January 9, 2016

(ZIZ News) -- The St. Kitts and Nevis Amateur Athletic Association (SKNAAA) has separated its Development Meet from the Challenge Series for the 2016 athletic season. That’s according to the association’s Public Relations Officer, Evris…

(ZIZ News) -- Canada’s Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau has wrapped up a 10-day family vacation in St. Kitts and Nevis. St. Kitts and Nevis’ Prime Minister, Dr. Hon. Timothy Harris and Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Hon. Mark Brantley met…

(ZIZ News) -- Adrian Webster of Sandown Road, Newtown has been sentenced to three years, hard labour, at Her Majesty’s Prison, in connection with the January 3rd 2016 discovery of an illegal firearm. Webster was one of two men in a vehicle…

(ZIZ News) -- National Security Minister, Dr. Hon. Timothy Harris has announced that his administration will use the first quarter of 2016 to make changes within the Royal St. Christopher and Nevis Police Force, including installing a new…

Mexico's authorities have recaptured drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, six months after he escaped from a maximum-security jail. In a post on Twitter, Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto said: "Mission accomplished: We got him."…

Three foreign tourists have been injured after attackers stormed into a hotel in the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Hurghada. The two attackers were killed by security forces at the four-star Bella Vista hotel. The tourists - whose…

More than three billion dollars (US$467 million) were laundered in Trinidad and Tobago over the last four years, according to information reported to the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU), Susan Francois, director of the unit, disclosed on…

The Electoral Observation Mission of the Organization of American States (EOM/OAS) in Haiti has welcomed the establishment of a date for the presidential run-off as a "step in the right direction", and called upon all actors to work towards…

(BBC) State prosecutors in Paraguay have raided the headquarters of Conmebol, South America's football confederation, near the capital Asuncion. They said the move was part of US-led investigations into corruption at Fifa, world football's…

(BBC) A massive bushfire that devastated a small town is still burning out of control in Western Australia. About 95 houses in Yarloop, south of Perth, have been destroyed and three people are reported to be missing. Wind gusts of up to…

(BBC) Ethiopian security forces have killed at least 140 people taking part in mass anti-government demonstrations since November, activists say, according to US-based Human Rights Watch (HRW). The protests have been sparked by fears that…

(Antigua Observer) The first batch of Cuban migrants attempting the enter the United States, are scheduled to depart Costa Rica next Tuesday. According to foreign minister Manuel Gonzalez, the group of 180 Cubans will depart by plane to El…

(Antigua Observer) Guyana – A fifty year old businessman is the country’s first victim of Swine Flu caused by the H1N1 virus. Vishnunarine Sugrim, also known as ‘Shook’, died on December 31, at the Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami, where…

(Caribbean360) Government has lifted the ban it introduced more than a year ago on people entering the island from countries affected by the deadly Ebola virus. The Ministry of National Security made the announcement yesterday, saying the…

West Indies batsman Chris Gayle is not taking an indecent exposure allegation lying down. He has hired a lawyer and is going after the Australian media house that broke the story that a female worker at the 2015 Cricket World Cup in Sydney…