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Wolverhampton : History-Making UK Mayor Proud of Jamaican Roots

Jamaica-born Mayor of Wolverhampton, United Kingdom (UK), Councillor Sandra Samuels (left), holds a Jamaican flag at a civic function to mark Jamaica’s 60th Independence anniversary on August 6, 2022, at the African Caribbean Centre (The Hub) in Wolverhampton. Other officials and Jamaicans participated in the event. Loop News- Jamaica-born Sandra Samuels, the first black person […]

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Nevis Island Assembly to Sit October 18

NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (October 15, 2022) — A sitting of the Nevis Island Assembly is scheduled for Tuesday, October 18, 2021, from 10 a.m. at the Assembly Chambers at Hamilton House on Samuel Hunkins Drive in Charlestown. According to the Order Paper dated October 13, 2022, circulated by Ms. Myra Williams, Clerk of the Assembly, […]

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Nigeria Floods: ‘Overwhelming’ Disaster Leaves More Than 600 People Dead

Image source, Getty Images By Ishaq Khalid & Elsa Maishman BBC News, Abuja & London Recent flooding in Nigeria has become an “overwhelming” disaster, and many states were not properly prepared for them despite warnings, the minister for disaster management has said. More than 600 people have died in the worst flooding the West African […]

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Atty. General: SKN CBI Scheme Being Strengthened for ‘Enhanced Sustainability’

Basseterre, St. Kitts- Attorney-General and Minister of Justice and Legal Affairs, the Honourable Garth Wilkin, said that the Government of St Kitts and Nevis is strengthening and improving its Citizenship by Investment (CBI) Programme for enhanced sustainability. “We are in the process of putting things in place so that we can have the [CBI] Programme […]

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National Caribbean Insurance Sponsoring Breast Cancer Awareness Month Activities

 BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS — As the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis observes activities to mark Breast Cancer Awareness Month (October), the National Caribbean Insurance Company Limited has partnered with the Essence of Hope Breast Cancer Foundation as a corporate sponsor, in support of the Foundation’s work and advocacy for cancer patients. “National Caribbean Insurance […]

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Support for Juan Guaidó has dwindled

By Sir Ronald Sanders   (The writer is Antigua and Barbuda’s Ambassador to the United States of America and the Organization of American States.   He is also a Senior Fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London and Massey College in the University of Toronto)     At the height of Donald Trump’s […]

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Florida: Parkland School Shooter Spared from Execution for Killing 17

By TERRY SPENCER Tom and Gena Hoyer exit the courtroom as Gena could be heard sobbing following the verdict in the trial of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooter Nikolas Cruz at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022. The Hoyer’s son, Luke, was killed in the 2018 shootings. […]

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WORLD VIEW: Trump Must Testiify, Mass N.Carolina Shooting, N. Korea Missile Tests, More

Today’s Headlines Jan. 6 panel subpoenas Trump, shows startling new video WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Jan. 6 committee voted unanimously Thursday to subpoena former President Donald Trump, demanding his personal testimony as it unveiled startling…Read More Police: 5 killed, including officer, in North Carolina shooting RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Five people were killed by […]

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Five Killed by Youth Shooting Suspect in North Carolina

By Gerrard Kaonga Newsweek Police have arrested a white male juvenile as a suspect following a shooting in Raleigh, North Carolina, that resulted in the deaths of five people, according to reports. The shooter opened fire along a walking trail in the capital city on Thursday and evaded police for hours before he was cornered […]

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