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Presidential runoff elections in Haiti set for January 24
(Caribbean News Now) Haiti - Following a working meeting on Tuesday with President Michel Martelly, Haiti’s Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) has confirmed in a letter signed by its president, Pierre-Louis Opont, "that it is able to…
Mexican drug lord ‘Barbie’ pleads guilty in US court
(BBC) The leader of a Mexican drug cartel, Edgar Valdez Villareal, has pleaded guilty to drugs charges in a US court.
Valdez, a US citizen better known as "Barbie" for his light eyes, was arrested in Mexico in 2010 and extradited to the US…
Iran accuses Saudis of hitting Yemen embassy
(BBC) Iran has accused Saudi-led coalition warplanes of damaging its embassy and injuring staff in an air strike on Yemen's capital, Sanaa.
State media quoted a foreign ministry spokesman as saying planes had deliberately targeted the…
Alabama’s top judge urges gay marriage halt
(BBC) The Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court has urged judges in his state to deny marriage licences to same-sex couples.
Roy Moore's administrative order defies a US Supreme Court ruling from June that legalised gay marriage…
Adjusting to Life at the New Basseterre High School
(ZIZ News) – It’s been a few days since the official opening of the new temporary site of Basseterre High School and Principal Ron Collins says the staff and students have been settling in well.
He declared having most of the students on…
Requirements for the Bank of Commerce Cheque Collection
(ZIZ News) – Chief Retail Banking Officer at the St. Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla National Bank, Donald Thompson says persons collecting cheques as part of the Bank of Commerce payout, must present two pieces of government-issued identification…
Notice of Meeting
Notice is hereby given that the FORTY - FIFTH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of St. Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla National Bank Limited will be held at St. Kitts Marriott Resort on Thursday, 21st January, 2016 at 5.00 p.m. for the following purposes:-
1 To…
PM talks PEP
(ZIZ News) -- Prime Minister Dr. Hon. Timothy Harris addressed the People’s Employment Programme (P.E.P) initiative, while speaking to the nation on January 1st.
This, as much speculation surrounds the programme which had been heavily…
Prime Minister Harris calls for Greater Efficiency within Civil Service
(ZIZ News) -- Prime Minister, Dr. Hon. Timothy Harris has reiterated calls made in the 2016 Budget Address for there to be greater efficiency within the civil service.
Speaking during his New Year’s address on January 1st, Dr. Harris…
Sugar Mas 44 Ends in Federation
“Revel like Never before for Sugar Mas 44” is the slogan for the 44th edition of St. Kitts-Nevis’ National Carnival which, although most of the activities are over, is not set to be officially over until January 9th.
On Wednesday, ZIZ…
Region Warned To Be On Alert For Zika Virus
An alert has been issued by the Pan American Health Organisation for the Caribbean region as a result of cases of the mosquito-borne Zika Virus that have occurred.
The Zika Virus is transmitted by the same Aedes Aegypti mosquito that is…
Obama Could Visit Cuba This Year
US President, Barack Obama is expected to meet an extensive international agenda this year including visits to European and Asian nations, as well as Colombia and Peru, with the possibility of also visiting Cuba.
Obama’s visit to Peru has…
Suitcase couple husband arrested; suspect in wife’s death
(Jamaica Observer) Jamaica — The man who made headlines in 2012 with his wife after the decomposing body of their two-year-old son was found in a suitcase at their Chisolm Avenue, Kingston home, has again been arrested.
This time, he is…
Antigua government rushes to aid of teen allegedly set on fire by mother
(Caribbean360) Antigua – The Government has stepped in to assist a 15-year-old girl who was allegedly set alight by her mother on New Year’s Day, and has sent the teenager overseas for specialist treatment.
Shaveesa Gasper suffered second…
Man, 30, slapped with 21 charges: child prostitution, human trafficking and assault
(Trinidad Express) Anthony Smith, 30, was yesterday rearrested and slapped with 21 charges involving human trafficking, child prostitution and assault.
Among the charges is that of recruiting a child within Trinidad and Tobago for the…