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St. Kitts And Nevis Send Record-Breaking Team To The 31st OECS Swimming Competition In St. Lucia

Basseterre, St. Kitts –  In a showcase of talent and national spirit, St. Kitts and Nevis sent a historic delegation of 22 swimmers to the 31st OECS Swimming Championships in Saint Lucia, slated for November 10-12, 2023. The team, featuring the nation’s elite swimmers, was finalized following standout performances at the recently concluded Swim Fest 2023 […]

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Urban Development Unit Set To Propose Urban Resilience Plan To Cabinet In St. Kitts

Basseterre, St. Kitts – The Department of Urban Development, in collaboration with the Department of Environment, is set to propose an Urban Resilience Development Plan to the Cabinet on November 13. One of the movers of this plan, Director for the Urban Development Unit, Rhon Boddie, explained that the plan entails several projects that are […]

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St. Kitts and Nevis Takes Bold Steps Towards a Plastic-Free Future

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts – The Ministry of Environment, Climate Action, and Constituency Empowerment recently launched a public awareness campaign with the central message “Our Islands, Our Responsibility.” This initiative, led by the Department of Environment (DoE), aims to eradicate the widespread use of single-use plastics, emphasizing the government’s unwavering commitment to phasing out these environmental hazards. […]

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St. Kitts And Nevis Building Momentum Towards Sustainability

Basseterre, St. Kitts – The Ministry of Sustainable Development is using the month of November to focus energies within the government and to mobilize private sector stakeholders in “Building Momentum Towards Sustainability.” That’s the theme for the inaugural Month of Sustainability organized by the Ministry of Sustainable Development, Environment, Climate Action and Constituency Empowerment. The month-long […]

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Cops Rendered Armless As 45 Guns Stolen From Police Station In Midnight Raid.

Police have started an internal investigation to determine the degree of responsibility of their own employees in the robbery of the community police station of the Santa Ana circuit, in Manabí, Ecuador where 41 pistols and 4 rifles were stolen from a rack during the night. According to the police report, around 02:00 this Tuesday, […]

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UK Minister In BVI To Help Out With Ideas For Porous Borders, Crime, Prison Overcrowding.

UK Minister Mike Freer MP, from the Ministry of Justice, visited the BVI between Sunday 5th and  Tuesday 7th November. The purpose of the visit was for the Minister to see first-hand the opportunities and challenges in the BVI justice system, and to identify areas for further partnership with the UK. On Monday, Minister Freer […]

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Weather Forecast For 2024 Now Available–Expect More Heatwaves, Wildfires, Hurricanes, Floods And Droughts.

2023 is “almost certain to be the warmest year on record” after October smashed temperature highs, while the mercury will keep rising as the warming El Niño effect continues well into next year. That’s the message from UN World Meteorological Organization (WMO), which said on Wednesday that for the calendar year to date, the global mean temperature […]

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Guyana Takes Venezuela To Court Over River And The Sea Referendum.

Guyana has asked the UN’s highest court to put a stop to a Venezuelan referendum on the annexation of the Esequibo, half of the territory of Guyana and its oil-rich offshore, a claim that goes back to colonial times, and which has consistently been ruled in favor of Guyana. Venezuela has for decades argued that […]

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Israel and United States At Loggerheads Over Future Of Gaza.

U.S. and Israeli officials looking to the future of the Gaza Strip after dislodging Hamas have begun discussing possibilities, including an interim government backed by the United Nations and with the involvement of Arab governments, people familiar with U.S. government deliberations have told Bloomberg. The discussions are still at an early stage and would first […]

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American Airlines Tells Flight Attendants Not To Provide Better Service.

View From The Wing, an influential blog that reports on all matters to do with flying and aviation reports that  American Airlines has sent a reminder to flight attendants not to go above and beyond for passengers in economy. This was first revealed by aviation watchdog  JonNYC who runs a Twitter (X) account. The airline […]

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