April 2015

(ZIZ News) – Sixteen recruits of the St. Kitts and Nevis Defence Force have graduated to the first rank of private, following a passing out ceremony on Thursday afternoon. As part of the ceremony, the graduates showed off their precision…

(ZIZ News) – Acting Commissioner of Police, Stafford Liburd is calling on residents of St. Kitts and Nevis to become members of the Royal St. Christopher and Nevis Police Force. This week, Liburd described the profession as rewarding and…

(ZIZ News) – The St. Kitts Music Festival, which is in its 19th year, is one of the longest running festivals in the Eastern Caribbean and one of the top five in the region. Additionally, it remains one of the most affordable, that is…

(ZIZ News) – The Government of St. Kitts and Nevis, through the Ministry of Tourism, has pledged its full support to the St. Kitts Music Festival. On Thursday morning, Tourism Minister Hon. Lindsay Grant confirmed that the government will…

Basseterre, St. Kitts -- The St. Kitts and Nevis Bureau of Standards has been notified, by the International Food Safety Authorities Network (INFOSAN) and the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Blue Bell Creameries of…

Basseterre, St. Kitts (SKNIS) -- Employers and employees across St. Kitts and Nevis will receive additional reminders about the importance of preventing occupational accidents and diseases next Tuesday (April 28). That’s when the…

Basseterre, St. Kitts (SKNIS) -- Media professionals from across the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union (ECCU) have been asked to assist Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) in educating the public on the phasing out of the 1 and 2 cent…

Basseterre, St. Kitts (SKNIS) -- Nationals from St. Kitts and Nevis staying in the United Kingdom (UK) for a limited time period of more than six months will now benefit from health insurance as they are required to pay a financial…

London, United Kingdom (CMC) -- The United States Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) is investigating a British trader who allegedly stashed millions of pound sterling in offshore bank account in some Caribbean islands. The London…

Srinagar, India (AFP) -- A court in Indian-administered Kashmir sentenced four men to death Friday after they were convicted of the rape and murder of a 14-year-old girl which sparked protests across the region. The four convicts,…

New York, United States, CMC -- The United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency says officers nabbed a Guyanese national with cocaine his sneakers at John F. Kennedy International Airport. According to CBP, on April 6, the…

Georgetown, Guyana, CMC -- Health Minister Dr. Bheri Ramsaran has apologized to an anti-government rights activist acknowledging that he had used “harsh words’ to her after being provoked into anger. Media reports had earlier indicated…

Kingstown, St. Vincent, CMC -- Taiwan is providing support to St. Vincent and the Grenadines government in the efforts to boost small ruminant production through a project that will result in animals being impregnated within a week. The…

Castries, St Lucia, CMC -- The police are searching for a Jamaican man in connection with the latest homicide here – the sixth since the start of the month. The police report that the body of Marvin Anthony Augustine, 18, was found at…

Kingston, Jamaica -- Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Paula Llewellyn has advised against criminal proceedings against disgraced former Mayor of Lucea, Shernette Haughton. Llewellyn, in a lengthy press release yesterday, said that…