April 2015

(ZIZ News) -- Work has begun on the Old Road Jetty to address a number of concerns raised by fishermen and other residents. For about one week, heavy trucks have been transporting boulders and other building materials to the jetty behind…

Basseterre, St. Kitts (SKNIS) -- Agriculturalists in St. Kitts and Nevis can look forward to additional opportunities to pursue international studies in a related field thanks to negotiations being undertaken by the government. While…

NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS -- The Caribbean Development Bank’s (CDB) newly-appointed Civil Infrastructure Engineer for St. Kitts and Nevis Dr. Anna McCrea, says the ongoing CDB-funded multimillion dollar Nevis Water Supply Enhancement Project is…

NIA Charlestown Nevis -- Junior Minister in the Ministry of Communication, Works and Public Utilities Hon. Troy Liburd assured the residents of Hanley’s Road, Gingerland that all necessary measures were being put in place to control dust…

Basseterre, St. Kitts (SKNIS) -- The staff of the Citizenship by Investment Unit (CIU) heard first hand from Prime Minister Dr. the Hon Timothy Harris, his expectations for the management of the program at a recent staff meeting. Dr. Harris…

(EMU) St. Kitts -- Learning Support Coordinator Josephine Claxton Richardson of the Curriculum Development Unit said her unit is working assiduously towards addressing behavioural issues that have been escalating in schools. Stakeholders…

Basseterre, St. Kitts (SKNIS) -- St. Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister, Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris has congratulated the president-elect of Nigeria, Gen Muhammadu Buhari on his victory at the polls on March 31. In a letter to the…

Ottawa, Canada (AFP) -- Canadian health officials have quarantined another poultry farm found to be infected with bird flu, authorities said. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency said tests were conducted Friday after the "sudden deaths" of…

Geneva, Switzerland (AFP) -- The International Organization for Migration said Monday it had received a distress call from a sinking boat in the Mediterranean carrying more than 300 people, with at least 20 people reported dead. IOM's Rome…

New York, United States -- A liquid form of medicinal marijuana could help treat children with severe forms of epilepsy, a new American study has indicated. Researchers discovered that using the marijuana-derived drug as an epilepsy…

Georgetown, Guyana -- Secretary-general of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Irwin LaRocque has described as “important and historic” a working visit to the Secretariat’s headquarters by a team from the African Union Commission (AUC). The…

Kingstown, St Vincent -- St Vincent and the Grenadines prime minister, Dr Ralph Gonsalves, said that the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union (ECCU) is projected to achieve growth of 2.4% this year. The prime minister made the disclosure as he…

Bridgetown, Barbados (BGIS) -- Attorney General Adriel Brathwaite is worried about the level of crime taking place in Barbados and across the region within the last few months. Brathwaite expressed this concern on Friday morning while…

Port of Spain, Trinidad (CMC) -- Trinidad and Tobago was jolted by an earthquake with a magnitude of 4.8 on Monday, the second tremor to affect the oil-rich twin island Republic within six days. The Seismic Unit of the University of the…

St Elizabeth, Jamaica -- The police are now at a location in Braes River, three miles north east of Santa Cruz, St Elizabeth, where a baby was reportedly found dead this morning. Reports reaching OBSERVER ONLINE are that the infant,…