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Basseterre, St. Kitts (SKNIS) -- Five innovative youth anti-crime projects in St. Kitts and Nevis have received United Nations Development Project (UNDP) funding to carry out activities during the first quarter of this year. The enactment…

NIA Charlestown Nevis -- Premier of Nevis Hon. Vance Amory was presented with a token of appreciation from reigning Miss Caribbean Culture Queen Yarani Morton, for the courtesies extended by the Nevis Island Administration (NIA), at a…

NIA Charlestown Nevis -- Premier of Nevis Hon. Vance Amory believes that the island would experience an upswing in economic activity and that the financial sector would be one of the catalysts responsible. Mr. Amory who is also the…

(ZIZ News) -- Police are investigating a shooting this morning that has reportedly left one person hospitalized. According to sources the incident took place in Bird Rock at about 8 am. While police have confirmed the shooting they have…

Washington (AP) -- Renewing a push for paid leave for workers, President Barack Obama on Thursday will call on Congress, states and cities to pass measures to allow millions of workers to earn up to a week of paid sick time a year, the…

Ottawa, Canada (AFP) -- Five Canadians have died fighting alongside Islamic State militants in Syria, including a man who called for lone wolf attacks in Canada, local media reported Wednesday. The National Post said Ottawa-born John…

Lagos, Nigeria (AFP) -- Boko Haram fighters killed a woman as she was in labour during what is feared to be the deadliest attack in the militants' six-year insurgency, Amnesty International claimed on Thursday. The human rights group said…

Kingston, Jamaica -- The Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ) has provided $7.3 million to the University of Technology (UTech) to continue the development of the U-Touch multi-media software, designed to enhance the learning process for deaf…

Brades, Montserrat -- Reigning regional female calypso monarch, Crystal Cummins-Beckles of Barbados, is one of six women featured in Girl Talk, two special episodes of Emerald Vibes TV. Hosted by Sharlene Lindsay, the two-part episode…

Georgetown, Guyana -- The government of Guyana, the Private Sector Commission (PSC), and the Chambers of Commerce will be hosting a Surinamese trade mission/delegation from January 15-17, 2015. It is expected that the ministers of trade and…

Sports Page -- Miss Wanda Parry, President of the Nevis Amateur Basketball Association has revealed that in her Association’s ongoing efforts to make Basketball the number one sport on the island, there will be referees and scorers’…

Basseterre, St. Kitts -- Injury has forced one change to the Leeward Islands team for the upcoming NAGICO Super 50 tournament. Left hander batsman, Shane Jeffers has withdrawn with a hamstring injury. The selectors have since named Hayden…

St John’s, Antigua -- The Board of Directors of the West Indies Cricket Board met in Antigua on Saturday, January 10, 2015. The Board deliberated on a number of matters including cricketing, governance, developmental, commercial and…

Basseterre, St. Kitts (CUOPM) -- The Federation’s Prime Minister the Rt. Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas is expected to begin the warm up to the next general elections at the official opening of his new Constituency Office in Newton Ground this…

Basseterre, St Kitts -- On Thursday 8th January 2015, a funeral service was held at Charlestown Methodist Church for the late Constable Lesley L. Williams at 2:00pm. Members of The Royal St. Christopher and Nevis Police Force, St.…