“I love soca music. When Benjai said soca gives him powers, I felt that!” is part of the biography fun facts about a St.Kitts native and US- based trademark attorney Ozelle Martin, who was recently interviewed by a ESSENCE on the widely debated “J’ouvert” rum launch by well-known black American actor 34-year-old Michael B. Jordan.

Police Superintendent and member of the National COVID-19 Task Force Cromwell Henry has made the observation that too many persons are outside of their home during the current shelter in place order.

The Ministry of Health has sent abroad virus samples for testing to determine which variant of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is present in St.Kitts-Nevis.

National Disaster Coordinator (NDC) of the NEMA National Emergency Management Agency and Chairman of the National COVID-19 Task Force Abdias Samuel is encouraging individuals to be prepared for the “dual hazard environment that we have at this moment.”

St.Kitts police are looking for a 26-year-old man nicknamed ‘Bobo’ who was last seen on Friday 11th June 2021. Ashton Trevorn James, a Kittitian from Taylor’s Village, was seen in the community of Ponds Pasture at 7:54 am. that day. He was wearing a red, short-sleeve shirt and brown pants.

Minister of Health Akilah Byron-Nisbett hopes that St.Kitts-Nevis’ first recorded COVID-19 related death will be a “wake-up call”.

With an outbreak of increasing COVID-19 cases in St.Kitts-Nevis, a State of Emergency (SOE) has been put in place to restrict the movement of citizens and residents in asking them stay at home unless for essential work, accessing businesses authorized to operate or for essential travel, particularly between the hours of 5:00AM to 6:00PM for a 14-day nightly curfew as part of the period June 15th to July 6th 2021.

Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Dr. Hazel Laws has dismissed social media rumours that she recently sent in a job resignation letter.

Members of the bus association fraternity in St.Kitts have yet to be contacted to give input on the way forward concerning the government’s recently implemented 50% capacity measure for the public transportation system.

Chief Medical Officer Dr. Hazel Laws has listed two areas linked to the current virus outbreak in St.Kitts-Nevis, namely the vaccination rate as well as workplaces and individuals not following the COVID-19 prevention and control measures.

“You could imagine how tough that was on the patient, on the patient's family et cetera [etc.]. I even got calls and WhatsApp [messages] from in the UK [and] North America asking if we got our first death…”

Well-known Cultural Preservationist Dr. Winston ‘Zack’ Nisbett continues to play his part in cultural awareness involving the nation’s youths which he says is important in keeping culture alive in St.Kitts-Nevis.