Yearly Archives

2014

30 Teen Mothers Participate In Women Empowerment Retreat

(ZIZ)-- The St. Kitts Marriott resort is the venue for a two-day retreat aimed at empowering women, particularly teenage mothers. Thirty teen mothers have been invited by the Departments of Constituency Empowerment and Gender Affairs to…

Over 100 Nationals Return For C40

(ZIZ)-- Over one hundred nationals living in the United Kingdom, dubbed “The UK Invasion”, arrived in the Federation on Tuesday for Culturama-40. The group, which was organised by JC Tours, was greeted at the airport by Minister of Tourism…

Crop Quality Project Changing Farmers Attitudes

(ZIZ)-- A project on improving the quality of local crops aims to change how farmers approach agriculture. During a briefing ceremony for the Vegetable, Fruit and Upland Crop Quality Improvement Project, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry…

Brantley Says Coalition Fully Supports Tim Harris

(ZIZ)-- The Hon. Mark Brantley has said that the coalition party known as Team UNITY stands in complete support of their leader, Dr. Timothy Harris. The question was raised in a recent interview with Mr. Brantley in light of public queries…

Premier of Nevis welcomes all to Culturama 40 celebrations

NIA Charlestown Nevis -- The following is the full text of a welcome address delivered by Premier of Nevis Hon. Vance Amory on July 29, 2014 on the occasion of the Homecoming Celebration for the 40th anniversary of Culturama dubbed “the…

South Africa block their way to No. 1

(Sports Page)— After a riveting, un-Youtubeable day of cricket, South Africa are back at the top of the Test rankings. The settings were dramatic - leaden skies for most of the day, four or more men poised round the bat, the indefatigable…

Anderson and Broad give England control

(Sports Page)— For almost two whole days India's bowlers had laboured on a surface that appeared docile. On the third,James Anderson showed them how it's done. He ran in with verve, hitting the pitch hard, swinging and seaming deliveries in…

Nevis CUT Team returns home

(Sports Page)— The team that represented Nevis in the recently held CUT games returned home on Monday night at the Sea Bridge ferry terminal. Head Coach Tricia Williams and Asst Coach Shermon Caines indicated that Nevis had not received a…

‘Die Hard’ actor James Shigeta dies

(CNN) -- James Shigeta, a prolific and pioneering Asian-American actor whose 50-year career includes the movies "Die Hard" and "Flower Drum Song," died in his sleep in Los Angeles on Monday, his agent said. He was 81. "It is with great…

Official: Landslides trap 150 people or more in western India

New Delhi, India (CNN) -- Landslides caused by heavy monsoon rains may have trapped 150 people or more in a village in western India, a senior official said Wednesday. "There are reports that up to 30 to 40 houses have been affected," said…

Enough is enough on child abuse, says Hanna

KINGSTON, Jamaica -- Minister of Youth and Culture Lisa Hanna says that providing shelter, food and education is not enough when it comes to protecting the nation’s children in state care. “A lot of kids suffer in silence,” said Hanna who…