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Antigua (Bloomberg), NORTH SOUND:  Caribbean nations will reap lasting economic benefits from staging the Cricket World Cup, according to Baldwin Spencer, Prime Minister of Antigua & Barbuda. Antigua is one of the nine Caribbean states that will be hosting the event in March and April. read more.. |
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| ST JOHN'S, Antigua: Antigua and Barbuda's Financial Services Regulatory Commission, Division of Gaming has announced that the country expects to play a key role in developing international regulations and legislation for remote gambling read more.. |
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| SAN FRANCISCO, USA (Reuters): A US appeals court said on Wednesday that it would not reconsider its dismissal of a lawsuit seeking the return of $2.5 million in assets the US government seized from an offshore bank in Antigua. read more.. |
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| BRUSSELS, Belgium (Bloomberg): The US is discriminating against foreign gambling companies by banning payments to betting Web sites, said Charlie McCreevy, commissioner for the European Union's internal market. read more.. |
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UNITED NATIONS, New York:  The regional group of Latin American and Caribbean States (GRULAC) last week endorsed Antigua and Barbuda as one of its two representatives to the Executive Board of the United Nations Children's Educational Fund (UNICEF) for the period 2008-2010. read more.. |
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| HAVANA, Cuba (ACN): Cuba and Antigua and Barbuda on Wednesday signed a sports cooperation agreement, which both countries view as a new step towards strengthening their bilateral ties. read more.. |
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NEW DELHI, India:  Antigua and Barbuda and India have pledged to work more closely on international issues and those relating to the development of their peoples. Discussions were held on a wide range of areas during a dinner meeting in New Delhi on Monday night. read more.. |
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MANIPAL, India:  The Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, Baldwin Spencer, on Friday signed a memorandum of Understanding with Manipal University India to establish a Branch Campus in Antigua. The Branch Campus is designed to provide education in a number of disciplines. read more.. |
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| ST JOHN'S, Antigua: Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, Baldwin Spencer, has announced the establishment of a committee to organise celebrations in honour of the bicentenary anniversary of the abolition of the British Empire Atlantic slave trade. read more.. |
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ST JOHNS, Antigua:  Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Heads of Government opened the 44th meeting of the OECS Authority on Wednesday with a strong signal that the work to create an OECS Economic Union is set to enter a new, intensified stage. read more.. |
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| ST JOHN'S, Antigua: Antigua and Barbuda's Director of Tourism in the US, Derede Samuel-Whitlock, last weekend announced that the Ministry of Tourism was happy to once again welcome Apple Vacations back to Antigua, after an absence of two years from the market. read more.. |
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| CASTRIES, St Lucia: Heads of Government of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) are to assemble in Antigua and Barbuda on January 11 and 12 for the 44th Meeting of the OECS Authority. read more.. |
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England (AFP), LONDON:  A 14-year-old British schoolboy has become the youngest person to sail single-handed across the North Atlantic Ocean after a voyage to Antigua of more than six weeks, his spokesman said here Wednesday. Michael Perham battled shark-infested waters and huge waves. read more.. |
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ST JOHN'S, Antigua:  Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, Baldwin Spencer has announced changes in his Cabinet, which he says are designed to ensure that the country's critical imperatives will stay on course, on time, and on budget. The changes announced by the Prime Minister are as follows: read more.. |
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| ST JOHN'S, Antigua: A wide cross-section of tourism industry stakeholders in Antigua and Barbuda are expected to gather at the Jolly Beach Resort for the Ministry of Tourism's one day conference being held as part of Tourism Week taking place from December 3 to December 9. read more.. |
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| ST JOHN'S, Antigua: The Financial Services Regulatory Commission (FSRC) of Antigua and Barbuda on Thursday announced that it has filed an application for a restraining order in the High Court of Justice, against BETonSPORTS (Antigua) Ltd. read more.. |
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ST JOHN'S, Antigua:  The Government of Antigua and Barbuda has articulated a foreign policy for the first time in its 25 year history since independence. Governor General Sir James Carlisle outlined that the country's foreign policy is a well-defined one, which is a sign of "our political maturity." read more.. |
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| CARACAS, Venezuela (Bloomberg): Petroleos de Venezuela SA, South America's largest oil company, said it has signed a lease for a storage facility in the Caribbean island nation of Antigua and Barbuda as part of its PetroCaribe initiative. read more.. |
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| GENEVA, Switzerland: A three-man panel established by the World Trade Organisation's Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) began two days of hearing here on Monday on a challenge mounted by Antigua and Barbuda to the unilateral claim by the United States. read more.. |
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| ST JOHN'S, Antigua: OECS Heads of Government will meet in Caucus in Antigua and Barbuda on Wednesday to discuss a wide range of issues surrounding the proposed OECS Economic Union and regional travel. read more.. |
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| GCC BOURDA, Guyana: The Dominican Republic claimed their first victory in the second round Group H of the Digicel Caribbean Cup against a luckless Antigua and Barbuda side. read more.. |
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ST JOHN'S, Antigua:  An agreement for development and regulation of civil aviation between Antigua and Barbuda and the Netherlands Antilles was signed at a brief ceremony in Antigua on Friday. The agreement was negotiated in April 2005 by technical representatives of both countries. read more.. |
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| GCC BOURDA, Guyana: Guyana opened their Digicel Caribbean Cup second round campaign with a convincing win over Antigua and Barbuda in front of a 5,000 strong home crowd. read more.. |
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ST JOHN'S, Antigua:  The Sir Vivian Richards Cricket Stadium will be ready for handover by the Chinese to the Government of Antigua and Barbuda on Saturday January 13, 2007. This assurance came from the Chairman of the Inter Governmental Working Group, Ambassador David Shoul. read more.. |
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| CASTRIES, St Lucia: OECS Customs Officers specialising in recording data are exploring the usefulness of an automated system for Customs information known as ASYCUDA in facilitating international Trade Negotiations. read more.. |
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| BASSETERRE, St Kitts: The ABI Bank Ltd of Antigua is the 2006 recipient of the ECCB award for the Best Corporate Citizen among Commercial Banks in the ECCU area. read more.. |
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ST JOHN'S, Antigua:  Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, Baldwin Spencer, has said that the recent changes in the United States Congress during mid-term elections present an opportunity for dialogue with the US on the internet gaming dispute at the World Trade Organisation. read more.. |
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| ST JOHN'S, Antigua: Antigua and Barbuda's Minister of Finance and the Economy, Dr Errol Cort has announced that the Dollar Barrel initiative of the Government will commence on 15th November 2006 and will continue through to 31st December 2006. read more.. |
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NORTH SOUND, Antigua:  On Friday night Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, Baldwin Spencer, Ambassador David Shoul and Chinese Ambassador Ren Xioping joined Chinese workers at the Sir Vivian Richards Cricket Stadium to witness the testing of the lights at the facility. read more.. |
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| USA (Bloomberg), ST LOUIS: Betonsports Plc, an Antigua-based Internet gambling firm under indictment and the subject of a US government lawsuit, has agreed to cease operations in the US to settle the civil litigation. read more.. |
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| USA (Bloomberg), ST LOUIS: Betonsports Plc, the Antigua-based Internet sports book, and the US delayed a planned settlement of a civil suit claiming the company committed fraud in conducting online betting in the US. read more.. |
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| ST JOHN’S, Antigua: The Government of Antigua and Barbuda has announced the receipt of US$7.5m (EC$20.1m) from the Government of Venezuela as a part of the ALBA Caribe initiative, for upgrade of works at the VC Bird International Airport. read more.. |
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| Switzerland (Bloomberg), GENEVA: Antigua and Barbuda, the Caribbean island nation accounting for a quarter of online betting, says its effort to overturn a US ban on Internet gambling through the World Trade Organisation is a last chance for the industry. read more.. |
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ST JOHN’S, Antigua:  R. Allen Stanford, chairman and CEO of Houston-based Stanford Financial Group has been appointed Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of the Nation (Antigua and Barbuda). Stanford, a fifth-generation Texan, has lived in Antigua for 20 years. read more.. |
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| LONDON, England (Reuters): Britain is sympathetic to Antigua's complaint to the World Trade Organisation over the United States' decision to effectively ban online gaming, UK sports minister Richard Caborn said on Tuesday. read more.. |
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ST JOHN'S, Antigua:  Britain's Prince Edward, the Earl of Wessex, along with Prime Minister of Jamaica, Portia Simpson-Miller, will be the main speakers at the dedication of the new parliament building in Antigua on Monday. Prince Edward is on an official visit to Antigua and Barbuda. read more.. |
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| England (Bloomberg), LONDON: Betcorp Ltd has agreed to sell its gaming operations and infrastructure in Antigua and Toronto to Bodog Entertainment Group SA for $9 million in cash. read more.. |
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| GENEVA, Switzerland: Antigua and Barbuda's delegation to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) held consultations in Geneva on Tuesday with representatives from the European Commission, Japan and China, who are third parties to its Internet gaming case against the United States. read more.. |
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DUTCHMAN'S BAY, Antigua:  Antigua and Barbuda officially welcomed eight Grenadian students to the Hospitality Training Institute last Friday. The students are recipients of scholarships offered by the Government of Antigua and Barbuda as a form of goodwill to the Grenadian Government. read more.. |
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| HAVANA, Cuba: Cuba and Antigua & Barbuda explored ways in Havana on Monday to fight drug trafficking, which will be controlled by an accord that both nations will sign on October 20. read more.. |
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| USA (Bloomberg), CHICAGO: Betonsports Plc., the Antigua-based online bookmaker under indictment in the US, reached a preliminary accord to end litigation in which the government seeks to stop it from doing business in the US. read more.. |
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| WASHINGTON, USA: CARICOM Assistant Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin La Rocque told a multi-agency US delegation that the region viewed with concern the US’ response to the WTO rulings and recommendations in the Internet gaming case. read more.. |
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| ST JOHN’S, Antigua: Antigua-based Caribbean Star Airlines announced Thursday that it has been successfully re-certified under the new civil aviation regulations passed in Antigua and Barbuda. read more.. |
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ST JOHN’S, Antigua:  A high level delegation of labour officials represented Antigua and Barbuda at the International Labour Organisation’s (ILO) Tripartite Caribbean Employment Forum being held in Bridgetown, Barbados. Heading the delegation was labour minister, Dr Jacqui Quinn-Leandro. read more.. |
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| England (Bloomberg), LONDON: World Gaming Plc, an Antigua-based Internet gambling company that disclosed a possible loan default last week, said its shares have been suspended at the request of board members. read more.. |
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CAGUAS, Puerto Rico:  The 4th Meeting of the OECS Council of Tourism Ministers opened on Thursday in Puerto Ricos, with a call from the meeting Chairman, Antigua and Barbuda's Tourism Minister Harold Lowell for the OECS sub-region to step up the pace on joint destination marketing. read more.. |
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| CHRISTCHURCH, Barbados: Two host venues -- Antigua & Barbuda and St Lucia -- have taken positive steps to woo accredited media who will be covering next year's ICC Cricket World Cup. read more.. |
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| ST JOHN'S, Antigua: Officials of Antigua and Barbuda have expressed dismay at the early-morning passage by the United States Congress on 30 September 2006 of legislation titled the "Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006." read more.. |
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| WASHINGTON, USA: US Republicans crowed after pushing through a bill that aims to strangle US operations of the 15-billion-dollar online gambling industry. read more.. |
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| UNITED NATIONS, New York: CARICOM Ministers met this week with United States Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice and, according to Antigua and Barbuda's Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Justin Simon, the meeting was conducted in an atmosphere of cordiality and mutual respect. read more.. |
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| PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: Speaking just after his second film was screened to another packed room, Antiguan film director, Howard Allen, said events like the CARIFESTA Film Festival provides a channel for their work to be dispersed. read more.. |
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UNITED NATIONS, New York:  Attorney-General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Justin Simon, representing Prime Minister Spencer, on Wednesday delivered Antigua and Barbuda's annual address to the United Nations. In so doing, he becomes the first Attorney General in the nation's history to do so. read more.. |
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| WASHINGTON, USA: Dr Errol Cort, Minister of Finance and Economy and other senior Antigua and Barbuda government officials arrived in Washington, D.C., last weekend for a series of meetings with US Government officials. read more.. |
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| ST JOHN'S, Antigua: The Consulate of Antigua & Barbuda in Toronto will be mounting an exhibition in commemoration of the country’s Silver Jubilee Independence celebration. read more.. |
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| USA (Bloomberg), ST LOUIS: Betonsports Plc., the Antigua-based sports book indicted by the Justice Department for illegal Internet gambling, is negotiating a possible settlement of pending criminal and civil actions, both sides said Tuesday. read more.. |
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HAVANA, Cuba:  Renovation work on the building in Cuba's capital, Havana, to house the embassy of Antigua and Barbuda is moving at a fast pace to facilitate its opening by November this year. Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer toured the facilities on Friday. read more.. |
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ST JOHN'S, Antigua:  Plans are progressing at a steady pace as work on the Sir Vivian Richards Cricket Stadium enters the final stages in time for World Cup Cricket in March 2007. The Chinese construction team has commenced disassembling the scaffoldings from around the buildings. read more.. |
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| BRADES, Montserrat: Lush green mountains, world-class nature trails, deserted dark sand beaches, and untouched reefs are just a few things visitors to Montserrat can experience alongside a quiet friendly charm. read more.. |
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| England (Bloomberg), LONDON: Sportingbet Plc, the Web bookmaker that owns Paradise Poker, has said that it is in talks that may result in a 46.2 million-pound ($87 million), all-stock takeover bid for Antigua-based World Gaming Plc. read more.. |
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| ST JOHN'S, Antigua: A new website has been launched in a bid to keep persons both at home and abroad updated on activities planned for the Silver Jubilee Anniversary of Antigua and Barbuda's Independence. read more.. |
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| ST JOHN'S, Antigua: With projections of the second largest number of visitors to a venue during the Cricket World Cup, Antigua and Barbuda is seeking to provide a range of accommodation options for the anticipated thousands of visitors. read more.. |
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| USA (Bloomberg), CHICAGO: Betonsports Plc., the internet sports book indicted for illegal gambling, with offices in Costa Rica and Antigua, has been barred from resuming business in the US while prosecutors try to serve legal papers on the company. read more.. |
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| LONDON, England (AFP): BetOnSports, the multibillion-dollar London-listed group embroiled in a US crackdown on Internet gambling, said on Friday that it planned to cease operations in Antigua and Costa Rica as soon as possible. read more.. |
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| BALTIMORE, USA: From November 2 to 6, Antigua will host the first Caribbean Literary Festival. Activities will encourage an interest in the literary arts, for adults as well as children in a fun-loving, relaxed atmosphere. read more.. |
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| GENEVA, Switzerland (UPI): The United States may be on the losing end of a trade dispute with the small Caribbean country of Antigua, whose entire population is only 69,000. read more.. |
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| GENEVA, Switzerland (Reuters): The World Trade Organisation on Wednesday agreed to investigate accusations by Antigua and Barbuda that U.S. Internet gambling laws violate trade rules. read more.. |
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| USA (AFP), WASHINGTON: Eleven people have been charged in a US crackdown on a multibillion-dollar Internet sports betting website with operations in Antigua and elsewhere, prosecutors said. read more.. |
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| CARACAS, Venezuela (Bloomberg): Petroleos de Venezuela SA, South America's largest oil company, has signed a long-term contract to sell petroleum products to the Caribbean island-nation of Antigua and Barbuda as part of Venezuela's PetroCaribe initiative. read more.. |
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| ST JOHN’S, Antigua: Antigua and Barbuda is continuing to see good growth in the tourism industry as indicated by visitor arrival figures to date for the year 2006. read more.. |
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| ST JOHN’S, Antigua: The region’s security preparations for Cricket World Cup 2007 will top the agenda when Antigua and Barbuda hosts the Second Meeting of the Council of Ministers Responsible for National Security and Law Enforcement. read more.. |
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| FRIGATE BAY, St KItts (UPI): The Caribbean countries that helped Japan win a narrow victory at the International Whaling Commission could face a backlash from environmentally concerned tourists. read more.. |
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| BASSETTERRE, St Kitts: Antigua and Barbuda will reportedly support its Caribbean and international partners towards the "normalization" of the International Whaling Commission at its meeting in St Kitts on Friday. read more.. |
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| Venezuela (Bloomberg), CARACAS: Petroleos de Venezuela SA, South America's largest oil company, is studying construction of a storage facility complex on the Caribbean island nation of Antigua and Barbuda as part of its PetroCaribe initiative. read more.. |
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| Antigua (AFP), ST JOHN'S: For the last 25 years, the Antigua Recreation Ground, nestled in between the hustle and bustle of this capital city has provided several thrilling moments in Tests. read more.. |
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| WASHINGTON, USA: The influential Judiciary Committee of the United States House of Representatives met recently to consider the so-called ‘Goodlatte and Leach Internet Gaming Bills’ and the Government of Antigua-Barbuda was given an opportunity to make written submissions to the Committee. read more.. |
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| ST JOHN'S, Antigua: Antigua and Barbuda will host the 3rd Caribbean Environmental Forum & Exhibition, in collaboration with the 12th Annual Wider Caribbean Waste Management Conference on June 5-9. read more.. |
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| ST JOHN'S, Antigua: Minister of Finance and the Economy, Dr Errol Cort, on Thursday reassured the nation that his government remains seized with the matter of the WTO dispute on Internet gaming between Antigua and Barbuda and the United States. read more.. |
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| ST JOHN’S, Antigua: The Ministry of Tourism in Antigua and Barbuda, through its private sector partner Tropical Shipping, will soon be officially launching the country’s involvement in the Freestay Caribbean Cruise Conversion Programme. read more.. |
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| ST JOHN'S, Antigua: The Antigua and Barbuda Sales Tax Act 2006 is presently before parliament but the Inland Revenue Department is proceeding with a registration drive commencing this week at the Multi- purpose centre. read more.. |
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| ST JOHN'S, Antigua (AFP): India will prepare for next month's first Test against West Indies with a two-day fixture against Antigua and Barbuda. read more.. |
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| ST JOHN’S, Antigua: Antiguan government officials reacted Thursday to news that the US Department of Justice has released indictments of two Antiguan residents on money laundering charges related to their operation of an Antiguan-based and licensed gaming service provider. read more.. |
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| USA (AFP), WASHINGTON: Two operators of an Antigua-based Internet gambling site have been indicted on US charges of money-laundering involving some 250 million dollars of wagers, officials announced Wednesday. read more.. |
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| ST JOHN’S, Antigua: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has denied a claim that an investigation is being conducted into the circumstances in which Texas billionaire R. Allen Stanford became a citizen of Antigua and Barbuda. read more.. |
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| UNITED NATIONS, NY: Antigua and Barbuda beat Panama by a vote of 33 to 19, for a three-year term on the joint Executive Board of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)/United Nations Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA). read more.. |
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| ENGLISH HARBOUR, Antigua: "This is beyond belief," said Roger Sturgeon of Fort Lauderdale, Florida. of his overall win at the 2006 Rolex Antigua Sailing Week. read more.. |
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| ST JOHN'S, Antigua (AFP): The International Cricket Council (ICC) has given the Sir Vivian Richards World Cup stadium in Antigua the highest mark of approval, local organisers said. read more.. |
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| ENGLISH HARBOUR, Antigua: Spectacular race conditions greeted the well-rested fleet on Thursday at Rolex Antigua Sailing Week. Steady, 12 to 16 knot wind and sunshine created another picture-perfect day. read more.. |
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| ENGLISH HARBOUR, Antigua: Rolex Antigua Sailing Week reached its halfway mark Tuesday with the completion of Race 3 for the 194 boats. Despite Monday's cancelled race for Division A, spirits were high. read more.. |
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| NEW YORK , USA: Top television network BET will continue to showcase the twin-island Caribbean nation of Antigua and Barbuda to international audiences following the renewal of the marketing partnership between BET Digital Networks, Antigua and Barbuda's Carnival Development Committee and the Ministry of Tourism. read more.. |
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| ST JOHN'S, Antigua: The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (“IACHR”) and the Commonwealth Secretariat co-sponsored a two-day workshop in St John’s, Antigua last week on the ratification and implementation of international and regional human rights instruments. read more.. |
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| ORLANDO, USA: Officials from the Antigua and Barbuda Ministry of Tourism and a representative from the Ministry of Finance recently met with the Orlando-based Yesawich, Pepperdine, Brown & Russell to review and discuss the tourism strategy in the North American market. read more.. |
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| BRIDGETOWN, Barbados: The Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) and the Ministry of Education, Human Development and Culture in Antigua and Barbuda will host a Visual Arts Exhibition at the Multipurpose Centre in St John’s from April 26 to 28, 2006. read more.. |
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| USA (UPI), CHICAGO: An April 3 deadline imposed by The World Trade Organization for the Bush administration to clarify its stance on online gambling, in a case decided against the United States and in favor of Antigua, passed without a public response from the US government. read more.. |
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ST JOHN’S, Antigua:  Cambridge Education Limited, a United Kingdom consultancy firm, has won the tender to undertake a broad-based European Union funded education sector study for Antigua and Barbuda. Making the disclosure, Dr Clarence Henry expressed satisfaction over the selection. read more.. |
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ST JOHN’S, Antigua:  German Ambassador Dr Helmut Ohlraun flew into Antigua and Barbuda last week to meet with Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer to lobby for Germany’s candidacy for the United Nations Human Rights Council. Ambassador Ohlraun is based in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad. read more.. |
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| ST JOHN’S, Antigua: The third meeting of the OECS Energy Task Force will be held in Antigua and Barbuda on Tuesday April 18. The meeting will allow for continued discussions on issues related to the PetroCaribe Agreements. read more.. |
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| ST JOHN'S, Antigua: With less than one month until the start of one of the Caribbean’s largest sailing regatta, the entries for the Rolex Antigua Sailing Week are streaming into race headquarters. read more.. |
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| ST JOHN'S, Antigua: The government of China has expressed an interest in assisting Antigua and Barbuda in meeting its electricity generation capacity. read more.. |
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| Switzerland (Bloomberg), GENEVA: The Caribbean island nation of Antigua and Barbuda will seek sanctions against the U.S. after the world's biggest economy missed a deadline to end discrimination against foreign online betting companies. read more.. |
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| ST JOHN'S, Antigua: Digicel, the fastest growing mobile telecommunications company in the Caribbean, launched services on Friday in Antigua and Barbuda with the announcement of a US$6 million investment into the local operation. read more.. |
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| WILLEMSTAD, Curacao: Antigua and Barbuda made full use of the opportunity to market its many assets to the consumers present at Vacation Expo Curacao 2006. read more.. |
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| WASHINGTON, USA: Antigua and Barbuda’s Ambassador to the WTO, Dr John Ashe, met on Tuesday with Congressman Pete Sessions to discuss the current status of Antigua and Barbuda’s WTO Internet gaming dispute with the United States. read more.. |
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| ST JOHN’S, Antigua: The Council of Ministers of the Regional Security System (RSS) gathered in Antigua and Barbuda on Monday morning for an extraordinary meeting. read more.. |
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| ST JOHN’S, Antigua: A Cuban delegation led by Ambassador Rojas last week paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer and updated him on progress in assisting Antigua and Barbuda to cut its energy costs. read more.. |
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GENEVA, Switzerland:  With the deadline for action a mere three weeks away, the Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) of the World Trade Organization (WTO) heard a status report from the United States on Friday on steps it intends to take to implement that body’s recommendations and rulings. read more.. |
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ST JOHN’S, Antigua:  The Minister responsible for Information Technology, Dr Edmond Mansoor, has announced that the Governance and Institutional Development Division of the Commonwealth Secretariat has agreed to assign an ICT expert to Antigua and Barbuda for two years. read more.. |
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ST JOHN’S, Antigua:  Member of Parliament for Barbuda and Minister of State in the Office of the Prime Minister, Trevor Walker, will represent Antigua and Barbuda's Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer this week at a meeting of CARICOM foreign ministers with the United States Secretary of State. read more.. |
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| GENEVA, Switzerland: Antigua and Barbuda’s WTO delegation is in Geneva ahead of Friday's monthly meeting of the WTO’s Dispute Settlement Body (DSB), where the US is expected to give a possible indication of how it intends to comply with that body’s recommendations on the internet-gaming dispute between the two countries. read more.. |
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| NEW YORK, USA: Antigua and Barbuda's Carnival is due to resound through the homes of millions of American and Caribbean households on Thursday and Sunday, when top television network, BET airs a half hour special on one of the region's greatest summer festivals. read more.. |
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| ST JOHN’S, Antigua: Regional regulators of casinos and internet gaming operations will gather in Antigua and Barbuda from March 16 to 23 for a training workshop on combating the financing of terrorism and money laundering. read more.. |
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| ST JOHN’S, Antigua: Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs,. Justin Simon QC, on Wednesday announced that he has filed a claim in the High Court by the government of Antigua and Barbuda against nine defendants including the former Prime Minister Lester Bird. read more.. |
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ST JOHN’S, Antigua:  Secretary General of CARICOM Dr Edwin Carrington on Monday made a special visit to Antigua and Barbuda to meet with senior government officials. Carrington stated that he came to St John’s to clarify a few matters relating to CSME and to provide support. read more.. |
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| ST JOHN’S, Antigua: The staff of the Antigua and Barbuda Institute of Continuing Education (ABICE) has come out against recent articles in the local media along with daily talk shows suggesting that the students who are causing problems in schools around the island should be sent to ABICE, formally Youth Skills Training Center. read more.. |
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| PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad: The Road Show programme being undertaken by the Government of Antigua and Barbuda to raise EC$151 million on the Regional Government Securities Market continued on Monday in Trinidad. read more.. |
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| WASHINGTON, USA: The Government of Antigua and Barbuda has sent a letter to Rob Portman, the United States Trade Representative, in response to recent legislation introduced in the United States Congress regarding Internet gambling. read more.. |
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PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad:  Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, Baldwin Spencer, on Friday joined his other CARICOM Heads in paying tribute to Jamaica’s Prime Minister P.J. Patterson, who has indicated that he plans to retire from active politics during the first half of this year. Spencer said that Patterson’s decision to depart at his own timing. read more.. |
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PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad:  Very early Thursday morning Heads attending the 17th Inter-Sessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community in Port of Spain, Trinidad, got down to business with the CARICOM Single Market and Economy dominating the entire morning session. read more.. |
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| ST JOHN’S, Antigua: Antigua & Barbuda will join other Eastern Caribbean Currency Union (ECCU) member territories on the Regional Government Securities Market (RGSM) in March 2006. read more.. |
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| ST JOHN’S, Antigua: Jolly Beach Resort, Antigua will be the venue for the signing of an historic agreement between the Organisation of American States (OAS), the Caribbean Tourism Organisation (CTO) and the Caribbean Hotel Association (CHA) on Tuesday. read more.. |
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ST JOHN’S, Antigua:  The United States government has pledged to work closely with Antigua and Barbuda and Regional Security System (RSS) countries to develop their security capabilities for World Cup Cricket 2007. US Ambassador Mrs. Mary Kramer and Lt Gen Steven Blum outlined the areas in which the United States government will assist read more.. |
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KINGSTON, Jamaica:  As a number of OECS countries have begun capitalising on the PetroCaribe initiative, Antigua and Barbuda is reportedly making moves to tap into the arrangement very soon. Word of this comes from the country’s Ambassador to Venezuela, Joan Underwood, who attended an OECS Heads Meeting in Jamaica. read more.. |
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ST. JOHN’S, Antigua:  The Government of Antigua and Barbuda has commenced studying proposals for locating Internet Kiosks at the East and West Bus Stations in St. John’s. Minister responsible for Information Technology Dr Edmond Mansoor said that one component of the Government's digital agenda is the deployment of technology in the society. read more.. |
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| ST JOHN'S, Antigua: The Antigua and Barbuda Cabinet has completed its in-depth review of the "Report to the Cabinet of Antigua and Barbuda in respect of the Public Utilities Authority” by Mr Don Mitchell CBE, QC. read more.. |
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ST JOHN’S, Antigua:  A shipment of twelve hundred tonnes of cement for the local market and the construction of the Sir Vivian Richards Cricket Stadium at North Sound will arrive in Antigua and Barbuda on Wednesday from Trinidad and Tobago. In addition to the 1,200 tonnes that will arrive on Wednesday, a further 4,000 tonnes is expected next week. read more.. |
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