Antigua and Barbuda News

President of the Caribbean Congress of Labour , David Messiah, is urging trade unions to help establish a labour market information system within the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States .

Diane Ablonczy , Minister of State of Foreign Affairs , announced how Canada will assist young people in the Caribbean to gain greater access to post-secondary education.

BASSETERRE, St Kitts -- St Kitts and Nevis Minister of Foreign Affairs Patrice Nisbett has signed Phase II of the Caribbean Challenge Initiative and committed the Federation to protect 20 percent of its marine and coastal environment by the year 2020.

ST JOHN'S, Antigua -- On Saturday night, an earthquake with a magnitude of 4.8 was felt in several islands in the northeastern Caribbean, including Antigua and Barbuda, but there were no immediate reports of injury of damage.

ST JOHN'S, Antigua -- On Thursday, the Office of National Drug and Money Laundering Policy, in consultation with the chief magistrate and the Royal Police Force of Antigua and Barbuda, destroyed a large quantity of illegal narcotics that were previously seized in various operations.

There are 172 operators in 70 countries with LTE networks and more than 250 commercial LTE networks are expected by the end of this year.

Pan-American Life Insurance Group President and CEO Jose Suquet celebrated the company's 100th anniversary in 2011.

BASSETERRE, St Kitts -- Specialists from the OECS Secretariat will be in Basseterre this week for a consultation on national and regional measures to better facilitate trade in keeping with the emerging commitments being negotiated on trade facilitation in the World Trade Organisation.

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BASSETERRE, St Kitts -- Canada's minister of state for foreign affairs Diane Ablonczy will meet with regional leaders as part of a seven-day, seven nation tour that will take her to The Bahamas , St Kitts and Nevis , Antigua and Barbuda , Dominica , Saint Lucia , St Vincent and the Grenadines and Grenada .

The International Monetary Fund says Antigua and Barbuda has made "excellent progress" towards achieving its goal of restoring debt sustainability and macroeconomic stability.

A major United States publication says Antigua and Barbuda will be a "Caribbean headache" for President Barack Obama's new nominee of chief trade negotiator - Michael Froman.

An International Monetary Fund mission led by Geoffrey Bannister visited Antigua and Barbuda during April 29-May 3, to undertake the tenth and final review under the Stand-By Arrangement approved by the Fund's Executive Board on June 7, 2010.

Antigua and Barbuda Tourism Minister John Maginley will speak to Chinese authorities later this month in Beijing about renewed efforts to tap into their tourism market.

CARIBBEAN SuperStation Trinidad 92.3FM is more than the new radio station on the block but can become a vehicle for regional integration.

ST JOHN'S, Antigua -- Antigua and Barbuda Tourism Minister John Maginley will speak to Chinese authorities later this month in Beijing about renewed efforts to tap into their tourism market.

OnSomble recently signed an agreement with The Ministry of Health for the Government of Antigua and Barbuda and Mount Saint John's Medical Centre in St.

The campaign, Green Antigua , of the state-owned Antigua Public Utilities Authority has caught the attention of Brian Cooper, a British scientist who moved here in 1986.

How do you publicly launch an island-wide ocean zoning initiative aimed at sustainable use of ocean resources? A party with a steel band, of course.

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