December 30, 2013

Basseterre, St. Kitts -- When the nine contestants in the 34th edition of the Haynes Smith Miss Caribbean Talented Teen Pageant arrived at the Manhattan Gardens and Restaurant for lunch as guests of Mr Konris and Mrs Shamara Maynard, they…

Basseterre, St. Kitts (CUOPM) – Over 35,000 cruise ship passengers visited St. Kitts last week, with 6,880 passengers on Tuesday 24th (Christmas Eve), 7,535 passengers on Wednesday 25th (Christmas Day), 9,467 on Thursday 26th (Boxing Day)…

Basseterre, St. Kitts -- The nine contestants in the 34th edition of the Haynes Smith Miss Caribbean Talented Teen Pageant were Sunday guests of St. Kitts-Nevis Labour Party candidate for Constituency Three (West Basseterre), Mr Konris…

NASSAU, Bahamas (CMC) – Bahamas Prime Minister Perry Christie says his government will seek to “escalate the war on crime” after gunmen over the weekend shot and killed four people during a drive-by shooting. Prime Minister Christie in a…

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (CMC) – A world-renowned clinic in Haiti that has become a leader in global health leading the fight against HIV/AIDS has won a top global health prize. The Haitian Group for the Study of Kaposi’s Sarcoma and…

KINGSTON, Jamaica -- Auditor General Pamela Monroe Ellis says she is concerned about the method used by some public sector organizations to ensure that the prices they pay for procured items are fair and reasonable. In her 2012/13 report…

(BBC)-- At least 14 people have been killed in a suicide bombing on a trolleybus in the Russian city of Volgograd, investigators say. The blast comes a day after 17 people died in another suicide attack at the central station in the city.…

(CNN) -- Police shot and killed eight people who attacked a police station in Xinjiang, a restive region in northwestern China, authorities said Monday. Nine people armed with knives threw explosives at the building and set police cars on…

HONG KONG (CNNMoney) -- China revealed the results of its national audit Monday, giving the world a rare look at its rapidly expanding local debt levels. China's National Audit Office said that local government obligations hit 17.9…

Another exciting year of sports on Nevis has virtually come to an end. There were highs and lows and some of our sports men and women excelled by dint of their hard work and dedication to their sport of choice. There were tears of joy and…

(ZIZ)-- The media and the public got their first opportunity to hear from the contestants and officials of the Caribbean Talented Teen Pageant during a press conference at the Sugar Bay Club on Saturday afternoon. The organizers say every…

(ZIZ)-- The first ever party boat in St. Kitts is now open for business following the official inauguration ceremony on Saturday at the Port Zante Marina. Family, friends, investors and well wishers all came together on Saturday to see…

St. Kitts--Pro Vice Chancellor and Principal of the Open Campus of The University of the West Indies (UWI), Professor Hazel Simmons-McDonald, announced today that a shipment of supplies had been sent by the Open Campus to St. Vincent and…

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) – Former Trinidad and Tobago youth footballer Akeem Adams has reportedly slipped into a coma on Saturday in Hungary following a stroke, according to Wired868, an online sports journal. Adams, who has been…

PARIS (AP) -- Seven-time Formula One champion Michael Schumacher was in critical condition after undergoing brain surgery following a skiing accident in the French Alps on Sunday, doctors said. The Grenoble University Hospital Centre said…