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Nevis Premier Brantley Supports Debate on Haitian Migration, But Feels It’s Not Attracting Enough Attention

by Kevon Browne St. Kitts and Nevis (WINN): The Premier of Nevis, Hon. Mark Brantley said that he welcomes more debate on the Haitian migration situation the region is facing as the CARICOM country grapples with gang violence, health crises, economic turmoil and political instability, as it is not attracting sufficient attention. “By all accounts, […]

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Jamaica Prime Minister Holness Heads Special Mission to Haiti

(Jamaica Observer) Kingston, Jamaica- Prime Minister Andrew Holness left the island Monday morning to lead a special Caricom mission to Haiti. He is expected to return to later this evening. In a release on Monday, Jamaica House stated that representatives from The Bahamas, Trinidad and Tobago as well as the Caricom Secretariat will be a […]

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Rights Group Claims 90+Trinidadians Unlawfully Dertained as IS Suspects in Syria

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, (CMC) – Over 90 nationals of Trinidad and Tobago, including at least 56 children, are unlawfully detained in life-threatening conditions as Islamic State (ISIS), a human rights group said Tuesday. Accusing the Trinidad and Tobago government of taking almost no action to help the detainees return to the country, the international […]

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WORLD VIEW: Greece head-on train crash kills and injures dozens, New Calif. storm, Kobe Bryant lawsuit, More

The AP Wire Head-on train crash in Greece kills 36, injures at least 85 TEMPE, Greece (AP) — A passenger train carrying hundreds of people, including many university students returning home from vacation, collided at high speed with an oncoming…Read More As court debates student loans, borrowers see disconnect WASHINGTON (AP) — Arguments at the […]

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Cuba 2022: Some 10,000 Workers in the Electricity Sector Left Their Jobs

  8,089 workers left their jobs in the first nine months of last year. (Escambray) 14ymedio, Havana, 27 February 2023 — Every day, more workers in the state electricity sector leave their jobs in Cuba. In the first six months of 2022, 21 a day left their jobs; in the following three months, while the […]

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Brazil’s Amazon Must Be Protected to Reach Global Climate Goal, U.S. Envoy Says

By Jake Spring and Lisandra Paraguassu BRASILIA, Feb 28 (Reuters) – The world cannot meet its climate goal to limit global temperature rise to 1.5 degree Celsius unless it protects the Amazon rainforest, climate envoy John Kerry said in Brazil on Tuesday while discussing possible U.S. funding for jungle conservation. Brazil’s new President Luiz Inacio […]

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Peru Announces $9 Bln Injection to Boost Economy Amid Protests

Demonstrators wave flags during a protest calling for an indefinite nationwide strike during a march against the government of Peru’s President Dina Boluarte, in Lima, Peru, February 9, 2023. REUTERS/Alessandro Cinque LIMA, Feb 28 (Reuters) – Peru’s government announced on Tuesday the launch of more than 30 public-private projects worth nearly $9 billion, hoping to […]

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US Asks Mexico to Extradite El Chapo’s Son Ovidio Guzmán

By Vanessa Buschschlüter BBC News The United States has asked Mexico to extradite a son of the infamous drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, Mexican officials say. Ovidio Guzmán was arrested on 5 January in Sinaloa state, in northern Mexico. The 32-year-old is suspected of leading, along with his brother, the powerful Sinaloa drug cartel […]

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“Black Hearts Freedom Edition” Tremendously Successful, NCDF CEO Says

  NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (February 27, 2023) — Mr. Jerome Rawlins, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Nevis Cultural Development Foundation (NCDF), is describing “Black Hearts Freedom Edition,” an event staged by the foundation at the Nevis Performing Arts Centre (NEPAC) on February 26, 2023 as a resounding success. Speaking to the Department of Information […]

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