Daily Archives

September 8, 2014

Law and Order: A Priority for all

Basseterre, St. Kitts (SKNIS) -- Fighting crime is largely executed by law enforcement in St. Kitts and Nevis, but residents have an important role to play in maintaining law and order. Statistics from the Royal St. Christopher and Nevis…

St. Kitts hiking featured on Caribbean Journal

Basseterre, St. Kitts (CUOPM) – St. Kitts is getting much attention on Caribbean Journal. The spotlight is on the Eastern Caribbean Island’s hiking trails. CJ’s contributor, Joshua Martinez penned that St. Kitts packs a big punch when it…

BHS stakeholders committee focusing on creation of protocols

Basseterre, St. Kitts (CUOPM) - Meetings of the Joint Stakeholders Committee of the Basseterre High School have been focusing on the creation of protocols which will act as a resource aimed at empowering key stakeholders to play a critical…

Iran’s supreme leader has prostate surgery

(CNN) -- Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has undergone prostate surgery, Iranian news media reported Monday. The surgery at a Tehran hospital was successful, but previously undisclosed until it was completed, the Mehr news…

Flooding death toll jumps as India offers help to Pakistan

(CNN) -- At least 355 people have been killed in flooding caused by intense monsoon-season rains across northern India and Pakistan over the past few days. The death toll in Pakistan is 205 as of Monday, according to Pakistan's National…

Joan Rivers remembered at star-studded funeral

New York (AP) -- Howard Stern delivered the eulogy, Broadway singer-actress Audra McDonald sang ‘Smile’ and bagpipers played ‘New York, New York’ at Joan Rivers' funeral Sunday, a star-studded send-off that -- like late comedian herself --…

Grenada remembers Ivan ten years on

St George’s, Grenada -- Sunday marked the ten-year anniversary of the devastation caused by Hurricane Ivan, which passed directly over Grenada on September 7, 2004, as a category three storm, killing 39 people. The capital, St George's,…

Trinidad government denies spyware in school computers

Port of Spain, Trinidad -- Following a report last Monday by Caribbean News Now that that laptop computers supplied by the Trinidad and Tobago government to local schoolchildren have been found to contain “spyware”, education minister Dr…

St. Kitts-Nevis advances to the Second Round

(ZIZ News) -- St. Kitts and Nevis shocked Guyana’s Golden Jaguars on Sunday night with a two-nil victory to win group six of the 2014 CFU Caribbean Cup. After a slow start to the tournament, the National Senior Men’s Football squad stormed…

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