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SKN Sugar Boyz Prep For Armenia, Georgia Matches In Europe

Published 4 June 2017

St. Kitts and Nevis (WINN); The St. Kitts and Nevis national senior men’s football team the Sugar Boyz is presently in Europe preparing for two important matches.

The Sugar Boyz, #89 in the FIFA World Ranking, will face #68-ranked Armenia on Sunday, June 4th, then on Wednesday, June 7th they come up against Georgia. Georgia is ranked #122.

Thrizen Leader of the St. Pauls United football club will captain the 20-member squad for the European tour. Ten of the players are based in the United Kingdom- Romaine Sawyers, Lois Maynard, Jason St Juste, Jacob Hazel, Harrison Panayiotou, Michael Nottingham, Omari Sterling, Theo Wharton, Nathan Lescott, and Zephaniah Thomas.

Raheem Somersall is based in the USA, Gerard Williams in Trinidad, Justin Springer in Canada and Tishan Hanley in the Philippines.

Crime/Justice, Local news, News

Second Woman Shot Dead In Nevis

Published 4 June 2017

Police have since issued the following report:

Basseterre, St. Kitts, June 03, 2017(RSCNPF) Investigators from the Violent Crimes Unit are investigating a shooting incident that was reported at 10.55pm, on Friday (June 02) in Church Ground Nevis that resulted in the murder of one person.

The victim is identified as Lydia Jacobs, a 37 year old female.

Investigations revealed that Ms. Jacobs was shot in the yard of her residence by an unknown assailant(s). She was taken to the Alexandria Hospital where she was pronounced dead.

Local news, News

Car Crashes Into Fishing Boat

Published 4 June 2017

The Traffic Department is investigating a single vehicle accident Saturday morning where a car jumped a curb side walk in Newtown and crashed into a fishing boat on that same side.

Sometime after 10:00 am, a rental car R908 was traveling westerly along the Bay Road in the Newtown area, when in swerved off the road and crashed into a fishing boat and wall on the sea-side of the busy road.

The vessel was grounded on the side of the road at the time of impact.

EMS did respond to the accident although no one at the scene appeared to be injured.

The car was extensively damaged at the front and the rear of the boat received the brunt of the impact.

Crime/Justice, Local news, News

POLICE INVESTIGATING SHOOTING IN TAYLOR’S VILLAGE

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

Education, Local news, News

Liburd, Drew add voice to hundreds opposed to Team Unity plans to build new High School on Basseterre Aquifer

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.”