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Antigua’s Record-Breaking February Rainfall: A Meteorological Marvel
Dale C. S. Destin – Published 09 February 2024, Updated 10 February 2024 – February has brought unprecedented rainfall records to Antigua this week. The downpours witnessed were nothing short of historic, shattering previous records and leaving a significant mark in the meteorological books. On Wednesday and Thursday (February 7 and 8, 2024), rainfall totals…
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Police Appealing For Help In McKinnon’s Shooting Incident
STRATCOM MEDIA RELEASE | St. Johns, Antigua and Barbuda | Saturday, 17 February 2024 : The police are appealing for help in solving a shooting incident, which resulted in one man nursing gunshot wounds at the Sir Lester Bird Medical Center. The alleged incident occurred around 9:25 pm on Friday, 16 February in the McKinnon’s…
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Improvements At SLBMC Reported To The Cabinet
CABINET NOTES – The Cabinet invited the Chief Medical Director and four (4) other management officials of the Sir Lester Bird Medical Centre (SLBMC) to provide an update on the several improvements that are taking place at the country’s premiere medical center. For more than an hour the officials answered piercing and probing questions of…
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Midwifery Programme Resurrected And Relocated To UWI Five Islands Campus
The Antigua State College’s School of Midwifery Programme, dormant for three years, has been resurrected and relocated to the University of the West Indies Five Islands Campus. Under the leadership of Laurellyn Williams, former Head of the Antigua State College’s School of Nursing and Midwifery, the program commenced on January 22, 2024, and is set…
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Missing Swetes Man Garfield Thomas Jr. Located
The family of Garfield Thomas Jr. of Swetes has located him. A family member reported to the police that he showed up at home around 10:50 am on today’s date (Saturday 17th February, 2024) and he appeared to be in good health. Previous Story:
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Magnitude 4.1 Earthquake Recorded Near Guadeloupe
University of the West Indies, Seismic Research Centre (UWI, SRC) – Automatic Earthquake Location DATE AND TIME: 2024-02-17 1:09 pm (Local Time) 2024-02-17 17:09 (UTC) MAGNITUDE: 4.1 LOCATION: Latitude: 15.93N | Longitude: 60.79W Depth: 10 km NEARBY CITIES: Point-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe, 90 km, SE Roseau, Dominica, 96 km, NE Fort-de-France, Martinique, 151 km, NNE *distance and…
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MISSING: 27-Year-Old Garfield Thomas Jr. Of Swetes
The family of 27-year-old Garfield Thomas Jr of Swetes is asking for help in finding him. He reportedly left home around 7:30 am on Tuesday, February 13, 2024 and has not been seen or heard from since. He was last seen wearing a pair of burgundy short pants with a black hoodie, and a black…
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TTCG Confirms Two Vessels Involved In Oil Spill Incident
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Volunteering Exercise Energises Interest In SIDS4 Conference
SIDS4 Antigua & Barbuda – There was only standing room remaining as scores of persons in Antigua and Barbuda packed a lecture room at the American University Campus on Thursday to hear details about the Volunteer programme for the 4th International Conference of Small Island States. The information sharing exercise was the first major public…
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GRENADA: NaDMA Carefully Monitoring Oil Slick Off Tobago
St. George’s Grenada – Thursday 15th February 2024 1:00 p.m. – The public is hereby notified through contact with the office of Disaster Preparedness and Management (OPDM) in Trinidad and Tobago that there has been an incident that resulted in an oil spill, on February 7, 2024. off the shores of Tobago.
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Global Business Network Forum Comes To Antigua and Barbuda As Part Of SIDS4
NEW YORK – 15th February, 2024 – The SIDS Global Business Network (SIDS-GBN) Forum 2024 will be held from May 25-26, 2024 in St. John’s, Antigua and Barbuda, as the premier event that bridges the private sector and Small Island Developing States to forge partnerships for the next decade of action forSIDS. To bring the…
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