Nassau, The Bahamas – The Minister of Health and Wellness the Hon. Dr. Michael Darville introduced the long-awaited Cannabis Bill 2023 to Parliament – a promise to regulate the use of the plant for medicinal purposes and related needs. It was on Wednesday, May 15, 2024 in the House of Assembly that Dr. Darville underscored […]

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Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis – Prime Minister, the Honourable Dr. Terrance Drew, will lead a delegation to the Global Sustainable Island Summit taking place from May 21st – 23rd, 2024 on Prince Edward Island (PEI), ahead of the Fourth Global Small Island Developing States (SIDS4) Conference in Antigua and Barbuda. The Global Sustainable Island […]

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Basseterre, St. Kitts – The Government of St. Kitts and Nevis is pleased to announce that Deputy Prime Minister (DPM), the Honourable Dr. Geoffrey Hanley, and Attorney General (AG), the Honourable Garth Wilkin, will attend the inauguration of President-elect Lai Ching-te of the Republic of China (Taiwan) on May 20, 2024. President-elect Lai, also known […]

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Basseterre, St. Kitts – Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis, the Honourable Dr. Terrance Drew, is currently off-island attending the Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine (RUSVM) Commencement Ceremony in Miami, U.S.A. today, May 17. This significant event celebrates the achievements of graduates who have earned their Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, Master of Science by […]

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Jamaica’s Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Jacquiline Bisasor-McKenzie, has said  that Jamaica discontinued use of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine almost two years ago in July 2022. The Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID‑19 vaccine, was also sold under the brand names Covishield and Vaxzevria. Although widely used initially it was found to cause potentially deadly blood clotting in a small number […]

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The Environmental Health Division is strongly advising residents to take necessary, decisive action to remedy and improve the treatment and disposal of wastewater throughout the community. Chief Environmental Health Officer Lionel Michael said that the poor and inadequate disposal of wastewater exposes residents, specifically children and the elderly to several public health risks. ‘Residents are […]

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The US military has confirmed that the first shipment of aid via a temporary floating pier off Gaza has gone ashore, with supplies transferred from larger ships to smaller vessels, and then to trucks waiting on the pier. US Central Command confirmed in a post on X that the aid trucks began moving ashore at […]

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More than 30,000 children have crossed the Darién Gap, the dense expanse of jungle straddling Panama and Colombia, in the first four months of this year. The area, where the explorer Cortez first saw the Pacific Ocean is known as the Gap, because it is the only missing area in the Panamerican Highway which runs […]

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is coming under increasing pressure from both domestic and International and domestic influencers to  establish a plan for ending the Israel-Hamas war that would take into account both Israel’s military gains and include a political solution for the civilian residents of Gaza. In his harshest public rebuke yet to Netanyahu, […]

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