May 2016

Turkey's president has told the EU it will not change its anti-terror laws in return for visa-free travel. "We'll go our way, you go yours," Recep Tayyip Erdogan said. Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36229468

The likely Democratic nominee for president, Hillary Clinton, was the keynote speaker at the NAACP’s Fight for Freedom Fund Dinner in Detroit, in which she expressed a concern that she was going to “shirk” what needs to be done. In the…

The ministry of health has advised that Grenada has reported its first laboratory confirmed case of zika virus infection. A 27-year-old female non-Grenadian was diagnosed as the island's first case of the mosquito related illness. The case…

(ZIZ News) -- Formal charges have been laid against Pia Nisbett of Spooner’s Village who was arrested on Sunday (May 01) at the Robert L. Bradshaw International Airport after a search discovered cocaine on her person. Nisbett was charged…

(RSCNPF): The Special Victims Unit is currently investigating an incident of Inflicting Grievous Bodily Harm that occurred in Keys Village. The investigations have revealed that about 5.45pm on Thursday (May 05), an altercation occurred…

(ZIZ News) -- Senior staff members at Her Majesty’s Prison have been undergoing training this week in an effort to boost their effectiveness. The Prison Management Training Courses have been held at the Police Training Complex under the…

(SKNIS): The Ministry of Tourism has sharpened focus on the development of sustainable tourism which has the objective of preserving the culture and heritage in relation to the environment, while giving consideration to socio-economic…

(ZIZ News) -- Governor of the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank, Timothy N. J. Antoine, met with representatives of the Germany-based Savings Banks Foundation for International Cooperation (SBFIC) on 3 May to discuss the start of a project…

(SKNIS): Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis, Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris, who is in Washington D.C. to attend the United States-Caribbean-Central American (US-CCA) Energy Summit in Washington D.C. from May 3-4, 2016, is holding…

(PRESS SEC) – Prime Minister Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris and members of his Cabinet met with officials from the St. Kitts-Nevis Chamber of Industry and Commerce on Thursday, April 28th for a roundtable discussion on the economy and…

(ZIZ News) -- The athletes who participated in the Special Olympics were the beneficiaries of an EC $12,000 dollar donation courtesy of The CFBC Jenkins Cohort 4 Leadership Team during an award ceremony held at Government House on Saturday.…

(RSCNPF): Allan Broadbelt a resident of Bath village has been formally charged and cautioned for the offences of House Breaking and Larceny committed between 19-20 July 2014 in Farms Estate Nevis. The charges stem from the discovery of a…

(RSCNPF): A search of arriving luggage and persons at the Robert L. Bradshaw International Airport by officers of Her Majesty's Customs and Excise Department on Sunday night (May 01) has resulted in the seizure of a quantity of a white…

Shia Muslim activists who occupied Iraq's parliament on Saturday have begun to leave Baghdad's government district. Organisers used loudspeakers to call an end to the sit-in in the Green Zone. Read more at:…

Farmers and communities in Antigua and Barbuda are better equipped to withstand drought, improve food production, and enhance the country’s resilience to climate change following completion of the Antigua part of the Organization of Eastern…