CHRISTIANSTED — “History has its eyes on you,” the National Park Service (NPS) says in a Lego vignette. Alexander Hamilton was born on the Caribbean island of Nevis on January 11, 1757, or maybe 1755. He later moved to St Croix in the then Danish West Indies, where as a young orphan Hamilton working as […]
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Eastern Caribbean Dollar Goes Digital, A Help For Unbanked
SAN JUAN — The Eastern Caribbean has created its own form of digital currency meant to help speed transactions and serve people without bank accounts. The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank said its “DCash” is the first such blockchain-based currency introduced by any of the world’s currency unions, though some individual nations have similar existing systems. […]
Dr. Paul Vendel Maynard Sr. of Zion Village, Nevis Dies In St. Thomas Hospital At 69
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — It is with great sorrow and breaking hearts, that we the family of Dr. Paul Vendel Maynard, Sr. announce his untimely passing. Dr. Maynard, a native of Zion Village Nevis, departed this earth on January 21, 2021 at age 69, after a brief hospitalization at the Schneider Regional Medical Center (SRMC). He […]