May 2016

Thirty finalists will vie for various awards in the 2016 St. Kitts Tourism Experience Awards, which takes place on Saturday 21st May at the Carambola Beach Club. According to a statement The St. Kitts Tourism Experience Awards is the…

The United Nations Security Council has expressed its deep disappointment that Haitian officials have failed to meet the election and inauguration deadlines agreed upon in the February political accord, calling on all concerned to ensure…

A suspicious item discovered at Old Trafford on Sunday was a training device, police have confirmed. The match between Manchester United and Bournemouth was called off after the device was found shortly before kick-off. Bomb disposal…

(ZIZ News) -- On Sunday the Department of Youth Empowerment hosted a beach event to bring fathers and children together. The Father Child Sand Sculpting Competition was held at the Marriott Beach. Three father child teams took part in the…

(ZIZ News) -- The results of weeks of planning, marketing, research and creativity were put on display on Friday when participants in the Junior Achievement Programme in St. Kitts and Nevis offered their services for hire at a Trade Fair at…

(RSCNPF): A community safety patrol by men of the Tactical Unit in Cayon has resulted in the seizure of a .40mm pistol and a magazine with fourteen (14) rounds of .40mm ammunition. While patrolling to ensure citizen safety in the “shanty…

(ZIZ NEWS)— The Ministry of Health raised awareness on mosquitoes in the Federation with an exhibition at the Independence Square on Friday. According to Deputy Chief Environmental Health Officer, Jermaine Lake, the awareness campaign was…

KINGSTON, Jamaica, Friday May 13, 2016 – Early childhood education teachers are to benefit from a further 15 percent increase in salary this year. State Minister of Education, Youth and Information Floyd Green, who made the announcement on…

HAVANA, Cuba (ACN) -- Representatives of Cuba and the United States will meet in Havana on Monday to take stock of progress in the process towards normalization of ties, Gustavo Machin, deputy director general of the Cuban Foreign…

Regional and western powers gathered in Nigeria to discuss their war with boko haram, as the United Nations said the group posed a major threat to security in West Africa. Nigeria is seeking closer military cooperation to bring to an end…

A British former Catholic priest wanted over child sex abuse allegations has been arrested in Kosovo, local police sources say. Lawrence Soper was being hunted over sex offences allegedly carried out when he was abbot of Catholic Ealing…

The Obama administration has told schools to let transgender pupils use toilets matching their gender identity. Attorney General Loretta Lynch said schools that don't comply may face lawsuits or lose federal aid if they do not comply.…

Born on an Alabama farm in July 1899, Susannah Mushatt Jones was also the last living American born in the 19th Century. She lived in three centuries, through two world wars and 20 US presidencies Read more:…

The Cayman Islands premier has called on the world’s nations attending the anti-corruption summit in London to stop the hypocrisy regarding the fight against financial crime and make standards truly global. Alden McLaughlin did not name…

In a statement on Thursday, the Venezuelan embassy in St Vincent and the Grenadines denounced as a forgery a payment order purporting to show that $272,325 had been transferred on March 11, 2014, to Euro Pacific Bank Limited in Kingstown,…