NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS — Nine persons were honoured for their contributions to the development of Nevis and St. Kitts and Nevis at the 39th Anniversary Independence Day Ceremonial Parade & Awards Ceremony, on September 19, 2022, at the Elquemedo T. Willett Park. Mr. McLevon Tross was awarded for his contribution to Agriculture; Mrs. Hyacinth Hendrickson and Mr. […]
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BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, September 20, 2022 (MMS-SKN) — The St. Kitts Nevis Anguilla Trading and Development Company (TDC) Limited’s Warren Tyson Memorial Scholarship Programme, which was launched in 1981, has offered equal opportunities to children from poor families who are now making significant strides in nation building. That is the view of one of […]
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Boston Globe- More negative reaction today over President Biden declaring on “60 Minutes” that the coronavirus pandemic is over, with public health officials around the country slapping their foreheads in frustration. My favorite reaction was from Dr. Megan Ranney, academic dean of the Brown University School of Public Health, who borrowed one of Biden’s own favorite […]
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The Caribbean Community yesterday issued a statement on the increasingly disturbing situation in Haiti. The following is the text of the communique: “The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is gravely concerned by the continuing deterioration of the security situation and the social circumstances in the Republic of Haiti. The continued breakdown in law and order, and its […]
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NYDN- New York Governor Kathy Hochul said that New York would send drones to the Dominican Republic and more than 100 state troopers to Puerto Rico as Hurricane Fiona’s driving winds and rains crushed the Caribbean. Hochul said the support commitments came after Puerto Rico’s Gov. Pedro Pierluisi asked for Spanish-speaking cops to help citizens […]
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Today’s Headlines UN chief warns global leaders: The world is in ‘great peril’ UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Warning that the world is in “great peril,” the head of the United Nations says leaders meeting in person for the first time in three years must tackle…Read More ‘We have nothing’: Izium’s trauma after Russian occupation IZIUM, […]
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PARIS, Sept 18 (Reuters) – France will recognise a state of natural disaster for Guadeloupe after heavy rain tied to the powerful storm Fiona caused flooding in the French Caribbean island, killing one man, President Emmanuel Macron said on Twitter on Sunday. “In the aftermath of storm Fiona my thoughts go to Guadeloupe, to our […]
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By Mica Rosenberg Sept 19 (Reuters) – A Texas county sheriff is opening a criminal investigation into flights that carried dozens of migrants to Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, from Texas last week, an act that Florida’s Republican governor took credit for and which the White House dubbed a political stunt. Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar […]
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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON, Sept 19 (Reuters) – The Biden administration will expand U.S. flights to Havana, adding 13 weekly American Airlines (AAL.O) departures from Miami and a weekly JetBlue (JBLU.O) departure from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, the Transportation Department said on Monday. That is on top of the typical six daily American Airlines flights […]
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By James FitzGerald & Elsa Maishman BBC Minute Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Roads in the Dominican Republic have been blocked Hurricane Fiona is continuing to strengthen – threatening lives in parts of the Caribbean, say US forecasters. The National Hurricane Center (NHC) said the category two storm currently packing speeds of 110mph (175km/h) could […]
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