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...

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...

Antigua Government Reminds of Duty-free on Private Security Systems

Antigua and Barbuda’s government has reaffirmed a policy to waive all duties and taxes on private surveillance systems, encouraging homeowners, businesses, and community groups to invest in equipment that could bolster public safety. Maurice...

Flash Flood Watch for the Leeward Islands Discontinued

TAPA BULLETIN FLASH FLOOD WATCH UPDATE ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA METEOROLOGICAL SERVICES 3:27 PM ECT | TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2025 FLASH FLOOD WATCH DISCONTINUED FOR THE LEEWARD ISLANDS The Antigua and Barbuda Meteorological Services has discontinued...

Governor General’s Deputy Officially Launches the 2025 Poppy Appeal

Representing the Governor General of Antigua and Barbuda, Sir Clare Roberts KCN, KC, Governor General’s Deputy, delivered the keynote address and formally launched the appeal. In his remarks, Sir Clare underscored the significance of the poppy as...

Hi-Pro Feeds Brings On-the-Ground Expertise to Antigua’s Poultry Farmers

Patterson gave an overview of the Jamaica Broilers Group, Hi-Pro’s parent company, while Dr. Tulloch focused on layer production. His presentation, which included video demonstrations, highlighted coop construction and sanitization, proper feeding...

DCA to Publish Demolition and Removal Notices in Advance for Transparency

The Development Control Authority (DCA) of Antigua and Barbuda wishes to inform the public that, moving forward, notices of demolition/removal will be made available to the public in advance. This initiative is part of our ongoing commitment to...

UWI Five Islands to Graduate Record 200 Students on October 11

The University of the West Indies (UWI) Five Islands Campus will host its 2025 graduation ceremony on October 11, celebrating a record 200 graduates — more than double last year’s figure. The event, themed “Pelicans in an AI-Driven Future: Where...

PM Browne Highlights Antigua’s SIDS Success Story in Talks with Media at UNGA80

The event drew leaders, policymakers, civil society groups, and development partners from across the globe, producing the Antigua and Barbuda Agenda for SIDS (ABAS), a comprehensive action plan to guide sustainable development for island states...

Sixty-One Creatives Certified as ABFC Concludes Transformative Music Masterclass

The Antigua and Barbuda Festivals Commission (ABFC) has wrapped up a six-day Music Producers’ Masterclass that many are already describing as “transformative” for the nation’s creative industry. Sixty-one participants received certificates of...

Violent robbery leaves man hospitalized

CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHAT’S APP GROUP Man Injured in Alleged Attack and Robbery in St John’s, Antigua and Barbuda A man was taken to Sir Lester Bird Medical Centre late on Sunday after he was allegedly attacked and robbed on Sir Vivian Richards...

Prime Minister Browne Urges Renewed Action, Resources, and Leadership to Accelerate Gender Equality

Prime Minister Gaston Browne on Monday reaffirmed Antigua and Barbuda’s commitment to transforming the promises of the Beijing Declaration into concrete progress for women and girls, as he addressed the High-level Meeting commemorating the 30th...

Caribbean Nations outperform major economies in Global Safety Index 2025, Boosting Citizenship Demand 

The Global Safety Index 2025 released as part of the World Citizenship Report, has positioned countries including Dominica, St Kitts and Nevis, Grenada, Saint Lucia and Antigua and Barbuda in the upper tier outperforming larger economies such as...

New PTU chairman to meet Attorney General over transport concerns

The newly elected head of the Public Transport Union (PTU), Gregory Shoy Athill, is leading a delegation to meet Antigua and Barbuda’s Attorney General to discuss urgent issues facing transport operators. The talks follow a PTU executive meeting...

SouthWest Farmers Market Offers Fresh Local Produce

CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHAT’S APP GROUP Antigua and Barbuda Residents can buy fresh, locally grown produce at the SouthWest Farmers Market on Wednesday. Now in its fourth year, the market features farmers and agro-processors from Jennings to Old...

Climate Justice Front and Center at UNGA80: PM Browne Calls for Urgent Action

He pushed for immediate capitalization of the Loss and Damage Fund, highlighted the Antigua and Barbuda Agenda for SIDS (ABAS), and urged recognition of the Multidimensional Vulnerability Index to ensure fairer access to finance. Later in the day,...

PTU Meets with Attorney General as New Chairman Gregory Shoy Athill Takes Office

The newly elected Chairman of the Public Transport Union (PTU), Gregory Shoy Athill, is today leading a delegation to meet with the Attorney General of Antigua and Barbuda to discuss urgent issues impacting the nation’s transport operators. The...

Antigua Cruise Port Launches Record-Breaking 2025/2026 Cruise Season

Antigua Cruise Port has officially launched its 2025/2026 season, with expectations set for a record-breaking year in cruise tourism. The season began on Thursday, October 2, when Rhapsody of the Seas made the first scheduled call, kicking off...

Antiguan Entrepreneur Novella Payne Honoured as Leader of Rurality by IICA

Agro-processor and entrepreneur Novella Payne has been named a Leader of Rurality of the Americas by the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), in recognition of her decades-long commitment to farming, rural communities,...