Regional News

Published 24 April 2021

Basseterre 

Buckie Got It, St. Kitts and Nevis News Source 

PRESS RELEASE

International solidarity is key in herculean task to fight against climate change:

Germany promises continued financial contributionsat US climate summit

German Chancellor Angela Merkel expressed her delight at the USA announcement to halve its greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 compared to 2005. This national goal is a clear commitment in the fight against global warming and an important signal to the world community, said the Chancellor on April 22 at the virtual climate summit, to which US President Joe Biden had invited 40 heads of state and government from all over the world. In order to achieve the global goals for reducing greenhouse gases, the world is dependent on the contribution of the United States, Merkel said. It was an important signal that the USA was back at the negotiating table to tackle the climate issue.

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Published 18 April 2021

Basseterre 

Buckie Got It, St. Kitts and Nevis News Source 

A vessel carrying relief supplies from Saint Lucia to Saint Vincent and the Grenadines sank Saturday afternoon, Marine Police say.

But another boat  saved the three people on board the ‘Sunshine Angels’, according to the police.

Law enforcement officials told St Lucia Times that the individuals on board at the time the boat sank were the Saint Lucian captain, Mark Clement St Rose, who lives in Saint Vincent, and Vincentian nationals Cafu Guy and Winsbert Salton Harry.

The police here disclosed that the boat had cleared Customs in Saint Lucia and was on its way to Saint Vincent when the mishap occurred about 4.40 pm.

They said the vessel sank some 6 nautical miles South West of Saint Vincent.

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Published 16 April, 2021
Basseterre
Buckie Got It, St. Kitts and Nevis News Source

ST. KITTS AND NEVIS BEGINS CONSULTATIONS TO BAN SINGLE-USE PLASTICS

Basseterre, St. Kitts, April 16, 2021 (SKNIS): The Department of Environment commenced the first in a series of consultations with respective stakeholders to ensure that the views of everyone concerned are reflected in the proposal to ban single-use plastics in St. Kitts and Nevis.

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Published 16 April, 2021

Basseterre

Buckie Got It, St. Kitts and Nevis News Source

Source: LOOP NEWS

Lesson learnt: never presume you know exactly what a volcano is going to do.

This was posted by the UWI Seismic Research Centre and Professor Richard Robertson who confirmed that another explosion was recorded at the La Soufriere Volcano  Explosion at 6:16 am on Friday.

On Thursday evening, Professor Richard Robertson said the volcano changed its pattern and concluded that explosive activity had ended.

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