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Two Tropical Disturbances Threaten The Caribbean Region
For the Caribbean Sea, the National Hurricane Center continues to monitor two areas of interest in the Atlantic; In Tropical Central Atlantic (AL95): A low pressure system located about 1500 miles east-southeast of the Barlovento Islands is gradually becoming better defined. Showers and thunderstorms are also showing signs of organization, and a tropical depression or…
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NSWMA: Addressing The Situation At Cook’s Landfill: Setting The Record Straight
The National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) wishes to address recent claims regarding the operational status and management of Cook’s Landfill. We are committed to transparency and would like to clarify several points to ensure the public is accurately informed. Contrary to reports, NSWMA has not received any complaints from staff at the landfill regarding…
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Tropical Wave AL95 Continues To Show Signs Of Development
Tropical Weather OutlookNWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL800 AM EDT Thu June 27 2024 For the North Atlantic…Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico: Eastern Tropical Atlantic (AL95): A tropical wave (RED) located several hundred miles west-southwest of the Cabo Verde Islands continues to produce disorganized shower and thunderstorm activity. Environmental conditions are forecast to…
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AC Units To Be Installed In Schools Over The Summer Break
CABINET NOTES – The Cabinet invited the Director of the Department of the Environment to its sitting in order to lend greater clarity to the partially-funded air conditioners that are to be distributed, at a lower cost than usual. The Director agreed to commence distribution to the schools where some changes will have to be…
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Four Doctors From Antigua And Barbuda To Attend OXCEP Academic Medicine Course 2024
Ministry of Health – The Medical Association of Antigua and Barbuda is pleased to endorse the first cohort in the history of our twin island state to be enrolled in the highly intensive and significantly challenging OXCEP Academic Medicine Course 2024. This affords a unique opportunity for the physicians to interact directly with more than…
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Weather Officials Monitoring Two Tropical Disturbances For Possible Development
ZCZC MIATWOAT ALLTTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM Tropical Weather OutlookNWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL800 PM EDT Tue Jun 25 2024 For the North Atlantic…Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico: 1. Western Caribbean/Southwestern Gulf of Mexico (AL94):A tropical wave located over the southeastern Caribbean Sea isproducing disorganized showers and thunderstorms as it moves quickly westward at…
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Montserrat Reflects On The Lives Lost In The Volcanic Eruption Of 1997
Government Information Unit Montserrat Today, we reflect as a Government and as a people on our 19 loved ones who perished on this day 27 years ago. On 25th June 1997, the island was plunged into darkness and subsequently mourning, when a dome collapse at the Soufriere Hills Volcano occurred causing a series of devastating…
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GOAB Awards Full Scholarships To Fifteen District Nurse Midwives To Pursue Master’s Degree In Public Health
The Government of Antigua and Barbuda announced the awarding of full scholarships for fifteen (15) District Nurse Midwives to pursue Master’s Degree in Public Health at the University of the West Indies (UWI) Five Islands campus. This decision follows a meeting with the Minister of Health, Wellness, Social Transformation and the Environment, the Honourable Sir…
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Air Quality Down To Moderate Levels
Air Quality BulletinAntigua and Barbuda Meteorological Services9:15 am Tuesday 25 June 2024 Air Quality Index Based on Particulate Matters 2.5 (PM2.5) and 10 (PM10) Concentration Air quality category: ModerateLocation: Antigua and BarbudaTiming: Until Friday. Synopsis: The air quality is down to moderate levels as a result of particulate matters 2.5 and 10, associated with the…
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Police Search For Suspects Involved In Theft Of Building Materials
STRATCOM – Police are searching for the suspects involved in breaking into homes at Donovan’s Estate over the weekend. Sometime between last Friday and the early hours of Sunday morning, thieves broke into three separate houses under construction and stole several items, including doors, plumbing and electrical fittings, electrical wires, electrical and garden tools, cement,…
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Updated 2024 Atlantic Hurricane Season Forecast
Dale C. S. Destin – June 22, 2024: It’s another summer, and the Atlantic hurricane season is here, and it could be one of the most active and busy on record. My updated forecast is out, and we continue to call for an active or above-normal season with it being more likely than not a well above normal…
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Magnitude 6.2 Earthquake Rattles Trinidad And Tobago
UWI, SRC – Automatic Earthquake Location DATE AND TIME: 2024-06-22 11:58 pm (Local Time) 2024-06-23 03:58 (UTC) MAGNITUDE: 6.2 LOCATION: Latitude: 10.83N | Longitude: 62.37W Depth: 46 km NEARBY CITIES: Carúpano, Venezuela, 97 km, ENE Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, 97 km, WNW San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago, 119 km, NW *distance and direction…
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