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November 2015

Curacao Government Resigns

The Prime Minister of Curacao, Dr. Ben Whiteman, has tendered his resignation to the Governor in Willemstad. On Friday, his four-party coalition lost its majority in parliament. Whiteman has been Prime Minister for just one month.…

ACP Queeley Returns From International Educational Conference

(ZIZ News) -- Assistant Commissioner of Police with Responsibility for Crime, Ian Queeley was among policymakers from various police forces in San Francisco last week at the Cogent User Group International Educational Conference. Held from…

Child Rights Symposium Underway

(ZIZ News) -- Parliamentarians from across the OECS are meeting at the St. Kitts Marriott Resort, this week, to develop policies, plans and projects that focus on children’s rights. The event is dubbed the “First Children’s Rights…

Geothermal Exploration Underway

(ZIZ News) -- A team from Teranov Exploration Consultants is in the Federation working with the Government in the pursuit of Geothermal Energy sources on St. Kitts. On Tuesday, the team met with Minister of Energy, the Hon. Ian Liburd, and…

Charges brought in largest financial cyber hacking

(BBC) US prosecutors have charged three men in connection with the largest cyber-attack in US history. Details of 100 million people were accessed by cyberthieves between 2012 and the summer of 2015. At a press conference on Tuesday, US…

El Nino threatens ‘millions in east and southern Africa’

(BBC) Some 11 million children are at risk from hunger, disease and water shortages in east and southern Africa because of the strengthening El Nino weather phenomenon, the UN children's charity has said. It has caused the worst drought in…

Argentina mayor ‘trapped in town hall’ by protesters

(BBC) The mayor of Concepcion, an Argentine town in northern Tucuman province, says he is trapped in the town hall. Mayor Roberto Sanchez said the building was surrounded on Monday night by demonstrators who burned tyres. Mr Sanchez says…

US official warns of bomb risk on flights from Puerto Rico

(Caribbean360) Against the backdrop of suspicions that an explosive device brought down a Russian airliner over Egypt on October 31, the chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee has voiced concerns that flights from Puerto Rico to…

Several say goodbye to trio

(Nation News) Scores of curious onlookers continue to gather at the doors of the Wildey Gymnasium as family and friends pay their last respects to Shakira and Shameka Shepherd and Wavenie Johnson. The three young women were among four who…

CISOCA investigating apparent rape video posted to FB

(Jamaica Observer) KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Centre for Investigations of Sexual Offences and Child Abuse (CISOCA) has commenced a probe into an apparent rape video posted to Facebook yesterday. The user who posted the video has come under…

Positive Reviews for Calypso Development Seminar

(ZIZ News) – The National Carnival Committee is being praised for its work in helping to further develop the calypso artform in St. Kitts and Nevis. This follows the successful completion of the first development seminar for calypsonians,…

St. Kitts Observes World Diabetes Day with Week of Activities

(ZIZ News) – The local observance of World Diabetes Day began on Sunday with a church service at the St. George’s Anglican Church. The country’s Health Minister, Hon. Eugene Hamilton, showed support of the St. Kitts Diabetes Association by…

Police Recruits Officially Welcomed

(ZIZ News) – On Monday afternoon, the Royal St. Christopher and Nevis Police Force officially welcomed its new recruits with a ceremony that heard remarks from Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of National Security, Osmond Petty, Acting…