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November 2014

Burglar rapes, kills 74-y-o grandmother in Trinidad

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (Trinidad Express) – A 74-year-old woman who returned to her Laventille home from church yesterday morning to find a burglar inside her house was raped and killed, homicide detectives have said. Dead is Norma…

Nevis remembers Federation’s World War heroes

NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS --Nevis joined the rest of the Commonwealth for the observance of Remembrance Day, with a service which was held at the War Memorial in Charlestown on November 09, 2014, in memory of the soldiers of St. Kitts, Nevis…

St. Kitts and St. Eustatius maritime boundary issue settled

Basseterre, St. Kitts (CUOPM) – Agreement has been reached on a maritime boundary between St. Kitts and the Dutch island of St. Eustatius, but talks with France in relation to St. Barts to continue. According to McClean Hobson, Director of…

Stakeholder talks St. Kitts tourism

(ZIZ)-- General Manager of the Ocean Terrace Inn, Richard Williams, has said that it is time for St. Kitts to shift from the traditional sun, sea and sand tourism marketing campaign. Speaking on Saturday at the St. Kitts Tourism Experience…

Charting the way forward for St. Kitts tourism

Basseterre, St. Kitts (CUOPM) – St. Kitts tourism marketing officials from here and overseas gathered in Basseterre to chart the way forward in marketing the destination. Participants from the St. Kitts Tourism Authority in Basseterre, the…

PEP workers keeping Sandy Point environmentally clean

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS -- The People Employment Programme (PEP) is making a positive change in the town of Sandy Point. PEP Field Officer for the area, Mr Dwight Burke, is reporting that the benefits the people of Sandy Point are enjoying…

PM Douglas wraps up trade and investment promotion visit

Basseterre, St. Kitts (CUOPM) – St. Kitts and Nevis’ Prime Minister the Rt. Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas has wrapped up a three-day visit to Vietnam. The St. Kitts and Nevis leader held private meetings in Hanoi and Ninh Binh with…

1 killed, 3 wounded in stabbing attacks on Israelis

(CNN) -- First, a 20-year-old Israeli was stabbed Monday at a bus stop in Tel Aviv. Then, three Israelis were stabbed at a hitchhiking post near the entrance to a settlement in the West Bank, police said. One of the three, a 24-year-old…

Suicide bomber kills 48 students in Nigeria

POTISKUM, Nigeria (AP) -- A suicide bomber disguised in school uniform detonated explosives at a high school assembly in the northeastern Nigerian city of Potiskum on Monday killing at least 48 students, according to survivors and a morgue…

Ninja Man and son face court today for murder

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Entertainer Ninja Man, his son and two other men are to be tried for murder in the Home Circuit Court today. The artiste, whose real name is Desmond Ballentyne, and son Janiel Ballentyne are to be tried along with…

The Post Office staff of Nevis presents

(Sports Page)— The World Post Day Cricket tournament will take place at the ET Willet Park on Saturday 15th November starting at 5 pm sharp. The general public is invited out to witness three top teams in action and it is not Australia,…

Trash Dem Out and Empire win matches

(Sports Page)— The excitement in the Village Premier league-VPL, continued at the Hard Times Playing field on Sunday 9th November. Two exciting matches were played in front of a sizeable and vocal crowd, as per usual, which included…