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December 24, 2013

Russia drops first Greenpeace Arctic 30 case

(BBC)--Russian authorities have dropped criminal charges against the first of 30 people accused of taking part in a Greenpeace protest in the Arctic. The BBC has learned the man is Anthony Perrett from Newport in south Wales, who is…

US and Canada storms spell cold, dark Christmas for many

(BBC)--Hundreds of thousands of households in Canada and the northern US are facing a Christmas without electricity after a severe ice storm. Nearly 400,000 customers in eastern Canada and 390,000 in the US are still without power, with…

UK storm: Damage disrupts travel as more severe weather hits

(BBC)--Thousands have their Christmas travel plans disrupted and 150,000 homes are without power as severe weather continues to batter the UK. Trains have been cancelled, roads flooded and there have been long delays and cancellations at…

Bahamas government silence on CLICO guarantee ‘a tragedy’

Nassau, Bahamas -- Nine months after the International Monetary Fund (IMF) warned that The Bahamas government must “accelerate” the liquidation process, the government has been urged to bring a resolution to the CLICO (Bahamas) case as it…

U.S Praises St Kitts Crime Fighting Initiatives

The U.S. State Department has praised initiatives put in place by the local police force as part of the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative. Commissioner Celvin Walwyn recently returned from a meeting with State Department Representatives…

Financing HIV Programmes in 2014

As the Ministry of Health plans for 2014, officials say they have been focusing on the reality that international donor funds are drying up. National AIDS Programme Coordinator, Gardenia Destang-Richardson says while outside financing has…

Soca Monarch Gripes

The 2013 Soca Monarchs have been crowned for both the groovy and power segments. At the end of the show on Friday night, Mr. Hype was crowned the Power Monarch and Delly Ranks the Groovy Monarch. But some artists believe the results could…

Rain washes out matches in Tape Ball League

The matches scheduled for Monday 23rd December in the tape ball league hosted by the Nevis Sports Department and sponsored by the Development Bank of St.Kitts and Nevis, were rained out on Monday night. The two scheduled matches promised…