October 16, 2014

Basseterre, St. Kitts (CUOPM) -- St. Kitts will experience its best ever summer cruise ship season in history next year, between May and September. According to the official 2014/2015 Cruise Ship Itinerary, 70 calls from 9 ships are…

Basseterre, St. Kitts (CUOPM) -- The St. Kitts and Nevis National Assembly meets next week. Clerk of the National Assembly, Mr. Jose Lloyd informed lawmakers Thursday of the meeting set for Friday 24th October. It begins at 10 a.m. in the…

NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS --The Department of Agriculture on Nevis continues to make commendable strides in the island’s food security drive. That disclosure came from Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture Eric Evelyn in an…

Basseterre, St. Kitts (SKNIS) -- Five high schools in St. Kitts and Nevis are beneficiaries of a donation from the Greeneway Church in Orlando, Florida. Antoinette Walwyn, a member of the church, coordinated the donation of 500 eating…

NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS -- Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture Eric Evelyn urged the public to help make the Department of Agriculture’s mini fair at the Public Market in Charlestown on October 17 a success. The event which…

NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS -- The following is an address delivered by Minister of Agriculture in the Nevis Island Administration (NIA) Hon. Alexis Jeffers on October 16, 2014, on the occasion of World Food Day 2014. Fellow citizens and…

Basseterre, St. Kitts (CUOPM) -- St. Kitts and Nevis’ Minister of Foreign Affairs continues to lobby for scholarships for the young people of the twin-island Federation. During the recent 69th United Nations General Assembly in New York,…

Basseterre, St. Kitts (CUOPM) -- St. Kitts and Nevis’ Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Hon. Patrice Nisbett participated in several important meetings and events within the margins of the recently-held 69th General Assembly of the United…

Basseterre, St. Kitts (CUOPM) -- Eleven new cruise ships will be visiting St. Kitts for the first time during the 2014/2015 Cruise Ship Season. According to the 2014/2015 Cruise Ship itinerary, the ships range from the 100-passenger…

(ZIZ News) -- Darrell Williams of Cardin Avenue was formally arrested and charged for Larceny, which was committed on 14th October 2014. Alexander Mitrell of West Bourne Ghaut was formally arrested and charged for Obstruction,…

United States, (AFP) -- Spain was elected to the UN Security Council on Thursday, roundly defeating Turkey for the seat during a vote at the UN General Assembly. Spain joins Angola, Malaysia, New Zealand and Venezuela as the newest members…

Kathmandu, Nepal (CNN) -- The grim search for missing hikers and bodies buried under snow continued Thursday against the dramatic backdrop of Nepal's Himalayas, as officials confirmed that at least 27 people had died in an exceptionally…

(CNN) -- An Ebola-stricken Texas nurse will fly to a Maryland hospital that specializes in the deadly virus, and several Ohioans have isolated themselves out of fear they were exposed to another Texas nurse with Ebola, officials said…

Port of Spain, Trinidad (Trinidad Express) -- A 17-year-old Point Fortin student charged with having sexual intercourse with a 12-year-old girl was denied bail when he appeared in court Tuesday. The boy, a vocational student, appeared…

Port-au-Prince, Haiti (AFP) -- Haitian authorities announced sanitary border controls Thursday to prevent Ebola cases from entering and spreading in the desperately poor country already in the grips of a deadly cholera epidemic. The…