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St. Pauls Man Dies In Crash, Child Hospitalized

Published 17 April 2017

St. Kitts and Nevis (WINN); A single vehicle accident in the White Gate area of St. Pauls on Saturday afternoon left an area resident dead and a young boy seriously injured.

Information from police is that sometime around 3pm a car, PB 204, being driven by a male resident of St. Pauls collided with a large tree on the mountain side of the road.

The driver perished on the scene however the young passenger, said to be a relative of the driver, sustained serious injuries and was taken to the JN France Hospital.

WINN FM has since learned that the accident victim is Vincent Bradshaw.

Police offered no details on what might have caused the fatal crash.

The Sandy Point Police station is investigating.

This incident comes just one week after Charles Ashleigh Browne of Soho, Basseterre was struck and killed by a bus on the Frigate Bay Road in the early hours of April 7.

Local Sports, Regional Sports, Sports

Jermaine Francis Cops Another CARIFTA Gold!

Published 17 April 2017

St. Kitts and Nevis (WINN); Jermaine Francis has copped his second consecutive CARIFTA gold medal in the Under 20 Boys High Jump on Monday afternoon.

Francis won St. Kitts and Nevis a gold medal in the event in 2016 in Grenada with a height of 2.11 meters. This year he struck gold with a height of 2.22 meters. Bahamas took second and third place with 2.18m and 2.16m respectively.

According to the St. Kitts and Nevis Amateur Athletics Association (SKNAAA), the 18-year-old Sandy Pointer’s jump earned him a National Junior and Senior Record.

In other CARIFTA action, Jahnaza Francis, Craig Connor Jr, Tajarie Arthurton and Royden Peetes successfully finished second in Heat 2 of the Under 18 Boys 4X400m automatically advancing them to Monday evening’s final.

The 2017 FLOW CARIFTA Games are being held in Willemstad, Curacao April 15-17.

Local news, News

PM Dr. Timothy Harris join Nationals in paying last respect to noted daughter of the soil Helen Byron-Baker at a wake hosted at the J. Foster Phillips Funeral Home in Jamaica, NYC.

Published 17 April 2017

HAPPENING NOW !!!! PM Dr. Timothy Harris join Nationals in paying last respect to noted daughter of the soil Helen Byron-Baker at a wake hosted at the J. Foster Phillips Funeral Home in Jamaica, NYC. PM Harris personally expressed his profound sympathies on behalf of the Nation to the family which includes her brothers Attorney General Vincent Byron Jr and President of the CCJ Sir Dennis Byron . Lady Byron-Baker was the founder of the Kittitian American Benevolent Association KABA . The Funeral Service takes place on Tuesday April 18th at the St. johns United Methodist Church on 2105 Stuart Ave., Valley Stream , New York 11580 . Her interment will take place on April 18th at the Pinelawn Memorial Park, Farmingdale, New York .

Crime/Justice, Local news, News

Nevis Deputy Premier Expresses Outrage at Latest Murder. Calls for a United Response

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Published 17 April 2017

St.Kitts-Nevis Minister of Foreign Affairs and Deputy Premier of Nevis Hon. Mark Brantley is expressing outrage at the senseless murder that took place on Nevis during the early hours of Easter Monday morning.

Police reports indicate that a vehicle carrying two females were fired upon some 30 plus times by unknown assailants leaving one female dead and the other hospitalized in serious condition.

In commenting on the tragic incident Hon. Brantley expressed outrage and called on citizens to unite in response to the senseless murder.

Hon. Brantley took to social media and stated “I have learnt of the tragic loss of yet another young life in Nevis (this time a young mother) and the injuries suffered by another young woman. My deepest condolences to the families affected by this terrible tragedy and to the whole Nevisian community. These senseless cowardly acts perpetuated by the few do not and will never define us as a society or a community. I urge all having information which can help the Police in their investigation to contact the Police urgently. The days of seeing and not seeing must now be over. This social disease of crime must have a united societal response. The harbourer is worse than the thief so if you see something please say something and let us work together to rid our societies of this cancer of criminality. Let us even as we register our outrage take a moment to pray for the victims and their families.”

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Early morning quake rattle St. Kitts residents

Published 17 April 2017

Early morning quake rattle St. Kitts residents

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, April 17^th 2017 – A near six-point earthquake rattled St. Kitts and Nevis, some residents reported earlyMonday morning.

The Trinidad-based Seismic Research Unit has confirmed the 5.8 tremor was recorded at 1:23 am (local time) at a Latitude of 17.48 N, Longitude of 61.20 W at depth of 10 km.

“Earthquake!!!,” exclaimed former Miss St. Kitts, Sudeakka Francis on her FaceBook page, later posting:

“It’s the strongest I ever felt. I thought it was my dogs under the bed. It was strong,” said Francis, who lives in Central Basseterre, the St. Kitts capital.

“I was wondering if I was dreaming…that was strong,” posted Sobrena Louard.

Thought I was dreaming,” said Norisa James.

“No, it was real,” responded Francis, who lives in Central Basseterre, along the coast.

“I was saying somebody playing with my head. The bed literally moved,” said Cleopatra Woodley.

The Seismic Unit said the center was located 83 km NE of St. John’s. Antigua; 141 Km NNE of Point-Pitre, Guadeloupe and 171 km East of Basseterre, St. Kitts.

There were no immediate reports of damage.