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Los Angeles schools shut over email threat to students
(BBC) Los Angeles schools have been closed as an unspecified threat emailed to the school district is being investigated.
The threat against the second largest school system in the US led to 640,000 pupils being told to stay away, while…
Bill Cosby sues women who accused him of sexual assault
(BBC) Bill Cosby, accused by more than 40 women of sexual assault, has filed a lawsuit claiming that several of them lied about him for financial gain.
Mr Cosby, 78, is seeking unspecified monetary damages and said the women inflicted…
New Sugar Mill Venue Taking Shape
(ZIZ News) -- Construction is underway at the new site for the major shows this Carnival.
On Sunday afternoon, work was already in progress for the Sugar Mill, which will now be located at the southeast area of Port Zante.
Logistics…
Vehicular Stop and Search Yields Another Illegal Firearm and Ammunition
(ZIZ News) -- The Public Relations Department of the local Police Force is reporting that the 20th illegal firearm for 2015 was removed from the street during a vehicular stop and search in the Shadwell area, on Friday.
A release issued on…
Police Investigate Homicide
(ZIZ News) -- The police are investigating a homicide in Basseterre that occurred on Sunday.
Details surrounding the incident are unclear but Grell Browne from the Force's Public Relations Department confirmed that a man was shot and…
Bahamas human rights group wants Jamaican released
(Jamaica Observer) NASSAU, Bahamas – The Grand Bahamas Human Rights Association (GBHRA) has criticized the Bahamas government over the continued detention of a Jamaican “for the better part of a decade”.
The GBHRA said that it was also…
Body found in Grenada believed to be that of missing Canadian woman
(Caribbean360) St. George’s, Grenada - The search for missing Canadian Linnea Moore Veinotte has apparently come to a tragic end.
A partially decomposed body believed to be that of the 36-year-old was found in the south of the island…
Steps should be taken to contain HMP chickenpox
(Antigua Observer) Prison sources are still complaining that, despite the alleged outbreak of chicken pox at Her Majesty’s Prison (HMP), not much has been done to ensure that the virus does not affect more people who either work there or…
Merkel: Migrant crisis ‘historic test’ for Europe
(BBC) The German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, has described the migrant crisis as a "historic test" for Europe.
Defending her policy on migrants at the annual conference of her CDU party, Mrs Merkel said that Germany was standing by its…
Nigerian Shia movement leader’s ‘wife and son killed’
(BBC) Nigeria's main Shia Muslim sect says the wife and son of its leader have been killed in clashes with the military in the northern Kaduna state.
The clashes came after allegations that members of the sect had attempted to assassinate…
US joins Hungary protest over pro-Nazi Homan statue
(BBC) US and other diplomats joined a rally in Hungary against a planned statue honouring a pro-Nazi minister who fomented anti-Semitism in the 1930s.
The diplomats were with several hundred Hungarians at a candle-lit protest in…
Parliamentarians Meet at National Assembly Sitting
(ZIZ News) – The federation’s Members of Parliament gathered at National Assembly Chambers, on Friday, for what may very well be the final parliamentary sitting for 2015, before the Budget Presentation and subsequent debates.
Friday’s…
SKELEC Unveils New Office and E-Bizz Portal
(ZIZ News) – Customers of the St. Kitts Electricity Company Ltd. (SKELEC) are now able to conduct business in what is being described as a comfortable atmosphere, at the newly renovated customer service area.
SKELEC’s Chief Executive…
Pay Hike for Harowe Servo Workers
(ZIZ News) – The workers at API Harowe Servo will be getting a nine percent pay increase and additional bonuses, next year, following the signing of a collective bargaining contract between the company and the St. Kitts-Nevis Trades and…
SCASPA’s Acting CEO Thanks ROC-Taiwan for Continuous Support
(ZIZ News) – Government ministers aren’t the only ones praising the relationship between the Republic of China (ROC) on Taiwan and St. Kitts and Nevis.
On Thursday, Acting Chief Executive Officer for the St. Christopher Air and Sea Ports…