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A crucial legislation has been passed in line with the country's international obligations. Lawmakers in parliament's Lower house have passed the weapons o

ST JOHN'S, Antigua, CMC -Opposition legislators on Tuesday boycotted the first day of the debate on the EC$1.3 billion budget Prime Minister Gaston Browne delivered to Parliament last Friday, insisting that there was not enough time to...

PRESS RELEASE FROM STRATCOM The Commissioner of Police and members of the Royal Police Force of Antigua and Barbuda are mourning the tragic death of Police C

Late Editor Emeritus of the Nation Publishing Company Limited Harold Hoyte has joined the “pantheon of media champions” in the Caribbean Media Hall Of Fame. Hoyte was one of two outstanding Caribbean media practitioners honoured posthumously by the Caribbean Broadcasting Union (CBU) on Monday night during the opening of its 54th General Assembly in Antigua. The other inductee was Jamaican feminist, activist and writer Una Marson, who according to the …

The fight over the Alfa Nero pits a Google billionaire against the daughter of a Russian oligarch.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua (CMC) – The Antigua and Barbuda government says it is not daunted by last minute efforts by persons seeking to stop Friday’s sale of the multi-million dollar super yacht, Alfa Nero,...

Monday’s planned reopening of the High Court was delayed with workers still off the job up to last night due to what was described as a foul smell inside the building. The court has been closed for around two weeks amid concerns over mould and its potential impact on human…

Operations at the High Court on Parliament Drive are slated to resume at 9am today, after being disrupted for approximately two weeks due to issues with mould. A public notice from the court yesterday said it would be open to the general public from June 7 to June 9 from…

By Latrishka Thomas Latrishka.thomas@antiguaobserver.com Juvenile boys who find themselves on the wrong side of the law will soon be back at the Boys Training School. The government has begun retrofitting the Willikies building which was once the home of delinquent juveniles between 12 and 18. Public Safety Minister Steadroy Benjamin…

By Stephanie Baker (Bloomberg) –The US Treasury removed an abandoned $120 million Russian superyacht from its sanctions list, clearing the way for the vessel to be auctioned to the highest bidder....