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British national shot and killed in St Lucia
An investigation has been launched following an incident at a bar in which a British national was killed and several others were injured when masked gunmen opened fire at the establishment late Saturday. According to police reports, Donnie McKinnon, who manages the Soufriere Estate on the island, was on the balcony of Steve’s Bar, along with his…
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Millions in back pay for public servants in St Lucia
The administration of Prime Minister Phillip Pierre says the government will be disbursing over EC$20 million in back pay owed to public servants. In a statement on Saturday, the government stated that over EC$2.6 million will be invested in the economic stimulus programme that will benefit the island’s 17 constituencies by creating new jobs, improving…
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OECS Trade Ministers to Strengthen Trade Policy Coordination and advance actions to operationalize the Eastern Caribbean Economic Union
Ministers of Trade from the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) convened for the Fourth Meeting of the OECS Council of Minsters: Trade (CoM-Trade) at the Royalton Hotel in Antigua and Barbuda, on November 24. The Meeting was held under the Chairmanship of Paul Chet Greene, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Trade and Immigration of Antigua…
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Sandals to hire 3,000 in five years
As Sandals Resorts International (SRI) continues to pursue expansion plans over the next three to five years, it will hire 3,000 more employees to help execute its vision. Three hundred of them will be at management level and they will be on the job within the next three years, according to an upbeat SRI Executive…
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Higher cost of living demands competent governments
By Sir Ronald Sanders (The writer is Antigua and Barbuda’s Ambassador to the United States of America and the Organization of American States. He is also a Senior Fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London and Massey College in the University of Toronto) Throughout the world, people and their governments and…
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Vessel sinks with 900 barrels of diesel fuel off Trinidad coast
Trinidad’s Ministry of Energy and Energy Industries on Wednesday said that a barge carrying 900 barrels of diesel fuel sank while demobilising in the Gulf of Paria. The ministry also reported that the six-member crew has been rescued. In a statement, the ministry said the barge, Liftboat Daniela of the locally owned Trinity Liftboat Services…
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Trinidad rattled by 5.1 magnitude earthquake
An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 rattled Trinidad and Tobago late on Tuesday night, but there were no reports of injuries or damages. The Seismic Research Centre (SRC) of the University of the West Indies, St Augustine Campus in Trinidad said that the quake occurred at 10:21 pm, and at a depth of 10…
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33 competing in Montserrat’s 2022 Calypso Eliminations
Montserrat’s Carnival 2022 season kicks off with the much-anticipated Calypso Eliminations on Saturday, December 3 at Festival Village. Head of the calypso committee Theodore Phillip said a total of 33 people are currently rehearsing with the Black Rhythms Band, which is led by former calypso monarch and songwriter Cecil “Cepeke” Lake (1987, 1990, 1999), for…
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Kia Purotu Koe
By Cdr. Bud Slabbaert No, it is not gobbledygook. And it has nothing to do with the car brand Kia. “Kia Purotu Koe” is how people say “Hello“ on the Island of Mangareva in Southern Polynesia. It means “May you remain beautiful”. Oh, I tell you, it makes you feel so good. Give it to…
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Forecasters predict possible flooding in the Caribbean this Christmas
The Barbados-based Caribbean Institute for Meteorology & Hydrology (CIMH) is warning the region that recent heavy rains could continue into December and pose a risk for flooding during one of the most joyous seasons of the year. “This year, flooding is a bigger risk in December than in other years,” CIMH climatologist Cédric Van Meerbeeck…
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Jamaican youth on a mission to fight HIV/AIDS
Back on local soil after completing a Master of Science degree in Public Health and Health Promotion at England’s Brunel University London, Chad Morgan is looking to utilise his wealth of knowledge to play an active role in Jamaica’s fight against HIV/AIDS. Morgan, one of last year’s Chevening scholars, told the Jamaica Observer that he believes the…