May 2014

There are some prestigious awards to be won this coming weekend with the semi finals of the Nevis Premier league scheduled for Saturday 24th May and the finals for Sunday 25th. The following awards will be handed to the top performers:…

CHANDIGARHLN, India - Inform West Indies batsman Lendl Simmons smashed the first century of the Indian Premier League (IPL) on Wednesday to give Mumbai Indians a slim chance of advancing to the play-off stage of the competition. Simmons…

Bridgetown, Barbados - Former Barbados and West Indies Women's all-rounder Pamela Lavine has retired from local domestic cricket at the age of 45. Lavine's name is almost synonymous with women’s cricket in Barbados. It is called in the…

ROME — Serena Williams routed No. 11 Sara Errani 6-3, 6-0 to successfully defend her title and capture her 60th WTA title at the Italian Open on Sunday. Williams came into Rome without a clay-court title this season, and her participation…

Final Four (Match 3) Warner Park S. L. Horsford St. Pauls United 2        vs          Harris Paint St. Peters 0 (Half Time 1 - 0) Scoring for S. L. Horsford St. Pauls United Joash Leader 16th minute Terrence Ward 67th minute Yellow…

Basseterre, St. Kitts– Five (5) athletes and two (2) officials will be representing the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis at the Inaugural IAAF World Relays, to be held in Nassau, Bahamas, from 24th – 25th May 2014. Lonzo Wilkinson Sr. -…

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) – A senior investigative journalist with the Caribbean Communication Network (CCN) TV6, Mark Bassant, has been forced to flee the country after receiving a number of death threats, head of news at the…

KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) -- The Ministry of Labour and Social Security has begun training officers in preparation for the passing of the Flexi Work legislation that is expected to be debated in parliament in August this year. Last week the…

HAVANA (AP) -- Cuba's first major independent general-interest news outlet in five decades was blocked on Wednesday shortly after being launched by the country's best-known dissident blogger. More than an hour after its launch, the site…

SHANGHAI (AP) — China signed a landmark US$400 billion deal Wednesday to buy natural gas from Russia, binding Moscow more closely to Beijing at a time when President Vladimir Putin's relations with the West have deteriorated to the lowest…

JOS, Nigeria (AP)-- Islamic militants killed 48 villagers in northeastern Nigeria near the town where they kidnapped 300 schoolgirls, and the US said Wednesday it was sending in 80 military personnel to expand the drone search for the…

(ZIZ)-- Prime Minster, the Right Honourable Denzil Douglas, in his monthly press conference Wednesday afternoon defended the importance of the Citizenship by Investment Programme (CIP) despite an advisory issued by the United States…

(ZIZ)-- “St. Kitts is doing quite well and is poised to continue to do well,” were the closing words of the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) country representative Judith Gold who addressed media representatives and listeners and viewers…

NIA Charlestown Nevis --The celebration of mangoes will come into sharp focus for the Nevis Tourism Authority when the fruit, widely available on Nevis, becomes a key feature in its culinary tourism activities. The Authority’s Chief…

Basseterre, St. Kitts (SKNIS): The Rt. Hon. Dr. Denzil Douglas is getting up close and personal with workers that build the Federation’s economy in “Out and About with the Prime Minister.” This is a new programme in which the Prime…