June 25, 2015

NIA Charlestown Nevis -- Foreign Affairs Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis and Deputy Premier of Nevis Hon. Mark Brantley on Wednesday 24 June, 2015, accepted a courtesy visit from Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to St. Kitts…

Basseterre, St. Kitts -- Permanent Secretary in the Prime Minister’s Office, who also has responsibility for the People Employment Programme (PEP), Mr Osbert DeSuza, advised Wednesday June 24 that the programme is not being stopped as many…

St John’s, Antigua -- In a strongly worded letter to Ambassador Mikael Barford, head of the Delegation of the European Union to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean, Prime Minister Gaston Browne has documented his government’s impassioned…

(ZIZ News) -- Thursday will mark the start of the St. Kitts Music Festival and the organisers are confident that the first concert will be a success. On Thursday morning, ZIZ Radio and ZIZ Online provided live coverage of a press…

(ZIZ News) -- The St. Kitts and Nevis Patriots team got off to a shaky start on Wednesday evening when it lost the first match, against the St. Lucia Zouks. Two early wickets each for Fidel Edwards and Shannon Gabriel reduced the Patriots…

Karachi, Pakistan (AP) -- The devastating heatwave that struck southern Pakistan last weekend is slowly subsiding but the toll was still climbing Thursday, to a total of 860 confirmed deaths, a senior health official said. Jam Mehtab…

Atlanta (AP) -- Federal immigration authorities say they arrested 60 people in a targeted five-day operation in metro Atlanta, the Augusta area and northwest Georgia. US Immigration and Customs Enforcement said in a news release Wednesday…

Boston, United States (AFP) -- Boston bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev apologised Wednesday to his victims for the first time for the suffering he caused, moments before a federal judge formally sentenced him to death. The US citizen of Chechen…

Port of Spain, Trinidad (Trinidad Express) -- Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has served notice she has no intention of responding to the constant attacks levelled against her by corruption-accused Jack Warner. At a meeting in Debe…

Nassau, Bahamas (CMC) -- The Bahamas Government says it has deported more 420 people during the first 23 days of this month, with the majority of them being Haitian nationals. Immigration Minister Fred Mitchell said that the authorities…

Georgetown, Guyana (GINA) -- President David Granger has assured US oil company Exxon Mobil that it has nothing to fear in terms of its current operations in Guyana’s waters, as the company has the backing of the Guyana government and…

Castries, St Lucia -- The government of Saint Lucia has signed a grant agreement with the CARICOM Development Fund (CDF) for funding of the St Lucia National Trust (SLNT) renewable energy project in the sum of 71,749 Euros. The agreement…

Sports Page -- The NEVLEC High Voltage team appeared to be on a roll in the second round of the ongoing NABA league and they had vowed to upset the defending champions CG Rebels. However, on Wednesday night-June 24th it was the CG Rebels…

St. John’s, Antigua -- The West Indies Cricket Board is pleased to announce the appointment of Dodridge Miller to its Corporate Governance & Nominations Committee. Miller has been the President and Chief Executive Officer at the…

Bridgetown, Barbados -- The West Indies Retired Players Foundation has expressed great delight with Sunday’s charity golf event, which was staged at Sandy Lane Country Club. The event was jointly hosted by the West Indies Cricket Board…