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T&T utility company to dismiss more than 200 managers
The Trinidad & Tobago Cabinet mandated the board of the Water and Sewerage Authority (WASA) to immediately begin the execution of a transformation plan, which will start with the cutting of 213 members of the executive team, followed by cuts in an unknown number of staff. CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP FOR NEWS…
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Tense Election in SKN; Voters Fear Impending High-level Interference
By ABN Correspondent With only a few days to go, Kittitians and Nevisians would be trudging back to the polling stations for a third election in seven years. The fledgeling nation – the seventh smallest democracy in the world – is feeling the blows as for the first time, three political heavyweights are battling it…
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Fernandez participates in 7th Meeting of the OECS Council of Ministers: Tourism
Communiqué of the 7th Meeting of the OECS Council of Ministers:Tourism The Seventh (7th) Meeting of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Council of Ministers: Tourism was held at the Cabrits Resort & Spa Kempinski Dominica on Thursday 21st July, under the Chairmanship of Denise Charles, Minister for Tourism, International Transport and Maritime Initiatives,…
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BVI Christian Council loses appeal bid in same-sex marriage case
BVI NEWS: The BVI Christian Council has lost a proposed appeal before the High Court about a matter involving a same-sex couple in the BVI. CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP FOR NEWS UPDATES. The Council sought permission to appeal against case-management orders issued by Justice Adrian Jack. Justice Jack’s orders were in relation…
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Meet Shawn Richards, Leader of the People’s Action Movement: He Wants to be Prime Minister (Now)
By Joel Liburd Shawn Richards squandered two opportunities, the first in 2015 and the second in 2020, to become prime minister of the Federation of St. Kitts & Nevis. And on each occasion, he kowtowed to Timothy Harris. T he latter aka the Rajapaksa of the Eastern Caribbean and leader of the Peoples Labour Party…
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Has CARICOM reached its limits of regional integration Part 1
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) I am indebted for the title of this…
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Meet Timothy Harris: the Rajapaksa of the Eastern Caribbean
By Joel Liburd Prime Minister Timothy Harris of St. Kitts & Nevis is without doubt the Rajapaksa of the Eastern Caribbean. We do well to recall how the former president of Sri Lanka, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, abdicated office and fled for his life a few weeks ago because of economic mismanagement, financial corruption, a flair for…
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Nekirah Nicholls claims Miss Jaycees Crown
WINN: The reigning St. Kitts-Nevis National Carnival Queen Nekirah Nicholls captured the title of Miss Jaycees 2022 at the 59th production of the pageant in Antigua on Wednesday night (July 27). CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP FOR NEWS UPDATES. Nicholls strutted her way to the title by dominating in four of the five…
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Antigua’s Ajante Fraser among U.S. Embassy’s 2022 Youth Ambassadors heading to Washington D.C.
The U.S. Embassy in Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean is pleased to announce the U.S. Youth Ambassadors cohort for 2022. Ajante Fraser from Antigua and Barbuda, Ethan Goodridge from Barbados, Abby Williams from Dominica, Berniah Forrester from Grenada, Rianka Chance from St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and Sade Gustave from Saint Lucia will join adult…
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Saint Lucians Get Financial Support To Cope With Inflation
ST LUCIA TIMES: Prime Minister and Minister for Finance Philip J. Pierre has ensured government pensioners are provided with immediate financial support to offset the effects of inflation. CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP FOR NEWS UPDATES. Furthermore, Pierre has lauded the National Insurance Corporation for increasing its fixed pension rate by 4.2% commensurate…
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75-year-old Gonsalves for a 6th term” ‘The people don’t want me to leave the stage’
Gonsalves, who has served as prime minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines for five terms, says neither the post of prime minister nor the post of leader of the ULP has any vacancy. CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP FOR NEWS UPDATES. According to Gonsalves, no demands have been made on him to…