ABSTVANTIGUA
ROAD TO CHOGM (WEDNESDAY 26TH AUGUST 2026)
- Title
- ROAD TO CHOGM (WEDNESDAY 26TH AUGUST 2026)
- Runtime
- 49:41
- Date posted
- 24 days ago
- Description
- ROAD TO CHOGM (WEDNESDAY 26TH AUGUST 2026)
- Title
- ABS EVENING NEWS (WEDNESDAY 26th AUGUST 2026)
- Runtime
- 1:03:00
- Date posted
- 24 days ago
- Description
- ABS EVENING NEWS (WEDNESDAY 26th AUGUST 2026)
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- APUA ELECTRICITY & ENERGY COST PRESS CONFERENCE (Wednesday August 26th 2026)
- Runtime
- 1:26:22
- Date posted
- 24 days ago
- Description
- APUA ELECTRICITY & ENERGY COST PRESS CONFERENCE (Wednesday August 26th 2026)
- Title
- SURVIVORS OF CHILDHOOD SEXUAL ABUSE SHARE STORIES, SEEK SOCIETAL ACTION
- Runtime
- 2:26
- Date posted
- 24 days ago
- Description
- Two women who were sexually abused by close family members when they were children, are sharing their moving stories, while calling for meaningful change to stamp out this scourge.
They spoke at the national child protection townhall at John E. St Luce Conference Centre on Tuesday.
Theresa Goodwin reports.
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- SOCIAL WORKERS FACE THREATS, HURDLES IN CHILD ABUSE RESPONSE
- Runtime
- 2:20
- Date posted
- 24 days ago
- Description
- Those tasked with protecting the nation’s children are sharing harrowing accounts of the perils and pitfalls they face while carrying out their duties.
Director of the Family and Social Services Division, Feona Charles-Richards and Social Services Manager at Sir Lester Bird Medical Centre, Dr Sequoyah Survia, outlined the concerns during a child protection townhall at John E. St Luce Conference Centre on Tuesday.
Theresa Goodwin reports.
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- ARE CBI PROGRAMMES DOOMED BY EXTERNAL PRESSURE? – ECONOMIST OPINES
- Runtime
- 2:46
- Date posted
- 24 days ago
- Description
- Economist and principal of the University of the West Indies Fives Islands Campus, Professor C. Justin Robinson says the five countries in the region operation Citizenship by Investment Programmes must push to maintain them, while also preparing for life without them.
His comments come as European Commission gives the Antigua and Barbuda and four fellow OECS countries a two-year ultimatum to end the programmes, or face restrictions to the Schengen Area.
Samantha Simon reports.
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- A&B TO CRAFT KEY REPORT FOLLOWING WORKSHOP ON BIOLOGICAL THREATS
- Runtime
- 2:40
- Date posted
- 24 days ago
- Description
- Antigua and Barbuda is hosting crucial talks among international stakeholders aimed at strengthening the country's ability to deal with biological threats from disease outbreaks to risks facing agriculture and food security.
The twin-island state is also preparing its first confidence-building measure report under the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC).
Shannakisha Francis reports.
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- AGRICULTURE MINISTRY LAUNCHES GROUND-BREAKING CHILDREN’S BOOK
- Runtime
- 1:45
- Date posted
- 24 days ago
- Description
- The Ministry of Agriculture has launched its first children’s book, with the support of the Education Ministry.
The launch took place in St John’s on Wednesday.
Hilesha Humphreys reports.
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- ABS MIDDAY NEWS (Wednesday August 26th 2026)
- Runtime
- 10:25
- Date posted
- 25 days ago
- Description
- ABS MIDDAY NEWS (Wednesday August 26th 2026)
- Title
- NATIONAL CHILD PROTECTION TOWN HALL MEETING (TUESDAY 25TH AUGUST 2026)
- Runtime
- 2:55:50
- Date posted
- 25 days ago
- Description
- NATIONAL CHILD PROTECTION TOWN HALL MEETING (TUESDAY 25TH AUGUST 2026)
- Title
- COMMONWEALTH FOUNDATION HEAD IN A&B FOR TALKS AHEAD OF CHOGM
- Runtime
- 2:24
- Date posted
- 25 days ago
- Description
- Director general of the Commonwealth Foundation, Razmi Farook, is in Antigua and Barbuda for crucial discussions with officials ahead of the People’s Forum, one of the events to be held alongside the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in November.
The Commonwealth Foundation is leading preparations for the People’s Forum, which will showcase the work of creatives in Antigua and Barbuda and across the 56-nation Commonwealth.
Farook paid a courtesy call on Foreign Affairs Minister, Hon. E.P. Chet Greene, discussing how the creative economy is an avenue for economic growth and diversification.
Nicola Barriteau reports.
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- PREMIER LEAGUE SET TO RETURN TO ARG IN OCTOBER
- Runtime
- 2:00
- Date posted
- 25 days ago
- Description
- The Antigua and Barbuda Football Association expects the premier league to return to the iconic Antigua Recreation Ground in October.
However, the schedule is being carefully planned, since the facility will be in high demand during the last quarter of this year.
ABS Sports sought an update from the FA’s General Secretary, Zorol Barthley.
Garfield Burford reports.
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- HAPI ON THE VERGE OF COMPLETING ITS LARGEST PROJECT TO DATE
- Runtime
- 0:27
- Date posted
- 25 days ago
- Description
- The biggest project to completed under the Home Advancement Programme for the Indigent (HAPI) initiative, will be handed over shortly.
Social and Urban Transformation Minister, Hon. Rawdon Turner, says it is a home for a family of 30 individuals in the Five Islands area.
He was speaking on Tuesday’s Antigua Barbuda Today.
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- AIRPORT AUTHORITY BOOSTS RESPONSE CAPACITY WITH CUTTING-EDGE EQUIPMENT
- Runtime
- 2:44
- Date posted
- 25 days ago
- Description
- The Antigua and Barbuda Airport Authority is now in a better position to respond to any aircraft emergency at V.C. Bird International Airport, following the acquisition of state-of-the-art equipment.
Aircraft rescue and firefighting vehicle and a fully equipped ambulance were handed over Tuesday, as part of a major push to modernise emergency response at the country's main port of entry.
Shannakisha Francis reports.
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- CALL FOR URGENT NATIONAL RESPONSE AS CHILD ABUSE CASES CAUSE ALARM
- Runtime
- 1:49
- Date posted
- 25 days ago
- Description
- The Social Transformation Ministry says there have been over 200 cases of child abuse recorded in Antigua and Barbuda so far this year.
Among the cases was a seven-year-old girl who was being abused, but her mother refused to believe her account, until doctors confirmed it.
Portfolio minister Hon. Rawdon Turner is pushing for tougher penalties for child abusers.
Samantha Simon reports.
- Title
- ABS EVENING NEWS (TUESDAY AUGUST 25 2026)
- Runtime
- 1:02:52
- Date posted
- 25 days ago
- Description
- ABS EVENING NEWS (TUESDAY AUGUST 25 2026)
- Title
- ABS MIDDAY NEWS (Tuesday August 25th 2026)
- Runtime
- 13:08
- Date posted
- 26 days ago
- Description
- ABS MIDDAY NEWS (Tuesday August 25th 2026)
- Title
- ABS TV PRESENTS - THE CENSUS & YOU (MONDAY 24th AUGUST 2026)
- Runtime
- 1:11:01
- Date posted
- 26 days ago
- Description
- ABS TV PRESENTS - THE CENSUS & YOU (MONDAY 24th AUGUST 2026)
- Title
- ABS EVENING NEWS (MONDAY 24th AUGUST 2026)
- Runtime
- 1:00:35
- Date posted
- 26 days ago
- Description
- ABS EVENING NEWS (MONDAY 24th AUGUST 2026)
- Title
- A&B PITBULLS PRAISED FOR STRONG SHOWING IN REGIONAL BASKETBALL TOURNEY
- Runtime
- 2:12
- Date posted
- 26 days ago
- Description
- The Antigua and Barbuda Pitbulls have returned home from St Lucia, where they delivered an impressive showing in an invitational basketball tournament.
It was the team's first overseas engagement in about a decade.
Samantha Simon reports.
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- POLICE REPORT PROGRESS IN PROBE OF BUSINESSMAN’S MURDER
- Runtime
- 0:23
- Date posted
- 26 days ago
- Description
- Police say they are making progress in their probe into the murder of 60-year-old Eleazer "Fresshy" Francis of Swetes.
He was shot dead in a brazen gun attack at the superette he operated on Freeman's Village main road on July 24.
Head of the Criminal Investigations Department, Assistant Commissioner of Police Lisborn Michael, provided an update to ABS News Monday morning.
- Title
- ABS PRESENTS (THURSDAY 20TH AUGUST 2026)
- Runtime
- 1:33
- Date posted
- 26 days ago
- Description
- ABS PRESENTS (THURSDAY 20TH AUGUST 2026)
- Title
- ABS MIDDAY NEWS (Monday August 24th 2026)
- Runtime
- 12:36
- Date posted
- 27 days ago
- Description
- ABS MIDDAY NEWS (Monday August 24th 2026)
- Title
- ABS EVENING NEWS (SUNDAY 23rd AUGUST 2026)
- Runtime
- 43:15
- Date posted
- 27 days ago
- Description
- ABS EVENING NEWS (SUNDAY 23rd AUGUST 2026)
- Title
- KENTISH PENTECOSTAL CHURCH SERVICE, LIVE FROM ARMSTRONG ROAD, GRAY'S FARM, ST. JOHN'S. (23.8.2026)
- Runtime
- 2:21:40
- Date posted
- 27 days ago
- Description
- KENTISH PENTECOSTAL CHURCH SERVICE, LIVE FROM ARMSTRONG ROAD, GRAY'S FARM, ST. JOHN'S. (SUNDAY 23rd AUGUST 2026)
- Title
- ABS EVENING NEWS (SATURDAY 22ND AUGUST 2026)
- Runtime
- 31:30
- Date posted
- 28 days ago
- Description
- ABS EVENING NEWS (SATURDAY 22ND AUGUST 2026)
- Title
- ABS EVENING NEWS (FRIDAY 21ST AUGUST 2026)
- Runtime
- 1:01:50
- Date posted
- 29 days ago
- Description
- ABS EVENING NEWS (FRIDAY 21ST AUGUST 2026)
- Title
- SWIMMING FEDERATION PRESIDENT PRAISES PERFORMANCES OF YOUNG SWIMMERS
- Runtime
- 0:15
- Date posted
- 29 days ago
- Description
- Antigua and Barbuda's five-member team to the recently-concluded Goodwill Swimming Championships in Trinidad and Tobago continues to receive glowing praise.
President of the Antigua Barbuda Swimming Federation Edith Clashing commended the swimmers for a job well done.
Girls’ 9-10 High Point Winner, Isabel Nicholas, walked away with 8 medals, while there were personal best performances for the other four members of the team.
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- Title
- HURRICANES ‘BAKER’ AND ‘DOG’ – THE BACK-TO-BACK ONSLAUGHT ON A&B IN 1950
- Runtime
- 3:45
- Date posted
- 29 days ago
- Description
- Hurricanes Baker and Dog carved a trail of destruction across Antigua and Barbuda within days of each other in 1950.
Few may have heard about these cyclones, but they carved their places in the country’s hurricane history long before names such as Luis, Georges, Lenny and Irma became familiar memories.
August 21 was the 76th anniversary of Hurricane Baker.
ABS’ Shannakisha Francis looks back at what happened and the lessons that still have echoed across the decades.
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- CARNIVAL CALENDAR UNDER REVIEW AHEAD OF 70TH STAGING
- Runtime
- 1:56
- Date posted
- 29 days ago
- Description
- Antigua Carnival's 2027 calendar could see changes, as organizers prepare for the festival's milestone 70th anniversary.
The Festivals Commission has confirmed a review is underway, but says no changes have yet been finalised.
Shannakisha Francis reports.
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- ‘MAKE SURE YOU ASK FOR YOUR RECEIPT’ – ADVICE FOR CONSUMERS AHEAD OF ABST-REDUCTION DAYS
- Runtime
- 1:39
- Date posted
- 29 days ago
- Description
- The Prices and Consumer Affairs Division is reminding members of the public to shop around, get receipts and be smart about spending, as back-to-school shopping enters its final week.
Members of the division took that message to various locations in St John's on Friday, as many look ahead to ABST-free shopping on school supplies and food items on August 28 and 29.
Hilesha Humphreys reports.
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- EDUCATION MINISTRY TO INTENSIFY ‘MONITORING AND MENTORING’ AMID MATH MISERY
- Runtime
- 2:30
- Date posted
- 29 days ago
- Description
- The Ministry of Education will be embarking on a comprehensive look at the delivery of mathematics in schools across Antigua and Barbuda.
The announcement follows worrying performances in the 2026 CSEC examinations, where only 30.3 per cent of the students who sat Mathematics in Antigua and Barbuda passed their examinations.
Raghib Apparicio reports.
- Title
- ABS MIDDAY NEWS (Friday August 21st 2026)
- Runtime
- 15:56
- Date posted
- 30 days ago
- Description
- ABS MIDDAY NEWS (Friday August 21st 2026)
- Title
- ABS PRESENTS (THURSDAY 20TH AUGUST 2026)
- Runtime
- 1:08:18
- Date posted
- 30 days ago
- Description
- ABS PRESENTS (THURSDAY 20TH AUGUST 2026)
- Title
- ABS EVENING NEWS (THURSDAY 20TH AUGUST 2026)
- Runtime
- 1:03:15
- Date posted
- 30 days ago
- Description
- ABS EVENING NEWS (THURSDAY 20TH AUGUST 2026)
- Title
- GOV’T TO SECURE NEW EQUIPMENT TO PUT BRAKES ON TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS
- Runtime
- 2:13
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- A major police crackdown on traffic violations is on the horizon, as the force is to receive new tint meters, breathalysers and radar guns.
Cabinet has approved the expenditure of US$30,000 to purchase the new equipment to tackle excessive speeding, drunk-driving and vehicles with tints well beyond the legal limit.
Police have been instructed to deal with illegal tints on the spot.
Shannakisha Francis reports.
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- GOVERNOR GENERAL TO DECIDE ON REMISSION OF PRISON SENTENCES
- Runtime
- 2:10
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- The process for reducing prisoners' sentences for good behaviour is being changed.
Cabinet has amended the prison rule 211, with the Governor General to consider recommendations from the Prison Superintendent for the remission of sentences.
However, the change will only affect new prisoners and will not be retroactive.
Shannakisha Francis reports.
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- BOE ENGAGED IN EXTENSIVE WORK TO IMPROVE SCHOOL PLANTS
- Runtime
- 1:46
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- Work is continuing on several schools in preparation for the new academic year in less than two weeks’ time.
The Board of Education says it has used the summer break to advance major expansion projects, while carrying out routine repairs ahead of the return of students.
Shannakisha Francis reports.
- Title
- CABINET PRESS BRIEFING (Thursday August 20th 2026)
- Runtime
- 1:09:26
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- CABINET PRESS BRIEFING (Thursday August 20th 2026)
- Title
- I’M SURE THAT JUSTICE WILL BE DONE’ – AG BENJAMIN RESPONDS TO PICKET OVER INMATE’S DEATH
- Runtime
- 0:47
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- Attorney General and Minister for Public Safety, Hon. Sir Steadroy Benjamin, has assured that investigations are continuing into what he says was the “regrettable” death of inmate Rashawn ‘Turtle’ Shabbaz, following an incident at His Majesty’s Prison on July 23, 2026.
Sir Steadroy says there will shortly be a finding of the coroner into Shabbaz’s death, which he says “came under unfortunate circumstances.”
The Attorney General was responding to a picket led by the father of the deceased Khalid Shabbaz outside both the Prison and the Legal Affairs Ministry.
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- ABS MIDDAY NEWS (Thursday August 20th 2026)
- Runtime
- 14:15
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- ABS MIDDAY NEWS (Thursday August 20th 2026)
- Title
- ROAD TO CHOGM (WEDNESDAY 19TH AUGUST 2026)
- Runtime
- 45:36
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- ROAD TO CHOGM (WEDNESDAY 19TH AUGUST 2026)
- Title
- ABS EVENING NEWS (WEDNESDAY 19TH AUGUST 2026)
- Runtime
- 1:00:26
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- ABS EVENING NEWS (WEDNESDAY 19TH AUGUST 2026)
- Title
- BENNA BOYS DEFEAT TCI 3-1 IN CFU UNDER-14 CHALLENGE SERIES
- Runtime
- 0:59
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- Antigua and Barbuda's young Benna Boys have secured their third straight victory in the CFU Under-14 Boys Challenge Series in the Dominican Republic.
They defeated the Turks and Caicos Islands 3-1 Wednesday morning, after coming from behind.
Turks and Caicos Islands took the lead inside the first minute, but Antigua and Barbuda gained parity on minute number 25 from Leyland Powell.
The young Benna Boys then took the lead with a penalty from Kalique Martin on minute 52, before the third goal was added on the stroke of full time by number 9, Tevon Henderson.
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- NEW REPORT OUTLINES WAYS TO FIX CHRONIC LEAK AT POT WORKS DAM
- Runtime
- 0:30
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- Cabinet is to consider fresh recommendations on repairs to Pot Works Dam, potentially paving the way for the reservoir to retain an additional 800 million gallons of water.
The announcement comes from Utilities Minister, Hon. Melford Nicholas, who says Cuban engineers have provided a report complete with technical drawings and other engineering details.
He told the ‘Taking Stock’ programme on PBN it will now require the government to estimate the cost.
Minister Nicholas also says he would like the process to be done quickly to rectify the leakage issues at the country's main reservoir.
- Title
- ABS MIDDAY NEWS (Wednesday August 19th 2026)
- Runtime
- 8:31
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- ABS MIDDAY NEWS (Wednesday August 19th 2026)
- Title
- SWIMMERS BEAM WITH DELIGHT AFTER CREATING SPLASH AT GOODWILL CHAMPS
- Runtime
- 0:56
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- The young Antiguan swimmers returned on Island after their exploits at the Goodwill Swimming Championships in Trinidad and Tobago.
Sharife Sergeant reports.
- Title
- ‘NATURE DID ITS BIG ONE’ – REDONDA HAILED AS SHINING EXAMPLE OF RESTORATION
- Runtime
- 2:52
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- Tuesday, August 18 marks three years since the Environmental Awareness Group was notified Redonda would be designated a protected site for its significant role in wildlife preservation.
The group has hailed the tremendous restoration unfolding on the island, as the ecosystem continues to recover.
Raghib Apparicio reports.
- Title
- FM GREENE RESPONDS TO COMMONWEALTH JURISTS’ CONCERNS
- Runtime
- 3:00
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- Foreign Affairs Minister Hon. E.P. Chet Greene has responded to concerns expressed by a grouping of Commonwealth jurists, regarding comments made about an unnamed judge by Prime Minister the Right Honourable Gaston Browne.
Minister Greene says the grouping has not taken account of the complete official record, including subsequent comments made by the prime minister on the issue.
Minister Greene also reaffirms the government's commitment to upholding judicial independence, noting that, “Antigua and Barbuda is fully committed to an independent and impartial judiciary, the security of tenure of judicial officers, the separation of powers, the Commonwealth Charter and the Commonwealth Latimer House Principles.”
However, he insists there must be a focus on the substantive issue raised by Prime Minister Browne of tackling the crime threat facing Antigua and Barbuda.
Minister Greene spoke with ABS News Tuesday morning.
Garfield Burford reports.
- Title
- ‘IT’S A VERY GOOD INITIATIVE’ – MORE RESIDENTS WELCOME FREE READING GLASSES
- Runtime
- 2:25
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- The Prime Minister's Vision Programme is expanding its reach, with free reading glasses now being distributed to eligible residents in the Grays Farm community and its environs.
The programme has already assisted hundreds of people, as organizers continue efforts to improve access to basic vision care across Antigua and Barbuda.
Some 25,000 pairs of reading glasses will be distributed in the programme’s first phase.
Shannakisha Francis reports.
