January 2017

(PRESS SEC) — His Excellency Dr. Hamad Bin Abdulaziz Al-Kawari, a Qatari diplomat and statesman, who is also Qatar’s candidate for the post of Director-General of UNESCO, paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Dr. the Honourable Timothy…

President-elect Donald Trump's pick to be the new attorney general has denied sympathising with the Ku Klux Klan, in a tough Senate confirmation hearing. Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions, 69, also pledged to recuse himself from any…

Fifa president Gianni Infantino has defended the expansion of the World Cup to 48 teams, insisting the change was based on "sporting merit" and not to make money. The sport's world governing body voted unanimously in favour of the change…

The thirty-ninth meeting of the Community Council of Ministers opened on Monday at the CARICOM headquarters in Guyana, under the chairmanship of Guyana’s vice president and minister for foreign affairs, Carl Greenidge. In his remarks to…

(ZIZ News) -- The police are investigating a traffic accident in keys that has put a young boy in the hospital. According to reports, just before five pm on Monday the seven year old boy was crossing the island main road when he was hit…

(PRESS SEC) — Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris’ Annual Gala Event, which was held on Saturday, January 7th, 2017 in the Grand Ballroom of the St. Kitts Marriott Resort, attracted a large, diverse…

President-elect Donald Trump is to make son-in-law Jared Kushner one of his senior advisers. The 35-year-old played a key role in the presidential campaign and his new White House job will cover both domestic and foreign policy. Read…

Cristiano Ronaldo was named the world's best player at the inaugural Best Fifa Football Awards in Zurich. Real Madrid and Portugal forward Ronaldo, 31, beat Barcelona's Lionel Messi and Atletico Madrid's Antoine Griezmann to the prize.…

Opposition leader, Philip J Pierre, has described recent changes to Saint Lucia’s citizenship by investment programme (CIP) by the current United Workers Party (UWP) government as a “desecration” of the programme. Read more:…

(SKNIS): Former Chairman of the Republican National Committee (RNC) and Obama critic, Michael Steele, has said that the “ultimate test and challenge of the new president” have to do with healing a nation that President-elect Donald Trump…

(SKNIS): American politician, MSNBC political analyst and author of the book “Right Now: A 12-Step Program For Defeating The Obama Agenda”, Michael Steele, has said that people are fed up with political establishments that talk loud but say…

Junior football clubs in England face suspension from the Football Association if their coaches have not been cleared to work with children. The warning, in a letter to clubs from the FA, follows allegations of historical child abuse in…