Prime Minister Browne announces $1.8 Billion dollar budget
Prime Minister and Minister for Finance for Antigua and Barbuda on Thursday announced a $1.8 Billion dollar budget to the House of Representatives. In making the announcement, Prime Minister Browne…
Joanne C. Hillhouse wins Anthony N Sabga Award for contribution to Arts
Our announcement of 2023 laureates was made March 1 in Port of Spain. They are: Antigua & Barbuda novelist Joanne C. Hillhouse (Arts & Letters) Trinidad and Tobago women’s health doctor,…
Bird flu HAS mutated to infect people
Bird flu HAS mutated to infect people: Fresh pandemic fears as scientists on ground zero in Cambodia find H5N1 strain that killed 11-year-old girl had evolved to infect human cells…
Grenada to start taxing lottery winnings
Grenada will enforce a 15 per cent tax on all games of chance winnings above EC$10,000 (One EC dollar = US$0.37) from Wednesday. The amendment to the Income Tax Act…
Health scare for down there! Now experts say TOILET PAPER is a major source of toxic ‘forever chemicals’ linked to infertility and cancer
There are surprising and potentially carcinogenic chemicals in toilet paper sold in the US, a new study suggests. Researchers from the University of Florida found evidence of the chemicals in toilet paper…
From tackling inflation to boosting water supply: What does the nation need in this year’s budget?
(OBSERVER)The country will be listening with keen interest today as Finance Minister and Prime Minister Gaston Browne delivers the national budget, with many eager to learn how he plans to…
Haiti needs ‘full-time activity’, Sir Ronald Sanders says as he reveals withdrawal from OAS working group
(OBSERVER)Antigua and Barbuda’s Ambassador to the Organisation of American States (OAS), Sir Ronald Sanders, said chairing the OAS’s working group on Haiti would require his full attention, as he explained…
Barbados; No wage deal
Negotiations between Government and the National Union of Public Workers (NUPW) will continue. After a meeting with the membership last night at the Dalkeith, St Michael headquarters, union leaders were…
Barbados Health Ministry outlines major plans in Estimates
The Ministry of Health and Wellness will institute 34 sub-programmes at the cost of over $265 million, as Barbados seeks to address challenges which currently exist in the sector. Speaking…
‘Overwhelming Response’ By Saint Lucians To Free Procedures Offer By US Medical Mission
Saint Lucia Ministry of Health, Wellness, and Elderly Affairs has reported an ‘overwhelming response’ by the public to a United States Military Medical Mission’s free surgical and dental procedures and…
