December 2014

(ZIZ News) – D'shnay Matthew-York made history Tuesday evening by becoming the first contestant from St. Maarten to win the coveted Haynes Smith Caribbean Talented Teen Pageant. The announcement at the Sugar Mill was met by thunderous…

Basseterre, St. Kitts (CUOPM) -- St. Kitts and Nevis’ Prime Minister the Rt. Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas carried out prime ministerial duties crowning the new Ms. St. Kitts and the Calypso Monarch. Sunday night before a massive crowd, the…

Sports Page -- Cricket chief on Nevis, Denrick Liburd has revealed that for the upcoming local Cricket season, certain players on Nevis will be graded. Liburd in a recent interview revealed that it was a unanimous decision taken by his…

Sports Page -- Centuries from Kraigg Brathwaite and Marlon Samuels steered West Indies past the follow-on mark before a familiar collapse revived the possibility, albeit slight, of a South Africa win. Brathwaite and Samuels added 176 for…

Sports Page -- Australia did not need to win, and India never really thought seriously about doing so. A curiously muted final day of the Boxing Day Test petered out with four overs still to bowl; on recent evidence more than enough time to…

Sports Page -- MS Dhoni has retired from Test cricket with immediate effect following the drawn Test against Australia at the MCG. Virat Kohli will take over as India captain for the final Test of the series, which India has already lost,…

NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (December 29, 2014) --Minister of Housing, Lands and Natural Resources on Nevis Hon. Alexis Jeffers, says vandalism of equipment owned and operated by the Nevis Housing and Land Development Corporation (NHLDC) at the…

Basseterre, St. Kitts (CUOPM) -- The Vance Amory-led Nevis Island Administration (NIA) refused the assistance of the Federal Government and the Sugar Industry Diversification Foundation (SIDF) in financing the geothermal project in Nevis.…

Basseterre, St. Kitts (CUOPM) -- America’s well-known journalist and former CNN contributor Roland Martin is holidaying in St. Kitts. “Me and @Jhoodmartin headed to St. Kitts rockin our @houstontexans gear. Got my @jjwatt MVP…

Basseterre, St. Kitts (CUOPM) -- Although the 5,400-passenger Anthem of the Seas, is still under construction, Royal Caribbean Cruise Line has penned in St. Kitts’ Port Zante for the 2015/2016 Cruise Ship Season. The Anthem of the Seas,…

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, DECEMBER 30TH 2014 (CUOPM) – St. Kitts and Nevis’ Prime Minister the Rt. Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas will host the participants of the 35th Edition of the Miss Haynes Smith Caribbean Talented Teen Pageant to lunch at…

(ZIZ News) -- It was a historic night at the Sugar Mill, on Monday evening, as Astro became the first Nevisian calypsonian to win the National Carnival Senior Calypso crown. After two rounds of competition, Oscar “Astro” Browne amassed a…

(ZIZ News) -- Chairman of the National Carnival Committee, Sylvester Anthony, said he is happy Astro was victorious in the Senior Calypso Monarch Finals. “He’s one of the competitors, he is one of the long time competitors, I think the…

(ZIZ News) -- The subject of adding a Soca Monarch Competition to the Culturama line-up is definitely up for discussion as artists have been requesting it. This was revealed by executive director of the Culturama Secretariat in Nevis,…

(ZIZ News) -- Antonio “Abonaty” Liburd, whose name is synonymous with Nevis’ Culturama Festival, is praising the Nevisians who have participated in St. Kitts and Nevis’ National Carnival celebration. Liburd said he is pleased with the…