June 2017

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, June 15, 2017 (Press Unit in the Office of the Prime Minister) – Deputy Prime Minister, the Honourable Shawn Richards, joined his Cabinet colleagues in wishing the Firearms (Amendment) Bill 2017 safe passage, when he…

(SKNIS): After much intense debate from parliamentarians in St. Kitts and Nevis, the Firearms Amendment Bill, 2017, was read a third time and passed into law on day three of the National Assembly on Thursday, June 15. In his wrap up of…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, June 15, 2017(RSCNPF) The Royal St. Christopher and Nevis Police Force discovered a human body that has been identified as missing teenager Leanna Napoleon. A shallow grave with her body was discovered in the…

At least six people have died after a huge fire raged through the night at a west London tower block, and police expect that number to rise. Eyewitnesses described people trapped in the burning Grenfell Tower, in north Kensington,…

Billed as one of golf's toughest tests, the 2017 US Open looks set to push the world's best to their limits as Erin Hills prepares for its first major. At nearly 8,000 yards, the 11-year-old links-style layout will be the longest course…

A top US Republican was among five people wounded in a "multiple shooting" during baseball practice in an upmarket Washington DC suburb. House of Representatives Majority Whip Steve Scalise was hit but expected to survive after the early…

Kumar Sangakkara's 100th career century helped Surrey beat Yorkshire by 24 runs to reach the One-Day Cup semi-finals. The Sri Lankan's brilliant run-a-ball 121, in a fourth-wicket stand of 180 with Ben Foakes (86), helped the visitors to…

Trinidad and Tobago health authorities are investigating reports that Dr Conrad Murray, who was convicted of the involuntary manslaughter of King of Pop Michael Jackson eight years ago, has been practising medicine in the twin-island…

(MOFA): The Permanent Mission of the Republic of Poland to the United Nations recently informed the Government of St. Kitts and Nevis that it has removed St. Kitts and Nevis from its national list of uncooperative tax havens. In 2015,…

(SKNIS): A new government programme will make available a cumulative total of 50 acres of land for farming by persons who may have run afoul of the law or who are at higher risks from criminal elements. This is another measure by the…

England are set to drop opener Jason Roy for Wednesday's Champions Trophy semi-final against Pakistan in Cardiff. Roy, 26, has made only 51 runs in his past eight one-day internationals. Read more:…

Jamaica has long been regarded as a homophobic country, and now a damning report on HIV/AIDS in the country’s prisons has unearthed some alarming problems. According to a new report, Barriers Behind Bars, inmates who have been identified…

Sri Lankan Kumar Sangakkara scored the 100th century of his career in Surrey's One-Day Cup quarter-final. The 39-year-old made 121 against Yorkshire at Headingley, his 39th limited-overs hundred to go with 61 in first-class cricket.…