February 2018

Adil Rashid and Alex Hales have made a "good decision" to focus solely on limited-overs cricket, says England all-rounder Moeen Ali. All-rounder Rashid will only play white-ball cricket for Yorkshire during the 2018 season, while opener…

US-based Oban Energies is developing a US$4.5-billion oil refinery and oil storage facility off the southern tip of Grand Bahamas Island. Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis says the project is expected to create 600 direct jobs and 1,000…

(Press Unit in the Office of Prime Minister) – Twenty eight law enforcement officers from five Regional Security System (RSS) territories, including St. Kitts and Nevis, are now better positioned to assume leadership roles within their…

(ZIZ News) -- Police have arrested two persons for the theft of building materials on Nevis. According to a police statement, between late January and recently, police have been investigating a number of cases of larceny that occurred at…

NIA -- The Integrity in Public Life legislation which was passed in the Nevis Island Assembly in 2013 will be operationalised shortly. At his first monthly press conference at the Cabinet Room at Pinney’s Estate on February 22, 2018,…

(ZIZ News) -- The police have confirmed that an automated teller machine (ATM) that was stolen from the Vance W. Amory International Airport in Nevis, has been found. Reports indicate that the stolen ATM was found on Thursday in an area…

(SKNIS): Minister of Public Infrastructure and Transportation, the Honourable Ian Patches Liburd, announced at the sitting of the National Assembly on February 21, that the public loan signing ceremony for the construction of the second…

(Press Unit in the Office of the Prime Minister) – The meritorious contributions of eight distinguished nationals of St. Kitts and Nevis were duly recognized today, Wednesday, February 21, at an Investiture Ceremony held at Government…

(SKNIS): The Mental Health Day Treatment Center, which had its soft opening on December 5th, 2016, has now been renamed the Dr. Arthur W. Lake Mental Health Day Treatment Centre after a veteran who has made significant contributions to the…

Briton Elise Christie's hopes of a medal at the 2018 Winter Olympics are over after she was disqualified in her 1,000m short track heat. The 27-year-old - who appeared to be in significant pain because of an ankle injury - finished…

Syrian pro-government forces have entered the Kurdish-held border enclave of Afrin, reports say, raising the risk of clashes with Turkey. It comes a day after Syria's state news agency said "Popular Forces" would be sent there to counter…

In a statement last week, the United Nations said it has added Grenada and Dominica to the list of countries, which also includes Suriname and Venezuela, banned from voting in the UN General Assembly because their failure to pay outstanding…