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Long Lines for Fuel Across Cuba Sparking Concerns Over Supply, Rationing

By Dave Sherwood   People line up for gas in Havana, Cuba, March 21, 2022. REUTERS/Stringer HAVANA, March 21 (Reuters) – Hours-long lines formed at gas stations in Cuba´s capital Havana on Monday after local media reported rationing of fuel in at least one province amid a biting economic crisis that has already left food […]

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Colombia Prison Guard Held After Drug Lord Flees Through Open Door

A prison guard has been arrested in Colombia following the escape of gang leader Juan Castro from the maximum-security La Picota jail in Bogotá. Castro, better known under his alias “Matamba”, escaped in the early hours of Friday and is still on the run. CCTV footage appears to show him leaving through an open cell […]

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Petrópolis: More Torrential Rain Destroys Memorial for Brazil Flood Victims

By Sofia Ferreira Santos BBC News A memorial for 233 people killed during landslides and flash flooding in the Brazilian city of Petrópolis has been destroyed by heavy rain. At least five people died and four have been missing since Sunday evening. Residents shared videos on social media of the symbolic white crosses floating away […]

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Recycling Waste: St. Kitts & Nevis Stakeholders Exposed to Taiwan’s Technology  

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS— The Republic of China (Taiwan) has made significant strides in waste management, becoming a shining example of a country that has moved from recycling to circular economy and St. Kitts and Nevis is bracing itself to follow that example. Project Steering Committee members of the recently launched St. Kitts and Nevis Solid […]

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Present Day Inequalities Have Far-Reaching Effects- Nevis Gender Affairs Minister

NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (March 21, 2022) — Hon. Hazel Brandy-Williams, Junior Minister in the Ministry of Health and Gender Affairs, says although the Department of Gender Affairs always focuses on equality for both men and women, the COVID-19 pandemic brought to the fore that present day inequalities have far reaching effects on the stability and sustainability […]

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Think Again About Pandemic’s End, Fauci Sees No New US Surge, USFDA Discussing Boosters, More

With more than 220,000 new daily cases of Covid in the UK, the pandemic is far from being over. Covid numbers at new high in Scotland’s hospitals The number of patients in Scottish hospitals with Covid has reached the highest level of the pandemic, with 2,128 patients having recently tested positive for coronavirus. The latest […]

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$35,000 REWARD BEING OFFERED FOR INFORMATION REGARDING FIRE AT PRIMARY SCHOOL

Basseterre, St. Kitts, March 20, 2022 (RSCNPF): The Royal St. Christopher and Nevis Police Force is offering a reward in the sum of EC$35,000 for information that leads to the arrest and successful prosecution of the person(s) responsible for the fire at the Joshua Obadiah Williams Primary School.  On March 18, 2022, The St. Kitts and Nevis Fire and Rescue […]

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Jamaican Gets 10 Years for Drug Smuggling in Antigua

CNW- The authorities in Antigua and Barbuda have sentenced a Jamaican man Everton Pinnock,  to ten years in prison on drug-related charges. The police report that Everton Pinnock was convicted on three drug-related offenses following a raid at drug base in July 2020 when Pinnock, who was then 55, and another man, Patrick Burrell, 49, were […]

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WORLD VIEW: Ukraine ‘No’ to Surrender, Chinese 737 Crashes, US-Ist Black Female Sup.Ct Nominee, Biden to Europe, More

Trending  |  Russia-Ukraine  |  View in Browser March 21, 2022 Today’s Headlines Ukraine rejects Russian demand for surrender in Mariupol LVIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian officials defiantly rejected a Russian demand that their forces in Mariupol lay down arms and raise white flags Monday in exchange for safe passage out of the besieged…Read More State […]

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UN Report: Haiti the World’s 7th Most Unhappy Country

The United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network has just released the “World Happiness Report 2022” an annual publication that assessed 146 countries in 2021. Since 2002, the “World Happiness Report” has used statistical analysis to determine the happiest countries in the world. To determine the happiest country, the researchers analyze and take into account, among […]

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