Crime/Justice, Local news, News

St. Croix-based Nevisian beaten, robbed and tied up on the road in Nevis

Published 9 August 2017

Buckie Got It, St. Kitts and Nevis 

St. Croix-based Nevisian beaten, robbed and tied up on the road in Nevis

CHARESTOWN, NEVIS, AUGUST 9TH 2017 – A Nevisian who returned to Nevis for a funeral and who decided to stay on for Culturama is in serious condition at the Alexandra Hospital in Charlestown after being beaten and robbed.

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International Sports, Sports

Phyllis Francis Shocks Shaunae Miller-Uibo, Allyson Felix In World 400 Win

Published 9 August 2017

Buckie Got It, St. Kitts and Nevis News

Phyllis Francis Shocks Shaunae Miller-Uibo, Allyson Felix In World 400 Win

An American woman won the IAAF World Championships 400m, but it wasn’t the athlete the world expected.

Phyllis Francis — not Allyson Felix — won gold in the closing event of day six in London.

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Health, International news, News

Man drinks beer full of dead geckos: suit

Published 9 August 2017

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Man drinks beer full of dead geckos: suit

A California man filed a stomach-turning lawsuit against Heineken beer and Kroger supermarket — claiming he sipped suds loaded with dead, canned geckos.
George Toubbeh said he got violently ill and “suffered from extreme anxiety and post traumatic stress disorder” from the beer he purchased and drank on Aug. 7, 2015, according to his lawsuit filed in Orange County Superior Court.

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Local news, News, Politics

Labour MP fears new PAC legislation will undermine accountability, transparency and good governance

Published 9 August 2017

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Labour MP fears new PAC legislation will undermine accountability, transparency and good governance

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, AUGUST 9Th 2017 – Member of Parliament, Hon. Marcella Liburd has expressed concern that proposed Public Accounts Committee (PAC) legislation by the Team Unity Government of Prime Minister Dr. Timothy Harris could place restrictions on government official who can appear before the watchdog committee which ensures accountability, transparency and good governance.

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Local news, News

Jahnika Francis is in the US on Youth Ambassadors programme

Published 8 August 2017

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Jahnika Francis is in the US on Youth Ambassadors programme

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, AUGUST 8TH 2017 – Jahnika Francis of St. Kitts and Nevis is among seven Youth Ambassadors from the Eastern Caribbean in Vermont, United States for the 2017 Youth Ambassadors Programme for the Caribbean exchange program.

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