Antigua and Barbuda News Archives

Bridging the digital divide remained a key area that the Department needed to address, he went on. via M2.com

What's that symphony? Sounds like no other band I recognize! That's the sound of Panache Steel Orchestra, Antigua / Barbuda's newest steel orchestra - which prides itself on flawless execution, an ... via When Steel Talks

The Commission on Population and Development has wrapped a five-day session during which it heard a warning that for the first time in history, half of the world's people would be living in urban areas. via United Nations Radio

“Importers of flour could avail themselves to the cheaper source that we have been able to find and bring the flour in from that particular source”

Bakers in Antigua and Barbuda are reluctant to purchase and use flour coming out of Guyana's National Milling Company and prefer instead the more expensive product offered from St Vincent, a report in the ... via Stabroek News

Antigua and Barbuda is one of the Caribbean's most prosperous nations, thanks to its tourism industry and offshore financial services. via BBC

“I just told myself to hold onto the boat and as soon as I could see daylight, I knew I could let go and float to the surface.”

Lin Griesel and her best friend Rachel Smith rowed 2,935 miles A mum and her best pal have completed a three month charity rowing trip across the Atlantic. via This is Local London

Antigua and Barbuda has called for greater cooperation between the Intergovernmental Group of Twenty-Four and the United Nations' Group of 77. via Jamaica Gleaner

Lawmakers to debate abortion rights STRASBOURG, France : Abortion should be decriminalised across Europe and women should be granted access to a safe interruption of their pregnancy, a report to be debated by ... via Jamaica Gleaner

HH the Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani meeting Segolene Royal yesterday HH THE Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani received at the Doha Sheraton Hotel yesterday a number of participants of the eighth ... via Gulf Times

"It is hard to believe that this is a country which spent US54 million dollars to prepare for Cricket World Cup 2007. via Global Voices Online

“The organizers will provide better services to participants, making a success in quantity into a success in quality.”

With the confirmation of Antigua and Barbuda, an island nation in the Caribbean Sea, and the Republic of Marshall Island in the western Pacific Ocean, 201 countries and international organizations have accepted ... via Shanghai Daily

Meanwhile, in the same year, 37 HIV-infected pregnant women in Barbados received anti-retrovirals for the prevention of mother- to-child transmission of HIV. via Barbados Advocate

The enormous success of the 43rd Annual Convention of the People's Action Movement is just the latest bit of evidence that the Federation is finally in the waning days of what has proven to be an especially ... via The Democrat

Description An elegant Feadship launched in 2001 by the Royal Van Lent shipyard and has since has a 2005/2006 refit. via Apollo Duck

“Despite the progress made by developing countries, commitments to increase the provision of resources have not been fulfilled”

Developing countries at a UN special debate on Wednesday called on industrialized countries to honor their commitments by providing more resources to help achieve the Millennium Development Goals . via People's Daily Online