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LIAT gets timely boost with pledge of support from Grenada PM
OBSERVER Newsco: Sustained efforts from Prime Minister Gaston Browne to revitalise regional carrier LIAT, received a timely boost in the past couple of days with a declaration of support from Grenadian Prime Minister, Dickon Mitchell. CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP FOR NEWS UPDATES. “It’s difficult for me to see why our previous administration…
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No rift in party, says Dr Denzil Douglas
Former prime minister Dr Denzil Douglas has rubbished reports of a rift within the leadership of the main opposition St Kitts-Nevis Labour Party (SKNLP) ahead of the August 5 poll, saying he is in full support of the leader, Dr Terrance Drew. CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP FOR NEWS UPDATES. “We went through…
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National Hurricane Center monitoring tropical waves in the Caribbean and Atlantic
As the United States enters the third month of hurricane season, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) is monitoring four active tropical waves on Monday in the Caribbean and Atlantic oceans. CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP FOR NEWS UPDATES. For the next five days, the NHC does not expect new tropical cyclones to form.…
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Power Play!: The secret deal with Harris, SKELEC and Leclanché
By ABN Correspondent St. Kitts & Nevis is experiencing a serious power problem; both in terms of a “power” generation capability for electricity and the exercise of power in political governance. Now, the big quation is not “if”, but “how much” of taxpayers’ dollars have been funnelled away by this administration, under the guise of…
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Trinidad national facing 10 years in prison after hiring hitman
A United States district judge will on October 26 sentence a 43-year-old Trinidad and Tobago born national, who has pleaded guilty to charge that he used the US mail system to solicit, plan, and pay for the murder of his former girlfriend’s new love interest. CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP FOR NEWS UPDATES.…
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T&T utility company to dismiss more than 200 managers
The Trinidad & Tobago Cabinet mandated the board of the Water and Sewerage Authority (WASA) to immediately begin the execution of a transformation plan, which will start with the cutting of 213 members of the executive team, followed by cuts in an unknown number of staff. CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP FOR NEWS…
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Tense Election in SKN; Voters Fear Impending High-level Interference
By ABN Correspondent With only a few days to go, Kittitians and Nevisians would be trudging back to the polling stations for a third election in seven years. The fledgeling nation – the seventh smallest democracy in the world – is feeling the blows as for the first time, three political heavyweights are battling it…
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Fernandez participates in 7th Meeting of the OECS Council of Ministers: Tourism
Communiqué of the 7th Meeting of the OECS Council of Ministers:Tourism The Seventh (7th) Meeting of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Council of Ministers: Tourism was held at the Cabrits Resort & Spa Kempinski Dominica on Thursday 21st July, under the Chairmanship of Denise Charles, Minister for Tourism, International Transport and Maritime Initiatives,…
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BVI Christian Council loses appeal bid in same-sex marriage case
BVI NEWS: The BVI Christian Council has lost a proposed appeal before the High Court about a matter involving a same-sex couple in the BVI. CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP FOR NEWS UPDATES. The Council sought permission to appeal against case-management orders issued by Justice Adrian Jack. Justice Jack’s orders were in relation…
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Meet Shawn Richards, Leader of the People’s Action Movement: He Wants to be Prime Minister (Now)
By Joel Liburd Shawn Richards squandered two opportunities, the first in 2015 and the second in 2020, to become prime minister of the Federation of St. Kitts & Nevis. And on each occasion, he kowtowed to Timothy Harris. T he latter aka the Rajapaksa of the Eastern Caribbean and leader of the Peoples Labour Party…
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Has CARICOM reached its limits of regional integration Part 1
By Sir Ronald Sanders (The writer is Antigua and Barbuda’s Ambassador to the United States of America and the Organization of American States. He is also a Senior Fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London, and Massey College in the University of Toronto) I am indebted for the title of this…