May 2022

Nevis now has an advisory board for the Boys' Mentorship Programme, after eight persons were installed as members by Hon. Hazel Brandy-Williams, Junior Minister of Health and Gender Affairs, at the Department of Gender Affairs conference…

Jane Hickson, the most recent centenarian in the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis, was celebrated for her ten decades of life on her birthday on Monday, May 23, at the Cardin Home.

Weather Update for Tuesday, 24th May 2022

Taiwan’s request to participate in the World Health Organization’s (WHO) annual assembly was rejected on Monday (May 23), the assembly said, in a decision that comes after diplomatic pressure from China to isolate Taiwan.

An earthquake of magnitude 6.0 Richter scale jolted the east coast of Honshu in Japan at 15:17 p.m. (local time) on Sunday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said.

US National Hurricane Centre (NHC) meteorologists are watching an area of disorganized showers and thunderstorms associated with a trough of low pressure over the north-central Gulf of Mexico.

The Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs (DCCA) has advised that J.M. Smucker Company has voluntarily recalled select Jif brand peanut butter products sold in the U.S., due to potential salmonella contamination.

Police arrested 20 Chinese men and one woman after seizing 68 kilos of cocaine worth $1.3 million from a vessel at Arawak Cay yesterday morning.

Whether from a small island nation or a large, densely populated nation, there are some who stand tall and stand out.

A captured Russian soldier who pleaded guilty to killing a civilian was sentenced by a Ukrainian court Monday to life in prison — the maximum — amid signs the Kremlin may, in turn, put on trial some of the fighters who surrendered at…

US president suggests he would intervene militarily during a Chinese invasion in an apparent break with decades-long policy.

Monkeypox can be contained in countries outside of Africa where the virus is not usually detected, the World Health Organization (WHO) says.

Twenty-four women are now equipped to launch or enhance their own businesses in the beauty industry, having completed a ten-day Beauty Entrepreneurship Seminar hosted by the Nevis Island Administration (NIA) Small Enterprise Development…

The Verchilds High School (VHS) came alive with excitement on the afternoon of Friday, May 20th, when the principal of the institution Mr. Meguel Thomas participated in several sprint events against selected athletes of the institution at…