January 2015

Basseterre, St. Kitts (SKNIS) -- Fire Officers in the Federation were awarded for their exemplary work on Friday January 9. The awards ceremony was a part of the week long activities held by the St. Kitts and Nevis Fire and Rescue Services…

Basseterre, St. Kitts (CUOPM) -- The National Integrity Party (NIP) has strongly condemned the statement made on WINN FM Radio’s “Voices” programme by an apparent supporter of the Unity Concoction that called for Nigerian students residing…

NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS -- Justice Lorraine Williams is the new Resident High Court Judge for Nevis. She was sworn in by Deputy Governor General His Honour Eustace John, at his Bath Plain office on January 12, 2015. At the end of the brief…

Basseterre, St. Kitts (CUOPM) -- The take home pay of public servants in St. Kitts and Nevis will go up when they get their next pay check. The three percent hike, is part of a ten percent increase – spread over three years - announced in…

Basseterre, St. Kitts (CUOPM) -- Chairperson of the governing St. Kitts-Nevis Labour Party (SKNLP), the Hon. Marcella Liburd has condemned a statement by a pro-Unity supporter on WINNFM which called for the brutal assassination of Nigerians…

Pangkalan Bun, Indonesia (AP) -- Divers retrieved one black box Monday and located the other from the AirAsia plane that crashed more than two weeks ago, key developments that should help investigators unravel what caused the aircraft to…

Paramaribo, Suriname (CMC) -- The Suriname government says while Guyanese bus drivers have the right to operate in the country, they must first apply for the necessary license to do so. The Ministry of Transport, Communications and Tourism…

Peshawar, Pakistan (AP) -- Pakistani children returned on Monday to the school where Taliban gunmen killed 150 of their classmates and teachers last month, clutching their parents' hands tightly in a poignant symbol of perseverance despite…

Paris (CNN) -- "Thank you," said the man. I was standing outside of the offices of Charlie Hebdo covering the aftermath of the terrorist attacks for CNN. He was thanking me just for being here, just for covering the event and its aftermath,…

Nassau, Bahamas -- Last month’s revelation that Alstom SA, a French power and transportation company, had paid a bribe to secure a lucrative power contract with Bahamas Electricity Corporation (BEC) has prompted new questions over a greatly…

St George’s, Grenada (GIS) -- Delta Airline has announced that it will be starting a new weekly service between Atlanta and Grenada this summer. The US-based airline said the new service will be operated on Saturdays starting June 6, 2015…

Port of Spain, Trinidad (Trinidad Express) -- Ravindranauth Roopnarine, a fugitive wanted in the United States for financial and fraud-related crimes, is the latest criminal to be extradited from Trinidad and Tobago, according to a release…

Kingston, Jamaica -- Jamaica’s record on children’s rights will be reviewed by the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) on Monday 19 January and Tuesday 20 January in sessions that will be webcast live, according to a…

Sports Page -- Acting President of the Nevis Drough Association, Keith Scarborough, has revealed that there will be a major local Drough tournament towards the end of this month. According to Scarborough, the competition will be held at…

Sports Page -- The Wanderers is home to what it calls the greatest ODI of all time - the 438 game - and now it is also home to what could become known as the most thrilling T20: the 236 game. West Indies pulled off the highest successful…