July 16, 2014

Basseterre, St. Kitts, (CUOPM) -- A prominent local businessman says the St. Kitts and Nevis Citizenship by Investment Programme has evolved as a well-crafted citizenship programme, and has placed the twin-island federation as a leader on…

ZIZ News -- Arrests Istan Mitcham of Upper Market Street was formally arrested and charged for Possession of Cannabis, which was committed on 12th July 2014. Joshua Dedier of Main Street Saddlers and Olanzo Alexander of New Road Housing…

Moscow (CNN) -- Two people have been arrested in connection with a metro train derailment in Moscow which left more than 20 people deadand injured scores more, Russia's Investigative Committee said Wednesday. The pair held on suspicion of…

(CNN) -- UK police have arrested 660 suspected pedophiles -- including doctors, teachers and scout leaders -- in a six-month operation spanning the country, the National Crime Agency said Wednesday. The operation -- which targeted people…

(CNN) -- The Netherlands is liable for the deaths of more than 300 men who were taken from a Dutch compound in the Bosnian town of Srebrenica in July 1995, during the Bosnian war, a Dutch court ruled Wednesday. The Dutch peacekeepers…

Kingston, Jamaica -- Minister of Health, Dr Fenton Ferguson, says that there has been a decline in exclusive breastfeeding at six weeks of age, from 63.2 per cent in 1983 to 50.3 per cent in 2011. He said that although this is not a…

Port-Au-Prince, Haiti (HCNN) -- The United Nations secretary general reiterated on Monday the UN’s strong commitment to help Haiti eradicate cholera through a $2.2 billion sanitation campaign, following a cholera epidemic that left more…

Port of Spain (Trinidad Express) -- A father appeared in court Monday on 20 charges of sexually assaulting his 12 year old daughter between September 2013 and last week. The matter was heard before Deputy Chief Magistrate Mark Wellington…

Georgetown, Guyana -- The first of a series of training sessions intended to heighten awareness of risk factors affecting mobile and migrant populations in Guyana was held in Georgetown on 24 and 25 June 2014. The participants of these…

Sports Page -- Former world record holder Asafa Powell clocked a slow 10.30 seconds (0.8m/s) for fourth place at a low-keyed meeting in Luzern, Switzerland, yesterday in his first race in 11 months on his return after a drug suspension. A…

St John’s, Antigua -- President of the West Indies Cricket Board Mr. Dave Cameron welcomed new director Mr. Azim Bassarath. Mr. Bassarath has joined the Board of Directors replacing Dr. Allen Sammy. Bassarath, president of the Trinidad and…

St George’s, Grenada, CMC -- West Indies cricket icons Sir Garfield Sobers and Sir Vivian Richards have been appointed to key roles in the Caribbean Premier League. Sir Garry, widely considered the finest all-rounder in the game’s history,…

Scarborough, Tobago -- Results from the final round of matches in the Regional Under-17 Tournament on Tuesday here: At Shaw Park: Barbados Under-17s beat Jamaica Under-17s by seven wickets JAMAICA UNDER-17s 121 off 31.3 overs (Brad Barnes…

Sports Page -- The Nevis under 13 Football team recently returned from a tour to the British Virgin Islands where they drew three games and won one. Coaches Leroy JUN-JUN Sweeney and Aljay Newton, who both accompanied the team, reported…

Sports Page -- A release from the local Basketball Association (NABA) has indicated that the official closing ceremony of the 2014 Basketball league, will be held this coming Sunday-20th July. President of the Association Ms Wanda Parry…