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World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Regional Association (RA) IV Hurricane Committee: Forty-fifth Session (HC-45). SAN JOSE, Costa Rica, April 1, 2023: Mr Dale Destin, Director of the ABMS and Permanent Representative of Antigua and Barbuda with the WMO, participated in the WMO Regional Association IV Hurricane Committee: Forty-fifth Session, in San Jose, Costa Rica, March 27-31,…

San Jose, Costa Rica, 29 March 2023 (WMO) – The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Hurricane Committee has retired Fiona and Ian from the rotating lists of Atlantic tropical cyclone names because of the death and destruction they caused in Central America, the Caribbean, the United States, and Canada. Farrah will be used to replace Fiona in…

Antigua just experienced the wettest February in nearly two decades. February 2023 turned out to be the wettest since 2004. The total for the month of 81.0 mm (3.19 in) was not only the wettest since 2004 but the 10th wettest on record dating back to 1928. Comparison of the 1991-2020 average for February versus the…

The Cabinet invited the Commissioner of Police, the Chief of Defence Staff of the ABDF, the Director of the ONDCP (Organization of National Drug Control Policy and Money Laundering), the Chief Immigration Officer and support staff, and the Superintendent of His Majesty’s Prison for a briefing on the subject of the unlawful and tragic attempt…

CDEMA – The Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) is hosting a five-day workshop on Post Disaster Needs Assessment (PDNA) Methodology in Bridgetown, Barbados from March 27-31, 2023. Approximately thirty (30) participants from seven CDEMA Participating States; Antigua & Barbuda, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Jamaica, Saint Lucia and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines are attending the…

ABDF HEADQUARTERS PRESS STATEMENT | March 28th, 2023 On 28th March 2023 at about 2:03am the Antigua and Barbuda Defence Force (ABDF) Coast Guard received a report from Maritime Rescue Coordination Center (MRCC) Fort-De-France of a vessel that capsized approx. 45NM North West of Antigua and 15NM North East of St. Kitts. According to further…

ABS TELEVISION – The Emergency Medical Services (EMS) has received a boost to its ambulance fleet, following a donation on Monday by the St John’s City South constituency, which had earlier been presented with the unit by a corporate citizen. EMS Director, Shawn Greenidge, has welcomed the handover of what he called the much-needed ambulance.…

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua and Barbuda – March 28, 2023….… The following Statement was issued today by Prime Minister, Honourable Gaston Browne, on a boat tragedy which left Antigua and Barbuda illegally. “On behalf of my government and myself, I express deep sorrow at the loss of life and distress suffered by persons aboard a vessel…

The National Office of Disaster Services (NODS) will build on the efforts started to bring awareness to tsunami readiness in Antigua and Barbuda. This follows a successful Caribe Wave Tsunami Exercise on Thursday which involved 25 workplaces and schools to include a preschool in Gambles. As part of the activity, participants were required to move…