June 2014

Donetsk, Ukraine (CNN) -- Five militants were killed in the volatile eastern Ukrainian city of Luhansk on Monday after they took part in a large coordinated assault on a border guard base, an official at the Ukrainian State Border Guard…

SAO PAULO (AP) — A Brazilian judge has sentenced the son of soccer legend Pele to 33 years in prison after finding him guilty of laundering money for a drug gang. Judge Suzana Pereira says Edson Cholbi do Nascimento must surrender his…

VIERA, Florida (AP) -- A judge on Florida is accused of punching an assistant public defender during an altercation in a hallway outside a courtroom. WFTV in Orlando reports that Judge John Murphy hit assistant public defender Andrew…

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad -- Fifteen-year-old Jamal Brathwaite and his nine-year-old brother Jadel Holder were murdered execution style on Sunday in Morvant, Trinidad, by gunmen who fired one shot to the back of the head of each of the boys;…

OCHO RIOS, Jamaica — The St Ann police were kept busy over the weekend with four murders in the north coast parish. All four murders were committed in communities under the Ocho Rios police command. The first victim, Courtney Edwards, a…

(ZIZ)-- The Early Childhood Development Unit of the Ministry Of Education is celebrating Child Month throughout the month of June, as it has for the past 30 years. The theme this year is “Child Month at 30—Celebrating Our Achievements.”…

(ZIZ)-- Despite efforts by the St. Kitts Music Festival to improve this year's festivities, former government MP, Hon. Timothy Harris, is calling for the festival committee to do more for the people of St. Kitts and Nevis. The St. Kitts…

(ZIZ)-- Campus tours, raffles, and information booths were among the highlights of Saturday’s annual Open House activity hosted by the Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine. The event, which commenced at 10am, sought to educate…

(ZIZ)-- Gavin Marryshaw of Fig Tree was formally charged and arrested for two (2) counts of Wounding with Intent which was committed on 24th May 2014. Paul Whyte of Ottleys Village was formally arrested and charged for…

Basseterre, St. Kitts (CUOPM) - Cricket fans in the United Kingdom and Ireland will be able to catch up on the latest Caribbean Premier League T20 action on BT Sport. According to media reports, cricket fans will be able to tune in to BT…

Charlestown, Nevis -- Chasing for the Leeward Islands Masters Cricket Tournament trophy, St. Kitts team is travelling to sister island, Nevis, on Thursday June 5 determined to wrestle the championship that was snatched by Nevis when the…

NIA Charlestown Nevis --The construction of a multi-purpose building for the delivery of Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET), was high on the agenda of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) officials who met with Premier of…

Basseterre, St. Kitts (CUOPM) – A call has been made for the People’s Action Movement (PAM) Parliamentary Representative in St. Christopher 8, the Hon. Eugene Hamilton, to apologise and resign for remarks he made about the…

Basseterre, St. Kitts (CUOPM) -- St. Kitts’ Robert L. Bradshaw International Airport is to get an additional flight from New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) this summer. The St. Kitts Tourism Authority announced Monday …

Basseterre, St. Kitts (CUOPM) -- The 27-member Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), has appointed the Federation’s Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, the Rt. Hon. Dr. Denzil Douglas as the new Chairman of regional lending…