June 2015

Mexico City, Mexico (AFP) -- Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto's party won congressional elections on Sunday, retaining its simple majority despite protests and falling approval ratings, according to preliminary results. The…

Johannesburg, South Africa (AFP) -- Oscar Pistorius, the South African double amputee sprinter who shot dead his girlfriend, is scheduled to be freed on parole on August 21 after serving ten months in jail, officials said Monday. "He has…

Panama City, Panama -- A judge in Panama has suspended the upcoming murder trial of the imprisoned former dictator, General Manuel Noriega. The general, who served 20 years in a federal prison in Miami, and subsequently two years, out of a…

Nassau, Bahamas (CMC) -- Bahamian officials say they have intercepted a small speed boat with three "irregular" Haitian migrants on Sunday, bringing to eight the number of illegal migrants apprehended over the weekend. The authorities said…

Kingston, Jamaica -- Reports have reached OBSERVER ONLINE that the Minister of Youth and Culture, Lisa Hanna was involved in a three-vehicle collision last night along Highway 2000. A police source told the Observer that Hanna was…

Castries, St Lucia -- Following the success of such coalitions in Guyana, St Kitts and Nevis and Trinidad and Tobago, two senior members of the Lucian People’s Movement (LPM) have called for a similar national unity alliance in Saint Lucia.…

Port of Spain, Trinidad -- The Trinidad Express has reported that a director of its ultimate parent company, One Caribbean Media Limited (OCM), is the owner of a Trinidad-based business that laundered money through black market currency…

Georgetown, Guyana -- Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro on May 27 issued a decree creating the “Atlantic coast of Venezuela”, which now includes sovereignty over Guyana’s territorial waters in the Atlantic Ocean off the Essequibo region.…

Charlestown, Nevis -- President of the Nevis Co-operative Credit Union (NCCU) Limited, Mr Collin Walwyn, told members that in 2014 the society faced international, regional and local challenges, but it has responded with the aim of offering…

St. Kitts and Nevis (WINN) -- The Basseterre High School Teacher whose contract was terminated after she spoke to the press about health concerns on the campus and demonstrated with other teachers over ongoing health issues there, is back…

St. Kitts and Nevis (WINN) -- Tourism Consultant and former CEO of the St. Kitts Tourism Authority Rosecita Jeffers, says she’s humbled to receive the prestigious Jerry Award. "At this point in time, I have a deep sense of humility and…

(ZIZ News) -- For the past 32 years, St. Kitts-Nevis has enjoyed fruitful and mutually beneficial diplomatic relations with the Republic of China, Taiwan. Taiwan was the first country with which St. Kitts and Nevis established diplomatic…

Deputy Prime Minister of St.Kitts-Nevis Hon Shawn K Richards was today unanimously re-elected as leader of his party the People's Action Movement. Over 200 members including 126 official delegates of the People's Action Movement elected a…

Legendary Trinidad Brass Band the Roy Cape All Stars are one of the marquis performers at this years 19th St.Kitts Music Festival. The band will be featuring several regional soca acts including the Soca Monarchs of Antigua and St.Kitts.…

(ZIZ News) -- Officers of the Violent Crimes Unit (VCU) are investigating the circumstances that led to one person being shot, on Friday, at De Valley Pub in Cayon. A police press release issued on Saturday stated that the shooting…