May 2016

(RSCNPF): Commander Police Division "A" Superintendent Cromwell Henry and Commander of the Nevis Division Superintendent Trevor Mills have expressed commendation to the organizers and patrons of the 2016 "Green Valley Festival and WinFest"…

Up to 31 athletes from six sports could be banned from competing at the Rio Games, Olympic chiefs have said. The announcement comes after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) retested 454 selected doping samples from the 2008 Games in…

Jamaican sprint superstar Usain Bolt is undergoing treatment in Germany for what his coach described as an "aggravated hamstring injury" following his first race of the season, local radio reported Monday. Glen Mills, Bolt's coach, said…

Around 12,000 people have been urged to leave Canada's oil sands camps near the fire-hit town of Fort McMurray as a resurgent wildfire heads towards them. A regional official told the BBC that 8,000 people were given precautionary…

Five villagers in a drought-hit part of northern India have died while trying to restore a disused drinking well. The men died after inhaling poisonous gases that had collected in the well in Haryana state, a local official said. READ…

Venezuela's opposition leader urged his country on Tuesday to defy a state of emergency decreed by the government as it grapples with an acute political and economic crisis. Henrique Capriles spoke as the opposition-controlled congress…

Workers at the government headquarters were forced to evacuate the building after police said they had found a suspicious object near the gate. Media reports said that the object “appeared wired up” and that members of the Special Services…

(ZIZ News) -- In anticipation of the 10th anniversary of Regional Testing Day (RTD) next year, the 2016 campaign will be launched on May 20 under the aegis of The Caribbean Broadcast Media Partnership on HIV/Aids with support from…

(ZIZ News) — Persons affected by cancer in the Federation will soon be given the opportunity to receive treatment closer to home. This was revealed by Minister of Health Hon. Eugene Hamilton who outlined plans for an oncology unit to be…

(RSCNPF): Chad Williams of Central Street has been arrested, formally charged and cautioned on two warrants in the first Instance for the offence of of Attempted Murder. Williams is also charged with one count of Shooting at With Intent.…

(ZIZ News) -- The Police Force’s K-9 Unit has been boosted with the addition of seven police dogs or K-9 Officers. The dogs have been trained in various roles such as explosives detection, narcotics detection and general tracking. For the…

NIA – The Nevis Health Promotion Unit (HPU) in the Ministry of Health, in collaboration with the Community Health Nursing Services, is commemorating World Hypertension Day (WHD) on May 17, with visits to local businesses on the island and…

(ZIZ News) — The Sandy Point Benevolent Society has major plans for 2016. Every year the society hosts a formal awards banquet in New York. At the banquet launch ceremony held at the Sandy Point Hard Court, featured speaker Dr. Stuart…

(ZIZ News) -- The staff and students of the Charles E Mills Secondary School are the proud recipients of a new state of the art intercom system courtesy of the Sandy Point Benevolent Society. The group presented the system during a handing…

(SKNIS): The long-standing friendship between the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis and the Republic of China (Taiwan) for thirty-two years will be in the spotlight when the Federation’s third Prime Minister, Dr. the Honourable Timothy…