June 2015

Washington, United States (AFP) -- The United States has begun to fix a hardware problem that crashed its visa processing system, issuing 45,000 permits in the past day as it works through a big backlog. Some 33 embassies and consulates…

Georgetown, Guyana (CMC) -- The Caribbean Community (Caricom) grouping Tuesday called on the Dominican Republic to halt its policy of deporting people of Haitian descent and “avoid creating a humanitarian crisis in region”. The Dominican…

Roseau, Dominica (CMC) -- Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit Tuesday condemned the decision by the Dominican Republic to deport people of Haitian descent, describing the situation as a “major human rights issues”. The Dominican Republic gave…

St. John’s, Antigua and Barbuda -- Antigua and Barbuda has written to the European Union’s representative in the Caribbean, strongly objecting to the twin-island nation being named a tax haven and calling on the EU to apologize and withdraw…

Bridgetown, Barbados (BGIS) -- The single market component of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy is “on the march”, says Barbados Prime Minister Freundel Stuart, while the single economy element has been a little more challenging because…

Sports Page -- The finals of the Kiddies Cricket Program sponsored by Scotia Bank, culminated at the ET Willet Park on Friday 19th June. The matches were preceded by a brief ceremony which was ably chaired by Nevis Cricket Association…

Sports Page -- England continued their remarkable resurgence in limited-overs cricket with the third largest victory in their history over New Zealand in the one-off T20 at Old Trafford. England had won only three of their previous 12 T20…

Sports Page -- Nevlec High Voltage continues to defy the odds after losing all of their matches in the first round of the NABA league. In second round action on Tuesday night, the High Voltage team powered their way to a 6 points margin of…

Sports Page -- The general public is cordially invited to the Nevis Little League Baseball Home Run Derby 2015. The event will be held at the Ramsbury Play Field on Friday June 26th from 10am -11am. The Nevis Little League Baseball…

(ZIZ News) – The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank wants residents of St. Kitts and Nevis to know that although it will stop distributing one and two cent coins to commercial banks next week, those coins will remain legal tender until June…

(ZIZ News) – Tickets are now available for purchase for the 19th annual St. Kitts Music Festival. The festival’s Marketing Co-Coordinator Saju Ng’alla, in speaking with ZIZ News, revealed the ticket outlets. “In St. Kitts, you can buy…

(ZIZ News) – The Citizenship by Investment Amendment Bill 2015 and the Banking Bill 2015 will be up for debate next Tuesday when the National Assembly of St. Kitts and Nevis meets for its second sitting under the Hon. Dr. Timothy Harris-led…

NIA Charlestown Nevis -- Assistant Secretary in the Premier’s Ministry Kevin Barrett, urged a group of prospective teachers to take the training they would receive seriously as they would, in the end, be handling the nation’s most delicate…

NIA Charlestown Nevis -- A group of over 20 prospective teachers were urged to use their participation in the ongoing Department of Education’s Prospective Teachers’ Course, to learn all they could, ask many questions and to be honest and…

NIA Charlestown Nevis -- The Global Environment Facility (GEF) Small Grant Programme, in collaboration with the Nevis Island Administration (NIA) and the Newcastle Pottery Co-operative Society Ltd. are hosting a six-week pottery-making…