Yearly Archives

2014

Ivor Walters Low Keyed

Sports Page -- Coach at the Ivor Walters Primary School, Mrs. Govanie Manners-Hendrickson in a recent interview pertaining to her team’s preparations for the upcoming Inter Primary sports meet on April 2nd , appeared somewhat low keyed and…

Inter Primary 2014 officially Launched

Sports Page -- The much anticipated Inter Primary sports meet for 2014 which is hosted by the Nevis Amateur Athletic Association (NAAA) and the Education Department was officially launched on Tuesday 25th March. The significant now annual…

Bahamas announces 24-member reparations committee

Nassau, Bahamas -- Minister of Foreign Affairs and Immigration Fred Mitchell has appointed The Bahamas’ National Reparations Committee ahead of a formal push by CARICOM heads to get reparations, debt cancellation, and an apology from former…

St Kitts conducts tsunami readiness drill

Kingston, Jamaica -- The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) in St Kitts and Nevis says it is making preparations to test the readiness of public and private sector entities, in the event of a tsunami in the Caribbean islands.…

Pope accepts resignation of German ‘Bling Bishop’

(CNN) -- Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of a German bishop who was under investigation for spending $42 million on the renovation of his residence. Bishop Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst is known as the "Bling Bishop" because of…

Copenhagen Zoo kills 4 lions, weeks after shooting giraffe

(CNN) -- A Danish zoo that made international headlines last month when it killed a healthy giraffe is once again in the news after it killed four lions to make way for a new male. The lions were killed Monday, said Tobias Stenbaek Bro, a…

Hon. Mark Brantley makes donation to Ministry of Health

NIA Charlestown Nevis -- The Environmental Work Programme and the Environmental Health Department in the Ministry of Health on the island of Nevis received 50 reflective vests on March 24, 2014. The vests were a donation made by the Hon.…

ACF funds basketball group

ZIZ News -- A helping hand for young basketballers as the Advancement of Children Foundation recently provided funding to Pemberton's Basketball Hoops Academy/Reach One Teach One Basketball Camp. Counsellor on the ACF board Dennis Knight…

Special “Ask the PM” dubbed a success

ZIZ News -- The 25 years of sterling service celebrations of St. Kitts and Nevis’ Prime Minister, the Right Honourable Dr. Denzil Douglas, continued today with a two-hour television and radio simulcast of “Ask the PM.” Although introduced…