Possible 2017 payout for ECCU British American policyholders
By LK Hewlett BASSETERRE, St Kitts (WINN) — Regional policyholders of the British American Insurance Company Limited (BAICO) may be one step closer to receiving a payout, eight years after the company collapsed. Close to 4,000 individuals and businesses in…
US brands Eastern Caribbean countries ‘a transit point for drug traffickers’
By LK Hewlett WINN From Caribbean News Now BASSETERRE, St Kitts (WINN) — The US State Department has labeled the Eastern Caribbean as a “transit point for drug traffickers going to the United States and Europe”. According to the State…
Elimination of Aedes aegypti mosquito critical in zika prevention, says entomologist
From Caribbean News Now BASSETERRE, St Kitts (SKNIS) — Retired entomologist Dr Sam Rawlins in St Kitts and Nevis said that it is possible to reduce the prevalence of the zika-carrying Aedes aegypti mosquito if all members of the community…
Court orders St Kitts-Nevis tourism minister to pay election debts
From Caribbean News Now BASSETERRE, St Kitts — The Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court has ordered St Kitts and Nevis tourism minister, Lindsay Grant, to pay election consulting fees owed to BuzzMaker, an international political consulting firm that has worked on…
St Kitts-Nevis financial secretary addresses de-risking banking issue
From Caribbean News Now BASSETERRE, St Kitts (SKNIS) — The threats to the region’s banking sector due to de-risking could have disastrous implications for the Caribbean region and as such Hilary Hazel, financial secretary in St Kitts, has shed some…
ECCB expresses concern over OECS commercial bank charges
From Caribbean360 BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, Thursday November 6, 2014, CMC – The Monetary Council of the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) says action needs to be taken to address commercial bank charges in the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS)….
St Kitts hospital tightens security following fatal shooting of teenager
From Caribbean360 BASSETERRE, St Kitts, Wednesday September 24, 2014, CMC – The St. Kitts-Nevis government Tuesday night announced an “immediate” increase in security arrangements at the main JFN Hospital following the fatal shooting of a 19-year-old youth there on Monday…
Caribbean ‘crumbling under poor leadership and divisive politics’
By Clive Bacchus From Caribbean News Now BASSETERRE, St Kitts (WINN) — The humanization of power is the main affliction affecting good governance in the Caribbean, says Joan Purcell, author of the book A Vision for Change. “To begin with,…
