Tag Archives: caribbean

Haitian-Chilean Businessman Sentenced in US for Moïse Assassination.

By Jonathan Mason-June 6th 2023. Haitian-Chilean businessman Rodolphe Jaar has been sentenced to life in prison by a Miami court for his role in organizing the July 7, 2021, murder of President Jovenel Moïse in Port au Prince when a group of mostly Colombian mercenaries – stormed his home on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince. Jaar […]

The post Haitian-Chilean Businessman Sentenced in US for Moïse Assassination. appeared first on The St Kitts Nevis Observer.

“We’re Not The Dambusters”; Russia Denies Destroying Ukraine Dam.

By Jonathan Mason-June 6th 2023. A dam and hydroelectric power plant in a Russian-controlled part of southern Ukraine have been destroyed, unleashing a torrent of water and prompting fears of wide-scale flooding in the area downstream on the Dnipro river. Ukrainian and Russian officials have urged local communities near the Nova Kakhovka dam to evacuate the […]

The post “We’re Not The Dambusters”; Russia Denies Destroying Ukraine Dam. appeared first on The St Kitts Nevis Observer.

Prince Harry’s 55-Page Phone Hacking Witness Statement Released.

By Editor-June 6th, 2023. The 55-page witness statement in which Prince Harry laid out his complaint against Mirror Group Newspapers has been released to the public today. Click here witness statement to read the statement in its entirety. In the 55-page long document the Duke of Sussex said that the alleged unlawful actions of journalists […]

The post Prince Harry’s 55-Page Phone Hacking Witness Statement Released. appeared first on The St Kitts Nevis Observer.

Bronte Welsh School Students Tipped on How to Qualify for TDC Scholarships.

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, June 5, 2023 (MMS-SKN) — Students of the West Basseterre based Bronte Welsh Primary School were on Friday June 2 given tips on how they could qualify for the  prestigious TDC Warren C. Tyson Memorial Scholarship Programme, whose alumni include Prime Minister the Hon. Dr Terrance Drew. “There are three things that […]

The post Bronte Welsh School Students Tipped on How to Qualify for TDC Scholarships. appeared first on The St Kitts Nevis Observer.

Premier Brantley endorses PM Drew’s policy to reduce interest rates on student loans at DBSKN

NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (June 05, 2023) – Premier of Nevis, Hon. Mark Brantley, has endorsed Prime Minister Hon. Dr. Terrance Drew’s recently implemented policy, which reduces the interest rate on existing student loans at the Development Bank of St. Kitts and Nevis from nine percent to five percent.   “I support any and all initiatives to […]

The post Premier Brantley endorses PM Drew’s policy to reduce interest rates on student loans at DBSKN appeared first on The St Kitts Nevis Observer.

Double Homicide in Greenlands

Police are investigating a double homicide in the Basseterre area that took place Monday morning. Police have confirmed the shooting in which two persons succumbed to wounds in this incident. According to the authorities, the incident occurred on Rectory Road in the Greenlands area. Law enforcement officers are on the scene and preliminary investigations are in […]

The post Double Homicide in Greenlands appeared first on The St Kitts Nevis Observer.

Fishers of Plastic Cleaning up Mediterranean One Bag at a Time.

By Jonathan Mason-June 5th, 2023. The United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP)’s latest measurements have found an average of 64 pieces of microplastic – fragments smaller than 5mm (0.2 inches) across – in every square metre (10 square feet) of the Mediterranean Sea. Plastic takes years to break up and degrade at sea. Such a quantity […]

The post Fishers of Plastic Cleaning up Mediterranean One Bag at a Time. appeared first on The St Kitts Nevis Observer.

Caribbean Heart Transplant Man Dead–Denied Medications Access by US Cops Claims Family.

Jonathan Mason-June 5th, 2023. On the day he was arrested for a misdemeanor, Dexter Barry warned Florida police that if he did not take his anti-rejection medication, his heart would fail. “I take rejection medicine for my heart transplant. I can’t miss those doses,” he said, according to body camera footage obtained by National Public […]

The post Caribbean Heart Transplant Man Dead–Denied Medications Access by US Cops Claims Family. appeared first on The St Kitts Nevis Observer.

Railway Board: Coromandel Express Train Smashed into Parked Freight Train Loaded with Iron Ore.

By Jonathan Mason-June 5th, 2023. Two days after a massive triple-train accident killed around 288 people, the Railway Board on Sunday explained how the triple train collision at Bahanaga Bazar station in Balasore took place. “There are four lines in the station. Two are straight main lines. Trains do not stop on those lines. The other two […]

The post Railway Board: Coromandel Express Train Smashed into Parked Freight Train Loaded with Iron Ore. appeared first on The St Kitts Nevis Observer.