NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (June 14, 2022) — Mental health care remains a priority for the Nevis Island Administration (NIA), and according to Hon. Hazel Brandy-Williams, Junior Minister of Health, the ministry stands ready to assist workers at the Mental Health Unit and its clients. Minister Brandy-Williams, gave the assurance while conducting a walk-through of the new […]

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Prime Minister Dr Timothy Harris has teased the date for the general election in St Kitts and Nevis while at a rally to launch his party’s new campaign headquarters but confirmed the eight candidates that will contest the election for the People’s Labour Party (PLP). Dr Harris in front of a large audience on Fort […]

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Tala Michel Issa, Al Arabiya English Caribbean passports Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, and Grenada are among the most invested in passports by residents in the UAE seeking dual citizenship, according to a Dubai-based passport advisory. These passports are attractive due to the many incentives they offer, including citizenship-by-investment programs, visa-free access to over […]

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The United States Department of State updated the travel advisories for ten different countries June 6, both raising and lowering the travel advisories for countries such as Libya, St. Kitts and Nevis and Poland. Level 4 Countries: Libya and Iran are now considered Level 4 risk countries; the State Department strongly advises Americans to avoid […]

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Five-member crew was detained after they found a bag of cocaine on 5 April and spent nine days in jail in a ‘hellish situation’ A five-person Canadian airline crew caught up in a drug-trafficking investigation is begging their government to repatriate them after two months trapped in the Dominican Republic. “It’s absolutely horrendous – terrible, […]

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View in browser Follow Us Get the newsletter When Jake Sullivan and Yang Jiechi talk, it usually means one thing: their bosses are preparing to pow-wow. Meetings between the top US and Chinese diplomats in October and March both led to calls between Presidents Joe Biden and Xi Jinping. Key reading: High-Level US, China Meeting Raises […]

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June 13 (Reuters) – The Canadian government on Tuesday will announce an end to COVID-19 vaccine mandates for domestic travel on planes and trains and outgoing international travel, CBC News reported on Monday, citing unidentified sources familiar with the matter. The government, which has faced criticism over ongoing pandemic restrictions, may bring back the vaccine […]

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June 13 (Reuters) – LATAM Airlines Group SA (LTM.SN), the largest air transport group in Latin America, on Monday asked a bankruptcy judge to approve $2.75 billion in new loans to fund the company’s exit from Chapter 11. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge James Garrity in Manhattan will review the request during a court hearing on June […]

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By Leo Sands BBC News Indigenous groups have blocked key roads across Ecuador in protest against the government’s economic policies. Some 20 roadblocks have been set up in 11 Ecuadorean provinces, local media report, partly cutting off access to the capital Quito. The protesters’ list of demands includes reducing the cost of fuel and price […]

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BBC- Cuba has sentenced 381 people for taking part in rare anti-government protests last summer – with some jailed for up to 25 years. The attorney general’s office said 297 had received prison terms, for crimes of sedition, public disorder, assault or robbery. A minority were given the option to complete community service instead. Thousands […]

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