Industry and Trade Minister Aubyn Hill, says the Consumer Affairs Commission  continues to closely monitor businesses to ensure businesses do not exploit the impact of Hurricane Beryl to engage in price gouging. He did not mention whether there had yet been any prosecutions or other kinds of government actions against offending traders. Six days after […]

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A delegation from the Virgin Islands, led by the  Premier Dr. Natalio D. Wheatley, with Deputy Premier Lorna Smith alongside, has successfully concluded a pivotal five-day visit to London, the BVI has announced in a press release. This visit was a crucial opportunity for the Premier to engage with the new UK Government, including Minister […]

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Address by the Honourable Mark A.G. Brantley Premier of Nevis and Leader of His Majesty’s Loyal Opposition in the St. Kitts and Nevis National Assembly on the occasion of the 41st Anniversary of Independence   Fellow citizens and residents, As Premier and a citizen of the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis, I am deeply honoured […]

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US Vice-President Kamala Harris has said that if she catches a burglar entering her home, she will shoot them. Harris has previously stated that she has a gun, although the exact type of weapon born by the gun-toting presidential candidate has not been revealed, although she has said that it is a handgun and that […]

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Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador blamed the  U.S. for the eruption of drug cartel violence that has killed at least 30 people in the past week in Mexico’s northern state of Sinaloa. The violence was ignited by the July arrest of reclusive Sinaloa cartel leader Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada in Texas, Lopez Obrador said. […]

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The White House this week reported a significant decrease in migrant encounters at the U.S.-Mexico border since President Joe Biden issued an executive order aimed at bolstering immigration enforcement. Migrant encounters in August were significantly lower than last year, White House spokesperson Angelo Fernández Hernández wrote in a statement Monday. Since Biden’s June 4 executive […]

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TRAVEL: by Eric Mackenzie Lamb   Covering just over 100 acres, Vatican City was part of Rome for 200 years until 1929, when it gained independence and became an absolute monarchy under the Pope. Here is some of its fascinating history.   In 1506, the cornerstone of St Peter’s basilica was laid.   In 1512, […]

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Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has signed a decree ordering telecommunications providers in Venezuela to block access to social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, for 10 days following a public spat with owner South African-born Elon Musk. UK-based internet watchdog NetBlocks confirmed the block as of Friday, August 9, 2024. It is unclear as […]

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This week marked the start of one of the most unusual 10-day hunting seasons in the world, and the only one in which pesky Burmese pythons are the target species. This year, more than 600 people registered to take part in the event, mostly Floridians, but with two coming all the way from Canada and […]

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Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, cofounder of the Sinaloa drug cartel, claims he was kidnapped and the only reason he is sitting in a U.S. federal prison cell in Texas is because he trusted  one of the “Los Chapitos,” the sons of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, his cartel cofounder. Zambada made the claim in a Saturday […]

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