October 2015

Basseterre, St. Kitts -- Molineux-based Inner City Constituency Number 7 Basketball League has honoured its most consistent sponsor, the area parliamentary representative and Prime Minister of the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis the Hon…

Basseterre, St. Kitts (SKNIS) -- The Ministry of Finance in Nevis is reporting progress on a number of capital projects which have benefitted from the EC$15 million budgetary support from the Federal Government of St. Kitts and Nevis. An…

Basseterre, St. Kitts (SKNIS) -- The 12th Annual Help a Child Programme for Constituency #7 will be held at the Seventh Day Adventist Church (SDA) in Molineux on Thursday, October 15th at 4pm under the distinguished patronage of Prime…

(ZIZ News) – Security forces continue to yield success in efforts to eradicate illegal drugs from the streets. The latest success came on Monday when members of the Royal St. Christopher and Nevis Police Force’s Special Services Unit (SSU)…

(ZIZ News) – St. Kitts and Nevis’ first Prime Minister, Rt. Hon. Dr. Sir Kennedy Simmonds has been lauded for his vision, some 32 years ago, in establishing diplomatic ties between the Federation and the Republic of China, Taiwan. Current…

(ZIZ News) – The St. Kitts Cooperative Credit Union (SKCCU) spent Monday donating care packages to homes throughout the island. The donation formed part of the activities to observe Credit Union Week. As the package was handed over at the…

Miami, USA -- Ricardo Martinelli, facing eleven different criminal charges in his native Panama, including human rights violations, insider trading, and massive corruption allegations, has been ordered by the government of Paraguay to leave…

Washington Dc, United States (JIS) -- Jamaica’s new ambassador to the United States, Ralph Thomas is calling on members of the Diaspora to seize the opportunity to participate more fully in the development and growth of Jamaica. He was…

Zurich, Switzerland (AFP) -- FIFA announced that an extraordinary meeting of its executive committee would meet in Zurich on October 20th. Some senior FIFA members had suggested the meeting could discuss postponing the election to replace…

Georgetown, Guyana (AP) -- Guyana is asking the US government for help in cracking down on drug smuggling at the South American country's main airport. US Ambassador Perry Holloway says talks are ongoing with Guyana officials to loan…

Kingston, Jamaica -- Finance Minister Dr Peter Phillips has warned that the Caribbean population will lose patience with the international community unless they provide the resources to modernise infrastructure. According to…

St John’s, Antigua -- Acknowledging that corruption charges brought last week in New York against former Antigua and Barbuda diplomat, John Ashe, while he was president of the UN General Assembly, have “cast a pall of gloom over all of us…

Nassau, Bahamas -- Murders in The Bahamas increased 30 percent between January 1st and October 7th, 2015 compared to the same period in 2014. There were 90 murders recorded during this period last year, compared to the 117 murders recorded…

Port of Spain, Trinidad -- In his maiden speech in parliament, newly appointed Communication Minister Maxie Cuffie has accused the former Trinidad and Tobago government of bloated budgets and malpractices at the Government Information…

Brades, Montserrat -- The Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) paid a visit to Montserrat on Friday. Richard Sealy, minister of tourism and international transport of Barbados and also chairman of CTO, and Hugh Riley, secretary general of…