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January 2018

CrewFest participants learn Caribbean cuisine

Basseterre, St. Kitts, 19th January, 2018 - One of the special activities at the third annual Caribbean CrewFest 2018 was the exposure of several participants to the creation of an authentic Caribbean Breakfast - Ackee and Saltfish. Led…

Officers find illegal drugs concealed in water heater

(ZIZ News/Press Release) -- Officers of the Royal St. Christopher and Nevis Police Force and Her Majesty’s Customs and Excise Department found illegal drugs concealed in a package earlier this week. According to a statement, on Wednesday…

Traffic lights will be switched on before the end of January

(SKNIS): Director of the Public Works Department (PWD), Cromwell Williams, urged residents of St. Kitts and Nevis to be prepared for the commissioning of the traffic lights, which is expected to be done before the end of January, 2018.…

Officials successfully test traffic lights in St. Kitts

(SKNIS): There was a buzz of excitement in downtown Basseterre on Wednesday (January 17) as motorists and pedestrians witnessed the testing of the traffic lights in anticipation of their upcoming commissioning. The tests were conducted…

January 16th: Three years later

(PRESS SEC) — Today, Tuesday, January 16th, 2018, marks three years since the then-St. Kitts-Nevis Labour Party government hastily introduced a Proclamation into Parliament and passed a Resolution to change electoral constituency boundaries…

Students receive Alexander Hamilton Scholarship Award

NIA -- Four students are now the new recipients of the Alexander Hamilton Scholarship Award. The students were presented with their awards by Hon. Eric Evelyn, Minister of Youth and Community Development on Nevis, on Friday, January 12,…

Sexual Offences Model Court to Be Set Up In Antigua

Antigua and Barbuda will have a Sexual Offences Model Court this year. It is being established by the Judicial Reform and Institutional Strengthening (JURIST) Project in collaboration with the Government of Antigua and Barbuda and the…

Carillion collapse raises job fears

Construction giant Carillion has gone into liquidation, threatening thousands of jobs. The move came after talks between the firm, its lenders and the government failed to reach a deal to save the UK's second biggest construction…