United States President Donald Trump declared on Saturday that Venezuelan airspace had been “closed”, without offering any further details, spiking tensions between Washington and Caracas amid months of military build-up in the Caribbean. Venezuela has accused the US of a “colonialist threat” in Latin America, as millions of people in the country remain on edge. President Nicolas Maduro had earlier warned that…
Oriel Perkins of Government Road, Nevis, has been convicted and fined for cannabis-related offences. On November 18th, 2025, Mr Perkins was fined ten thousand dollars ($10,000 XCD) for the offence of Cultivation of Cannabis, payable within four (4) months. In default, he will serve eight (8) months imprisonment. The charge of Possession of Cannabis with Intent to Supply was reduced to…
By Matthew Olay WASHINGTON, USA, (Pentagon News) – During a media interview at the Pentagon that spanned a handful of topics yesterday, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said plans to declare Venezuela’s state-embedded criminal network Cartel de los Soles a terrorist organisation will bring “a whole bunch of new options” to how the US deals with narco-terrorists in that region. The…
Bruce Nolan of Lower Shaw Avenue, McKnight, St. Kitts, was convicted and fined for Possession of Cocaine and Possession of Cocaine with Intent to Supply. Mr Nolan was fined one thousand dollars (EC $1,000) on each charge, payable within two (2) months, or in default, two (2) months imprisonment per count. His sentence was handed down at the Basseterre Magistrate’s Court by…
Alexis Liddie, age twenty-five (25), has been sentenced to His Majesty’s Prison for multiple offences, including two counts of sacrilege committed at the Antioch Baptist Church, and building-breaking at Indigo Yachts. Mr. Liddie first appeared before the court in 2022, when he received a two-year suspended sentence for breaking into and stealing from the Antioch Baptist Church. The following year, in 2023, he was…
Praise, Nobel nominations and promises of foreign investment in the US – Japan’s newly-elected Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi rolled out the red carpet for Donald Trump on Tuesday. Trump in turn had warm praise for Takaichi, telling her that the US would be there for “anything you want, any favours you need, anything… to help Japan”. The two leaders signed…