April 2014

NIA Charlestown Nevis -- The St. Kitts/Nevis & Friends Association based in England donated a cheque of £600 to the Charlestown Secondary School on March 26, 2014 during a brief handing over ceremony at the school’s auditorium.…

NIA Charlestown Nevis -- The Department of Agriculture and TEMPO Networks, LLC have formed a partnership to showcase agriculture on Nevis through “Agriculture In Style,” a television programme slated to begin airing on TEMPO Networks, LLC…

Basseterre, St. Kitts (CUOPM) -- With changes in the societies in the Caribbean and around the world, it is imperative that the magisterial profession is up to the challenges. Delivering the opening remarks at a three-day conference on…

Announcer Rudy Browne called it right.  ‘Last year we had a tie but this year it’s only jackets.’ He was speaking to the comprehensive win by the Charlestown Primary School in this year’s Gulf Insurance sponsored Inter Primary Schools…

Dhaka, Bangladesh - West Indies’ leg-spinner Samuel Badree has moved up a place to replace teammate Sunil Narine as the number-one ranked bowler in the latest Reliance ICC Player Ranking for T20I bowlers. The latest update was released on…

Dhaka, Bangladesh - Darren Sammy is constantly on the lookout for inspiration. The captain of the West Indies team is unlike leaders of other teams in that he does not put on a macho façade, talk with any great authority about the…

HAVANA, Cuba (ACN) -- Cuba and Russia have agreed to enhance collaboration in the fight against crime. The two countries have pledged to strengthen cooperation in cracking down on crime and also discussed ways to deepen cooperation in this…

PROVIDENCIALES, Turks and Caicos Islands -- On Wednesday, at the conclusion of a speech that laid out the reasons the current and proposed tax regime of the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) government was sure to cause the people to become…

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados -- Over 50 secondary school teachers in Barbados stand to benefit from a series of workshops to be hosted by the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) and UK-based publisher Nelson Thornes on 7 and 8 April 2014 in…

Kiev, Ukraine (CNN) -- The killings of protesters in the Ukrainian capital during anti-government demonstrations in February took place under the order of ousted President Viktor Yanukovych, a report said Thursday. The preliminary report…

(CNN) -- Strict building codes and the preparedness of millions of Chileans who live along an arc of volcanoes and fault lines likely kept the death toll -- only six by Wednesday afternoon -- low after an 8.2-magnitude earthquake rumbled…

(ZIZ)-- A representative from the Caribbean Climate Innovation Centre is on-island to meet with key stakeholders to further sensitize the federation on grant funding. Representative from the CICC, Mona Whyte explained the purpose of the…

(ZIZ)-- Craig Halliday of Sprott Street was formally arrested and charged for the murder of Leon Westerman of Low Street, which was committed on 28th January 2008. Bertanio Marsham of Half Way Tree was formally…

Basseterre, St. Kitts (SKNIS):  Civil servants are being sensitized on ways to enhance computer security, safeguard information, protect against fraud, harmful viruses and spyware, as Government seeks to strengthen employees’ cyber…

(ZIZ)-- ZIZ Broadcasting Corporation's General Manager Clement O'garro was among media professionals at the International Press Group on Overseas Cooperation Conference in the Republic of China - Taiwan. Held from March 24th to 30th, the…