Published 31 August 2017
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Education Minister: Principal, Teacher Transfers Customary Without Consultation
St. Kitts and Nevis (WINN); Minister of Education, Deputy Prime Minister Shawn Richards, in an interview with WINN FM addressed the concern raised in some circles that principals and teachers have been transferred without being consulted on the change.
Published 31 August 2017
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Soldier’s bullet reportedly injures female resident in her Conaree home
BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, AUGUST 31ST 2017 – A female Conaree resident is nursing a bullet wound to her hand after shots were discharged by law enforcement Wednesday night.
According to a source the bullet, allegedly fired by a soldier, went through a house, missed a head of a male occupant and struck the woman in her hand. It was not immediately known whether the police and soldiers were on a joint operation in the area.
The injured woman was taken to the J. N. France General Hospital for treatment.
Published 31 August 2017
Buckie Got It, St. Kitts and Nevis News Source
Hurricane Irma
While there are currently no storm watches or warnings in effect for St. Kitts, please be aware of the potential for severe weather in association with Hurricane Irma as it passes through the Caribbean region over the next 5 days. Irma is projected to be a CAT 4 storm by early next week, with potential sustained winds greater than 130 mph.
Published 30 August 2017
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Carjacking causes major damages in Cole Bay Wednesday
COLE BAY–Police are currently searching for a man who stole a black car in Cay Bay on Wednesday afternoon and went on a joy ride.
Police officers rushed to the location and spotted the vehicle on Welfare Road. A high speed chase started and in the process, the black car severely damaged approximately 8 vehicles while trying to get away from police.
Published 30 August 2017
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Tropical Storm Irma Forms in the Atlantic and Interests in the Caribbean Should Keep An Eye on It
FLORIDA, United States, Wednesday August 30, 2017 – Tropical Storm Irma has made an appearance and residents of the Caribbean are being advised to track its progress because it could potentially threaten some islands next week.
Earlier this week, the National Hurricane Centre (NHC) in Miami said potential tropical cyclone number 10 which was located off the southeast US coast had the potential to become the next named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season. But it was a tropical wave off the Cabo Verde Islands at that time that has developed into Irma.
The NHC said in its 11 a.m. advisory that Irma had formed over the far eastern Atlantic, but it posed no immediate threat. It was about 420 miles west of the Cabo Verde Islands and moving toward the west near 13 miles per hour at the time.
According to the NHC, that general motion is expected to continue for the next couple of days, along with some strengthening, and Irma, currently carrying maximum sustained winds near 50 miles per hour, could become a hurricane by Friday.
Forecasters say Irma will take about a week for the system to make its trek westward across the Atlantic Ocean, but interests in the Eastern Caribbean should monitor its progress, especially next week.
“Steering winds will guide Irma close to the Leeward Islands and then perhaps Puerto Rico and Hispaniola around the middle of next week,” said AccuWeather Meteorologist Brian Thompson.
“At the very least, there will be an increase in surf in the northeastern Caribbean early next week,” he added.
