June 17, 2015

Bern, Switzerland (AFP) -- Swiss prosecutors are investigating 53 cases of possible money laundering as they look into FIFA's handling of bids for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups, officials said Wednesday. Attorney general Michael Lauber said…

Los Angeles, United States (AFP) -- Six young Irish nationals died in the early hours Tuesday when a fourth-floor apartment balcony collapsed during a 21st birthday party in the California university town of Berkeley, authorities said. At…

Miami, USA -- The crew of the US Coast Guard Cutter Valiant repatriated 54 Haitian migrants to Cap Haitian, Haiti, on Tuesday. While on patrol, a Caribbean Air and Marine Branch aircraft reported a suspicious sailing vessel south of St…

Port of Spain, Trinidad (Trinidad Express) -- In six sentences, Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar last night responded to the Police Service revelation that marijuana had been found at her home two years ago, and that a criminal probe…

Kingston, Jamaica (JIS) -- Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Phillip Paulwell, is currently in Moscow, Russia for the 19th St Petersburg International Economic Forum. The meeting, from June 18–20, is being held under the…

Castries, St Lucia (WINN) -- We do not manage failed economies in the Caribbean, but broken ones and we just need to pick up the pieces. That was the sentiment of the prime minister of Saint Lucia Dr Kenny Anthony while addressing the…

Sports Page -- You would think that the seasoned teachers would teach the youthful students a lesson but on Tuesday night, it was the other way around. Central Stars and Students (CSS), faced off with Old Skool in the NABA league at the…

Sports Page -- ‘Such behaviour will not be tolerated!’ Those were the words of the Nevis Amateur Basketball Association (NABA) chief, Wanda Parry. She was referring to an altercation between two players on Sunday 14th June, after the…

Sports Page -- It was the wonderful climax to a hard fought victory. On the evening of Saturday 13th June, the Nevis Masters, cricketers, three peat champions of the Leeward Islands Masters cricket tournament, gathered at Sunshine’s bar and…

St. John’s, Antigua -- With new rules in place, there is extra-special interest to see how this will impact upon the selectors of the six franchises in the second Player Draft of the West Indies Cricket Board’s Professional Cricket League.…

Sports Page -- Brett Elliot, the Kookaburra managing director, has said that the pink ball is ready for Test cricket. In 2009, the MCC made a recommendation to experiment with pink balls and since then it has been used by the ECB and CA as…

(ZIZ News) -- Delta Petroleum is donating to the youth of the Federation in a big way. In a brief ceremony on Tuesday, Delta donated $3000 to the St. Kitts and Nevis Fire and Rescue Services' 13th Annual Summer Safety Program. In…

(ZIZ News) -- The Ministry of Tourism is pulling out all the stops to make the inaugural St. Kitts and Nevis Restaurant Week memorable. With Restaurant Week just one month away, Acting Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Tourism…

(ZIZ News) -- Foreign Affairs Minister, Hon. Mark Brantley says the present and the future of the OAS, represent a call for member states to critically examine the present institution and to strategise regarding the future of the…

(ZIZ News) -- Law enforcement and security personnel participated in a one-week workshop which helped to sensitize them on dealing with situations involving lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transgender persons and intersexes. Assistant…