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INET Warns of Fake Promotion
INET – It has been reported by a few customers that they have received this pop up ad while browsing the internet. Kindly note that this is NOT an inet promotion. Our Christmas promotion has ended and was sent via text message. Please close this ad and don’t try to engage as it is a…
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APUA: Water Service Disruption Update
The Antigua Public Utilities Authority (APUA) has issued an update regarding disruptions to water service in specific areas.
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ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES: Tragic Plane Crash in Bequia
Royal St. Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force (RSVGPF) on Thursday, January, 2024 – A small, one (1) engine aircraft, Registration Number N4023B, owned and piloted by Mr. Robert Sachs of Bequia, crashed into the sea, one (1) nautical mile West of Petit Nevis, sometime after midday (earlier today). There were three (3) passengers on…
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Antiguan Medic Achieves International Certification as Critical Care and Flight Paramedic
(HEALTH MINISTRY CONGRATULATES BRANDON BROWNE ON BECOMING FIRST ANTIGUAN TO RECEIVE INTERNATIONAL CERTIFICATION AS A CRITICAL CARE PARAMEDIC AND FLIGHT PARAMEDIC) Brandon Browne, a distinguished graduate of the Paramedic programme at the Emergency Training Institute of Trinidad & Tobago (ETITT), has become the first Antiguan to achieve international certification as a Certified Critical Care Paramedic…
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High Surf Advisory Goes into Effect; Beachgoers be Extremely Cautious
Urgent – Marine Weather MessageHigh Surf AdvisoryAntigua and Barbuda Meteorological Services4:30 pm Wednesday 03 January 2024 …High surf advisory goes into effect tomorrow afternoon for Antigua, Barbuda, Anguilla and the British Virgin Islands… Locations to be affected: Reefs and exposed northern and north-facing coastlines with relatively shallow, gently to moderately sloping, nearshore areas. Timing: Thursday…
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One Man Dead, Two Hospitalised in Suspected Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
STATE MEDIA – A man in his late 30s has died and two others hospitalised, after a tragic turn of events while they were cleaning a cistern in Fitches Creek. The Emergency Medical Services received the distress call shortly after 12:30 Wednesday afternoon. They responded within minutes at the residential property where the men had…
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APUA: Water Service Disruption Update
The Antigua Public Utilities Authority (APUA) is providing an update to the disruption of water service in the following areas:
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Select Batches of Nutramigen Hypoallergenic Infant Formula Powder Recalled
PRESS RELEASE – The Prices and Consumer Affairs Division is strongly warning consumers not to use certain infant formulas made by Reckitt/Mead Johnson Nutrition (MJN) after the producer made a voluntary recall of selected batches of infant formula powder due to a possibility of contamination with Cronobacter sakazakii in product sampled outside the U.S. According…
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CBH Fogging Schedule on Antigua
Fogging Schedule on Antigua January 1st to 5th 2024 The Central Board of Health (CBH) wishes to advise the general public that as part of the Mosquito Control Program for the adult Aedes aegypti Mosquito, the Vector Control Unit will be conducting fogging operations in the following areas commencing 4:30am Mon Tue Wed Thur…
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Magnitude 7.5 Earthquake Strikes the West Coast of Japan
United States Geological Survey (USGS) Tectonic Summary – The January 1, 2024, M7.5 earthquake on the west coast of Japan, on the island of Honshu, occurred as a result of shallow reverse faulting in the Earth’s crust. Focal mechanism solutions for the earthquake indicate faulting occurred on a moderately dipping reverse fault striking to the…
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2023 Rainfall for Antigua – Near Normal with Records
By Dale C. S. Destin – Published 31 December 2023 | As we bid farewell to 2023, it is slated to end on a dry note. After a promising start to the year, our last notable rainfall was in October when there was near-record rainfall. Since then, there has been virtually no need for umbrellas…
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M4.9 Earthquake Shakes Dominica and Nearby Islands
University of the West Indies, Seismic Research Centre (UWI, SRC) – Automatic Earthquake Location DATE AND TIME:2023-12-31 07:31 am (Local Time)2023-12-31 11:31 (UTC) MAGNITUDE: 4.9 LOCATION:Latitude: 15.30NLongitude: 60.53WDepth: 10 km NEARBY CITIES:Roseau, Dominica, 95 km, EFort-de-France, Martinique, 98 km, NECastries, Saint Lucia, 149 km, NNE*distance and direction to epicenter If you felt this earthquake, please…
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