December 18, 2013

NIA Charlestown Nevis -- Civil Servants on Nevis will receive a 10 percent increase in pay over the next three years and a return of annual increments. That disclosure was made by Premier and Minister of Finance Hon. Vance Amory when he…

NIA Charlestown Nevis --Premier of Nevis and Minister of Finance Hon. Vance Amory presented a $171.02 million budget for the Nevis Island Administration (NIA) with no new taxeswhen he delivered the 2014 Budget Address, at a sitting of the…

Basseterre, St. Kitts--“And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.” Luke…

Basseterre, St. Kitts (SKNIS): Several members of the Royal St. Christopher and Nevis Police Force along with a number of units and out stations were recognized on Tuesday (December 17) for hard work and dedication to duty. Certificates…

London (AP) -- Ronnie Biggs was a petty criminal who set out to transform his life with the daring heist of a mail train packed with money. The plan worked in ways he could never have imagined. Biggs was part of a gang of at least 12 men…

New York (CNN) -- A fuel tanker flipped on its side and caught fire late Tuesday on Long Island, New York police said. The fire caused an undetermined amount of damage to parked cars and property along Sunrise Highway in Bellmore,…

(CNN) -- Egypt's public prosecutor has ordered ex-President Mohamed Morsy and members of the Muslim Brotherhood to stand trial, according to a state-run media report Wednesday. The deposed leader and 35 Muslim Brotherhood members will be…

Hong Kong (CNN) -- An elderly woman infected with a strain of avian flu that is rarely seen in humans died in China earlier this month -- marking the first human fatality from the H10N8 virus. The 73-year-old woman in Jiangxi province was…

Kingston, Jamaica -- The Government on Tuesday tabled the White Paper on “the Reform of the Public Sector Pension System”. The policy outlined in the White Paper represents a position that accords with some aspects of the report that was…

Kingston, Jamaica — There was pandemonium across the Corporate Area Tuesday night as Jamaicans celebrated widely following Tessanne Chin’s victory in The Voice. Chin defeated her strongest rivals Jacquie Lee and Will Champlin to capture…

Bridgetown, Barbados (CMC) – The Barbados-based Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) will next month celebrate its 25th anniversary amidst a call for the region to be promoted as a single destination. CTO Chairman, Beverly Nicholson Doty,…

Paramaribo, Suriname -- There has been no official word yet from the Suriname government in response to the revelation that Guyana has granted permission for a geological and geographical survey (PGGS) that includes a clause guaranting a…

Bridgetown, Barbados (BGIS) -- Prime Minister Freundel Stuart has given Barbados an assurance that the government will not “sit down and by the elegant flourish of a pen or pencil throw people’s lives into disorder”. Stuart’s comments came…

Information received from an official of the Nevis Football Association indicates that the points recently awarded to the Brantley Bronx United Football team after their comprehensive win over the Villa Int team on Sunday night, have been…

It was always billed as a top contest, as neighbours and arch rivals CCC Bath United and Brand Slybo Stoney Grove Strikers faced off in the local Football league on Tuesday night. I was an intense game as was expected but the Bath team…