Yearly Archives

2015

Guyana goes to the polls on Monday in ‘historic’ election

Georgetown, Guyana -- Voters in Guyana go to the polls on Monday in what some are terming an “historic election” since that country’s independence from Great Britain in 1966. This election is unique because a combined opposition of blacks,…

CG Rebels continues dominance

Sports Page -- The CG Rebels team just barely edged out the Cayon Lions team out of St.Kitts in an exciting encounter, played on the evening of Saturday 9th May. The match was played at the Grell Hull Stevens Netball Complex. The final…

Bath Goes Premier

Sports Page -- The CCC Bath United Football league has been elevated to the Premier league of the St.Kitts and Nevis Football Association competitions. So far this year, the team has acquitted itself marvelously in the division one…

St. Kitts to Host 45th Annual CDB Board of Governors Meeting

(ZIZ News) -- St. Kitts will host the 45th Annual Meeting of the Caribbean Development Bank Board of Governors, next week, at the Marriott Resort. The meeting, which officially gets underway on May 17th, will feature a Vybzing Youth Forum…

IAAF Donates to Schools

(ZIZ News) -- The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) is giving local athletic development a jump start with a donation to 10 primary schools in St. Kitts and Nevis. In celebration of World Athletics Day, on Saturday,…

Embassy Suites by Hilton to open on St. Kitts

Basseterre, St. Kitts (SKNIS) -- St. Kitts and Nevis will see the opening of an Embassy Suites by Hilton Hotel in early 2017. This announcement was made in a press release from Hilton Hotels on Wednesday (May 6) after signing a franchise…

Youth Vybzing Challenge climaxes tonight

Basseterre, St. Kitts (SKNIS) -- Eleven vibrant persons will compete tonight (May 8) for a cash prize of more than $6,000 as the “Vybzing, St. Kitts and Nevis Spoken Word Challenge” finals take place at the Sweet Lime Restaurant at MaPou.…

J’can drug mules nabbed at NY airport

New York (CMC) -- United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers have arrested a Jamaican national with about 70 pellets of cocaine in his stomach as he arrived at the John F Kennedy (JFK) International Airport. CBP said…

UK’s Cameron savours his greatest victory

London, United Kingdom (AFP) -- Against all predictions, David Cameron on Friday won the first Conservative majority since 1992, securing himself another term as Britain's prime minister and silencing his critics -- at least for now. The…

Trinidad opposition leader suspended from parliament

Port of Spain, Trinidad -- Opposition leader Dr Keith Rowley was suspended from the Trinidad and Tobago Parliament at 9.15 on Wednesday night following a motion of no confidence and therefore will not be allowed to return to the House for…