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Cricket legend Sir Vivian Richards has called for residents to fully embrace the Antigua & Barbuda Falcons. Sir Viv, who appearing on ABS’s Sports 360 on Thursday, voiced the need to back the franchise and the Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League.

The young Benna Girls of Antigua & Barbuda are back home after a successful campaign in the Concacaf Under 15 Girls Championship in Trinidad. Sharife Sergeant reports.

The Royal Police Force of Antigua and Barbuda has received a technological boost in its efforts to tackle crime. Antigua Barbuda Labour Party caretaker for St. John's Rural West, Michael Joseph made the donation on Friday. Briana Anthony reports.

ANTIGUA BARBUDA TODAY (Friday August 16th 2024)

Three robbery suspects were shot, one fatally, during a confrontation with the police in Ebenezer Thursday afternoon. It was the culmination of a dramatic sequence of events which started with an armed robbery of a superette in Parham shortly after 1pm. Preliminary investigations by police uncovered a modified flare gun and a hoodie thought to belong to one of the men along the road on Brown Hill, Ebenezer. Police Commissioner Atlee Rodney tells ABS News the suspects were shot when they attacked the police.

West Indies all-rounder Andre Russell believes a lot of young cricketers are just not interested in playing Test cricket anymore. Jack Matthew reports.

Surveillance is being increased at the country's ports of entry and at healthcare facilities nationwide for Mpox. That is one of the outcomes of an emergency meeting of the Health Disaster Executive convened by Health Minister Hon. Sir Molwyn Joseph on Thursday. The Health Ministry assures that the laboratory at Sir Lester Bird Medical Centre is also equipped to conduct diagnostic testing of suspected cases, if needed. The executive was formed before the COVID-19 pandemic and is made up of senior health officials and experts. The emergency meeting of the Health Disaster Executive was called in the wake of the World Health Organisation declaring Mpox, formerly called Monkeypox, as a public health emergency of international concern.

Professor C. Justin Robinson says the projected growth of 6.3 per cent for Antigua and Barbuda's economy this year is good news, and one of the few bright spots in the region. He was reacting to the latest annual report from the United Nations' Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, ECLAC. The twin-island state is projected to be the second fastest growing economy in Latin America and the Caribbean this year, with growth in real Gross Domestic Product, projected at 6.8 per cent. However, Professor Robinson says the Government should make the most of this period of high growth, since there are risks from several external factors.

The armed robbery in Parham Thursday has been the latest in a string of attacks targeting business establishments. ABS News caught up with the owner of Calt Minimart, who was left shaken and disheartened by the robbery. However, she told our news team off-camera she welcomed the quick and decisive action of law enforcers. Terry Andrew reports.

ABS EVENING NEWS (LOCAL SEGMENT & WEATHER REPORT) 15.8.2024

ANTIGUA BARBUDA TODAY (Thursday 15th August 2024)

ANTIGUA BARBUDA TODAY (Thursday 15th August 2024)

The outcome of the series will be on the line when the West Indies and South Africa clash in the second and final test in Guyana on Thursday. Jack Matthew has a preview.