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UNITY: New Cayman Islands Government Includes Both Political Parties Along With Independents

Published 30 May 2017

UNITY: New Cayman Islands Government Includes Both Political Parties Along With Independents

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands, Tuesday May 30, 2017 – It’s a done deal! Tomorrow, a new 13-member government of the Cayman Islands will be installed with leader of the People’s Progressive Movement (PPM) Alden McLaughlin at the helm once again.

After several days of intense negotiations that featured three previous deals, Premier-elect McLaughlin convinced his former political rival McKeeva Bush and his teammates from the Cayman Democratic Party (CDP) Bernie Bush and Eugene Banks, as well as three independents Austin Harris, Tara Rivers and Dwayne Seymour to join forces.

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Canada’s new international assistance policy will put women and girls at the heart of its new approach

Published 27 May 2017

Canada’s new international assistance policy will
put women and girls at the heart of its new approach.

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, May 27th 2017 – Canada has announced it will soon introduce a new international assistance policy that will focus on protecting and promoting the human dignity of the poorest and most vulnerable.

Dean Beyea, Canada’s Temporary Alternate Governor told the 47th Annual Board of Governors Meeting of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) in the Turks and Caicos that Canada’s international assistance will support the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development by putting women and girls at the heart of its new approach.

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Manchester Arena blast: 19 dead and about 50 hurt

Published 22 May 2017

Manchester Arena blast: 19 dead and about 50 hurt

Nineteen people have been killed and about 50 injured in a suspected terror attack at Manchester Arena.
The blast happened at 22:35 BST on Monday following a pop concert by the US singer Ariana Grande.
PM Theresa May said her thoughts were with those affected by “what is being treated by the police as an appalling terrorist attack”.
Paramedics at the scene told the BBC they had treated some of the wounded for “shrapnel-like injuries”.
British Transport Police said the explosion was in the arena’s foyer.

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St. Kitts and Nevis police now claim they cannot locate the Chinese fugitive wanted in Beijing

Published 19 May 2017
BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, May 19th 2017 – Top Security officials in St. Kitts and Nevis are now claiming that they cannot locate the Chinese native wanted for fraud in Beijing, after regional counterparts had urged them to have the man interviewed.

CaribUpdate said Friday morning it has seen a note from a top Kittitian official who is claiming that the man might have changed his location since he is apparently not at the address that they had guided Chinese police agents to in April.

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BA flight from RLB lands in Madrid, reason not known

Published 18 May 2017

BA flight from RLB lands in Madrid, reason not known
BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, May 18th 2017 – British Airways flight 2256 that left St. Kitts’ Robert L. Bradshaw International Airport for Gatwick-London via Antigua landed in Terceira Island in Portugal before going on to Barajas International Airport in Madrid, Spain.
According to flight tracker, BA2256 landed in Spain at 7:40 am on Thursday, around the same time it should have touched down at Gatwick-London.
Flight BA2256 should arrive in London, Thursday night at 8 ‘o’ clock before going on to Providenciales in the Turks a and Caicos Islands before returning to Antigua.
Family members who have passengers onboard have had no official information from British Airways.