Yearly Archives

2014

Electrifying performance by PEP trainees hailed by facilitator

Basseterre, St. Kitts -- After studying electricity at the Clarence Fitzroy Bryant College (CFBC), the People Employment Programme (PEP) is helping a young man from Buckley’s Site in Basseterre put pieces in the puzzle. “I was studying…

Marijuana plants found in Keys’ mountain

(ZIZ)-- In conducting routine security patrols on Saturday, the St. Kitts-Nevis Defence Force came across five patches of marijuana plants in the mountain of Keys Village. Public Affairs Officer for the St. Kitts-Nevis Defence Force…

Police force receives dual purpose building

(ZIZ)-- The Royal St. Christopher and Nevis Police Force, this morning, officially opened the doors to a dual purpose building, known as DeZen House, which will facilitate training for the force's women. The ceremony was brief but…

PM Douglas leads delegation to Summit

(ZIZ)-- The Federation’s Prime Minister, the Right Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas is leading a three-person delegation to the CARICOM-Mexico Summit in the Mexico. Prime Minister Douglas is accompanied to the Summit by Minister of Foreign…

Team UNITY activists make fun of ailing Minister

(ZIZ)-- Former Deputy Prime Minister of St. Kitts-Nevis, now host of Sugar City FM’s “Changing Times” Michael Powell, together with social commentator Clecton Phillip is today making fun of the health status of the country’s Education…

Land for debt swap for Nevis?

(ZIZ)-- A recent statement by Nevis' Finance Minister and Premier, the Honourable Vance Amory has raised more questions about the possibility of there being a land for debt swap on Nevis. In the recent release, Premier Amory is quoted as…

Adrian Williams speaks to the media following Carifta event

Adrian Williams, the under 20 bronze medalist in the 2014 Carifta games held in Martinique, was interviewed by Lester Blackett, President of the Nevis Amateur Athletic Association on Monday  28th April. Following are the issues dealt with…

PJ’s edges out Bronx Crisi in Thriller

There was another exciting game in the ongoing local Basketball league on the evening of Tuesday 29th April. That is when the Bronx Crisis team locked horns with neighbours, PJ’S. From the very first quarter to the last, the scores…

Match drawn but Jamaica crowned champs

Gros Islet, St. Lucia, (CMC) – Two promising batsmen, Jermaine Blackwood and Sunil Ambris, featured prominently with breakthrough hundreds before Jamaica claimed the Headley/Weekes Trophy with a tame draw against Windward Islands in the…

Results Of SKNFA Matches Played On Tuesday 30th April, 2014

Division 1 At Ottleys Playing Field Cayon FC 1       vs              Molineaux 0 (Half Time 0 - 0) Scoring for Cayon FC Lexie Bedford 69th minute * James Matthew, Jamaluh Lowry & Florencetine Morton Match 2 * Sandy Point A.F.A …

Police hold two suspects in murder of mother, two sons

MANCHESTER, Jamaica – An angry crowd is now gathered at the Porus Police Station in Manchester after police held two suspects for questioning following a gruesome triple murder in the parish Tuesday morning. An inspector at the station…

Suspect in killing of Haitian journalist held in Argentina

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (HCNN) -- Argentine authorities have arrested and detained Markington Philippe, a suspect in the killing, fourteen years ago, of Haiti's most famous journalist and political commentator, Jean Dominique, and of his…

Iraqis vote amid worst violence in year

(CNN) -- With a backdrop of rapidly growing violence, Iraqis voted Wednesday in their first nationwide polls since the 2011 withdrawal of U.S. forces Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki is battling for a third term in office, but faces fierce…