2013

(BBC) A Montreal man has died following an altercation with police in which officers fired an electric stun gun at him, Canadian media report. The man was pronounced dead at a local hospital on Monday night after the confrontation with…

(BBC) A team of 12 British surgeons and paramedics is being sent to the Philippines to help the aid effort following the "appalling devastation" of Typhoon Haiyan, the PM has said. David Cameron said the team, together with the first…

(BBC) At least 10,000 people are feared to have been killed by Typhoon Haiyan, which struck the central Philippines on Friday. The UN says more than 11 million people are believed to have been affected by the storm, and some 673,000…

(Sports) The Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) has decided to sell tickets for Sachin Tendulkar's farewell Test online and not at ticket counters at the venue, which has left a lot of fans disappointed. To compound problems, the highly…

(Sports) A sizeable crowd showed up at the Brown Hill hard court on the evening of Saturday 9th November to witness the second and final game in a two match series between the Nevis team and the Montserrat national teams.. The local…

(Digicel Press Release) Bridgetown, Barbados: Today marked the opening of the 2013 Digicel Chelsea Football Academy in which 39 of the region’s top young footballers will receive a week-long training experience given by some the world’s…

(Sports) The High Schools Football championship continued on Thursday 8th November when the Basseterre High School engaged the Charlestown Secondary team at the ET Willet Park. The BHS boys were dominant in the early exchanges and the CSS…

(Sports) The celebrations were loud and long and deserved. It was a historic day for the lowly rated Lyn Jeffers Primary School as the Giant Malt sponsored Primary School Football league continued. The action was at the Bath Village…

(CUOPM) St. Kitts will soon have its first high-rise buildings – a hotel-condominium project comprising of 10 eight -floor buildings overlooking the area earmarked for a national park. The US$70 million Prime Hotel and Condominiums project…

(ZIZ) Trevor Hector of College Street was formally arrested and charged for Larceny, which was allegedly committed on 8th November 2013 at Paul Southwell Industrial Site. Three (3) juveniles were formally arrested and charged for…

(ZIZ) Commissioner CG Walwyn is urging the general public to call the police and report missing children as soon as they are determined to be missing. Police records indicate that on the morning of Sunday 10 November 2013 a child was…

(CUOPM) Anguilla’s Supervisor of Elections, Ms. Aurjul Wilson, says her recent attachment at the St. Kitts and Nevis Electoral Offices was “extremely beneficial and rewarding.” Ms. Wilson in a statement at the end of her visit said “while…

(NIA) Charlestown Nevis -- Minister of Health in the Nevis Island Administration (NIA) Hon. Mark Brantley, advised Nevisians to take control of their health and to avail themselves to the opportunities on Nevis to do so. The Minister’s…

(NIA) Charlestown Nevis– Premier of Nevis Hon. Vance Amory, welcomed Cuban Ambassador His Excellency Hugo Ruiz Cabrera, to his Office at Bath Plain on November 7, 2013, where new ways of strengthening ties with Cuba and Nevis were…

(CUOPM) The new Private Jet Terminal (FBO) at St. Kitts’ Robert L. Bradshaw International Airport is nearing completion and should be officially opened in December. Leeward Flight Services (LFS) will operate the state-of-the-art terminal…