January 13, 2014

ZIZ News -- On Friday 10th January 2014 about 8:10 pm members of the Royal St. Christopher and Nevis Police Force Responded to a shooting incident at Fort Thomas Road, which left 19 year old Morgan Davis of Fort Thomas Rd hospitalised.…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, (CUOPM) -- Details of the National Housing Corporation (NHC’s), Land and Mortgages Refinancing and Incentive Programme will be launched on Wednesday of this week. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Housing, the…

ZIZ News -- New Labour Party candidate Konris Maynard is sticking to his commitment of enhancing constituency number three one step at a time. Maynard played an instrumental part in getting a new lighting system for the Lime Kiln Playing…

ZIZ News -- The carnival committee and the Department Of Culture have honoured five persons for their continuous contribution to carnival. During the prize-giving ceremony on Saturday evening the Department Of Culture honoured Dave Rubaine…

Nia Charlestown Nevis -- Every Nevisian should know that in Hamilton they have a Nevisian who defied all odds and who transcended poverty and social prejudice. That was the view expressed by Acting Premier of Nevis and Minister of Culture…

ZIZ News -- Police are investigating two shooting incidents on Saturday night; one that sent a young man to the hospital. According to the Police Public Relations Officer Inspector Lyndon David members of the police force, St. Kitts And…

(BBC)--Israel is holding the burial service of former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon at his family ranch in the Negev desert. Earlier, speakers at the state memorial described him as an "indomitable" man devoted to the security of his people.…

(BBC)--Councils that back "fracking" will get to keep more money in tax revenue, David Cameron has said as he urged opponents to "get on board". The prime minister said English local authorities would receive all the business rates…

(BBC)--A permit to hunt and kill an endangered Black Rhino in Namibia has been sold at a US auction for $350,000 (£212,000). The Dallas Safari Club in Texas says the hunt will help protect the species by removing an old aggressive rhino,…

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (HCNN) -- Haiti's Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe said at the weekend that, under the leadership of President Michel Martelly, his government has made tangible progress in the areas of reconstruction, agriculture,…

GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- Secretary general of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Irwin LaRocque, has reiterated the Community’s call on the Dominican Republic to take steps to “right the wrong” resulting from a ruling on nationality made by…

On Saturday 11th January 2014 a small crowd was on hand to witness a thrilling epic when the McKnight Trotters Junior Basketball Team and the “Keep on Balling” (KOB) Bird Rock Basketball Team faced off for the title and bragging rights as…

A sizeable crowd was present at the ET Willet Park on the evening of Sunday 12th January as All Stars engaged the Villa Int team in the local Football league. There were some fleeting moments when the Villa team just seemed to dominate the…

Monday, 13th January is going to be a big day in the ongoing tale ball Cricket league being hosted by the Nevis Sports Department and sponsored by the Development Bank of St. Kitts and Nevis. The second match of the evening will see Empire…

Luke Ronchi and Brendon McCullum  turned a flagging New Zealand innings around with an unbeaten 85-run partnership in the last 7.1 overs, which gave them a comfortable total to defend given West Indies' weakened batting. On a slowish pitch…