NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS — For women to be empowered they need to have access to education as well as the freedom to start businesses. That view was expressed by Ms. Catherine Forbes, Training Officer at the Department of Gender Affairs in the Nevis Island Administration (NIA). Ms. Forbes was delivering welcome remarks at the start of […]
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by Joseph Choi Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO), left, speaks with Charles Michel, EU Council President, during the G7 leaders summit at Castle Elmau in Kruen, near Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, on Monday, June 27, 2022.(Michael Kappeler/Pool via AP) The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday said the […]
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The end of the queue for people to view Queen Elizabeth II lying in state is currently near London Bridge, according to the UK government’s live tracker. Estimates given are up 800,000 people in a line more than 7-miles-long waiting to see the Queen’s coffin/. The queue currently is approximately 3 miles long (about 4 […]
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TRAVEL: by Eric Mackenzie Lamb As most Kittitians know, the French island of St Barths is easily visible from St Kitts’ northeastern coastline. And, until 1972, the exportation of sea salt was an important industry for St Barths, which for centuries had not only been a major factor for trade between the two islands., but contributed to the preservation of […]
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Today’s Headlines Ukrainian troops keep up pressure on fleeing Russian forces KHARKIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian troops piled pressure on retreating Russian forces Tuesday, pressing deeper into occupied territory and sending more Kremlin troops fleeing…Read More China’s Xi visits Kazakhstan ahead of summit with Putin NUR-SULTAN, Kazakhstan (AP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday […]
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Right Livelihood As Nicaragua intensifies its crackdown on non-governmental organisations, Indigenous and Afro-descendant peoples on the country’s Caribbean Coast face increasing displacement and attacks from armed settlers with little help or oversight for rights violations, Right Livelihood and the Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL) warned the UN Human Rights Council in a joint […]
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By Santana Salmon Haiti’s Prime Minister Dr. Ariel Henry is condemning persons whom he said want to acquire political power in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country without first seeking a mandate from the population. In a nationwide radio and television broadcast on Sunday night, Henry, who has been acting as president since July last year, […]
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CLIMATE impacts are heading into “uncharted territories of destruction,” the head of the UN has warned, as a multi-agency report sets out the scale of the crisis. The United In Science report, co-ordinated by the UN’s World Meteorological Organisation (WMO), warns that “without ambitious action, the physical and socio-economic impacts of climate change will be […]
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Two Haitian reporters have been fatally shot and their bodies set on fire while reporting in a slum controlled by gangs in the country’s capital By EVENS SANON Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Two Haitian reporters were fatally shot and their bodies set on fire while reporting in a slum controlled by gangs in the […]
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Sept 12 (Reuters) – Brazil presidential candidate Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva continues to poll ahead of President Jair Bolsonaro, extending his lead to 15 percentage points, according to an IPEC poll published on Monday. The survey showed Lula with 46% of voter support against 31% for Bolsonaro in the first round of the election […]
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