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Multi-million dollar renovation of St. Kitts Marriott Resort to be completed in January 2018

Published 22 November 2017

Buckie Got It, St. Kitts and Nevis News Source

Multi-million dollar renovation of St. Kitts Marriott Resort to be completed in January 2018

 Basseterre, St. Kitts, November 21, 2017 – The St. Kitts Marriott Resort and Royal Beach Casino which threw its doors open in 2003, will kick off the New Year by unveiling its multi-million dollar renovation.

 Scheduled to be completed in January 2018, the overhaul includes all new rooms and suites with an island-inspired vibe. The new color palette includes rich woods, blues, off-whites and splashes of yellow.

 According to TeleMarket Report, the hotel’s 389 guestrooms will feature a seating area with a comfortable couch and chair – replacing the standard dresser, desk, and chair – LCD televisions, and wireless internet access. Closet interiors will also get additional storage room. Bathrooms will be furnished with materials like polished nickel, dark wood, white quartz counter tops and backlit mirrors.

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Events, Local news, News

Courts St. Kitts Black Friday Sale -75% OFF

Published 22 November 2017

Buckie Got It, St. Kitts and Nevis News Source

Courts St. Kitts Black Friday Sale -75% OFF

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Health, Local news, News

KHN investigation: Halford vaccinated patients in U.S. hotel rooms in brazen violation of U.S. law

Published 21 November 2017

Buckie Got It, St. Kitts and Nevis News Source

KHN investigation: Halford vaccinated patients
in U.S. hotel rooms in brazen violation of U.S. law

Basseterre, St. Kitts, November 21, 2017 – A United States investigation into the unethical herpes vaccine trial in a private home in St. Kitts has found that Southern Illinois University associate professor William Halford vaccinated patients in U.S. hotel rooms in brazen violation of U.S. law.

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The US Virgin Islands contestant in this week’s Ms Universe in Las Vegas has St. Kitts roots

Published 21 November 2017

Buckie Got It, St. Kitts and Nevis News Source

The US Virgin Islands contestant in this week’s
Ms Universe in Las Vegas has St. Kitts roots

Basseterre, St. Kitts, November 21, 2017 – The 28-year-old unique, charismatic, intelligent, talented and most importantly determined, Esonica Veira, who is representing the United States Virgin Islands in this week’s Miss Universe in Las Vegas, is the daughter of Kittitian parents.

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Number of murders for 2017 surpasses number of persons killed in all of 2012

Published 21 November 2017

Buckie Got It, St.Kitts and Nevis News Source

Number of murders for 2017 surpasses number of persons killed in all of 2012

Basseterre, St. Kitts, November 21, 2017 – Five days after Prime Minister Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris boasted of a reduction in murders in 2017 over 2016, there were several shooting incidents in which the murder rate rose by one.

The murder of 56-year-old businessman, Lincoln Liburd of Nevis took the number of murders in 2017 to 21, surpassing the 18 murders for all of 2012. It is on the same level with the murders in all of 2013. There were 24 murders in 2014; 30 murders in 2015, the year that Dr. Harris took office and 30 murders in 2016.

Liburd, a Cradock Road huckster was found shot to death on Friday 17th November in Zetlands Village, Gingerland, Nevis.

There were also shooting incidents in Cotton Ground, Nevis and Dieppe Bay, St. Kitts on Friday, 17th  and at Saddlers on Saturday 18th.

 

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