Published 21 November 2017
Buckie Got It, St. Kitts and Nevis News Source
KHN investigation: Halford vaccinated patients
in U.S. hotel rooms in brazen violation of U.S. law
Basseterre, St. Kitts, November 21, 2017 – A United States investigation into the unethical herpes vaccine trial in a private home in St. Kitts has found that Southern Illinois University associate professor William Halford vaccinated patients in U.S. hotel rooms in brazen violation of U.S. law.
Published 21 November 2017
Buckie Got It, St. Kitts and Nevis News Source
The US Virgin Islands contestant in this week’s
Ms Universe in Las Vegas has St. Kitts roots
Basseterre, St. Kitts, November 21, 2017 – The 28-year-old unique, charismatic, intelligent, talented and most importantly determined, Esonica Veira, who is representing the United States Virgin Islands in this week’s Miss Universe in Las Vegas, is the daughter of Kittitian parents.
Published 21 November 2017
Buckie Got It, St.Kitts and Nevis News Source
Number of murders for 2017 surpasses number of persons killed in all of 2012
Basseterre, St. Kitts, November 21, 2017 – Five days after Prime Minister Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris boasted of a reduction in murders in 2017 over 2016, there were several shooting incidents in which the murder rate rose by one.
The murder of 56-year-old businessman, Lincoln Liburd of Nevis took the number of murders in 2017 to 21, surpassing the 18 murders for all of 2012. It is on the same level with the murders in all of 2013. There were 24 murders in 2014; 30 murders in 2015, the year that Dr. Harris took office and 30 murders in 2016.
Liburd, a Cradock Road huckster was found shot to death on Friday 17th November in Zetlands Village, Gingerland, Nevis.
There were also shooting incidents in Cotton Ground, Nevis and Dieppe Bay, St. Kitts on Friday, 17th and at Saddlers on Saturday 18th.
Published 21 November 2017
Buckie Got It, St. Kitts and Nevis News Source
St. Kitts and Nevis loses when attendance at meetings is not at the appropriate level
BONN, Germany, November 21, 2017 – While several Caribbean nations were represented at the recent United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP23) by delegations led by a prime minister or minister, St. Kitts and Nevis was represented by a lower level delegation.
The 2017 UN Climate Conference took place in Bonn, Germany, from 6-18 November. Leaders of national governments, cities, states, business, investors, NGOs and civil society gathered to speed up climate action to meet the goals of the Paris Climate Change Agreement. The COP is organized by the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
“The ideal would be for the minister with responsibility for climate change to attend international relations,” said a person knowledgeable in international relations.
Published 21 November 2017
Buckie Got It, St. Kitts and Nevis News Source
Youths from St.Kitts & Nevis gathered at the the Ocean Terrace Inn for the First Annual Minister’s Youth Luncheon. Congrats to the Hon. Shawn Richards for having this wonderful ceremony. Thanks also to Mr. Calden Warner from Sandy Point for organizing this Youth Luncheon.
