August 2014

ZIZ News -- The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) has commended the government of St. Kitts-Nevis on the implementation of recommendations made earlier this year. During a press conference Thursday morning CARPHA’s Director of…

ZIZ News -- The Minister of Sport is reporting that the final leg of the Limacol Caribbean Premier League, which was held at St. Kitts’ Warner Park, was a huge success based on preliminary figures. Speaking at this week’s Conversation…

Basseterre, St. Kitts -- When the People Employment Programme’s Project Manager, Mr Geoffrey Hanley, shared his dream of starting a school of cosmetology that would enable all budding cosmetologists training under the programme come under…

Basseterre, St. Kitts (SKNIS) -- The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) has found the work carried out at the Basseterre High School (BHS) agreeable as reported at a press conference held today (August 21). “Overall, we found the…

Basseterre, St. Kitts -- Monday’s sitting of the St. Kitts and Nevis National Assembly highlighted the continued ability of the Denzil L. Douglas Labour Party Administration to use its majority in the law making body to defeat attempts by…

Sports officer at the Youth and Sports Department on Nevis, Aljay Newton, on Wednesday 20th August confirmed that the one day Street Football tournament to be coordinated by his department, is definitely on. Newton indicated that the…

The Youth and Sports Department hosted an exciting fun day at the ET Willet Park on Wednesday 20th August. Carl Tuckett of the Sports Department explained that it was a culminating exercise for the children who participated in the various…

St. George’s, Grenada, CMC -- A century stand between Kieron Pollard and Denesh Ramdin rescued an imploding West Indies and spurred them to a three wicket win over Bangladesh in the first One Day International (ODI) at the National Stadium…

Carl Tuckett blazed his way to an exciting half century and just missed out on a ton when his team comfortably chased down the target set by the Returning Nationals team. The match was played as part of the recently concluded Culturama 40…

Lyon, France (AFP) -- A four-month-old baby boy is in hospital after a circus camel bit him on the head, French police said on Thursday. The incident happened on Saturday as the baby boy and his mother visited the circus in the…

New Delhi, India (AFP) - India police have arrested the alleged kingpin of a trafficking racket who sold hundreds of poor tribal girls for domestic slavery in the country's capital, an officer said Thursday. Police accused Baba Bamdev of…

Washington DC (JIS) -- Jamaicans living overseas have remitted US $16 billion to the island over the past 10 years. The figure was disclosed by Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Arnaldo Brown, while…

Port of Spain, Trinidad -- Five days after two alleged car thieves were killed by police in Central Trinidad, three more suspected bandits have been shot dead . The three friends were killed in a Freeport house on Tuesday night, bringing…

Hamilton, Bermuda (CMC) -- The wife of a government legislator died after falling at her home, the second such tragedy to hit the ruling One Bermuda Alliance administration this year. Rochelle Bascome 54, the wife of the St George’s North…

Kingston, Jamaica -- The Mandeville Police seized four rifles and more than 100 rounds of ammunition in New Green, Manchester on Wednesday, August 20. Reports are that police officers were on operation in the area about 10:24 pm, when the…