America is sacrificing black education for a false meritocracy
By Zak Cheney-Rice From New York Mag In the weeks before her election on November 27, Cindy Hyde-Smith looked vulnerable. Not enough, perhaps, to scuttle her chances at winning: She was a white Republican, after all, running for U.S. Senate against a…
Critically endangered sawfish gain additional protection in Caribbean
From The Daily Herald St Maarten BONAIRE–Caribbean nations agreed last week to add two more species to the annexes of the Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife (SPAW) Protocol, the only transnational legal instrument for the environment of the Caribbean. At…
His Excellency the Governor-General commends Prime Minister Harris on his distinguished service to St. Kitts and Nevis
f His Excellency the Governor-General, Sir S.W. Tapley Seaton, has congratulated Prime Minister Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris on his 25thanniversary as a Parliamentarian, which was celebrated in November with an exciting range of activities organized by the people of…
Climate change: Five things we’ve learnt from COP24
By Matt McGrath BBC News Delegates to the UN climate conference in Poland have reached agreement on how to implement the 2015 Paris Climate Accord, which comes into force in 2020. What are the key points to come out of…
PM Harris commends Carib Brewery (St. Kitts & Nevis) Ltd for producing 1 mil. cases in a single year for the first time in their history
On the same day that public sector workers in St. Kitts and Nevis received the historic three-peat payment of a 13-month (double) salary, another important milestone was met in the country. December 14th, 2018 saw the Harris-led Team Unity Government…
Theresa May might be the most important person in the world right now
By Andrew Sullivan From New York Magazine There was a priceless video this past week of Theresa May arriving to visit Angela Merkel in Berlin, in another soul-sucking trip to beg the E.U. to give her something — anything — to throw to the…
Practically imperfect? Critics are divided on ‘Mary Poppins Returns’
By Alison Foreman From Mashable Ranging from “supercalifragilisticexpialidocious” to “meh,” critical reactions toMary Poppins Returns are all over the place. Some early audience members delighted in the revamped world of color, propriety, and nostalgia. While other critics, like Mashable’s Angie Han, say…
300-pound woman crushes, kills 120-pound boyfriend by lying on top of him
AP From FOX6 NEWS NOW ERIE, Pa. — A woman has pleaded guilty to killing her boyfriend by stabbing him, hitting him with a table leg and crushing him under the weight of her roughly 300 pounds. Windi Thomas, of…
Concacaf and SAVI Announce Partnership for Referee Uniforms
From CONCACAF Agreement designates SAVI as the official uniform provider of the Confederation Miami (Friday, December 14, 2018) – The Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (Concacaf) announced today a multi-year agreement naming SAVI the official referee…
Scientists not amused by endangered monk seal with eel in its nose
By Laura Goldman from Care2 Could it be the seal equivalent of human teens eating Tide pods? Maybe you’ve seen the photo of a juvenile Hawaiian monk seal with an eel stuck up its nose. Believe it or not, this wasn’t…