December 4, 2013

St. John’s, Antigua – LIAT Cargo and Quikpak Services are redoubling efforts this holiday season to move extra bags and packages throughout the airline’s Caribbean-wide network. LIAT’s Executive Manager of Cargo and Quikpak Mr. Wilbur…

(BBC)--Crowds of mourners in the Lebanese town of Baalbek have turned out for the funeral of Hassan Lakkis, a commander in the Shia militant group Hezbollah. Lakkis was shot in the head at close range at about midnight on Tuesday outside…

(BBC)--TV cook Nigella Lawson has admitted taking cocaine, but denies having a drug problem or being an addict. She said she had first taken the drug with her late husband John Diamond when he was terminally ill. Ms Lawson said she had…

(BBC)--Authorities will later release emergency dispatch recordings of last year's school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, which left 26 people dead. The tapes reportedly contain nearly half an hour of 911 calls made from inside Sandy…

Kingston, Jamaica (JIS) -- Jamaica’s minister of foreign affairs and foreign trade, Senator A.J. Nicholson, and his Trinidad and Tobago counterpart, Winston Dookeran, have vowed to find mutually beneficial solutions to the current…

Kingstown, St Vincent -- Monday proved to be a significant day in the parliament of St Vincent and the Grenadines, with the successful passage of the Witness (Special Measures) Bill 2013. Minster of legal affairs and prime minister, Dr…

(CUOPM) – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Homeland Security, Labour, Immigration and Social Security has responded to an allegation by Dr. the Hon. Timothy Harris that his diplomatic passport was withdrawn without him being officially…

(CUOPM) – Branding the opposition parliamentarians “economic terrorists,” St. Kitts and Nevis’ Prime Minister the Rt. Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas says the nation’s Citizenship by Investment Programme is being targeted because “it is doing…

The Interim Board of Directors of the OECS Business Council met on 27 to 28 November 2013 to finalise the administrative arrangements for the establishment of the OECS Business Council and to commence the strategic planning for the…

(ZIZ)--Alex Jules alias "Kaya" of Willet's Project, St. Paul Village was formally charged and arrested for Wounding With Intent, which was committed on 30th November 2013 at Sandy Point. Court Convictions: District B Magistrate's Court:…

St John’s, Antigua – The West Indies Cricket Board joins with cricket fans in the region in encouraging television companies operating in the Caribbean to secure the television broadcast rights for the ongoing West Indies v New Zealand…

(Sports Page) -- The New Zealand team tightened the screws on day two of their first test match in the current series versus the West Indies. Despite an early break through when Captain Daren Sammy clean bowled his opposite number Brendon…

The Hard times team which has had a tough league so far, had cause to celebrate last evening, as they swamped the normally tough All Stars team. At the final whistle, the score line was 5 goals 1 in favour of the team from Gingerland.…

(ZIZ) -- 11 young ladies from across the region will be taking part in the 34th Annual Haynes Smith Caribbean Talented Teen Pageant later this month. Organizers held a press conference at ZIZ studios on Tuesday morning to officially launch…

Basseterre, St. Kitts (CUOPM) – There is no EC$60 fee imposed before one can get medical attention at the Accident and Emergency Department (A&E) at the Joseph N. France General Hospital. This has been disclosed by Minister of Health,…