October 6, 2014

Basseterre, St. Kitts (CUOPM) -- St. Kitts and Nevis’ Postmaster General, Ms. Sandra Davoren, has been elected Secretary General of the Caribbean Postal Union (CPU). The election took place at the recent 17th Annual Conference in Bermuda.…

NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS -- In preparation for the upcoming 2015 Nevis Island Administration (NIA) Budget, the Ministry of Finance, Statistics and Economic Planning will host its 8th annual Consultation on the Economy. The event will be held…

Basseterre, St. Kitts (CUOPM) -- The performance of the economy of St. Kitts and Nevis since 2013 has been very encouraging and has been the bright spot in the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union (ECCU) as the sub region continues to be…

Hong Kong, (AFP) -- Hong Kong protesters were under pressure Monday to end their pro-democracy campaign as their numbers dwindled after a chaotic week of mass rallies, and frustration grew over disruption and traffic gridlock. The…

Sydney, Australia (AFP) -- The hunt for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 entered a new phase Monday with the resumption of the underwater search for the aircraft, officials said. Until now experts had been concentrating on mapping…

Omaha, Nebraska (AP) -- An American video journalist who contracted Ebola while working in Liberia has arrived at a Nebraska hospital, where he will be treated for the deadly disease. Ashoka Mukpo, 33, arrived by ambulance Monday at the…

Kingston, Jamaica -- A motorcyclist was shot and killed by police in Half-Way-Tree, St Andrew Monday morning. Report reaching OBSERVER ONLINE is that he was one of two persons who allegedly held up and robbed a bearer of a large sum of…

Bridgetown, Barbados -- The Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export) is supporting the participation of nine CARIFORUM SMEs through funding a collective pavilion at the Innovation Village that forms part of the VIII Americas…

Port-Au-Prince, Haiti (HCNN) -- Haiti's former dictator Jean-Claude ‘Baby Doc’ Duvalier died on Saturday, possibly of a heart failure, after he collapsed and hit his head while visiting a close ally near the Caribbean country's capital.…

Basseterre, St. Kitts (CUOPM) -- Residents in St. Kitts and Nevis accounted for nearly a quarter of the banking deposits in the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union (ECCU). The disclosure has come from St. Kitts and Nevis’ Prime Minister the…

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, OCTOBER 5TH 2014 (CUOPM) - The Federal Government’s fiscal position is very strong with positiveConsolidated Overall and Primary Balances. St. Kitts and Nevis’ Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, the Rt. Hon. Dr.…

(ZIZ News) -- Arrest K'wannii Liburd of Maynard Street, Ponds Pasture was formally arrested and charged for Refusing To Give Name and Making Use of Indecent Language, which were committed on 1st October 2014. Court Convictions…

Sports Page -- Despite a rocky start to their weekend tour to Montserrat to commence their first leg of the 2014, Leeward Islands senior cricket Championship, the Nevis team came out head and shoulders above the home team in the three day…

Sports Page -- A high scoring three day encounter saw Anguilla take first innings points over St.Kitts in Anguilla on the weekend, as both teams faced off in their first encounter of the Leeward Islands three day competition for 2014. The…

St John’s, Antigua -- The West Indies Cricket Board today announced the schedule for the inaugural Professional Cricket League’s (PCL), Regional 4 Day Tournament. The R4D will be played on a home and away basis over ten rounds from November…