October 2014

(ZIZ News) -- An autopsy is underway to determine what led up to an elderly man being found dead in the mountains near Sandy Point. According to a police source 61 year old Clinton Lewis of Crab Hill went to his farm in the hills alone on…

(ZIZ News) -- Chairperson of the Financial Services Regulatory Commission, Hilary Hazel believes that St. Kitts-Nevis has come a long way where financial services are concerned. Mrs. Hazel was one of the speakers to address the Anti-Money…

Basseterre, St. Kitts (SKNIS) -- The National Council on Drug Prevention in collaboration with the Ministry of Education have put in place plans to implement drug prevention programmes in schools thanks to data received from a survey which…

Basseterre, St. Kitts (SKNIS) -- The Warner Park Cricket Stadium in St. Kitts has received even more accolades having been assessed the best pitch and outfield among the eight venues that hosted matches for the 2014 Limacol Caribbean…

Basseterre, St. Kitts (SKNIS) -- St. Kitts and Nevis will have a leading voice contributing to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), as the Federation was elected to the CBD Conference of the Parties (COP) Bureau for COP 13 to be…

Basseterre, St. Kitts (CUOPM) -- Residents of St. Christopher 4 (Challengers to can look back with pride and look forward with hope that the transformation of the communities and the advancement of the people will continue under a…

Kingstown, St. Vincent CMC -- Police are searching for the gunmen who shot and killed two people here including a 24-year-old woman on Monday night. Police said that Aninka Stowe, a mother of an eight-year-old girl, died at the Milton Cato…

Kingston, Jamaica -- The People’s National Party (PNP) has expressed solidarity with Canada following Wednesday morning’s shooting attack at their Parliament in Ottawa, Ontario. “This display of ‘proximity terrorism’ and attack on the…

Port of Spain, Trinidad -- Trinidad and Tobago now has about 1,000 suspected cases of chikungunya. This was revealed yesterday by Chief Medical Officer at the Minis¬try of Health Dr Colin Furlonge, who said key stakeholders in the fight…

Willemstad, Curacao -- Curacao wants to get rid of the Netherlands-appointed governor, who must in turn approve ministerial appointments by law. A parliamentary motion has been filed to this effect and, with this, the way will be open to…

Juba, South Sudan (AFP) - A group of South Sudanese women peace activists has suggested that men in the civil war-torn country be denied sex until they stop fighting. The suggestion emerged after around 90 women, including several members…

Brussels, Belgium (AFP) -- The European Union put up 24.4 million Euros Thursday in a "race against time" to find Ebola vaccines and treatments as deaths from the disease mount in the worst affected countries. The funds will be…

Washington, USA -- Three years of sluggish growth in the exports of Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) make it urgent to implement policies that facilitate trade, according to a study published this week by the Inter-American Development…

Monrovia, Liberia (AP) -- Dozens of people quarantined for Ebola monitoring in western Liberia are threatening to break out of isolation because they have no food, the West African nation's state radio reported Thursday. Forty-three people…

Sports Page -- It was a tough game and both teams had clear chances and messed up. Coach for the Charlestown Primary School, Elquemedo Willet, described the efforts of his team on the day as ‘Crappy!’ He however blamed the strong windy…