Crime/Justice, Local news, News

St. Croix-based Nevisian beaten, robbed and tied up on the road in Nevis

Published 9 August 2017

Buckie Got It, St. Kitts and Nevis 

St. Croix-based Nevisian beaten, robbed and tied up on the road in Nevis

CHARESTOWN, NEVIS, AUGUST 9TH 2017 – A Nevisian who returned to Nevis for a funeral and who decided to stay on for Culturama is in serious condition at the Alexandra Hospital in Charlestown after being beaten and robbed.

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International Sports, Sports

Phyllis Francis Shocks Shaunae Miller-Uibo, Allyson Felix In World 400 Win

Published 9 August 2017

Buckie Got It, St. Kitts and Nevis News

Phyllis Francis Shocks Shaunae Miller-Uibo, Allyson Felix In World 400 Win

An American woman won the IAAF World Championships 400m, but it wasn’t the athlete the world expected.

Phyllis Francis — not Allyson Felix — won gold in the closing event of day six in London.

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Health, International news, News

Man drinks beer full of dead geckos: suit

Published 9 August 2017

Buckie Got It, St. Kitts and Nevis News

Man drinks beer full of dead geckos: suit

A California man filed a stomach-turning lawsuit against Heineken beer and Kroger supermarket — claiming he sipped suds loaded with dead, canned geckos.
George Toubbeh said he got violently ill and “suffered from extreme anxiety and post traumatic stress disorder” from the beer he purchased and drank on Aug. 7, 2015, according to his lawsuit filed in Orange County Superior Court.

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Crime/Justice, International news, News

DMX could be sent back to prison for violating bail

http://pagesix.com/2017/08/09/dmx-could-be-sent-back-to-prison-for-violating-bail/?_ga=2.211480028.856795919.1502319300-1722282278.1502319300 #

Published 9 August 2017

Buckie Got It, St. Kitts and Nevis News

Rapper DMX, accused of cheating the IRS out of $1.7 million in taxes, could be headed back to prison for violating the conditions of his bail.
Manhattan federal judge Jed Rakoff on Wednesday said he received a report indicating that the rapper/actor, who real name is Earl Simmons, “may have violated the terms of his pretrial release in numerous respects.”

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International news, News

North Korea sets mid-August deadline for attacking Guam

http://nypost.com/2017/08/09/north-korea-sets-mid-august-deadline-for-attacking-guam/ #

Published 9 August 2017

Buckie Got It, St. Kitts and Nevis News

The North Korean military is “awaiting orders” to unleash four missiles at military bases near Guam — because officials believe President Trump is too “bereft of reason” for negotiations, the country’s state-run media reported Wedneday.

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