December 2014

Moscow (AP) -- Russia has ordered five of the country's major state-controlled exporters to sell excess currency reserves in its latest attempt to shore up the ruble, which has endured big losses this year in the wake of sliding oil prices.…

New York, USA (AP) -- British singer Joe Cocker, whose had hits that included You Are So Beautiful and Up Where We Belong, and a contortionist style of performance memorably parodied by John Belushi on Saturday Night Live, has died. He was…

Toronto, Canada (CUOPM) -- Representatives from Seneca and the Government of St. Christopher (St. Kitts) and Nevis signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) Monday to provide the country’s citizens with the skills and education to pursue…

Pinney’s Beach/Port Zante, St. Kitts and Nevis (CUOPM) -- Political Leader of the Nevis Reformation Party, the Hon. Joseph W. Parry has hailed the draft Contract for Progress with the St. Kitts-Nevis Labour Party (SKNLP) as an historic…

Pinney’s Beach/Port Zante, St. Kitts and Nevis (CUOPM) -- The draft Contract for Progress between the governing St. Kitts-Nevis Labour Party and the Nevis Reformation Party is to benefit of the people of the twin-island Federation. “We…

(ZIZ News) -- The St. Christopher Air and Sea Ports Authority (SCASPA) is continuing the spirit of giving with a recent donation to the Joseph N. France Hospital. At a brief ceremony on Monday afternoon, SCASPA donated six 32 inch flat…

(ZIZ News) -- Twenty four under privileged families will be smiling, this Christmas, thanks to a donation from the Racing and Game Services' Social Committee. During a brief handing over ceremony on Monday morning, the Racing and Game…

(ZIZ News) -- A former Miss Culture Swimwear Queen is the winner of the first Miss Sapphire Swimsuit Competition. Gingerland resident Sidama Jones wowed the crowd and judges to secure her second swimwear contest crown. In the first…

Basseterre, St. Kitts (CUOPM) -- With 2014 soon coming to a close, St. Kitts has just received two more honours to add to its growing list of awards and recognitions for tourism excellence. “Recognition by another two respected…

NIA Charlestown Nevis -- Deputy Premier and Minister of Health on Nevis Hon. Mark Brantley, thanked the St. Christopher and Nevis Social Security Board for a donation to the Ministry of Health for the Alexandra Hospital. He described it as…

New York, USA -- On Friday, Standard & Poor's (S&P) Ratings Services lowered its long-term sovereign credit ratings on Barbados to 'B' from 'BB-'. The outlook is negative. The country’s 'B' short-term sovereign credit rating was…

New York (AP) -- The gunman who fatally ambushed two New York City police officers in their squad car had a long criminal record, a hatred for police and the government and an apparent history of mental instability that included an attempt…

Harare, Zimbabwe (AP) -- Zimbabwe's festive season is marked by continued political infighting and financial austerity, as the president fired two more cabinet ministers and the country's civil servants learned they will not get annual…

Port of Spain, Trinidad -- Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister, Kamla Persad-Bissessar, announced on Friday that her government will again be seeking to reintroduce the “hanging bill” next year, even though it was defeated in Parliament four…

Nassau, Bahamas -- Prime Minister Perry Christie said he will be judged by how his administration deals with crime when The Bahamas heads into the next general election. Christie, who spoke to reporters last week, predicted that the…