US State Department calls for full human trafficking probe
The US Department of State is urging the T&T Government to investigate fully and transparently any official suspected of complicity in human trafficking, and to seek conviction and sufficiently stringent…
FBI chief Christopher Wray says China lab leak ‘most likely’
FBI Director Christopher Wray has said that the bureau believes Covid-19 "most likely" originated in a "Chinese government-controlled lab". "The FBI has for quite some time now assessed that the…
At least 36 dead, scores injured as trains collide in Greece
Rescue workers are in a desperate search for survivors after a head-on collision between two trains in central Greece killed dozens of people and injured scores. At least 36 people…
Apartment complex on Tindale Road is site of a series of break-ins that left three women robbed and one wounded
A spate of burglaries that occurred at a well-known apartment complex on Tindale Road, over the weekend, is now being probed by the police. Reports say that three female tenants…
Senator Nicholas lays out the UPP’s expectations of Thursday’s presentation of Budget 2023
( Real News Antigua) The United Progressive Party (UPP) is hoping that Thursday’s Budget Presentation will shed light on some of the loan agreements into which the Gaston Browne Administration…
CDB head proposes air and sea option to get regional transportation going again
(Barbados Today) President of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) Dr Hyginus Gene Leon has put forward a “two-stage process” for building out an effective air and sea transportation system in…
CDC warns of rise in drug-resistant stomach bug
US health officials are warning of a rise in a strain of a drug-resistant stomach bug that infects thousands of Americans each year. Shigella bacteria causes fever, diarrhoea and stomach…
Ministry of Education invites parents and public to support schools during National Literary Festival and to read more
Preparations are in full gear for the hosting of the National Literacy Festival, and the Ministry of Education, Sports and Creative Industries, which is hosting the event, is encouraging full…
Petition not aimed at Africans, activist explains, but at public inquiry into relationship between Antigua Airways and Gov’t
(REALNEWS)Pearl Quinn-Williams, the activist who has been calling for a public inquiry into the Antigua Airways/migrant-trafficking saga, says the petition calling for an investigation into the scandal is not directly…
Robinson objects to Jonas’ case being taken over by DPP’s Office; but 2017 law on criminal prosecutions allows the move
(REALNEWS)Attorney-at-law Wendel Robinson is concerned that the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) will be taking over the prosecution of former MP Dean Jonas, who is expected to return…
