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STRATCOM – A 66-year-old man perished in a house fire at Booby Alley (Point Area) around 3:30 am on Wednesday 15th December 2021. A neighbor who saw the house on fire called the fire department and the police to the scene. The elderly man resided alone. Further investigations are ongoing.

OBSERVER MEDIA – In anticipation of the likely increase in social activity during this festive season, Fire Chief Elvis Weaver says he is concerned about the potentially heightened risk of unwanted incidents. This could be the most ‘normal’ festive season in Antigua and Barbuda since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, after last year’s festivities…

Motorists travelling to and from the southern parts of the island are elated at the reopening of the Little Creek Bridge. The bridge became severely compromised after heavy rainfall in November 2020. Subsequently, officials were left with no choice but to declare the bridge closed for the safety of the public. A diversion road was…

The Ministry of works in conjunction with the National Road Safety Council (NRSC) has embarked upon a Socially Inclusive Road Safety Awareness Communication Strategy. The goal of the campaign is to change the behavior of drivers of Government vehicles in terms of seatbelt wearing in an effort to achieve one hundred percent compliance by 2030.…

JAKARTA – ARAB NEWS: A 7.3-magnitude earthquake struck eastern Indonesia on Tuesday, the US Geological Survey said, as monitors warned of the possibility of hazardous tsunami waves. The USGS said the quake struck around 100 kilometres north of the town of Maumere at a depth of 18.5 kilometres (11 miles) in the Flores Sea at…

Fifty-two (52) buildings around Antigua and Barbuda have been earmarked as part of a US $42.1 million project that will transform existing infrastructure into climate-proof buildings that can better withstand extreme climate events like hurricanes. The Green Climate Fund (GCF) Build Project will also improve early warning systems and strengthen climate information services by increasing…

BARBADOS: NATION NEWS – Thousands of illegal vehicles will be tracked when sophisticated scanners now being erected in at least eight locations are activated. Authorities are going after those in uninsured or unregistered vehicles using the technology that will also detect speedsters as the vehicle tags will transmit information to a central database also connected…

WADADLI UNPLUGGED – Insufficient rains across Antigua and Barbuda has resulted in inadequate storage of ground water, water deposits or irrigation systems. These droughts can last for months, years or longer and result in a lack of drinking water for residents, water for vegetation and animals. In this case, the ground water at Potworks Dam…

Official Statement from the Minister of Social Transformation, Human Resource Development and the Blue Economy, The Honorable Dean Jonas, on the death of Ms. Neltah Telemaque and on gender-based violence in Antigua and Barbuda. As Minister with responsibility for Gender Affairs and on behalf of the Government of Antigua and Barbuda, I would like to…