NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (May 26, 2022) — As part of its Public Awareness Campaign, the Department of Physical Planning and Environment announces a  Developers’ Orientation Session. The session is open to person who are stakeholders in any development including: home owners and prospective homeowners, bankers, insurance agents, architects, surveyors and contractors. During this session information […]

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BBC- The death of a black man who was forced into a police car trunk where a gas grenade was set off has sparked outrage in Brazil. Police stopped Genivaldo de Jesus Santos, 38, in the street in the north-eastern city of Umbaúba, Sergipe state, on Wednesday. Video footage showed two officers holding down the […]

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NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (MAY 26, 2022) — The Department of Labour in the Nevis Island Administration (NIA) will be hosting Career Fair 2022, for 4th and 5th Form students from July 11 to 15, 2022. The theme is “Skills Development and Opportunities for a Brighter Future” It will be held. The fair will highlight skills […]

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By Santana Salmon Jamaica has unveiled the design of its first National Identification (ID) card, which is engraved with national symbols and has 26 security features. The uniquely designed card, which is a key deliverable of the National Identification System (NIDS) project intended to provide a safe, convenient, and reliable means of proving an individual’s […]

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A 4.2-magnitude earthquake has struck near Abymes, Guadeloupe. The tremor was recorded early morning on Thursday, May 26th, 2022, at 4:17 am local time. It had an intermediate depth of 144 km below the surface. The event was filed by the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), the first seismological agency to report it. According to preliminary […]

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By Kadeem Joseph With over 250 confirmed and suspected cases of monkeypox across 16 countries, doctors in Antigua and Barbuda are being warned to be vigilant, while residents are urged to seek assistance if they have symptoms. That was the admonition from Chief Medical Officer Dr Rhonda Sealey-Thomas, who said she had notified local doctors […]

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Trending | View in Browser May 26, 2022 Here is today’s selection of top stories from The Associated Press at this hour to begin your day.  Today’s Headlines Onlookers urged police to charge into Texas school UVALDE, Texas (AP) — Frustrated onlookers urged police officers to charge into the Texas elementary school where a gunman’s […]

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  HAVANA, May 25 (Reuters) – Cuba’s emblematic sugar harvest topped out at just over half of the communist-run government’s target this year, according state-run newspaper Granma, representing another major blow to the country’s already crisis-racked economy. That 2021-2022 harvest hit just 52% of the goal for the season, Granma said, or approximately 474,000 tons. […]

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By Nelson Bocanegra, Oliver Griffin and Julia Symmes Cobb BOGOTA, May 25 (Reuters) – Miguel Botache Santillana, better known as Gentil Duarte, who leads one faction of former FARC rebels who remained armed after a peace deal with Colombia’s government, is presumed killed in Venezuela, Colombia’s Defense Minister Diego Molano told journalists on Wednesday. Though […]

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By Allison Lampert   MONTREAL, May 25 (Reuters) – A sweeping law adopted by Quebec on Tuesday to promote French language usage is elevating already simmering tensions with indigenous groups, who see the move as an imposition and have vowed to fight it. Bill 96, passed by a majority of Quebec legislators, sets stricter rules […]

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