London, Dec. 27, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The much-anticipated changes to St Kitts and Nevis’ Citizenship by Investment Programme have been announced today by the country’s recently appointed Citizenship by Investment Unit Head, Michael Martin. Setting a bold and new tone for the industry as a whole, St Kitts and Nevis is once again leading […]

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  By Micaiah Morgan CNW- The Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) says 2,000 pounds of cocaine valued at J$1.1 billion was seized on Monday after its members intercepted a go-fast boat off the coast of St. Thomas. Three Jamaicans, who were on the boat, were apprehended and are being processed. The Air and Cyber Command intercepted […]

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by Eulana Weekes St. Kitts and Nevis (WINN): Royal Utilities will be pumping water into the public distribution network over the next few months to assist the Government of St.Kitts and Nevis in providing the well needed commodity to the community. The Minister of Utilities Hon Konris Maynard during a video presentation on Friday, December […]

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By Rob Copeland NY TIMES There’s a popular reggaeton phrase, “money can’t done,” meaning that fabulous wealth makes its own rules. In the Bahamas in recent months, it has become a gleeful reference to the once high-flying resident Sam Bankman-Fried. From Washington to Wall Street, Bankman-Fried is now persona non grata. Politicians, investors and cryptocurrency […]

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By Claudia Rebaza, Hira Humayun, Marlon Sorto and Sahar Akbarzai, CNN CNN  — Peru’s new President Dina Boluarte has proposed bringing general elections forward two years to April 2024, during a televised speech delivered early Monday morning, amid ongoing protests throughout the country. “Interpreting the will of the citizens… I have decided to take the […]

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LIMA, Dec 26 (Reuters) – The anti-corruption unit of Peru’s attorney general’s office on Monday detained six generals amid an investigation into allegations the government of ousted former President Pedro Castillo illegally promoted police and military officers. Police also seized “documents and devices” during a raid of the home of Castillo’s former Defense Minister Walter […]

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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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  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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  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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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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