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NIA – Minister of Agriculture on Nevis Hon. Alexis Jeffers says construction work for the new wing of the government-owned Abattoir at Prospect is ahead of schedule. He made the disclosure after touring the construction site on April 27,…

(SKNIS): Chief Medical Officer Dr. Patrick Martin has encouraged the Community Nursing Services and the Ministry of Health in general not to rest on achievements but rather to use them as motivation to advance health care in general. This…

British Cycling technical director Shane Sutton has been suspended amid an investigation into discrimination allegations. It follows a report in the Daily Mail that claimed Sutton made derogatory comments about Para-cyclists. Read More:…

Atletico Madrid coach Diego Simeone has received a touchline ban for the final three La Liga games of the season. The Argentine, 45, appeared to instruct a ball boy to throw a ball on to the pitch to disrupt a Malaga attack during…

Donald Trump has won presidential primaries in all five US states that voted on Tuesday, while Hillary Clinton triumphed in four out of five. Mr. Trump called himself the Republican "presumptive nominee" after victories in Connecticut,…

Turkey's PM Ahmet Davutoglu has said the country's new constitution will feature the principle of secularism. He said Turkey's secular and democratic character was "not up for debate". READ MORE:…

CASTRIES, St Lucia -- Responding to a reported commitment by political leader of the opposition United Workers Party (UWP), Allen Chastanet, to make public a confidential report into alleged extrajudicial killings by the Saint Lucia police…

ST THOMAS, USVI -- The US Virgin Islands Department of Health on Tuesday confirmed one additional case of the zika virus on St Croix and one in St Thomas. The total confirmed zika cases is now 16; 14 of which are on St Croix and two on St.…

(ZIZ Newsroom) — OECS Ministers for Youth and Social Development, Directors of Youth and Presidents of National Youth Councils are meeting at the Marriott Resort for a two-day regional discussion on advancing a strategy for youth…

Eulynis Browne Coordinator of Community Nursing Services (center) flanked by athletes promoting "Go for the Gold, Get Vaccinated" (SKNIS): April 26, was dubbed by the Community Health Services in the Ministry of Health as “National Switch…

(SKNIS): The Sir Llewellyn Lee Moore Legal and Judicial Complex is undergoing repairs today but will reopen for business on April 28, 2016. On Tuesday 26th April 2016 shortly after 2:00 p.m., the Ministry of Justice and Legal Affairs was…

A group of experts on international law and political science from Taiwan and abroad toured Taiping Island in the ROC’s Nansha (Spratly) Islands April 15 to gain a better understanding of conditions there. The visit, at the invitation of…

Tiger Woods played his first stretch of holes since last August at the opening of a course he helped design. The former world number one hit a ceremonial tee shot then played a few holes with his friend Mark O'Meara at Bluejack National in…

Former Aston Villa captain Stiliyan Petrov is in training with a view to coming out of retirement four years after being diagnosed with leukaemia. The Bulgarian, 36, wants to play professionally again and says the relegated club is his…

South Sudan's rebel leader Riek Machar has been sworn in as vice-president in a boost for a peace deal aimed at ending more than two years of conflict. He returned earlier to the capital, Juba, to take the post in a new unity government…