January 2014

Caracas, Venezuela (AP)--A popular soap-opera actress and former Miss Venezuela and her Irish ex-husband were shot and killed, and their five-year-old daughter wounded, when they resisted robbers by locking their car doors after it broke…

(CMC) The coalition People’s Partnership government Tuesday announced an all out attack on criminal elements in Trinidad and Tobago as the island recorded its 19th murder in just seven days. Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar, speaking…

KINGSTON, Jamaica -- Opposition spokesman on Agriculture and Fisheries, J C Hutchinson, says that the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) must play an important role in the development of the Agro Parks, if the programme is to…

Basseterre, St. Kitts (CUOPM) – Air Canada has resumed its seasonal non-stop flights into St. Kitts, one of its leisure destinations around the world. The weekly flight, which previously operated on Fridays, now operates on Monday’s…

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS -- Mr Geoffrey Hanley, Project Manager of the now highly successful People Employment Programme (PEP) which was launched by the Federal Government of St. Kitts and Nevis one year ago is welcoming the assurance that the…

(ZIZ) Prime Minister the Right Hon Dr Denzil Douglas is urging workers on the People's Employment Programme (PEP) to taking their job opportunities very seriously. In his weekly “Ask the PM” radio show the prime minister said PEP employees…

(ZIZ) Two persons are now in police custody in connection with an arson attack on Sunday. Earlier the fire department confirmed that the fire at the OAS secretariat was set on purpose and in a statement today the police confirmed that the…

(ZIZ) Customers of the St Kitts Electricity Company (SKELEC) continue to cry out for the arrival of their late electricity bills. SKELEC’s public relations officer, Gawain Fraites says customers will soon be receiving their September 2013…

(ZIZ) The two Rotary Clubs in St Kitts will be coming together this week for the hosting of a joint panel discussion on the importance of the work of Rotarians. January is observed as Rotary Awareness Month and is celebrated by Rotary…

Basseterre, St. Kitts (CUOPM) – A call for collaboration and consultation and not confrontation, between the Federal Government of St. Kitts and Nevis in Basseterre and the Nevis Island Administration (NIA) in Charlestown. “I really want…

NIA Charlestown Nevis – Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Nevis Tourism Authority Mr. Greg Phillip has been applauded by General Manager of the Four Seasons Resort, Nevis, Mr. Sven Wiedenhaupt, for what he described as a job well done.…

NIA Charlestown Nevis -- General Manager of the Four Seasons Resort, Nevis (FSRN) described the 2013 festive and Christmas season occupancy as strong and believed it was indicative of the confidence in the product. Mr. Sven Wiedenhaupt who…

NIA Charlestown Nevis– The University of the West Indies (UWI) Open Campus on St. Kitts and Nevis, launched a campaign on January 3, 2014 for the collection of items which will be donated to St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines and…

Basseterre, St. Kitts (SKNIS): The Joseph N. France (JNF) General Hospital is the recipient of a generous donation of over US$50,000.00 from Executive Governor of the Nigerian State of Akwa Ibom, His Excellency Chief Godswill Akpobio. His…

Basseterre, St. Kitts (CUOPM) – The decision of the Nevis Island Administration of Premier the Hon. Vance Amory to follow the decision of the Federal Government in Basseterre, to give civil servants in Nevis, a 10 percent salary increase…