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Legal Aid Clinic – Thursday, 30th March, 2017

Published 29 March 2017

Community Notice

The St. Kitts-Nevis Legal Aid and Advice Centre will be holding a Legal Aid Clinic at the Cayon Community Centre on Thursday 30th March, 2017 from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 pm.

Persons of minimum wage and/or the elderly needing advice, assistance or representation in legal matters are invited to access the service which will be provided.

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Corned Beef Ban in Caribbean Amid Rotten Meat Scandal

Published 27 March 2017

KINGSTON, Jamaica, Wednesday March 21, 2017 โ€“ Several Caribbean countries have ordered the immediate ban on the sale and importation of corned beef from Brazil, following reports that several major meat processors in the South American nation have been selling rotten beef and poultry.

Several countries have gone as far as banning all meat and meat products from Brazil, where it is alleged that companies involved in the illegal practice paid hefty bribes to auditors in exchange for fraudulent sanitary licences.

The European Union, China and Chile decided to halt some meat imports from the South American country, and Jamaica was the first Caribbean country to follow suit, with the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries saying the companies implicated by the Brazilian authorities in the scandal supply 99.5 per cent of the corned beef on the local market.

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Nevis Agriculture Open Day 2017 preparations progressing smoothly, says Agriculture official

Eric Evelyn, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture on NevisNIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (March 17, 2017) โ€“ Eric Evelyn, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture says preparations for staging the Department of Agricultureโ€™s 23rd Agriculture Open Day are progressing smoothly.
The two-day event, hosted by the Department of Agriculture from March 30, 2017, at The Villa grounds in Charlestown, will be held under the patronage of Ms. Tyzena Brookes, a long serving field worker at a government-owned farm. The theme is โ€œEmbracing climate-smart agriculture to achieve greater food securityโ€.

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Health

6 Amazing Benefits of Aloe Vera for Hair, Skin and Weight-Loss

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6 Amazing Benefits of Aloe Vera for Hair, Skin and Weight-Loss

Kriti Malikย , NDTVย  | ย Updated: February 20, 2017 21:05 IST

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Aloe Vera is extensively used in beauty products and for good reason. It’s got antiviral and antibacterial properties, and the ability to help treat everything from constipation to diabetes. The green-cactus looking plant that sits out in your garden isn’t just a plant with its roots in folklore, it’s the crux of a million dollar industry that extends from beauty creams to healthy juices and diet supplements. Over time, aloe vera has seamlessly integrated itself into everything we use. But what makes this miracle plant so distinguishable?

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Health Benefits and Medicinal Uses of Eating Guava

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Health Benefits and Medicinal Uses of Eating Guava

Guava is termed as superfruits because of the presence of multiple health benefits nutrients-vitamin A, vitamin C, folic acid, potassium, copper, manganese, fibre, flavanoids, and other phytochemicals. ย It is surprising to know that guavas are having more vitamin C than oranges and more potassium than ย bananas.

One guava contains 169 mg of vitamin C while an orange has only 69 mg. Guava is also ย used as guava jams and jellies.ย  To know in details about the Top 15 Health and Medicinal Benefits of Guavas, go through the article.

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