October 2016

CARPHA denies allegations of Zika cover-up

October 05, 2016 in Regional

[caption id="attachment_14474" align="alignright" width="300"] HOSPEDALES… this is far from the truth[/caption] PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) — The Trinidad-based Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) is dismissing suggestions that it along with governments are trying to “cover up the real figures” of the mosquito-borne Zika virus cases...

Hurricane Matthew damage said the worst since 2010 earthquake

October 05, 2016 in Regional

[caption id="attachment_14471" align="alignleft" width="300"] LEOGANE, Haiti — Residents head to a shelter in Leogane yesterday before Hurricane Matthew slammed into Haiti’s south-western tip with howling 145 mph winds, tearing off roofs in the poor and largely rural area, uprooting trees, and leaving rivers bloated and...

Female Student Stabbed At BHS

October 04, 2016 in National

(Tuesday October 4, 2016): Reports reaching Freedom Fm on Tuesday are that a female student of the Basseterre High School was rushed to the Joseph N France Hospital on Monday morning. The girl was taken by ambulance following a stabbing incident on the school grounds. Eye...

No Permission granted for Teachers’ Day March

October 04, 2016 in National

Fm is reliably informed that the traditional World Teachers’ Day march scheduled for October 5th, will not take place this year. An official communiqué sent to all members by the St. Kitts’ Teachers Union indicated that “the Ministry of Education has not approved leave on Wednesday...