Yearly Archives

2015

Six-Point Security Plan for St. Kitts-Nevis Revealed

Basseterre, St. Kitts, July 16, 2015 (SKNIS): Details of the Royal St. Christopher and Nevis Police Force's six-point plan to enhance public safety was shared with residents on Wednesday (July 15) by the Prime Minister and Minister of…

Successes In HIV-AIDS Fight

(ZIZ News) -- Prime Minister the Hon Dr Timothy Harris says efforts in the region to tackle the spread of HIV-AIDS are bearing fruit. He said the UNAIDS Lancet Commissions Report on Defeating HIV AIDS stated that there is a distinct…

RSNPF: Professional and Effective

(ZIZ News) -- The Police High Command says as part of efforts to enforce the proposed Six-Point Plan to fight crime they will be taking steps to ensure the professionalism and effectiveness of the Police Force. During an interview on ZIZ…

UK Working With SKN In Crime-Fighting

(ZIZ News) -- A consultant from the United Kingdom has been working with the local police force to determine strategies to fight violent crimes. During the Prime Minister's press conference David King said one of the plans will include…

UNESCO chief denounces murder of Honduras journalists

Paris, France -- The director-general of United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Irina Bokova, has denounced the killing of three journalists in Honduras, reiterating that crimes against media workers…

Switzerland extradites first of seven FIFA suspects to US

Geneva, Switzerland (AFP) -- One of the seven FIFA officials held in Switzerland as part of an investigation into massive corruption at football's governing body has been extradited to the United States, the Swiss justice ministry said…

Warner is a stranger to the truth, says Trinidad PM

Port of Spain, Trinidad -- Following a press conference on Tuesday held by corruption accused Jack Warner that Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar described as “a damp squib littered with lies and more lies”, she went…

Barbados PM laments new era of industrial relations

Bridgetown, Barbados (BGIS) -- Prime Minister Freundel Stuart has lamented what he refers to as a new era of industrial relations in Barbados, describing it as “choke and rob industrial relations”. Stuart was speaking to the media on…

Jamaica positioning to benefit from nutraceutical industry

Kingston, Jamaica (JIS) -- Minister of science, technology, energy and mining, Phillip Paulwell, says Jamaica is positioning itself to derive tremendous economic and social benefits from the global nutraceutical industry, which is valued at…

Drag Racing

Sports Page -- An announcement coming from the Nevis Sports Department is indicating that the annual Culturama Drag Racing meet has been officially cancelled. A release from the department on Wednesday stated simply: ‘I would like to…

Free Players to be considered by LICA

St John's, Antigua -- Despite the absence of a senior Leeward Islands championship this year, players not previously contracted by the Leeward Islands franchise, but who would have performed throughout 2015, could be given an opportunity to…

Rain Forces abandonment of CPL Fixture

Sports Page -- There was a packed stadium on hand as Guyanese nationals, residents and visitors turned up in their numbers to witness their first match of the 2015 CPL league season on home soil. There was to be a major disappointment…