A chronology of key events from the BBC: 1493 – Christopher Columbus lands on the islands and names St Kitts after his patron saint, Christopher. Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, St Kitts, pictured in the 1920s, was a major producer of suger until 2005 1623 – The British establish their first Caribbean colony on St […]
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by Nathaniel Weixel AP Photo/Rick Bowmer A registered nurse prepares a dose of a Monkeypox vaccine. People who were eligible for a monkeypox vaccine but did not receive one were about 14 times more likely to become infected than those who were vaccinated, according to preliminary data released Wednesday by the Centers for Disease Control […]
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by Tobias Burns The Hill The United Nations warned of a global recession Monday amid efforts by regulators in the world’s most advanced economies — like the U.S. and Europe — to stanch sky-high inflation. The international body called on central banks like the U.S. Federal Reserve “to revert course and avoid the temptation to try […]
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CDC DROPPING COUNTRY-BY-COUNTRY COVID ADVISORY LIST The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) removed its country-by-country list of COVID-19 travel advisories on Monday. The CDC said in a statement to The Hill that its ability to accurately assess the risk for most places that Americans visit has become limited as fewer countries are […]
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T&T GUARDIAN- Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne says he is not satisfied with the response from his Trinidad and Tobago counterpart regarding the non-payment of millions of US dollars linked to the collapse of Trinidad-based insurance companies CLICO and British American Insurance Company (BAICO) in 2009. Browne, who is chairman of the Eastern […]
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The Reuters Daily Briefing Tuesday, October 4, 2022 by Linda Noakes Hello Here’s what you need to know. North Korea conducts its longest-range missile test yet, Musk and Zelenskiy have a Twitter showdown, and a weakened Truss faces a fight for credibility Also, join us live for Reuters IMPACT – tackling climate change with businesses, […]
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By CMC News A suspected Venezuelan gang leader has been arrested on human trafficking charges following a “painstaking two-year investigation” by the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) Acting Police Commissioner McDonald Jacob in congratulating officers “for their arduous work and dedication exhibited over a painstaking two-year investigation” said he is pleased that there had […]
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CMC- Turks and Caicos Islands Governor Nigel John Dakin said the security situation in the British Overseas Territory is related to Jamaican gangs and serious transnational crime rather than international terrorism. “It remains ongoing, and it will not stop, unless we stop it,” Dankin told the House of Assembly as he made reference to the […]
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BASSETERRE, St Kitts (CMC) – The St Kitts-Nevis government says it is taking the steps required to create a sustainable medicinal cannabis industry as the twin island Federation moves to reduce its dependency on the Citizenship by Investment (CBI) programme. Prime Minister Dr. Terrance Drew, whose administration came to office following the general elections in […]
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By Maegan Vazquez and Allie Malloy, CNN CNN — President Joe Biden, first lady Jill Biden, and Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator Deanne Criswell are visiting Ponce, Puerto Rico, on Monday – weeks after Hurricane Fiona ravaged the US territory. In Puerto Rico, Biden received a briefing on the storm and met with individuals […]
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