January 2014

Basseterre, St. Kitts -- The Nature Conservancy (TNC) in collaboration with the Department of Marine Resources will host the first Eastern Caribbean Marine Managed Areas Network (ECMMAN) Project national consultation in St. Kitts and Nevis…

ZIZ News -- Students of the Beach Allen Primary School are being guided in making smarter, wiser decisions as they go throughout their days using the rotary four way test. The Rotary Club of Liamuiga took its Rotary Four-Way Test to the…

ZIZ News -- Residents of St Kitts got a treat today when a group of Harley Davidson Bikers rode around the island, occasionally checking out the different tourist attractions. It’s usually something we here in St Kitts only see on…

Basseterre, St. Kitts (CUOPM) – A Kittitian resident in Luton, England was among hundreds on United Kingdom citizens who were recipients in the Queen’s New Year’s Honours list. Mrs. Mabel Matthew, 74, will receive the gong for her services…

Basseterre, St. Kitts (SKNIS): A special thanksgiving service was an appropriate way to mark the life and contribution of the nation’s newest centenarian Joseph Buchanan. The Pastor and members of the Emanuel Methodist Church joined with…

Basseterre, St. Kitts (SKNIS): Young people of St. Kitts and Nevis are the beneficiaries of another way to channel their energies thanks to a donation of instruments from Colgate College, Hamilton, New York. Chuck Fox an affiliate of…

(CUOPM) – The Ministry of Home Affairs in Bermuda was set to holds a public meeting on Tuesday to discuss a Citizenship by Investment Programme. The Bermuda Government had announced during the Throne Speech last year that it would be…

(NIA)– Certified Urologist, Dr. Dwayne Thwaites urged men on Nevis to take advantage of the annual prostate cancer screening clinics being offered to them. The advice came at the 6th annual Prostate Cancer Screening drive on Saturday 11,…

Roseau, Dominica (CMC) -- Police were on Tuesday searching for the killers of two men, who were murdered on Monday, the first killings the island reported for the new year. Police public relations officer, Inspector John Carbon, said that…

Kingston, Jamaica -- The Lottery Scam Taskforce on Monday secured its first conviction in the Circuit Court after 21-year-old Marlon Davis of Grange Pen, Lilliput in St James, who was arrested for breaches of the Law Reform (Fraudulent…

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (AP) — For decades, the baying of hounds and a cacophony of shotgun blasts echoed across the hinterlands of northern Trinidad, where hunters chased deer, armadillo and agouti, a cat-sized rodent. But since October,…

St George’s, Grenada (CMC) – Grenadian authorities were clamping down on the sale and distribution of alcoholic beverages at school functions amid reports that students were concealing them in bottles which carry other labels. In addition,…

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The Barbados government has extended by 18 days, the deadline for laying off public servants following talks with labour unions on Monday. Prime Minister Freundel Stuart said the delay would allow the Ministry…

Juba, South Sudan (AP) — A military spokesman in South Sudan says 200 people fleeing warfare died after a boat crossing the Nile River sank. Colonel Philip Aguer said Tuesday that the boat was mostly carrying women and children. Tens of…

Bangkok, Thailand (CNN) -- Tens of thousands of demonstrators on Tuesday continued anti-government protests in Bangkok intended to drive Thailand's Prime Minister out of office. The protesters have laid siege to major intersections in…