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JetBlue Goes After Cuba Spots Other Airlines Are Giving Up

Apr 25, 2017

With Frontier Airlines and Spirit Airlines saying adios to Cuba later this year, JetBlue is looking to fill the void. Spirit plans to drop its twice-daily Fort Lauderdale to Havana flights on May 31 while Frontier will cease its daily…

Prime Minister Harris remembers Charles Brisbane

Apr 25, 2017

(ZIZ News) -- On Monday evening, Prime Minister Dr the Hon Timothy Harris extended heartfelt condolences to the Brisbane family of Basseterre, on the passing of the family’s patriarch, Mr Charles Brisbane OBE. Prime Minister Harris…

New bus stop gives facelift to Belle Vue

Apr 25, 2017

(SKNIS): The official ceremony to unveil the new bus stop at Belle Vue was held on Saturday, April 22, 2017. The idea for the bus stop was the brainchild of Clinton Langley and was adopted by the Ministry of Tourism and the members of the…

Climate Change Models dominate Week Two of training for stakeholders

Apr 25, 2017

(SKNIS): The second week of training for stakeholders attending the eight day National Training Workshop in the Use of Climate Models for Decision Making has narrowed the focus on a number of tools designed to build the resilience of…

Ugo Ehiogu: England boss Gareth Southgate ‘stunned’ by death of former team-mate

Apr 21, 2017

England manager Gareth Southgate says he is "stunned" by the death of former team-mate Ugo Ehiogu. Former England defender Ehiogu died at the age of 44 on Friday after suffering a cardiac arrest the previous day. Read more:…

Middlesex v Essex: Sam Robson and Nick Gubbins hit centuries as hosts dominate

Apr 21, 2017

Openers Sam Robson and Nick Gubbins hit centuries as county champions Middlesex made the Essex bowlers toil at Lord's. Robson (144 not out) and Gubbins (101) shared a 241-run first-wicket stand after an uncontested toss saw the hosts bat…

Paris Champs Elysees attack gunman named as Karim Cheurfi

Apr 21, 2017

The gunman killed after shooting dead a policeman on the Champs Elysees has been named by the Paris prosecutor as Karim Cheurfi, a convicted criminal. He used a Kalashnikov assault rifle to kill the police officer with two bullets to the…

Kidnapped Qatari hunting party of 26 ‘freed in Iraq’

Apr 21, 2017

A group of Qatari hunters - including members of the ruling family - have been freed 16 months after being kidnapped in Iraq, officials say. The Iraqi interior ministry said "all 26" were in Baghdad and would be handed over to a Qatari…

US kills Trinidadian IS fighter, then adds him to terrorism list

Apr 21, 2017

A Trinidadian fighter for the Islamic State group (IS) was designated a terrorist by the United States months after being killed by American forces in Syria, Middle East Eye (MEE) has learned. Shane Crawford was added to a list of…

Antigua-Barbuda ambassador questions accuracy of US State Department report

Apr 21, 2017

Antigua and Barbuda’s ambassador to the United States, Sir Ronald Sanders, has questioned the accuracy of the US State Department’s 2017 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR) at a meeting with officials of the Bureau of…

PM Harris: Diverse audience at yesterday’s bust unveiling epitomized the unity cherished by…

Apr 21, 2017

(PRESS SEC) – A bust was unveiled in the late Dr. the Rt. Excellent Sir Simeon Daniel’s honour yesterday, Thursday, April 20th, 2017, during a moving and patriotic ceremony in Charlestown, Nevis. Prime Minister Dr. the Honourable…

PM Harris’ Statement on the Brutal Attack of a Police Bus in Paris, France

Apr 21, 2017

Chairman of the OECS Authority, Prime Minister Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris expresses condolences to the French Government and people whose beautiful capital city was yesterday, Thursday, April 20th, 2017, the site of a brutal terror…

ROC (Taiwan) spreads its wings in South and Southeast Asia with New Southbound Policy

Apr 21, 2017

(SKNIS) — Compared to nearly most of its Southeast Asian and South Asian neighbours, the 13, 974 square mile East Asian island of the Republic of China (Taiwan) with a population of almost 24 million people, is small in landmass but a…

Joe Hart: Man City keeper not Liverpool target, says Jurgen Klopp

Apr 20, 2017

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has ruled out trying to sign England goalkeeper Joe Hart. It was reported on Wednesday that the Anfield club were close to a £20m deal for the Manchester City keeper, who is currently on loan at Torino.…

Panama Papers: Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif survives corruption ruling

Apr 20, 2017

Pakistan's Supreme Court has ruled there is insufficient evidence of corruption to remove Nawaz Sharif from the role of prime minister. It instead ordered a further investigation into money transfers. Read more:…

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