September 2014

RALEIGH, North Carolina (AP) -- Two men are planning to ask for pardons after they were freed this week from a North Carolina prison following the discovery of evidence that they didn't kill a young girl 30 years ago. Vernetta Alston, an…

MARIETTA, Georgia (AP) — A Georgia man whose toddler son died after he was left in a hot car for seven hours has been charged with murder in a case that has drawn widespread attention amid prosecutors' claims that he intentionally left the…

KINGSTOWN, St Vincent -- St Vincent and the Grenadines minister for ecclesiastical affairs Maxwell Charles raised the issue of same sex marriage during a recent address. Speaking on the contentious subject, the Vincentian government…

KINGSTON, Jamaica -- Nine people wanted for a range of crimes were today arrested and makeshift dwellings demolished during a police operation at Shoemaker Gully in New Kingston. Reports are that about 11:30 am, police and staff from the…

(ZIZ News)-- The St. Kitts-Nevis Labour Party’s candidate for constituency number eight, Dr. Terrance Drew is praising the government for its many educational programmes. Dr. Drew says such programmes help to boost education on the island.…

(ZIZ News)-- The Department of Consumer Affairs is making grocery shopping a little easier with the publication of a supermarket price comparison list, earlier today. The list, called "Look at the Supermarket", compares prices of various…

(ZIZ News)-- Son-of-the-soil, Hon. Justice Selwyn Walters will be the featured speaker at the Prime Minister’s Lecture Series which is scheduled for September 10th. The annual event has garnered much support and will be held, this year, at…

Basseterre, St. Kitts (CUOPM) -- A prominent Nevisian businessman is of the view that it is either deception or ignorance why leader of the Unity Concoction, Dr. the Hon. Timothy Harris, has concluded that renewal of the government’s…

NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS -- Five home owners with mortgages from the Nevis Housing and Land Development Corporation (NHLDC) have so far benefited from the Mortgage Relief Scheme which was introduced by the corporation in April 2014. That…

Basseterre, St. Kitts (CUOPM) -- As a final report with recommendations from a 27-person National Advisory Committee on Minimum Wage is being prepared to be sent to Minister of Labour, the Hon. Patrice Nisbett, St. Kitts and Nevis leads the…

Basseterre, St. Kitts (CUOPM) -- St. Kitts and Nevis’ Prime Minister the Rt. Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas has welcomed new information of the need to exercise to maintain good health. “In St. Kitts and Nevis, my Government has taken the…

BANGALORE, India (CMC) - Sprint superstar Usain Bolt admitted on Tuesday that his decision to pursue a career in track and field was based on the advice of his father. The world’s fastest man has conceded that his passion was to represent…

(Sports Page)-- Guyana 0 vs Dominica 0 Yellow Cards Kimon Jno Baptiste (Dominica) 38th minute Hubert Prince (Dominica) 39th minute Quincy Adams (Guyana) 60th minute Julian Wade (Dominica) 81st minute Stepron Ramsay (Guyana) 85th & 89th…

(Sports Page)— Senior Sports Officer in St. Kitts, Vernon Springer, took time out on Monday in an exclusive interview with NTV Sports to say thanks to all those individuals and business agencies that united to make the St. Kitts leg of the…

(CNN) -- More than 3,500 people have been infected by the Ebola virus in Liberia, Guinea, Sierra Leone and Nigeria since the first documented cases in December, according to new figures released Wednesday by the World Health Organization.…