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Min. Of Health Announces Call For MUA/NIA 2017-2018 Scholarships

Published 2 May 2017

NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (May 02, 2017) — The following is an announcement from the Ministry of Health regarding call for Medical University of the Americas (MUA)/ Nevis Island Administration (NIA) 2017-2018 scholarships.

The MUA and the NIA announces a Call for Scholarships for the period 2017-2018.

Two MUA/NIA Scholarships will be awarded towards the pursuit of undergraduate studies which lead to a degree at an accredited higher learning institution.

Preference will be given to qualifying schools within the Caribbean region including the University of the West Indies and the University of Technology.

Applicants interested in pursuing Medicine at The Medical University of the Americas are also eligible for this scholarship.

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ST.KITTS MAN SOUGHT BY VIRGIN ISLANDS POLICE

Published 28 April 2017

The Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) has confirmed a St.Kitts National is being sort after escaping prison while on remand in Virgin Gorda today, April 28, 2017.

VI Police have identified the prisoner as Olanzo Dore, 31. Dore is from Cayon , St.Kitts but recently resided in the VI.

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SKN Prime Minister Dr. the Hon Timothy Harris addressing the Regional Workshop

Published 25 April 2017

HAPPENING NOW !!! SKN Prime Minister Dr. the Hon Timothy Harris addressing the Regional Workshop on Preserving your Memories in a digital World at UWI Open Campus, St Kitts

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Double Homicide In Cotton Ground Nevis

Published 25 April 2017

Sheriff Wiliams 25 years

Elvis Lawrence 21 years

Police have confirmed a double homicide in Cotton Ground, Nevis Tuesday afternoon.

Senior police officer in Nevis said that police were at the scene of a shooting incident which occurred between 4:30 – 5:00 pm Tuesday (Apr 25) where one young man Elvis lawrence was confirmed dead and one Sheriff Wiliams rushed to the Alexandra Hospital.

Police subsequently confirmed that Sharif Wiliams succumbed to his wounds.

Information received is that armed assailants exited a vehicle and opened fire on the men who were at a shop in the area.

This shooting comes eight days after 28-year-old Morella Webbe was killed in that village (Apr 17) when the car she was driving was fired upon by unknown assailants. A female passenger in the vehicle was hospitalized for gunshot injuries.

On Sunday, March 26, Rondell Chapman of Rawlins Village was gunned down on the cricket field in Cotton Ground during an afternoon match between two cricket clubs.

To date no one has been charged with her murder, or the shooting.

Tuesday’s double killing brings to five the number of homicides recorded for Nevis so far this year and the 8th for the federation.

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St Kitts-Nevis joins Antigua-Barbuda in rejecting Illinois tax haven label

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Published 25 April 2017

Foreign Affairs Minister Mark Brantley

By Ken Richards

BASSETERRE, St Kitts (WINN) — Efforts by one American state to officially label St Kitts and Nevis a foreign tax haven are being strongly objected to by the federation’s foreign affairs minister, Mark Brantley, thus joining Antigua and Barbuda in a similar protest.

A proposed House Bill 3419 in the state of Illinois has listed St Kitts and Nevis and 17 other Caribbean countries as a “foreign tax haven” and, if passed, would impact negatively on them.