ST. JOHN’S, Antigua — Friends of Recaldo “Rick” Thomas gathered at the Skullgerry bar and café in Antigua to celebrate the life of their lost
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India pursues fugitive high-end jeweler arrested in Dominica
ROSEAU, Dominica (AP) — A wealthy jeweler sought by Indian authorities for questioning in an alleged $1.8 billion fraud case in his native India remained
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Antigua PM blasts ’empty’ climate promises at UN small islands summit
NEW YORK – The president of this decade’s summit for Small Island Developing States on Monday blasted “empty” and “grossly inadequate” climate pledges, saying wealthy
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China building new outpost on U.S. doorstep, leaked documents reveal
ST. JOHN’S — On a Caribbean island just 220 miles from the shore of the U.S. Virgin Islands, a black-clad Chinese security guard swept an
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Does Antigua have an extradition treaty with the US? P Diddy’s jet spotted in Miami, but tracked to St. John’s
MIAMI — Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ properties’ in Los Angeles, Miami and New York were raided earlier today, Monday by federal law enforcement agencies. The specific reasons for
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Barbudans launch new environmental legal fight in Caribbean against wealthy developers
ST. JOHN’S (AP) — Construction of two private villas inside a national park in Barbuda has sparked the latest environmental legal fight between angry residents
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Two residents of Barbuda fight the government, seeking to protect land
ST. JOHN’S (AP) — When Hurricane Irma slammed into the tiny Caribbean island of Barbuda as a Category 5 storm in 2017, the government temporarily
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Rastafarians celebrate freedom of worship after gaining sacramental rights to marijuana in Antigua
LIBERTA, Antigua (AP) — On the same ground where their enslaved ancestors were forced to plant sugar cane, Rastafari on this small island nation are
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Q&A: Antigua and Barbuda prime minister on granting Rastafari their sacramental marijuana rights
SAINT JOHN’S (AP) — Antigua and Barbuda recently granted Rastafari official sacramental authorization to grow and smoke marijuana that their faith deems sacred. Rastafari across
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Why Rastafari Smoke Marijuana For Sacramental Reasons and The Faith’s Other Beliefs
ST. JOHN’S — Members of the Rastafari religion and political movement have for decades been persecuted and imprisoned for their ritualistic use of marijuana. But
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