2017

Four more Jamaicans have thrown in the towel in the US courts, pleading guilty to their involvement in a lottery scam that bilked at least 90 Americans out of more than US$5.7 million. Dario Palmer, Alrick McLeod and Kazrae Gray all…

(SKNIS): Minister of Human Settlement et al., the Hon. Eugene Hamilton in partnership with the National Housing Corporation (NHC) handed over the keys to a newly renovated house to Ms. Pamella Cornelius at a ceremony held in St. Peter’s on…

Five friends from Argentina were among those killed in a truck attack in New York on Tuesday. Eight people were killed and 12 injured when the driver of the truck hit people on a cycle path in Lower Manhattan. Read more:…

When Tottenham Hotspur made their first trip to Real Madrid in the Champions League, a teenage Harry Kane was offering few signs of his future potential. On 5 April 2011, while Spurs were being torn apart at the Bernabeu, the 18-year-old…

The ruling Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) now has an additional representative in the House of Representatives after its candidate in one of three by-elections yesterday won a seat that had been held by the main opposition People’s National…

Sacked Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont will not return to Spain to answer charges including rebellion, his Belgian lawyer has said. Speaking to the Associated Press, Paul Bekaert suggested Mr Puigdemont should instead be questioned in…

Switzerland's Roger Federer beat Argentine Juan Martin del Potro to win the Swiss Indoors - then withdrew from next week's Paris Masters. Federer's 6-7 (5-7) 6-4 6-3 win moved him within 1,460 points of Spanish world number one Rafael…

Against the backdrop of 117 murders so far this year in the Bahamas, the country has a new top cop. Anthony Ferguson, former Deputy Commissioner of Police, formally took up his promotion as Commissioner of Police at a formal ceremony…

(SKNIS): President of the St. Kitts and Nevis Chamber of Industry and Commerce (CIC) Jose Rosa has hailed the positive relationship between the Government and the private sector, noting that the high level of support and interaction is most…

The FND Enterprise Cooperative Credit Union (FNDECCU) held another successful Annual General Meeting at Ocean Terrace Inn on Thursday 19th, October 2017. The eighth annual general meeting was historic on several fronts. The FNDECCU…

(SKNIS): Four Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) programmes and institutions will soon be merged to form the National Training Institute (NTI), which will become a one-stop shop for skill and technical competency…

South Africa has been recommended to host the 2023 Rugby World Cup ahead of Ireland and France, the tournament's organising board has announced. The World Rugby Council will meet on 15 November in London for a final vote. READ MORE:…

US President Donald Trump has played down the importance of an ex-campaign aide indicted in the Russia inquiry. He said his onetime foreign policy adviser George Papadopoulos was a "low level volunteer" and "liar". Mr Trump once called…