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Deaths of 3 Americans at Sandals Resort, Bahamas Under Investigation, Officials Say

By Hira Humayun, Jason Hanna and Rebekah Riess, CNN   (CNN) Three Americans died of unknown causes Friday at a Sandals resort on the Bahamas’ Great Exuma island, and police are investigating, officials said. Two men and a woman died at the resort, and a fourth American — a woman — was airlifted to a […]

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Nevis Water Department Issues Advisory on Planned Water Supply Interruption Sunday

  NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (May 06, 2022)  The Nevis Water Department wishes to advise the General Public of a water interruption on Sunday 08th May, 2022, between the hours 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. in the St. John’s area. Please note that the areas that will be affected during this time are: Beach Road, Hermitage, Brown Pasture, Burden Pasture, […]

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St. Kitts and Nevis Explorers Community Youth Clubs

Commonwealth Point of Light 224. Rosemarie Isles Joseph Inspector Rosemarie Isles Joseph, representing St. Kitts and Nevis, aged 53, is a Police officer who created a series of Explorer Community Youth Clubs to provide a safe space for children and young people at risk of gang violence and crime.   Inspector Isles set up the […]

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WORLD VIEW: Mariupol: No Surrender, UK’s Boris Hit Hard at Polls, Reparations, More

Trending | View in Browser May 06, 2022 Here is today’s selection of top stories from The Associated Press at this hour to begin your day.  Today’s Headlines Defenders inside Ukrainian steel mill refuse to surrender LVIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian fighters battling Russian forces in the tunnels beneath Mariupol’s immense steel plant refused to […]

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Clashes Between Haitian Gangs Leave 39 Dead, 68 Injured

Authorities also counted nearly 9,000 displaced Haitians, eight missing persons, and 68 citizens injured as a result of the dispute between the 400 Mawozo and Chen Mechan. On Thursday, Civil Protection confirmed that 39 Haitians have died since clashes between two armed gangs began two weeks ago in Port-au-Prince. Its latest bulletin also counts nearly […]

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Caricom Will Not Attend Summit of the Americas if Nations Excluded

Telesur- Caricom reports that it will not attend the Summit of the Americas in the event that the United States excludes any nation from the intercontinental event. Brian Nichols, the U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs, announced on Monday that Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela would not be invited to the Summit of […]

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From Brazil: More Than 500Kg of Cocaine Found in Nespresso Shipment

ZURICH, May 5 (Reuters) – More than 500 kg (1,102 lb) of cocaine estimated to be worth more than 50 million Swiss francs ($50.65 million) have been found in a container of coffee bean bags for Nestle’s (NESN.S) Nespresso factory in Romont in western Switzerland, the cantonal police said on Thursday. Police were informed on […]

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Mexico: Ninth Journalist Killed This Year as Foreign Criticism Mounts

MEXICO CITY, May 5 (Reuters) – A Mexican journalist was found dead in the northwestern state of Sinaloa on Thursday, authorities said, marking the ninth death of a media worker in a unprecedentedly bloody year for the country which has drawn international scrutiny. Luis Enrique Ramirez, a veteran journalist and columnist at El Debate, was […]

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British Virgin Islands Premier Andrew Fahie Replaced After Drugs Arrest

By Doug Faulkner BBC News , The premier of the British Virgin Islands (BVI) has been replaced following his arrest in the US on drug smuggling charges. His deputy Natalio Wheatley has been sworn in as the new premier of the islands with the approval of its governor John Rankin. A no-confidence motion in Andrew […]

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