March 2014

NIA Charlestown, Nevis -- Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Robert Liburd urged parents to be more responsible with their children and encouraged the community to unite to combat criminal activity on Nevis. These remarks came at a…

CHARLESTOWN, NEVIS -- The People Employment Programme (PEP), on realising the needs of Nevis’ high end tourism industry, it has enlisted the services of an award-winning chef to train and build a cadre of workers the industry could rely on…

Basseterre, St. Kitts (CUOPM) -- St. Kitts is getting tourism exposure with a Ohio.com feature on the Brimstone Hill Fortress National Park. In Akron Beacon Journal Online, Bob Downing, a Beacon Journal staff, wrote that Brimstone Hill is…

Basseterre, St. Kitts (CUOPM) -- British Airways – the flag carrier airline of the United Kingdom, has completed a $100 million product enhancement investment in 2012, which included upgrades to the first-class cabins on its aircraft to…

Basseterre, St. Kitts (CUOPM) -- A live two-hour ‘Ask the Prime Minister” Special, a silver jubilee dinner, a church service and a Top Scholar Competition are among several events to mark the 25 years of parliamentary service of St. Kitts…

ZIZ News -- Konris Maynard, the St. Kitts and Nevis Labour Party Candidate for Constituency Three, has publicly discredited the performance of his political opponent, the Honourable Sam Condor. Speaking during a recent radio programme,…

ZIZ News -- The Dr. Denzil Douglas-led government will this Wednesday make good on its commitment to construct 500 homes in the next 12 months. This Wednesday, as part of Minister Glenn Philips week of activities in Constituency Number…

ZIZ News -- Residents of the Sandy Point community came under the serious threat of fire Monday afternoon. A large expanse of bush land was ravaged in the blaze which occurred on Monday in sandy point. High winds made the situation worse.…

ZIZ News -- As part of continuous road upgrades, the Ministry of Public Works on Monday officially opened another section of the new roundabout near the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank. The upgrade aims to enhance traffic flow in and around…

Port of Spain, Trinidad (CMC) -- Trinidad and Tobago recorded its 100th murder for the year after a 29-year-old father of three was shot and killed on Monday. Police said that Jeffon ‘Boatie’ Jordan was shot as he walked near his home in…

Kingston, Jamaica -- The Hunts Bay Police seized two AK47 rifles and several rounds of ammunition during an operation in Whitfield Town, Kingston 13 today, Monday, March 17. According to the police between 10:00 am and 12:40 pm the lawmen…

Caracas, Venezuela (AP) -- Air Canada says it has suspended its flights to and from Venezuela due to civil unrest in the South American country. In a statement posted on its website Monday, the airline says it can no longer ensure the…

(CNN) -- One of China's controversial "baby hatches" has been forced to shut down, at least temporarily. The facility in the southern city of Guangzhou opened in January but has been overwhelmed with abandoned infants, forcing a suspension…

(CNN) -- China and North Korea have slammed a U.N. report that found crimes against humanity committed in the reclusive Democratic People's Republic of Korea. At the Monday session of the Human Rights Council, China's representative called…

Basseterre, St. Kitts (CUOPM) – A United States newspaper is reporting that St. Kitts and Nevis is at the forefront of a cruise ship and hotel building boom. According to the Baltimore Post-Examiner, St. Kitts and Nevis is the smallest…