This Sunday’s first ever Seaside Fest is shaping up to be one of the biggest events for the local events calendar as thousands are expected to pack the SEASIDE for this inaugural event.   The event which takes place on Sunday on the Frigate Bay Strip close to the Anchorage is expected to feature an afternoon of fun and games starting at 2pm. According to organizers the event is expected to begin at 2pm ...

Parent group with responsibility for BLACK SAN' Bang-A-Lang, SPIRIT (Sandy Pointers Inspiring Real Improvement Throughout), joins the people of Sandy Point and it's surrounding communities in expressing profound thanks and appreciation to all 2015 BLACK SAN' supporters!   Last weekend saw the closing events of Black San’ Bang-a-Lang with an outpouring of hundreds on the streets of Sandy Point to get th ...

Kingston, Jamaica: Digicel today confirmed its strong support for the announcement by the National Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of St. Lucia (‘St. Lucia NTRC’) of a public consultation process in relation to the merger between Cable and Wireless Communications (‘LIME’) and FLOW / Columbus Communications Inc. (‘FLOW’). The St. Lucia NTRC has invited members of the public / all interested parties ...

On this day in 1865, John Wilkes Booth, an actor and Confederate sympathizer, fatally shoots President Abraham Lincoln at a play at Ford’s Theater in Washington, D.C. The attack came only five days after Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered his massive army at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, effectively ending the American Civil War. Booth, a Maryland native born in 1838, who remained in the Nort ...

Elston Howard joined the New York Yankees on April 14, 1955, and made history as the first African-American "Bronx Bomber." Howard broke through the color barrier a decade after Jackie Robinsonaccomplished a similar feat by joining the Brooklyn Dodgers across town. Before joining the major leagues, Howard signed to the Kansas City Monarchs in the Negro American League at the age of 19. Two years later, he w ...

The community of Sandy Point since 31st March, 2015, came alive with its annual Festival; The Black San' Bang-A-lang.   Division "B" of The Royal St. Christopher and Nevis Police Force was placed in the spotlight in policing this activity, having held discussions with the organizers.   The organizing committee of the Festival, S.P.I.R.I.T.S., engaged the division at a very early stage, where they ...

Want to be the envy of all your friends when you sport the latest Smartphone on the market? Well, now you can set the trend with a brand new Samsung Galaxy S6 from Digicel St. Kitts-Nevis. Every month, Digicel has a Text-To-Win contest where both prepaid and postpaid customers send SMS messages to win fabulous prizes. This month will be no different! For the month of April, Digicel will be giving away a Sam ...

Sojourner Truth helped to establish the National Council of Women in the United States. At a time when women’s voices went unheard and Black women did not have civil rights, Sojourner Truth helped establish the National Council of Women of the U.S. on March 31, 1888. The National Council of Women is the oldest private women’s organization in the nation. It was birthed on the heels of the anti-slavery moveme ...

In early 1965, Martin Luther King Jr.’s Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) made Selma, Alabama, the focus of its efforts to register black voters in the South. That March, protesters attempting to march from Selma to the state capital of Montgomery were met with violent resistance by state and local authorities. As the world watched, the protesters (under the protection of federalized National ...

Want to be the envy of all your friends when you sport the latest handset on the market? Well, Le-Tanio Ferdinand can definitely attest to this all thanks to Digicel SKN and his love for text messaging.   Every month, Digicel has a Text-To-Win contest where both prepaid and postpaid customers send SMS messages to win fabulous prizes. February is known as the Love month, so a prize anyone would LOVE to ...