April 2015

St. Kitts – Nevis youth minister attends Regional Meeting

April 30, 2015 in National

[caption id="attachment_5170" align="alignleft" width="300"] Minister of Youth, Honourable Shawn Richards (right) is in Antigua for the Caribbean Region Commonwealth Youth Ministers Meeting[/caption] Basseterre, St. Kitts, April 29, 2015 (SKNIS): St. Kitts and Nevis Minister of Youth, the Honourable Shawn Richards is engaging in discussions with counterparts...

Minister urges region to allow small possession of quantities of marijuana

April 30, 2015 in Regional

[caption id="attachment_5164" align="alignleft" width="300"] Minister of Social Transformation Samantha Marshall[/caption] Antigua & Barbuda could see changes to laws relating to marijuana usage, after Minister of Social Transformation Samantha Marshall called for Commonwealth countries to decriminalize the possession of small amounts of the substance. Minister Marshall said regional...

Calls pour in for Dexta Daps

April 30, 2015 in International

[caption id="attachment_5158" align="alignleft" width="300"] (L) Bobby Clarke (R) Dexta Daps[/caption] NEW YORK, USA — Bobby Clarke, founder/CEO of Irie Jam Radio, said his station "has been inundated with telephone calls yesterday from concerned fans" about rising dancehall singjay Dexta Daps. Dexta Daps is one of several acts...