2014

ST JOHN’S, Antigua (CMC) – Less than 24 hours after St Vincent and the Grenadines confirmed an outbreak of the chikungunya virus, another Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country is reporting its first case of the mosquito-borne disease.…

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) – A cultural delegation from the Caribbean leaves Barbados on Sunday to participate in the Beijing Arts Festival. Chinese Ambassador to Barbados, Wang Ke, said that the artistes from Barbados will be among those…

KINGSTON, Jamaica - The Natural Products Institute will on Tuesday, April 29, launch its Anti-Cancer Screening Laboratory at the Biology Lecture Theatre at the University of the West Indies, Mona campus in Kingston. An advisory from the…

NEW BRIGHTON, Pennsylvania (AP) -- A Pennsylvania bride fatally shot her niece with her new husband's handgun during an argument over who would be the designated driver after their wedding party, police said. Police said 30-year-old…

(CNN) -- President Barack Obama is the first American leader in decades to visit Malaysia, the Asian nation grappling with the mystery of a vanished jetliner. Obama landed in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday, seven weeks to the day Malaysia…

Basseterre, St. Kitts (SKNIS): A two member team from the Caribbean Industrial Research Institute (CARIRI) conducted a fact finding mission at the Basseterre High School (BHS) earlier this week to assess further plans to increase the safety…

Basseterre, St. Kitts (CUOPM) - St. Kitts and Nevis’ Prime Minister the Rt. Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas has reiterated his government’s position to assist the CCM-led Nevis Island Administration of Premier Vance Amory, following the CCM’s…

Basseterre, St. Kitts (CUOPM) – St. Kitts and Nevis’ Prime Minister the Right Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas says although he respects the self-determination of the people of Nevis, as Prime Minister he will continue to strengthen the bonds of…

(ZIZ)-- The Republic of China on Taiwan's Ambassador to St. Kitts-Nevis, His Excellency Miguel Tsao has come in for high praise as he has delivered on a promise made several years ago by that country's former president. It was during…

(ZIZ)-- Prime Minister the Right Hon Dr Denzil Douglas has criticized Nevis’ Premier the Hon Vance Amory for not coming to him earlier to state any difficulties in paying civil servants salaries on time. The Prime Minister said he only…

(ZIZ)-- Nevisian Senator, The Honourable Carlisle Powell, who once served as minister responsible for energy in the Nevis Island Administration, has weighed in on the current NIA's decision to construct a waste to energy plant. Powell…

(ZIZ)-- As Agriculture Open Day entered its second day, local farmers, small businesses and other institutions took the opportunity to promote their goods and services. From handicraft to paintings, the general public sampled the…

(ZIZ)-- Cricket coaches and officers are being trained in child protection as part of the West Indies Cricket Board’s (WICB) revamped Coaching Education Programme. During the programme’s opening ceremony on Friday morning, Leeward…

ZIZ News -- Nevis' Premier and Finance Minister, the Honourable Vance Amory, last night confirmed that his administration was unable to make salary payments to its civil servants in time for Wednesday's pay day. During an address to the…

NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS -- The Ministry of Tourism introduced six participants from the two public secondary schools on the island, who will take part in the 2014 Bank of Nevis Tourism Youth Congress. The announcement was made during a…