December 2014

Pangkalan Bun, Indonesia (AP) -- Bad weather hindered efforts to recover victims of AirAsia Flight 8501 on Wednesday, and sent wreckage drifting far from the crash site, as grieving relatives prayed for strength to endure their losses.…

Paramaribo, Suriname (CMC) -- The Police Naval Unit says it has rescued four fishermen who spent almost 12 hours floating in the Atlantic Ocean on Tuesday. The police said they had been informed that the fishing boat, Natasha, had…

Kingston, Jamaica -- The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) Operations Branch on Tuesday, December 30 handed over an ambulance and other equipment to the Jamaica Police Convalescent Centre (JPCC), located in Black River, St Elizabeth. The…

Castries, St Lucia (CMC) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 3.6 rattled St Lucia and was also felt in the neighbouring islands of St Vincent and the Grenadines early Wednesday morning, the Trinidad-based Seismic unit of the University of…

Kalibo, Philippines (AP) -- An AirAsia Zest plane carrying 159 people overshot the runway and got stuck in a muddy field Tuesday at an international airport in the central Philippines after landing from Manila in windy weather, officials…

Port of Spain, Trinidad (CMC) -- The Trinidad and Tobago Publishers and Broadcasters Association (TTPBA) has condemned the decision by the coalition People’s Partnership government to pay TT$15,000 (One TT dollar = US$0.37 cents) in per…

Sports Page -- Outspoken former Nevis Cricket Association president, Keith Scarborough, on Tuesday strongly condemned the notion of grading players on the island. During his tenure as cricket chief on the island, Scarborough was almost…

Port Elizabeth, South Africa CMC -- Adverse weather which plagued the second Test between South Africa and West Indies returned to force the abandonment of the final day at St George’s Park here Tuesday, as the contest finished in a tame…

Sports Page -- James Pattinson, returning from a chronic back injury, broke Sydney Thunder's batting by the time the Power play was done and scripted Melbourne Renegades' first victory of the Big Bash League season. Jacques Kallis' stumps…

Basseterre, St. Kitts (CUOPM) -- Over 7,000 cruise ship passengers graced the Port of Basseterre on Tuesday from four cruise ships. According to information from the Marine Division of the St. Christopher Air and Sea Ports Authority…

Basseterre, St. Kitts (CUOPM) -- The participants and their chaperones to the 35th Edition of the Miss Haynes Smith Caribbean Talented Teen Pageant were officially welcomed to the twin-island Federation by Prime Minister the Right Hon. Dr.…

(ZIZ News) -- Members of the St. Kitts-Nevis Labour Party and Nevis Reformation Party continue to affirm that their recently revealed partnership presents a stable plan for the continued development of the Federation. Recently, NRP’s…

(ZIZ News) -- The police have charged a young man with attempted murder in connection with a shooting incident last week. Kareem Jeffers of Ponds Pasture was formally arrested and charged on Tuesday in connection with the Dec. 21st…

Charlestown, Nevis (CUOPM) -- The distribution of laptops to students of the first forms of the Gingerland Secondary School and the Charlestown Secondary School in Nevis, is in keeping with a promise made by Parliamentary Representative for…

Basseterre, St. Kitts (CUOPM) -- Declaring that students from Nevis must have the same opportunities as those in St. Kitts, the Federation’s Prime Minister the Rt. Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas joined Federal Ministers, the Hon. Patrice…