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US judge modifies asset freeze order for two illicit actors granted St. Kitts and Nevis citizenship by PM Harris

Published 25 May 2017

US judge modifies asset freeze order for two illicit actors granted St. Kitts and Nevis citizenship by PM Harris.

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, May 24th 2017 – A Nevada judge has modified the asset freeze order imposed on two illicit actors granted St. Kitts and Nevis Economic Citizenship in 2015 by Prime Minister, Dr. the Hon. Timothy Harris.

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) complaint unsealed on May 19th 2016 stated that fraud charges against attorney and Nevada resident David Kaplan were filed based on an allegedly fraudulent scheme that raised US$15.8 million.

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COUNCIL FOR FOREIGN AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS (COFCOR) STATEMENT ON THE SITUATION IN VENEZUELA

Published 21 May 2017

Foreign Ministers of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) gathered in Bridgetown, Barbados, at the Twentieth Meeting of the Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR) deliberated on the changes taking place in the international environment as well as in their wider regional environment and on their implications for the coordinated foreign policy positioning of their countries.

They reiterated the importance they accord to maintenance of the rule of law, respect for human rights and democracy, as well as to the fundamental principles of non-intervention and non-interference in the internal affairs of states. These values and principles were viewed as being of paramount importance when addressing international situations of concern.

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MAN CHARGED WITH MURDER IN GILLARD MEADOWS INCIDENT.P

Published 18 May 2017

MAN CHARGED WITH MURDER IN GILLARD MEADOWS INCIDENT.

Basseterre, St. Kitts, May 18, (RSCNPF): A suspect taken into custody on suspicion of the murder of Gregory Mills has been arrested, formally charged and cautioned.

Arrested and charged is Omax Bye, a 31year old male resident of Upper Shaw Avenue, McKnight.

He was arrested, formally charged and cautioned for the offence of murder which was committed on Tuesday (May 09).

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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.

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Sick passenger on board BA flight 2256 from St. Kitts’ RLB Airport forces plane to land in Portugal and Spain

Published 18 May 2017

Sick passenger on board BA flight 2256 from St. Kitts’
RLB Airport forces plane to land in Portugal and Spain

LONDON, ENGLAND, – British-based WICNews is reporting that a London-bound flight from St. Kitts’ Robert L Bradshaw Airport has landed in Spain after a passenger became ill.
British Airways flight 2256, which travelled via Antigua’s VC Bird International Airport on the way to Gatwick, landed on Terceira Island, off Portugal, before going on to Barajas International Airport in Madrid, Spain.
Terceira is an island in the Azores archipelago, in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean.