January 2015

Paris (AP) -- Masked gunmen shouting "Allahu akbar!" stormed the Paris offices of a satirical newspaper Wednesday, killing 12 people before escaping. It was France's deadliest terror attack in at least two decades. French President…

Washington, United States (AFP) -- After years of careful White House control over her few public appearances, a mysterious online image of first daughter Malia Obama, 16, has gone viral. The rare glimpse of a personal side of President…

Kingston, Jamaica -- An Ananda Alert has been activated for 14 -year-old Shaneil Rhule of Marley Acres, Old Harbour, who has been missing since Thursday, January 1 and 14- year-old Aaliyah Cole of Church Pen, Old Harbour both in St…

Castries, St Lucia (CMC) -- The Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) is urging Caribbean farmers to adopt climate-smart agricultural practices that can help lessen the impacts of climate change. “Climate change…

Port of Spain, Trinidad -- Up to press time yesterday, an 18-month-old baby boy was fighting for his life at the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex in Mt Hope after he was shot in the back of his head by unknown assailants yesterday…

Bridgetown, Barbados -- Title holders Barbados Pride have named their 14-man squad for the 2015 WICB Nagico Super50 Championship in Trinidad & Tobago, January 15-26. Squad: Kevin Stoute (captain), Tino Best, Kraigg Brathwaite, Shamarh…

Sports Page -- Everywhere you turned on the second day in Sydney there were stats, and Steven Smith was at the centre of most of them. But at the end of the day the only figure that really mattered was 501. That was the deficit India faced…

Sports Page -- The way the fourth day had panned out - only one wicket - New Zealand would have known going through the Sri Lanka batting line-up was not going to be easy. The visitors had played out almost 11 hours in the second innings of…

Sports Page -- Can this prince topple the king of world football's governing body? Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein has stepped forward to challenge Sepp Blatter for the FIFA presidency at May's election. Blatter, 78, is seeking a fifth…

Basseterre, St. Kitts (CUOPM) -- St. Kitts and Nevis’ Prime Minister the Right Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas is making another case for fair and equitable electoral boundaries in accordance with the Constitution. Appearing on his weekly radio…

Basseterre, St. Kitts (CUOPM) -- Three cruise ships with nearly 8,000 passengers were in port Tuesday bringing to just over 12,000 for this week from five ships. Docking at Port Zante were the Celebrity Equinox which arrived from St.…

Basseterre, St. Kitts (CUOPM) -- Meeting and incentive planners for major United States corporations are in St. Kitts to participate in the Opus Group’s 14th Annual Leadership Summit. The group began arriving in St. Kitts over the weekend…

NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS -- senior Police Officer of the Royal St. Christopher and Nevis Police Force Nevis Division announced on June 05, 2015 that in 2014 there was a 27.3 percent decrease in crime on Nevis over that of 2013 which…

Basseterre, St. Kitts (CUOPM) -- Another drop in the cost of gasoline at the SOL pumps in St. Kitts. The Ministry of Finance announced another drop in the maximum retail price for unleaded gas from EC$12.67 to EC$10.75 per at SOL gas…

(ZIZ News) -- The Denzil Douglas-led Government of St. Kitts-Nevis has engaged a developer to explore the upgrade of St. Kitts' hospital, thereby transforming it to a state-of-the-art facility. The Nation's leader, the Rt. Hon. Dr. Denzil…