Basseterre, St. Kitts – During the 2025 Budget Address on Monday, December 16, 2024, Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, the Honourable Dr. Terrance Drew, reaffirmed the government’s commitment to advancing education and workforce training through strategic investments in digital transformation and Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET). Speaking in the National Assembly, Prime Minister […]

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Saint Kitts and Nevis – The Government of St. Kitts and Nevis is delighted to  announce the successful completion of management agreements between Solidus Corp, the project  developer, and Marriott International, Inc. to build The St. Kitts Ritz-Carlton Resort Hotel and Residences. This milestone paves the way for the prestigious The Ritz-Carlton brand to come […]

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Jamaica’s Ministry of Education integrates AI tools to personalize learning, enhance teaching strategies, and expand access to resources, while addressing challenges like data security, teacher training, and inclusivity to improve education quality.

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In many islands of the Caribbean homes lack formal addresses, due to factors like streets not having consistent names and homes not having numbers. So people will often have to use addresses like ” the green house on the corner behind the third pink house up the hill.”

This can lead to problems in delivering mail, having emergency services attend at the right place, reporting utility failures, utility billing, and  problems with navigation and mapping. For example taxis may not be able to easily find addresses.

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Anna Goldman, a primary care physician at Boston Medical Center, got tired of hearing that her patients couldn’t afford the electricity needed to run breathing assistance machines, recharge wheelchairs, turn on air conditioning, or keep their refrigerators plugged in. So she worked with her hospital on a solution.

The result is a pilot effort called the Clean Power Prescription program. The initiative aims to help keep the lights on for roughly 80 patients with complex, chronic medical needs.

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At least 14 people have died after Cyclone Chido caused severe damage in Mayotte, a French territory in the Indian Ocean, France’s Interior Ministry reported on Sunday.

The powerful tropical cyclone has now hit the east coast of Africa, with aid agencies warning of more deaths and destruction in northern Mozambique. A tropical cyclone is a rotating storm similar to a hurricane in the Atlantic and Caribbean.

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U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming national security adviser has raised concerns about unexplained drones flying over eastern U.S. states.

He emphasized the need to investigate their origins and determine if they pose any threat.

Florida Republican Representative Michael Waltz, who will join Trump’s team after the president-elect takes office on January 20, told CBS’s Face the Nation that understanding these drone sightings is a priority.

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The Jamaican Senate has voted to reduce the import duty on electric bikes  to 10 per cent. The tax used to be 20%.

It seems likely that the tax reduction will also apply to e-scooters, although the government announcement was not specific about this.

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Americans should eat more beans, peas, and lentils while eating less red and processed meat, starchy vegetables (like potatoes and rice), and foods high in added sugars, salt, and saturated fat.

This advice comes from a group of nutrition experts helping to shape the 2025 dietary guidelines, which will influence federal food programs and policies.

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Officials from the White House, FBI, and Department of Homeland Security stated on Saturday that most recent drone sightings in New Jersey and nearby states involved manned aircraft, although they were unable to specify whether the crew members were Martians or Venusians.

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