flying new ATR aircraft. The “new” hires will fly the older planes in LIAT’s flee...

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua - On Wednesday, the Ministry of Health with the assistance of the Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) and the Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO), launched the Food Based Dietary Guidelines for Antigua & Barbuda. At the event were government officials including...

ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Government officials are banking on the information contained in the recently released Food Based Dietary Guidelines to address the high incidences of non-communicable diseases to include obesity, diabetes and hypertension that affect residents. The guidelines, rele...

ST JOHN’S, Antigua- LIAT, Wednesday, apologised to customers for its “numerous” flight delays and cancellations over the past few weeks and sought to give explanations. A press statement quoted Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of LIAT Ian Brunton as saying the disruptions were caused...

ST JOHN’S, Antigua- Antigua & Barbuda’s representative to the Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) has expressed the importance of gathering data to measure the true picture of the obesity situation in Antigua & Barbuda. “There needs to be a national survey to determine...

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua - A striking photograph of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the alleged Boston Bomber, appears on the cover of the latest issue of Rolling Stone magazine. Resembling iconic images of a young Jim Morrison or Bob Dylan, the cover vividly conveys a disturbing truth: that the current face of...

ST JOHN’S, Antigua – With approximately eight million viewers world-wide tuning in, the islands of Antigua and Barbuda will take centre stage as the romantic backdrop for the ABC Television primetime reality series, The Bachelorette. Antigua & Barbuda, ‘The Romance Capital of t...