“Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me…” That is part of what is inscribed on the Statue of Liberty, located on Liberty Island – adjacent to Ellis Island, at the gateway to the United States. […]

  On Tuesday 27 January 2026, St Kitts & Nevis appeared before the UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group for its fourth-cycle review, Government communications around that appearance presented the Federation’s progress in terms of governance, rights, and institutional strengthening. Those words matter most when they are tested. Rule of law […]

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Feb 11,  CMC – A High Court judge has dismissed a lawsuit from a  member of the main opposition We Invest in Nationhood (WIN) party, who had challenged the decision of a bank to  close his account. In the run-up to the regional and general elections here last September, several commercial banks cancelled […]

ROSEAU, Dominica, Feb 11, CMC – The chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Prime Minister Dr. Terrance Drew Wednesday held talks with Prime Minister Roosevelt  Skerrit on issues ahead of the February 24-27 CARICOM summit to be held in St. Kitts and Nevis. “I came to meet with senior Prime Minister Skerrit to discuss matters […]

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  Feb 11, CMC -A 27-year-old man has been released on BDS$5,000 (One BDS$=US$0.50 cents) bail  after he pleaded guilty to posting on social media a video claiming that he had received money from a candidate of the ruling Barbados Labour Party (BLP) ahead of Wednesday’s general election. Akeem Renaldo Durant will return to […]

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Feb 11, CMC  -Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders say  they recognise the “urgent need” for a stable political process in Haiti following last weekend end to the mandate of  the Transitional Presidential Council (CPT) while leaving the future of the French-speaking member country in limbo. “It is expected that this would be a short interim […]

ST. GEORGE’S , Grenada,  Feb 10, CMC – Health authorities in Grenada Tuesday said they are investigating several suspected cases of tuberculosis (TB) “Of particular concern is that children are among those affected,”  the Ministry of Health isaid in a statement, adding that Grenada typically records two to three cases of TB each year. “However, […]

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, Feb 10, CMC – Prime Minister Dr. Godwin Friday says the government will begin a three-year phase out of the reliance on Cuban district medical officers, as he outlined a new vision for the health sector in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Earlier this month, the United States said it is committed […]

Basseterre, Saint Kitts, February 11, 2026 (SKNIS): The Honourable Marsha T. Henderson, Minister of Tourism for Saint Kitts and Nevis, officially assumed the chairmanship of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Council of Ministers: Tourism during the opening ceremony of the Council’s 9th Meeting, being held in Saint Kitts from February 11–12, 2026. In her […]

Basseterre, St. Kitts — February 11, 2026 (SKNIS) — Applications are now open for the 2026 Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Taiwan Scholarship, offering students in St. Kitts and Nevis the opportunity to pursue studies in Taiwan. The scholarship covers undergraduate programmes (up to four years), master’s programmes (up to two years), and doctoral programmes […]