May 2015

(ZIZ News) – Windsor University School of Medicine has officially started the process of establishing a Learning Resource Center, Small Group Discussion Room and Simulation Lab. On Friday, the University held a ground breaking ceremony at…

(ZIZ News) – Chief Executive Officer and Founder of “Experience St. Kitts and Nevis”, Mervin Hanley said the Ministries of Tourism on Nevis and St. Kitts as well as the Tourism Authorities on both islands have thrown full support behind his…

Basseterre, St. Kitts (SKNIS) -- The Ministry of Sports is working with partners to ensure that all is in place for the home debut of the St. Kitts and Nevis Patriots in the 2015 Limacol Caribbean Premier League (CPL) at the end of June.…

Basseterre, St. Kitts (SKNIS) -- “It’s never too early to begin to prepare for hurricanes” said St. Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister, Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris as he underscored personal and national preparedness during a press…

Basseterre, St. Kitts (SKNIS) -- Security matters, the Citizenship By Investment (CBI) programme, capital projects and the Sugar Adaptation Strategy were among subjects discussed when Prime Minister Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris met…

Panama City, Panama -- The latest calculation quoted in the unfolding corruption investigation in Panama is an educated estimate that the government of former president Ricardo Martinelli embezzled at least $3.5 billion from public funds.…

Washington, USA -- The US Department of Justice announced on Thursday that the following four banks reached a resolution under the department’s Swiss Bank Program: Société Générale Private Banking (Lugano-Svizzera) MediBank AG LBBW…

Concord, New Hampshire (AP) -- The US Marshal's Service says a man who disappeared in 2013 after being indicted on sexual assault charges in New Hampshire has been found in Jamaica. A warrant was issued for Scott Leblanc of Hancock for…

New York, United States (AP) -- A self-made health care millionaire who fatally drugged her developmentally disabled child five years ago in a luxury New York City hotel room was sentenced on Thursday to 18 years in prison by a judge who…

Bridgetown, Barbados (CMC) -- The US-based National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is predicting six to 11 named storms for the 2015 Atlantic hurricane season even as regional disaster officials warned Caribbean countries not to…

Kingston, Jamaica -- British newspaper, the Daily Mail is reporting online that two of Britain’s biggest banks have been dragged into the bribery and corruption scandal engulfing football’s world governing body. According to the Daily…

Chateaubelair, St Vincent -- Earlier this month, a chartered catamaran anchored by itself in the northern part of Chateaubelair, St Vincent, well away from the two or three other cruising boats anchored in the bay, was boarded at night by…

St George, Grenada (GIS) -- Citizens of Dominica, Grenada, St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, and Trinidad and Tobago may now travel visa-free to Schengen area countries, following the signing of a short-stay visa waiver agreement…

Kingston, Jamaica -- Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar said yesterday she received no money from Jack Warner to fund either her own or the United National Congress (UNC) election campaigns. Warner, a former government minister and UNC…

Roseau, Dominica (CMC) -- West Indies cricketer Andre Fletcher is due to appear in court on Friday after he was arrested at the Douglas Charles Airport late Thursday. Fletcher, a Grenadian, had been here practising with the Windward…