September 2014

BRADES, Montserrat -- Montserrat will be holding its general election on Thursday, which will be hotly contested by 31 candidates. There are two main parties contesting the election. These are the newly formed People’s Democratic Movement…

(ZIZ News)-- First Secretary to the High Commission of St. Kitts-Nevis in London, Wanda Connor, said the recently held three-day Diplomatic Training Seminar symbolized a link that will help the nation find alliances to meet its development…

Basseterre, St. Kitts (SKNIS): World Renowned Cardiologist Dr. Arthur Agatston will be in St. Kitts and Nevis on September 13, 2014, as the Keynote Speaker of the Caribbean Wellness Week Lecture Series. Dr. Agatston will be addressing the…

Basseterre, St. Kitts-- The on-going efforts of the Royal St. Christopher and Nevis Police Force have once again received the support of the TDC Group of Companies, through the donation of a brand new LG Electronics refrigerator. In a…

Basseterre, St. Kitts (SKNIS) -- Fighting crime is largely executed by law enforcement in St. Kitts and Nevis, but residents have an important role to play in maintaining law and order. Statistics from the Royal St. Christopher and Nevis…

Basseterre, St. Kitts (CUOPM) -- A prominent Nevisian lawyer in the United States, Mr. Carl B. Nisbett, is crediting St. Kitts and Nevis’ Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, the Rt. Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas for dealing with the…

Basseterre, St. Kitts (CUOPM) -- A date for the ground breaking ceremony for another resort on St. Kitts has been announced. Galaxy Real Estate on Monday announced that ground will be broken for the US$40 million Heldens Estate Condo…

Basseterre, St. Kitts (CUOPM) – St. Kitts is getting much attention on Caribbean Journal. The spotlight is on the Eastern Caribbean Island’s hiking trails. CJ’s contributor, Joshua Martinez penned that St. Kitts packs a big punch when it…

Basseterre, St. Kitts (CUOPM) - Meetings of the Joint Stakeholders Committee of the Basseterre High School have been focusing on the creation of protocols which will act as a resource aimed at empowering key stakeholders to play a critical…

(CNN) -- Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has undergone prostate surgery, Iranian news media reported Monday. The surgery at a Tehran hospital was successful, but previously undisclosed until it was completed, the Mehr news…

(CNN) -- At least 355 people have been killed in flooding caused by intense monsoon-season rains across northern India and Pakistan over the past few days. The death toll in Pakistan is 205 as of Monday, according to Pakistan's National…

New York (AP) -- Howard Stern delivered the eulogy, Broadway singer-actress Audra McDonald sang ‘Smile’ and bagpipers played ‘New York, New York’ at Joan Rivers' funeral Sunday, a star-studded send-off that -- like late comedian herself --…

Castries, St Lucia -- No matter how bad things are, with the threat of a five percent wage cut, on top of reduced budget allocation and reduced human resources, the Royal Saint Lucia Police Force (RSLPF) somehow found confidence in…

St George’s, Grenada -- Sunday marked the ten-year anniversary of the devastation caused by Hurricane Ivan, which passed directly over Grenada on September 7, 2004, as a category three storm, killing 39 people. The capital, St George's,…

Port of Spain, Trinidad -- Following a report last Monday by Caribbean News Now that that laptop computers supplied by the Trinidad and Tobago government to local schoolchildren have been found to contain “spyware”, education minister Dr…