Real News Antigua & Barbuda

What is Real News Antigua & Barbuda?

Real News Antigua & Barbuda is an online news site at realnewsantigua.com. Its home page describes it as “Your trusted, independent source for breaking news and community stories from Antigua and Barbuda”, carries the tagline “All The News You Can Use”, and ends with the footer “© 2026 Real News Antigua and Barbuda. All rights reserved. This site is managed by Eptt Co Ltd”.^[1] Those are the site's own statements.

Its About page repeats that the site is managed by Eptt Co Ltd and lists independence, accuracy, fairness and community as its stated values; it names no editor and gives no street address, and gives [email protected] as a contact.^[2] The home page menu lists sections from Antigua & Barbuda, Barbuda and Politics to Sports, Caribbean and World.^[1]

What does Real News Antigua & Barbuda cover?

The Sports section, as retrieved on 26 September 2026, listed twelve items dated by the site in relative terms, from “5 days ago” back to “4 months ago”. They covered franchise and West Indies cricket, club and national-team football, the village netball league, swimmers selected for the PanAm Aquatics Championships in Colombia, a Commonwealth Games athlete and notices of the Ministry of Sports.^[3]

Cricket. Its report of 21 September 2026, by its editorial staff, opens: “History was made at Kensington Oval on Sunday night as the Antigua and Barbuda Falcons claimed their maiden Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League (CPL) title, dismantling the Jamaica Kingsmen by eight wickets in a one-sided final.”^[4]

Football. On 9 June 2026 it reported that All Saints United, “champions of Antigua and Barbuda's top flight at the end of the 2024/25 domestic season”, had been drawn to meet Jamaica's Mount Pleasant Academy in the round of 16 of the Caribbean Football Union Club Shield in Trinidad and Tobago.^[5] The Jamaica Observer reported in July 2026 that All Saints United had withdrawn from the tournament.^[8] On 11 June 2026 Real News reported, from the Director General of Communications' post-Cabinet briefing, that Cabinet had approved a pilot arrangement for Premier League football to be played at the Antigua Recreation Ground in the September-to-December season.^[6]

Government sport. On 10 June 2026 it reported a public notice from the Director of Sports that the Ministry of Sports' physical offices were temporarily closed and its staff working remotely.^[7]

How large is Real News Antigua & Barbuda's audience?

No audited web measurement, readership survey or audience currency covering Antigua and Barbuda was found, and the site's own pages that were read publish no traffic or reach figure.^[1][2] No audience figure is given here.

What can be reported is output: the twelve items on its Sports section page span, by the site's own relative dates, about four months to late September 2026.^[3] That describes output, not readers.

Since when has Real News Antigua & Barbuda existed?

The site's About page gives no founding date, and the footer's copyright line gives only the year 2026.^[2][1] The earliest dated sports item read here is its report of 9 June 2026 on the Club Shield draw; that is the earliest date seen, not a founding date.^[5]

Why does Real News Antigua & Barbuda matter in Antigua and Barbuda's sport?

In 2026 its Sports section carried items that the government and the sports bodies announced, each attributed to a named official: the Cabinet decision on Premier League football at the Antigua Recreation Ground, attributed to the Director General of Communications, and the closure of the Ministry of Sports' offices, attributed to the Director of Sports.^[6][7] It also reported the island franchise's first CPL title and a domestic champion club's entry to a regional club competition.^[4][5]

No press-freedom or media-ownership monitoring body was found to publish a country entry for Antigua and Barbuda that names the site.