2016

(BBC) The leader of a Mexican drug cartel, Edgar Valdez Villareal, has pleaded guilty to drugs charges in a US court. Valdez, a US citizen better known as "Barbie" for his light eyes, was arrested in Mexico in 2010 and extradited to the US…

(Caribbean News Now) Haiti - Following a working meeting on Tuesday with President Michel Martelly, Haiti’s Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) has confirmed in a letter signed by its president, Pierre-Louis Opont, "that it is able to…

(Antigua Observer) St. Vincent, Jan 6, CMC – Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves says too many taxpayers, including large and medium-sized taxpayers, “simply do not pay their taxes as required under the law”. He said the situation exists…

(Dominica News Online) The Ministry of Tourism is expected to intensify the marketing of Dominica as an ideal tourist destination in 2016. Hon Minister for Tourism, Senator Robert Tonge told GIS News last week that the whole idea of…

(ZIZ News) – Local cricket stakeholders joined staff of NAGICO Insurances and representatives of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) at the St. Kitts Marriott Resort, on Tuesday, for the official launch of the 2016 NAGICO Super50…

(ZIZ News) – Hashim Amla has resigned as South Africa’s Test Captain, immediately after his side drew the second test against England. The 32-year-old had been in poor form but made a double century to inspire his side's fight back after…

(ZIZ News) – Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Dr. Hon. Timothy Harris has high expectations for the Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) sector. In his 2016 New Year's Day address, he said there would be stimulation of activity and…

(ZIZ News) – Prime Minister, Dr. Hon. Timothy Harris is predicting that this year will be a “bumper year for the Federation in terms of tourism development.” He told the nation that the growth will come as a result of “advances in…

(ZIZ News) -- Canada’s recently elected Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, is currently in St. Kitts and Nevis. A photo has been circulating on social media which sees the popular leader posing with well known Nevisian chef and entrepreneur,…

(BBC) German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere has strongly criticised police handling of gang sex attacks on women and girls in Cologne on New Year's Eve. "The police shouldn't work like this," he said, as it emerged that three…

(BBC) An Islamic court has sentenced a Nigerian cleric to death by hanging for insulting the Prophet Muhammad in the northern city of Kano. Abdulazeez Dauda, popularly known as Abdul Inyass, was convicted after a trial held in secret to…

(BBC) A new two-year visa system for Chinese nationals visiting the UK will begin next week, the foreign secretary has announced. It will enable visitors from China to make multiple trips to the UK for longer periods, the government said.…

(Trinidad Express) Anthony Smith, 30, was yesterday rearrested and slapped with 21 charges involving human trafficking, child prostitution and assault. Among the charges is that of recruiting a child within Trinidad and Tobago for the…

(Caribbean360) Antigua – The Government has stepped in to assist a 15-year-old girl who was allegedly set alight by her mother on New Year’s Day, and has sent the teenager overseas for specialist treatment. Shaveesa Gasper suffered second…

(Jamaica Observer) Jamaica — The man who made headlines in 2012 with his wife after the decomposing body of their two-year-old son was found in a suitcase at their Chisolm Avenue, Kingston home, has again been arrested. This time, he is…