February 2014

(ZIZ)-- A Newtown man was found dead in his home on Friday. Police were called to the scene after the body of Cecil Charles-Thomas was found in his Pitcairn Street home Friday afternoon. Charles-Thomas, a Taxi Driver known to many as…

(ZIZ)--Six representatives from St Kitts and Nevis will be taking part in a Training and Certification Program for Drug Abuse and Violence Prevention (PROCCER) next week. The training session, organized by the OAS's Inter-American Drug…

(ZIZ)--The Sandy Point Primary School has put in place a system that monitors children ‘play-time’ in the school. On Wednesday, the Sandy Point Primary School and the Seventh Day Adventist Church met with the parents to introduce them to a…

(ZIZ)--The Rotary Club of Liamuiga is getting into the spirit of love this Valentine’s Day with a donation to a programme that feeds the needy. On Friday morning, the Rotary Club donated a cheque for five thousand five hundred dollars…

(BBC)-The UN mediator Lakhdar Brahimi has apologised to the Syrian people after peace talks in Geneva ended without making progress. He had held final discussions with both sides in Geneva in a last-ditch bid to break the stalemate between…

Port Au Prince, Haiti -- The Haitian National Defence minister, Rodolphe Joazile, announced on Thursday that the new military force was now effective, with the launch of operations by its corps of engineers already busy building roads and…

NIA Charlestown Nevis -- Deputy Premier of Nevis and Minister of Tourism Hon. Mark Brantley has asked the public on Nevis to bear with the ongoing works at the Charlestown Waterfront on Samuel Hunkins Drive, as work continues apace with the…

NIA Charlestown Nevis --Youths on Nevis will be given the opportunity to showcase their skills and talents at Youth Expressions through the Arts, a programme designed by the Nevis Youth Council. President of the Council Theon Tross made…

(ZIZ)-- Valentine's Day got a whole lot better for three persons who won big in the first ever, ZIZ Expressions of Love Competition. The three winners were announced and awarded during a brief ceremony at ZIZ Studios Thursday afternoon.…

Basseterre, St. Kitts  (SKNIS) -- On February 13 -14 the Technical Advisory Committees (TACs) of the University of the West Indies (UWI) Campuses, Centre and University Hospital, held its annual meetings of Governments in St. Kitts to…

Jamaica (CMC) -- The normally sleepy town of Riversdale, St Catherine was jolted into shock and grief yesterday when the motor vehicle being driven by a 60-year-old man plunged more than 70 feet from the historic rail-less Natural Bridge…

Kingstown, St Vincent (CMC) – The St Vincent and the Grenadines Government says it has stopped the payment of the salary of a New York-based diplomat, who had been recalled earlier this week after Kingstown indicated that he had been…

(CNN) -- Eleven "terrorists" were killed -- eight by police, and three by their own suicide bomb -- in a terrorist attack Friday afternoon in northwest China's restive Xinjiang region, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported, citing…

Rome (CNN) -- Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta resigned Friday after less than a year in office, according to a statement released by the Italian presidential palace. The country's President, Giorgio Napolitano, has accepted the…

(BBC) -- Tens of thousands of Indonesians have fled their homes after a volcano erupted in east Java. Mount Kelud spewed ash and debris over a large area, including the city of Surabaya, about 130km (80 miles) away. Officials said two…