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After Bomb Plot: Brazil’s Far-Right Faithfuls are Not Giving Up

Image caption, Protesters opposed to Lula’s election have been camped out outside the barracks Following the arrest in Brasilia of a supporter of outgoing President Jair Bolsonaro for allegedly trying to set off a bomb to create chaos ahead of the inauguration of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva as Brazil’s new president, the BBC’s South […]

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Midnight Escape Street Festival: Melting Pot of Excellence, says Minister Duggins

  BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, December 26, 2022 (MMS-SKN) — The first Midnight Escape Street Festival, which was held on Bay Road in Basseterre on Saturday December 24, ending early hours of Christmas Day December 25, provided the perfect platform that allowed small scale business persons and cultural practitioners to not only display their talent but […]

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Salvation Army Church Distributes Food Hampers

  BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, December 25, 2022 (MMS-SKN) — Under the theme ‘Be champions of hope’ the Salvation Army Church in St. Kitts on Friday December 23 distributed 175 Christmas food hampers to the needy, in a tradition that runs in the Salvation Army churches worldwide since 1891 when the kettle or bell ringing ceremony […]

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China Ends Covid Quarantine for Travellers in January Despite New Surge in Cases

Image source, EPA China is battling to cope with a virus wave after dropping almost all of its pandemic restrictions this month Frances Mao & Fan Wang BBC News China will scrap quarantine for travellers from 8 January, officials said, marking the last major shift from the country’s zero-Covid policy. After almost three years of […]

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Western NY Death Toll Rises to 28 from Storm

By CAROLYN THOMPSONyesterday BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Buffalo residents hovered around space heaters, hunted for cars buried in snow drifts and looked for more victims Monday, after 28 people died in one of the worst weather-related disasters ever to hit western New York. The rest of the United States also was reeling from the ferocious […]

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WORLD VIEW: US Deadly Deep Freeze, China Covid Surge, Migrants Taken to VP Harris’ Home, Ukraine Latest, More

The AP News   Extreme cold, travel chaos: Woes from deadly storm continue BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — The deep freeze from a deadly winter storm that walloped much of the United States will continue into the week as people in western New York deal with…Read More Packed ICUs, crowded crematoriums: COVID roils Chinese towns BAZHOU, […]

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Significant Achievements Made in 2022 – Outgoing CARICOM Chairman

By CMC News The outgoing chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), the President of Suriname Chandrikapersad Santokhi says that as the region prepares to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Chaguaramas, significant steps in were made last year. In his end of year statement, the Surinamese President, in reflecting on […]

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Jamaica: Investigation Launched Into International Drug Ring Using Airport

By Micaiah Morgan,  CNW Police in Jamaica have launched an investigation following the discovery of an undetermined amount of cocaine at the Norman International Airport. According to a report published by Radio Jamaica News, last Thursday, the police seized a shipment of cocaine at the Jamaica Post Central Sorting Office, located in the airport. The […]

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St Kitts & Nevis Prime Minister Drew Sees Need for More Diverse Economy

Basseterre, Dec. 21, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — St Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister, Dr Terrance Drew, recently delivered his first Budget Address under the theme “Towards Our Transformation as a Sustainable Small Island State”. During his speech he highlighted six major sectors for diversification and growth opportunities. The six sectors are: Citizenship by Investment Programme […]

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Bahamas: Great Harbour Cay Airport Opens

The Bahamas has officially opened a new international airport in Great Harbour Cay, located in the Berry Islands The Caribbean is home to over 7,000 islands, both big and small, bustling and deserted. Access to some of the smaller islands can be complicated and require several transfers, sometimes by small plane, other times only by […]

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