July 8, 2014

NIA Charlestown Nevis-- Nevisian Ursula Phillip, a patient of US-based Cardiologist/Internist Dr. Charlie Rouse, urged Nevisians to embrace her doctor, whom she said had administered life-saving care to her, in his partnership with the…

Basseterre, St. Kitts (CUOPM) – St. Kitts and Nevis’ Prime Minister the Rt. Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas told the congregation at the New Birth Gospel Tabernacle on Sunday that despite challenges over the past 19 years, the St. Kitts-Nevis…

Basseterre, St. Kitts (SKNIS): Local organizers and sponsors of major regional cricket tournament Caribbean Premier League (CPL) are wrapping up final arrangements for hosting the semi-finals and finals in St. Kitts and Nevis. Most…

Basseterre, St. Kitts (SKNIS): National authorities around the Caribbean are in St. Kitts receiving expert level training in effective broadband pricing by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). These regulations, says Pierre…

Basseterre, St. Kitts-- A fusion of talent from the Faith in Emmanuel Seventh-day Adventist Church created a musical and theatrical offering named Family Woes. The new generation of local performers treated fans of musical theatre to a…

(ZIZ)-- Mackeen Phillip of Challengers was formally arrested and charged for threatening to kill, battery on police, and to prevent a further breach of the peace, which were committed on 5th July 2014. In other news, the Traffic…

Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Ashraf Ghani might be on the verge of a comeback in his bid for the Afghan presidency, a preliminary count of last month's runoff election shows. The former Afghan finance minister leads former Foreign Minister…

London (CNN) -- The defense in the Oscar Pistorius murder case rested Tuesday, bringing to an end the latest phase of a trial which has lasted longer than the athlete's relationship with Reeva Steenkamp, the girlfriend he killed. Closing…

(CNN) -- Bahrain has ordered the expulsion of a U.S. diplomat for meddling in the country's internal matters, the kingdom's foreign affairs ministry said. Tom Malinowski, U.S. assistant secretary of state for democracy, human rights and…

(CNN) -- The Australian government has admitted it has 153 people, including children, in custody at sea while it fights a High Court challenge to any plans to send them back to Sri Lanka. Until Tuesday's court hearing in Melbourne, the…

St John’s, Antigua -- In a statement on regional citizenship by investment programmes issued at the conclusion of last week’s Caribbean Community (CARICOM) meeting in St John’s, Antigua, heads of government urged all member states to…

Kingston, Jamaica -- Minister without portfolio in the ministry of finance and planning, Horace Dalley, is expected to update the House of Representatives on a number of issues affecting government employees, when the sectoral debate…

St George’s, Grenada (CMC) -- Governor-General, Dr Cecile La Grenade, is to be knighted during a private ceremony at Buckingham Palace in England on Friday. A brief government statement said Dame La Grenade will have a private audience…

Trinidad (Trinidad Express) -- A 36-year-old paraplegic man, who was arrested at Piarco International Airport more than two years ago after trying to conceal a large quantity of marijuana in his wheelchair, has been sentenced to four years’…

St Catherine, Jamaica -- A nine-year-old boy drowned on Monday, July 7 after he and his twin brother went swimming with relatives in St Catherine. He is Timani Riley of Victoria district, Linstead in the parish. According to reports from…