December 2014

SKNLP and NRP : Two Parties, One Vision, One People

December 19, 2014 in National

The wait is over as the St. Kitts-Nevis Labour Party [SKNLP] and the Nevis Reformation Party [NRP] signed an agreement on Thursday that will strengthen their ties. NRP candidate and present Federal Representative for Nevis 11, the Hon. Patrice said there has always been a sense...

Worse than last year!

December 19, 2014 in Uncategorized

WITH less than a week to go before Christmas, vendors in downtown Kingston are concerned about the slow pace of business in the normally bustling shopping hub. "Things are going really slow in terms of sales," one vendor, Mervin Dickson, told the Jamaica Observer yesterday. He, like...

Raul Castro addresses Cuban parliament after US thaw

December 19, 2014 in Regional

HAVANA, Cuba (AFP) – Cuban President Raul Castro chaired the twice-yearly meeting of parliament Friday in a session likely focused on the communist island's historic renewal of relations with the United States. Castro was due to give an evening address to close the session, which was...