Published 4 June 2017
POLICE INVESTIGATING SHOOTING IN TAYLOR’S VILLAGE
Basseterre, St. Kitts, June 04, 2017(RSCNPF) The second victim of a shooting incident that was reported at 9.45pm, on Saturday (June 03) in Taylor’s Village died on Saturday night while undergoing treatment at the Joseph N. France General Hospital.
The victims are identified as Sean Smith, (41), of Taylor’s Village and Dennis Liburd, (46) , of Lower West West Bourne ghaut
Published 1 June 2017
Liburd, Drew add voice to hundreds opposed to Team Unity plans to build new High School on Basseterre Aquifer
BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, June 1, 2017 – Opposition parliamentarians have been weighing in public outrage denouncing plans by the Team Unity Government to construct a new Basseterre High School (BHS) on lands of the Basseterre Aquifer.
St. Kitts-Nevis Labour Party chairperson, Hon. Marcella Liburd, MP for St. Christopher 2 (Central Basseterre) Wednesday described the Team Unity Government plans as “a callous and irresponsible act to build any high school on the water table.”
Published 1 June 2017
FLORIDA, United States, Thursday June 1, 2017 – Today marks the official start of the 2017 Atlantic hurricane season, but no tropical cyclones are expected during at least the next five days, according to the National Hurricane Centre (NHC).
The season, which will run until November 30, could be above normal, with an average of 12 named storms, six hurricanes and three major hurricanes. Forecasters say there is a 45 percent chance of an above-normal season, a 35 percent chance of a near-normal season, and only a 20 percent chance of a below-normal season.
An average season produces 12 named storms of which six become hurricanes, including three major hurricanes.
According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, there is a 70 percent likelihood of 11 to 17 named storms (winds of 39 mph or higher), of which 5 to 9 could become hurricanes (winds of 74 mph or higher), including 2 to 4 major hurricanes (Category 3, 4 or 5; winds of 111 mph or higher).
One tropical cyclone, Tropical Storm Arlene, already formed this year in April. The next named storm that forms this season will be Bret. The last three years have featured preseason storms, including Arlene, Hurricane Alex (January 2016) and Tropical Storm Ana (May 2015).
Here’s a look at the other names that will be given to storms that form in the Atlantic this hurricane season.
This year’s “I” storm will be Irma instead of the now-retired Irene used six years ago.
Published 31 May 2017
SKN POLICE DISCOVER INDOOR HYDROPONIC MARIJUANA GROWING OPERATION
On Mon. (May 29) officers discovered an indoor hydroponic marijuana growing operation in a vacant house located in Lambert’s, St. Kitts.
According to police, officers on a crime prevention and citizen safety patrol searched a vacant property and discovered an indoor marijuana growing operation.
Published 31 May 2017
Caribbean parliamentarians need to engage in more
advocacy for People Living with HIV and AIDS.
KINGSTON, JAMAICA, May 31st 2017 – The Pan Caribbean Partnership against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP) Regional Parliamentarians Forum in Jamaica, commenced with a stirring keynote address by the Hon. Delroy Chuck, Minister of Justice, Jamaica.
Minister Chuck addressed the need for parliamentarians to engage in more advocacy for People Living with and Affected by HIV and AIDS at the policymaking level.
