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International Sports, Sports

Athletes get the runs at World Championships as gastroenteritis reported at official hotel in London

Published 8 August 2017

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Athletes get the runs at World Championships as gastroenteritis reported at official hotel in London

Telegraph Reporters
8 August 2017 • 7:36am

number of athletes at the World Championships have been laid low by stomach upsets with Botswana’s Isaac Makwala saying on Monday he was forced to withdraw from the 200m heats because of food poisoning.
London 2017 organisers released a statement late on Monday saying that a number of teams had reported cases of gastroenteritis at their official hotel.
“Those affected have been supported by both team and LOC medical staff, in addition we have been working with Public Health England to ensure the situation is managed and contained,” the organising committee said in a statement.

Crime/Justice, News, Regional News

1 of dead, 20 injured in Spring Garden, Barbados shooting

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Published 8 August 2017

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1 of dead, 20 injured in Spring Garden Barbados shooting

Police are conducting investigations into the fatal shooting of Taried Junior Rock, 20 years, Chapman Lane, St. Michael, which occurred sometime after 6:00 p.m. on Monday, August 7, 2017, on Spring Garden Highway.

Local news, News, Politics

The Basseterre Valley Aquifer must be protected from human faeces and other contaminants, says Douglas

Published 7 August 2017

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The Basseterre Valley Aquifer must be protected from human faeces and other contaminants, says Douglas

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, AUGUST 7TH 2017 – Leader of the Opposition, the Right Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas has welcomed professional opinion on the highly controversial decision of the Timothy Harris Team Unity Government (TUG) to build a new Basseterre High School (BHS) on the Basseterre Valley Aquifer but called upon the people of Basseterre and its environs to protect the island’s major source of drinking water.

Local news, News, Politics

PM Harris accuses Mark Brantley of presiding over “a non functioning Public Accounts Committee”

Published 7 August 2017

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PM Harris accuses Mark Brantley of presiding over “a non functioning Public Accounts Committee”

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, AUGUST 7TH 2017 – Prime Minister Dr. the Hon. Timothy Harris, has slammed his Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hon. Mark Brantley, for presiding over a “non-functioning Public Accounts Committee” when he was its chairman for nearly 8 years (2007 to 2015).
The irony is that Prime Minister Harris and his Deputy Prime Minister, Hon. Shawn Richards, were also members of the last Public Accounts Committee from 2010 to 2015.

Crime/Justice, Local news, News

Third Chinese supermarket robbed in two weeks

Published 7 August 2017

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Third Chinese supermarket robbed in two weeks

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, AUGUST 7TH 2017 – Another Chinese supermarket was robbed Sunday….the third Chinese-owned supermarket in the past two weeks.
A video circulating on social media shows two armed and masked bandits entering the David Lee Supermarket in New Road on Sunday afternoon around 4 ‘o’ clock.
It was immediately know how much money was stolen or how many patrons were in the supermarket at the time.
Robbery of a second Chinese supermarket was also confirmed on Sunday. The “Best Grocery” on the corner of Central Street and Shaw Avenue in Basseterre was robbed two Wednesdays ago.
On Wednesday 2nd August, the Daily Foods outlet in Russell Village was robbed for the fourth time.
Police have issued no reports on these incidents.