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Jailed Man Denies Threatening to Kill Bahamian Prime Minister Phillip Davis

By CMC News A 21-year-old man has been remanded until Thursday after he appeared in a magistrate’s court on Monday charged with threatening to kill Bahamian Prime Minister Philip Davis. The man identified as Isaac Roberts denied the accusation of making the death threat on February 18 when he made his initial appearance in the […]

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SKN: Lawyer Craig Tuckett Seeks Asylum for Haitian Detainees

By Eulaba Weekes St. Kitts and Nevis (WINN): It’s been more than two weeks since 15 individuals of Dominican and Haitian descent have been detained in the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis; and Attorney-at-Law,  Mr. Craig Tuckett is making three legal claims on the detainees’ behalf. “I have been retained by them as their […]

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A&B: Indy Michael Makes History at First Sitting of Parliament

St Peter MP Asot Michael is cheered on by family, friends and supporters as he takes the oath of allegian By Carlena Knight ANTIGUA  OBSERVER For the first time in Antigua’s history, an independent candidate has been sworn in as a Member of Parliament. MP Asot Michael took his oath of allegiance on Friday morning […]

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Nevis Dept. of Education Calls Meeting for Vendors at 2023 Nevis Inter-High Schools Track and Field Championship

NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (February 20, 2023) — The following is a notice from the Department of Education regarding a meeting for vendors of the 2023 Nevis Inter-High Schools Track and Field Championship. The Department of Education cordially invites all persons desirous of vending at the 2023 Nevis Inter-High Schools Track and Field Championship to an […]

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Bus Carrying Migrants in Mexico Crashes, Killing 17

Reuters [1/2] Members of the National Guard stand at the scene of a bus accident which was carrying migrants from Venezuela, Colombia and Central America, in Cuacnopalan, Mexico February 19, 2023. Cruz Roja Puebla/Twitter @CruzRojaPue/Handout via REUTERS   MEXICO CITY, Feb 20 (Reuters) – A bus carrying migrants from Venezuela, Colombia and Central America crashed in […]

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São Paulo: Dozens Killed as More Storms Hit Brazilian Coast

By Phelan Chatterjee BBC News At least 40 people have been killed in flooding and landslides in Brazil’s São Paulo state, officials say. Dozens of people are missing and while the number of dead is expected to rise, rescue workers say they hope to pull some of those trapped in flooded homes out of the […]

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Trinidad Carnival Revellers Defy Crime: ‘If We Unite, We Can Put Up a Fight’

By Anselm Gibbs BBC Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago “Forget the hate and spite, if we unite, we could put up a fight,” sings Eunice Peters as she takes to the stage in San Fernando, a city in the southwest of Trinidad. The lyrics may not be what you would normally expect to hear […]

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New Turkey Quake: 6.3 Aftershock Kills 6, Injures Hundreds

Antakya, Turkey CNN  —  A magnitude 6.3 aftershock struck southern Turkey Monday, killing at least six people and injuring hundreds more, according to Turkish and Syrian officials, two weeks after a massive earthquake killed tens of thousands of people in both countries. The quake struck Turkey’s southern Hatay province, near the Syrian border, Turkey’s Disaster […]

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Bitter Winter: London Handing Out Free Meals for All Primary School Children

By Hanna Ziady, CNN London CNN  —  London’s mayor has announced an emergency program to provide free meals for all children attending state primary schools in the capital, adding to a string of fresh evidence that Brits are struggling to afford necessities. “The cost-of-living crisis means families and children across our city are in desperate […]

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US: Nearly 30 Percent of Work Remains Remote as Workers Dig In

by Daniel de Visé THE HILL The pandemic may be winding down, but the work-from-home revolution marches on. Nearly 30 percent of all work happened at home in January, six times the rate in 2019, according to WFH Research, a data-collection project. In Washington and other large urban centers, the share of remote work is […]

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