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Consultations on Workplace Harassment Bill set for March – Social Workers Month

By Jeressa Jeremy With March being observed as Social Workers Month and the second round of consultations for the 2026 Workplace Harassment Bill taking place on Wednesday, Director of the Directorate ...
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CCTV footage allegedly showing victim’s truck presented in court during Nigel Christian Murder Trial

By Latrishka Thomas Video footage purportedly showing the pickup truck belonging to murdered senior Customs official Nigel Christian being tailed by a silver car was played before the High Court on ...
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Gender Affairs deems 2026 Harassment Bill a ‘milestone’ for workplace reform

By Jeressa Jeremy As the country prepares for the second round of consultations on the 2026 Workplace Harassment Bill on ...
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Fire at Cooks Landfill largely contained, combustible chemical suspected to be the cause

By Kisean Joseph [email protected] Authorities are working to determine the cause of what is being described as the largest fire in the history of the Cooks Sanitary Landfill, after a ...
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‘If you were so fearful, why didn’t you go to the police station?’- Defence demands answers from key witness in Nigel Christian murder trial

By Latrishka Thomas A man who claims he was gripped with fear on the day senior Customs official Nigel Christian was murdered faced intense questioning on day seven of the trial before Justice Rajiv ...
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Mary E Pigott, Clare Hall dominate as St John’s Catholic and Post Millennial Academy also claim wins

By Samuel Peters Thursday's Primary and Secondary School basketball action produced a series of convincing victories, with Mary E Pigott Primary and Clare Hall Secondary both being the biggest winners ...
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Parham, Bendals claim victories by slim margins

By Samuel Peters Parham FC and Bendals FC each claimed narrow one-nil victories on Thursday to bolster their ABFA First Division campaigns, while Five Islands and English Harbour shared the spoils in ...
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Red Hawks Edge Slam in Tight Finish as Ovals Cruise Past Ottos

By Samuel Peters In a tightly contested battle that went down to the final buzzer, JSC Red Hawks edged All Saints Slam 82–79 on Thursday night at JSC, in the first match of ABBA Division One. The Red ...
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Ministry of Agriculture targets youth pipeline at second annual career fair and expo

By Kisean Joseph [email protected] The Ministry of Agriculture welcomed close to 250 secondary school students to the Multi-Purpose Cultural Centre on Thursday for the second annual ...
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UTC president welcomes move to weekly homeporting by 2027

By Tahna Weston [email protected] President of the United Taxi Company (UTC), Ian Joseph, said the move toward weekly homeporting by 2027 is a positive development, as the industry ...
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St Philip’s North by-election to be conducted manually as ABEC weighs global digital options

By Jeressa Jeremy Ambassador Arthur G.P. Thomas, Chairman of the Antigua and Barbuda Electoral Commission (ABEC), has ...
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Defence accuses key witness of planning and executing Nigel Christian Murder

By Latrishka Thomas The prosecution's key witness in the Nigel Christian murder trial faced his most withering challenge yet on day six of proceedings before Justice Rajiv Persaud, as defence ...