Cabinet Reports of Wednesday 24th August, 2025

2. The Acting Prime Minister briefed Cabinet on a recent meeting with representatives of the Airport Taxi Association, tour operators, destination management companies, the Antigua and Barbuda Transport Board, and other stakeholders. The...

CABINET NOTES: WEDNESDAY 24th  September 2025

REPORT FROM THE CABINET OF ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA MEETING OF WEDNESDAY 24th September 2025 The prayers before Cabinet were led by a Pastor from the Zion Church of God, who read from Psalm 31. It is a prayer for refuge and rescue: the psalmist pleads...

Government to Revamp Litter Warden Programme Amid Public Concerns

The litter wardens form an integral part of the government’s environmental enforcement strategy, tasked with monitoring communities, identifying illegal dump sites, and reporting offenders. However, in recent years, there have been public...

UPP Town-Hall to Tackle Crime and State Fund Mismanagement

The United Progressive Party (UPP) will host a town-hall meeting next Tuesday to address rising concerns over crime and government accountability in Antigua and Barbuda. The meeting, set for September 30 at Freedom Hall on Lower Newgate Street,...

Inmates to Support National Beautification Efforts

The programme is part of a broader effort to enhance environmental stewardship and civic pride, complementing the upcoming National Clean-Up Campaign in October, which will be led by the Antigua and Barbuda Defence Force under the theme “Love...

Cabinet approves establishment of a Select Committee regarding concerns of Airport Taxi Association

CABINET NOTES: The Hon. Acting Prime Minister briefed Cabinet on a recent meeting with representatives of the Airport Taxi Association, tour operators, destination management companies, the Antigua and Barbuda Transport Board, and other...

PM Browne Announces Plans to Cut Down Rat Island for Future Development

Prime Minister Gaston Browne says the government intends to cut down Rat Island, located off the coast of St. John’s Harbour, to support future development and beautification projects. Speaking on the Browne and Browne Show on Pointe FM, Browne...

Nelson’s Dockyard Marks 300 Years as Antigua’s Maritime Icon

Nelson’s Dockyard Marks 300 Years as Antigua’s Maritime Icon Nelson’s Dockyard, Antigua and Barbuda’s most iconic heritage site, is celebrating its 300th anniversary, three centuries after the English Harbour naval base was formally established....

Emirates in talks to add Eastern Caribbean nation to its global network

Emirates has held talks with the Government of Antigua and Barbuda to explore the option of adding the Eastern Caribbean nation to its global network. On September 24, 2025, Antigua and Barbuda representatives confirmed discussions had taken place...

Opposition Leader Invites Public to Attend Upcoming Parliamentary Committee Meeting

Hon. Jamale Pringle, Leader of the Opposition in Antigua and Barbuda, has extended an invitation to citizens and residents to attend the next meeting of the Public Accounts Committee. The session is scheduled for Thursday, 25 September 2025, and...

Villa Man Charged With Multiple Counts of Larceny and Receiving

ROYAL POLICE FORCE OF ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA Office of Strategic Communications (STRATCOM) MEDIA RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Villa Man Charged With Multiple Counts of Larceny and Receiving St. John’s, Antigua and Barbuda, Wednesday, 24 September...

Mehul Choksi Fights Against Deportation to India

This scam also involved his nephew, Nirav Modi. Just weeks before the PNB scam was uncovered, Choksi left India in January 2018. He later surfaced in Antigua and Barbuda, where he obtained citizenship under the government’s Citizenship by...

Saint Lucia men second-best at ECVA volleyball

Saint Lucia volleyball is considering new blood as they look to the future after losing in last weekend’s Eastern Caribbean Volleyball Association Men’s Final Four Tournament in Antigua and Barbuda. Saint Lucia was downed in straight sets by the...

Brandon Murphy of Villa Charged With Multiple Counts of Larceny and Receiving

ROYAL POLICE FORCE OF ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA Office of Strategic Communications (STRATCOM) MEDIA RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Villa Man Charged With Multiple Counts of Larceny and Receiving St. John’s, Antigua and Barbuda, Wednesday, 24 September...

Police and Customs Seize Over $300,000 Worth of Cannabis at Airport

CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHAT’S APP GROUP ROYAL POLICE FORCE OF ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA Office of Strategic Communications (STRATCOM) MEDIA RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Police and Customs Seize Over $300,000 Worth of Cannabis at Airport St. John’s,...

Senator Lamin Newton Awards Scholarships to 20 Students

Senator Lamin Newton has awarded full scholarships to 20 secondary school students in Antigua and Barbuda, as part of an education initiative he launched eight years ago. The beneficiaries, drawn from All Saints Secondary School and Irene B....

ABEC Honoured with Top Electoral Management Award in Botswana

In reacting to the win, Ambassador Arthur G. B. Thomas, Chairman of ABEC, said the award was not only a recognition of the institution’s professionalism but also of the country’s democratic maturity. “As ABEC is recognized with the Electoral...

Jamaican takes second place at 2025 CTO Regional Tourism Youth Congress

Jolé St John of Tobago (center) with Jamaica’s Caleader Lewison (left) and Aylani Morris Seymour from the Cayman Islands in Barbados. (Photo: CMC) BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) — Caleader Lewison, the 16-year-old junior minister of tourism for...

Tobago’s Jolé St. John is CTO 2025 Regional Tourism Youth Congress Winner [Cayman’s Aylani Morris Seymour 3rd]

Source: Caribbean Tourism Organization Jolé St. John of Tobago (center) with Jamaica’s Caleader Lewison (left) and Aylani Morris Seymour from the Cayman Islands in Barbados onThursday BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (October 4, 2025) – Sixteen-year-old Jolé...

150 Cameras Already Installed, 200 More Planned as Antigua Expands Surveillance

Antigua and Barbuda is moving to expand its national surveillance network, with 150 cameras already in operation and a further 200 expected in the coming weeks, according to Cabinet spokesperson Maurice Merchant. Merchant said the expansion aims...