October 9, 2014

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) - An internal police investigation was underway in St. Louis, Missouri Thursday after a white officer shot and killed an African-American teen not far from where a similar shooting in August led to weeks of…

CHICAGO (AP) — A federal magistrate judge will decide if a 19-year-old US citizen from suburban Chicago accused of trying to travel to Syria to join Islamic State militants should stay behind bars pending trial. Mohammed Hamzah Khan's…

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (Trinidad Express) -- A KFC cashier who is accused of dousing a customer with hot oil, causing him to be hospitalised with secondary burns about his body, was yesterday placed on $45,000 bail. Erica Fonrose, 32,…

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Criminals have again struck in the community of August Town. Police report that a man believed to be an influential member of the community was shot dead at his home in the area. The lawmen said the killing comes two…

(ZIZ News) -- Arrests The Royal St. Christopher and Nevis Police Force has formally arrested and charged one of its own for drug possession. Acting on information on Sunday 5th October 2014, officers of the Task Force of the Nevis…

Sports Page -- The Ivor Walters Primary School overpowered the Maude Cross Preparatory school on Wednesday 8th October at the ET Willet Park. This as the action continued in the Giant Malt Primary School Football league on Nevis. The…

Sports Page -- Arch Rivals Nevis and Antigua and Barbuda will go hammer and tongs (no pun intended) at each other this weekend, as both teams face off at the ET Willet Park in two matches. From Thursday 9th to Saturday 11th October, they…

Sports Page -- No Sunil Narine, no Chris Gayle, losses in the two practice games followed by a dispute between players and the board on the eve of the first match. When Dwayne Bravo's letter to WICB mentioned the West Indies team morale was…

Sports Page -- Hours before the start of their first ODI against India on Wednesday, the West Indian players have decided not to strike over what they perceived to be an unjust payment agreement signed by the West Indies Players Association…

(CNN) -- Rafael Nadal may have warranted a reputation for playing through the pain barrier but surely not appendicitis. The world number two has apparently been struggling with the condition in the build-up to this week's Shanghai Masters.…

Charlestown, Nevis -- Pink Lily Cancer Care volunteers will register participants for this year’s walkathon scheduled to be held on October 18, 2014 at the Memorial Square on Tuesday 14th October and Friday 17th October at the Memorial…

(ZIZ News) -- St. Kitts and Nevis has the most social protection and assistance programmes in the OECS. This is according to Minister of Health and Social Development, Hon. Marcella Liburd. Speaking in challengers on Tuesday night, Liburd…

(ZIZ News) -- The Ministry Of Energy is making headway toward fulfilling its promise of making St. Kitts and Nevis a totally green economy with the launch of its Lighting Exchange Distribution Programme. Permanent Secretary in…

(ZIZ News) -- Friday will be officially recognized as World Mental Health Day and officials at the National Counselling Centre are spreading the word about the importance of mental health awareness. Counsellor, Jeweleen Manners-Woodley,…

Basseterre, St. Kitts (SKNIS) -- Residents of St. Kitts and Nevis who already posses a Bachelor’s Degree have yet another opportunity to further their education, as explained by several deans of the University of the Virgin Islands (UVI).…