December 2013

Charlestown, Nevis -- On Thursday 5th December 2013, scores of ambitious and enterprising Nevisian women will once again be on the receiving end of financial grants to aid with the growth and development of their small businesses. This…

ZIZ News -- The Caribbean HIV Aids Alliance and the Ministry of Health put a new spin on HIV testing by hosting an evening of entertainment today; Thursday 5th December. It's called "Live up Day - Musings and Music" and according to CHAA…

ZIZ News -- A group of Conaree Residents are taking matters into their own hands and erecting street signs as a way to improve safety and security in the area. Rosie Phipps of the Conaree terrace neighborhood watch group says safety became…

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS (CUOPM) – The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) is reporting that preliminary data suggest that economic activity in St. Kitts and Nevis rose in the first half of 2013. This increase resulted from a rebound of the…

ZIZ News -- VAT tax charges have been cut to 5% today, as Government implements what is becoming an annual VAT free day in St. Kitts and Nevis. The Inland Revenue Department has been promoting the event with senior tax inspector Gary…

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:…