BASSETERRE, St Kitts – Leader of the Opposition St Kitts-Nevis Labour Party (SKNLP) Dr Denzil Douglas has been ordered by the Court of Appeal of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court to vacate his seat immediately because he holds a Dominican diplomatic passport. And while saying that he was taken aback by the judgement, Douglas, the […]
St. Kitts is pleased to announce that Chronixx will take the stage at the 24th annual St. Kitts Music Festival taking place June 24 – 28, 2020, joining previously announced artists Jimmy Cliff, Koffee and Wizkid on the expanding roster of performers set to delight the crowd. “Following a record-breaking St. Kitts Music Festival in […]
by G.Anthony Abraham Most of us approach poems as one is supposed to approach a captured animal. From the side, not head first. Cautiously, we move through a world of angles and obliques, quietly. As the reader, we calm the text, ease it out of its origins, and consume it at a distance. Howard Queeley’s, […]
LONDON, England – Leeds City Museum in England, is featuring St Kitts-born midwife who used humour to overcome racism and highlights how migrants helped shape that English city. Gloria Hanley left St Kitts aged 18 in 1968, seizing upon a chance to train in England as a nurse. She arrived in Leeds in the 1970s […]
BASSETERRE, St Kitts – The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) and the Barbados-based fintechcompany, Bitt Inc. (Bitt) have signed a contract to conduct a first-of-its-kind blockchain-issued Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) pilot within the Eastern Caribbean. The Bank, which serves as a central bank for Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica Grenada, St Lucia, St Vincent and […]
By Jáedee S.K. Caines Now synonymous with the line “An Experience Like no Other,” the highly acclaimed St. Kitts Music Festival is the big buzz around the region. With months to go before the 23rd staging, the local organizing committee has already announced its 26 acts which comprise soloists, bands, international recording artistes and regional […]
By Jaedee S.K. Caines Whether it’s the Department of Agriculture’s Fruit Festival or the highly anticipated Art, Craft and Food Fair during Culturama or even July’s exhilarating Mango Festival, there is always something cooking on the tiny Caribbean island of Nevis. For many locals, the day begins with buffet breakfast at the recently renovated Boddie’s […]
BASSETERRE, St. Kitts – Police Commissioner Ian Queeley has confirmed that a quantity of drugs to be used as evidence in a pending criminal case had been stolen from the police headquarters and that law enforcement officials are “committed to identifying those responsible for this heinous act.” In a statement, Queeley gave no indication as to […]
NEW YORK – A prominent Caribbean-American publication here has named Hurricanes Irma and Maria, described as “the two mega, Category 5 hurricanes of 2017,” as its “Person of the Year.” The Brooklyn-based EVERYBODY’S Magazine, published by Grenadian Herman Hall, said it is the first time the 40-year old publication “selected a phenomenon as its Person […]
KINGSTON, Jamaica – The University of the West Indies (UWI) is backing Caribbean Community (CARICOM) governments in protesting the European Union’s (EU) recent blacklisting of regional countries it considers tax haven. In a statement issue last week, Vice-Chancellor Sir Hilary Beckles said the UWI “stands with the governments of the Caribbean in protesting the recent […]
