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Tropical wave moves towards Caribbean

By Caribbean News Now contributor MIAMI, USA -- While the shower activity associated with a tropical wave located about 650 miles east of the Lesser Antilles is limited and disorganized, forecasters…

France adds Bermuda, BVI to tax-haven blacklist

By Caribbean News Now contributor PARIS, France -- France has added Bermuda and the British Virgin Islands to its list of uncooperative tax havens. French tax law applies some of its harshest rates on…

International weapons experts leave Syria, U.S.…

By Erika Solomon BEIRUT | Sat Aug 31, 2013 5:35am EDT (Reuters) - U.N. experts left Syria on Saturday after investigating a poison gas attack that killed hundreds of civilians, and the United States…

Nevis seniors continue to benefit from Social…

NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (AUGUST 30, 2013) – The Social Services Department in the Nevis Island Administration (NIA), continued to show its commitment and dedication to the island’s senior citizens, when…

Join the Movement for Trash Free Seas: NHCS and…

NHCS joins hundreds of thousands of people around the world for Trash Free Seas this September during the 28th annual International Coastal Cleanup. What: The NHCS has joined the movement for Trash…

Dr. Terrance Drew presents cheque to CFC

Basseterre, St. Kitts - (Friday, 30 August, 2013): In a congratulatory gesture, Dr. Terrance Drew, in partnership with the St. Kitts- Nevis Prime Minister the Rt. Hon. Dr. Denzil Douglas, on Tuesday…

New agencies partner with Nevis’ Youth Affairs…

NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (August 29, 2013) – The Royal St. Christopher and Nevis Police Force Nevis Division, the St. Kitts and Nevis Fire and Rescue Services and the Nevis Island Administration’s (NIA)…

Britain says no to Syria intervention as U.S.…

By Andrew Osborn and Oliver Holmes LONDON/BEIRUT | Fri Aug 30, 2013 (Reuters) - Britain will not join any military action against Syria after a stunning parliamentary defeat on Thursday of a…

Saqlain Mushtaq to conduct clinic for West Indies…

ST JOHN’S, Antigua -- Former Pakistan player and international spin bowling consultant Saqlain Mushtaq has been engaged by the West Indies Cricket Board to conduct an extensive spin bowling clinic for…

Regional sector strategy and standards…

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados -- The Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export), in collaboration with the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) and the United Kingdom’s Department for International…

Two new tropical systems moving across Atlantic

By Caribbean News Now contributor MIAMI, USA -- Forecasters are currently watching two weather systems in the tropical Atlantic; one a tropical wave located less than 1,000 miles east of the Lesser…

U.S. Officials say ‘no smoking gun’…

By Mark Hosenball and Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON | Thu Aug 29, 2013 (Reuters) - The U.S. and its allies have "no smoking gun" proving Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad personally ordered his forces…

BVI premier calls for enhanced customer service

ROAD TOWN, BVI -- In an effort to enhance customer service in all sectors of the economy and at all levels throughout the British Virgin Islands, Premier and Minister for Tourism Dr Orlando Smith has…

PM Douglas welcomes Russian investment of US$50…

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, AUGUST 29TH 2013 (CUOPM) – St. Kitts and Nevis’ Prime Minister the Rt. Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas has welcomed the start of two projects at Sandy Bank on St. Kitts’ South East…