Regional News

Published 2 February 2022

Basseterre 

Buckie Got It, St. Kitts and Nevis News Source

The government of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, on Monday handed over the keys to houses at Lowmans Bay to residents of Rose Place, Kingstown who have to relocate to allow for the construction of a new port in the city.

“What we are here witnessing this afternoon is the substantial completion of construction component of the resettlement project which was designed to resettle residents of Rose Place who live on the beachfront on or before March 30 of 2019,” Lenski Douglas, assistant project manager of Port Modernisation Project, told the ceremony in Lowmans Bay.

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Published 20 January 2022

Basseterre 

Buckie Got It, St. Kitts and Nevis News Source

Media Release

Monday, January 17, 2022 — Use of geothermal energy – that is the heat that comes from the sub-surface of the earth – in OECS Territories has been an ongoing subject of research and exploration, given that the Caribbean Region consists primarily of volcanic islands. A recent study of three Caribbean islands, Dominica, Montserrat, and Nevis, examined opportunities for geothermal energy beyond electricity generation.

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Published 20 January 2022

Basseterre 

Buckie Got It, St. Kitts and Nevis News Source

PM who shot to fame at Cop26 climate talks vows to ‘lead country first to safety then to prosperity’

Mia Mottley, who shot to international fame during the Cop26 climate talks and oversaw Barbados’s break with the Queen last year, has won a second term as the Caribbean nation’s prime minister

The 56-year-old’s Barbados Labour party (BLP) won all 30 seats, up from 29 in 2018 in an election marred by complaints that thousands of Covid-positive Bajans were denied a vote.

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