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GLOBAL SPOTLIGHT TURNS HARSHLY ON CARIBBEAN CBI PROGRAMMES AFTER ST. KITTS-NEVIS POLICY BLUNDERS: 30-DAY RESIDENCY RULE NOW LOOMS
Times Caribbean
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July 7, 2025
GLOBAL SPOTLIGHT TURNS HARSHLY ON CARIBBEAN CBI PROGRAMMES AFTER ST. KITTS-NEVIS POLICY BLUNDERS: 30-DAY RESIDENCY RULE NOW LOOMS BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS — JULY 7, 2025 | TIMES CARIBBEAN GLOBAL — A firestorm of global scrutiny has engulfed the...
Prime Minister Gaston Browne Opens 55th OAS General Assembly with Powerful Call for Collective Action, Peace, and Regional Transformation
Antigua News Room
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June 26, 2025
Prime Minister Gaston Browne Opens 55th OAS General Assembly with Powerful Call for Collective Action, Peace, and Regional Transformation JABBERWOCK – ST. JOHN’S, Antigua and Barbuda – June 25, 2025…..In a landmark address that set the tone for...
The closest Caribbean island to the UK that has Maldives-like overwater villas
The Sun
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June 27, 2025
FOR beautiful views over the Caribbean sea with private plunge pools and glass-bottom floors, check out these bungalows. Royalton Antigua is a five star Caribbean all-inclusive that became home to Antigua’s very first overwater bungalows back in...
Mental health takes center stage during the OAS General Assembly
Pan American Health Organization
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June 25, 2025
PAHO and Antigua and Barbuda co-host an Event that Spotlights Mental Health as a Regional Priority Saint John, Antigua and Barbuda, 25 June 2025 (PAHO) — Mental health was top of the agenda at the 55th General Assembly of the Organization of...
Ministry of Education clears the air about Glanvilles/Pares Secondary School merger
Antigua.News
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June 25, 2025
PRESS RELEASE St. John’s, Antigua and Barbuda – 25th June, 2025– The Ministry of Education, Sports and Creative Industries wishes to clarify a recent media item and misinformation posted on social media concerning its proposal to merge Glanvilles...
CDEMA and NEMO host sixth BRICS Project Steering Committee meeting
Searchlight
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June 27, 2025
St Vincent and the Grenadines played host to a regional meeting that focussed on issues of climate change, disaster management and building resilience. It was the sixth meeting of the BRICS Steering Committee which took place on June 19 and 20,...
New President Sworn in at the CCJ
Antigua News Room
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July 7, 2025
On Sunday, 6 July 2025, the Honourable Mr Justice Winston Anderson was sworn-in as the fourth President of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) in Montego Bay, Jamaica by His Excellency, the Most Honourable Sir Patrick Allen, ON, GCMG, CD, KSt.J,...
Prime Minister Browne Reaffirms Solidarity with Ukraine and Calls for Stronger Bilateral Cooperation
Antigua News Room
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June 25, 2025
Prime Minister the Honourable Gaston Browne has reaffirmed Antigua and Barbuda’s solidarity with the people of Ukraine and emphasized the urgent need for peace, while calling for deeper bilateral cooperation between the two nations. During a...
Bahamas Destination Wedding: How We Pulled It Off
Conde Nast Traveler
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July 7, 2025
Guests got on board with the mellower palette: Though they didn’t distribute a mood board, the couple suggested their friends avoid neon or bright tropical colors, and aim for lighter pastels. The resulting imagery was cooler than an ocean breeze....
Dep’t of Youth Affairs launches Entrepreneurship Edge Programme 2025
The Antigua Observer
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June 26, 2025
By Azara Lavia In an effort to develop the entrepreneurial landscape of Antigua and Barbuda, the Department of Youth Affairs (DYA) recently launched its second edition of the Entrepreneurship Edge Programme. The Entrepreneurship Edge Programme...
UPP Town Hall dissects controversial $75M Social Security Investment in Jolly Beach
The Antigua Observer
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June 26, 2025
By Azara Lavia The United Progressive Party (UPP) hosted a hard-hitting town hall meeting on Tuesday evening at the Antigua and Barbuda Workers’ Union Conference Center — dubbed Freedom Hall — to dissect and publicly scrutinize what it described...
Bowen: Government Defaulting on Rent Owed to Social Security
Antigua News Room
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June 25, 2025
Bowen: Government Defaulting on Rent Owed to Social Security Opposition MP says unpaid rents worsening pension fund’s financial crisis United Progressive Party (UPP) MP Sherfield Bowen has accused the Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party (ABLP)...
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...
List of players with the highest individual Test score from the top 10 teams ft. Wiaan Mulder
Sportskeeda
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July 7, 2025
Test cricket's rich history spans almost 150 years, with the first-ever red-ball international game played in 1877 when Australia took on England at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG). Popularly called cricket's purest format, Test cricket...
In Defence of Common Entrance: Abolishing Exams Won’t Fix Inequality
Antigua News Room
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July 6, 2025
In Defence of Common Entrance: Abolishing Exams Won’t Fix Inequality Carlon T. Knight The results from Grade Six National Assessment are out, or in my day, simply the “Common Entrance Exams”. Anxious grade six students from across the island have...
UWI FIC AI Conference Kicks-Off Critical conversations on Caribbean AI Adoption begin
Antigua News Room
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June 24, 2025
=The second annual 5IR Artificial Intelligence (AI) Conference hosted by The University of the West Indies (UWI), Five Islands Campus (FIC) is underway. ‘ The two-day conference themed ‘Bridging Digital Frontiers: AI For Caribbean Sustainability’...
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...
Rural skills training drives investment, INFOTEP director urges
Dominican Today
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Santo Domingo.-At the VI Congress of the National Confederation of Trade Unions (CNUS), INFOTEP Director General Rafael Santos Badía stressed that training workers in towns outside major urban centers with technical skills is essential to attract...
CKHS Student receives Lady Williams Humanitarian Award 25
The Antigua Observer
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July 7, 2025
- Advertisement - The prestigious Lady Williams Humanitarian Award for 2025 has been awarded to Therese Mathurin at the recent Christ the King High School Annual Graduation Ceremony held last Friday. According to a release issued by the Office of...
Early Start for UWI Five Islands 2025 AI Conference
I News Cayman
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June 24, 2025
The UWI Regional Headquarters, Jamaica W.I. Monday, June 23, 2025 — Hundreds ofacademics, AI experts and enthusiasts, policy makers and other stakeholders have arrived in Antigua for The University of the West Indies (The UWI) Five Islands Campus...