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Premier praises the island’s financial sector in recent trip to Switzerland
NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS -- The Premier of Nevis and Minister of Finance Hon. Vance Amory led a delegation to Zurich, Switzerland on May 5th,2015 to the Henley & Partners series of residence and citizenship forum. The trip was one of the…
Prime Minister Reveals Plans for New Parliament Building
(ZIZ News) - Prime Minister, the Hon. Dr. Timothy Harris has made public his desire to see the Federal Parliament of St. Kitts and Nevis be housed in its own building.
This was revealed, last Thursday, during the Prime Minister's…
Sir Dwight: Region has much to be Proud Of
(ZIZ News) -- The Governor of the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank, Sir K. Dwight Venner said the Caribbean is a unique destination that everyone should be proud of.
Sir Dwight cited a number of global concerns, including racism in America…
Results of SKNFA Matches Played over the Weekend (Friday 15th to Sunday 17th May, 2015
Friday 15th May
At Newtown Playing Field
Elvis Star Browne Women's League
C.C.C Bath United did not show up for their Game against Cayon.
* Officials were Caldon Duncan, Steadroy Techeira & Delroy Jeffers
On Saturday 16th May…
Exciting action continues in NABA League
Sports Page -- The Grell Hull-Stevens Netball complex, was the venue for some exciting Basketball matches over the last weekend.
This as the Nevis Amateur Basketball league (NABA) continued.
Here is a summary of the matches played:
Games…
Tennis Announces Team Awards & 2015-16 Captains
Amherst, Mass. -- After a 17-5 season and a runner-up finish in the Atlantic 10 Championship Tournament, the UMass women's tennis program named its annual award winners and team captains for the 2015-16 season.
The Minute women tied the…
Drag Racing
Sports Page -- One of the major events on the Drag Racing calendar will take place this coming weekend.
The race meet which is popularly referred to as the Winfest Drag Race event has been confirmed.
According to CJ Bartlette at the Drag…
Big Rock handcuffs Police
Sports Page -- The Big Rock team showed scant regard for the Lawmen when they faced off at the Cotton Ground playing field on Sunday 17th May.
The Guyanese based team won the toss and batted and amassed all of 207 for 5 in just 19 overs.…
Calypso defeats Easterns
Sports Page -- The Calypso Cricket team, got the better of the Easterns team in a second division encounter played on Saturday 16th May at the Cotton Ground playing field.
Easterns batted first and managed 110 all out.
J. Huggins top…
Marley Foundation donates $15m in equipment to hospitals
Kingston, Jamaica -- The Robert Marley Foundation has donated $15.4 million in equipment to the Bustamante Hospital for Children, the Victoria Jubilee Hospital, the St Ann’s Bay Hospital, and the Women’s Health Network.
According to a…
Guyana’s new president takes office
Georgetown, Guyana -- Five days after national elections were held in Guyana, Brigadier David Granger of the APNU-AFC coalition was on Saturday sworn in as Guyana's eighth president after the Guyana Election Commission (GECOM) officially…
Barbados police watching abuse of social media
Bridgetown, Barbados -- Police in Barbados are investigating incidents of individuals’ reputations, as well as their professional and private lives, coming under attack via social media.
Acting Commissioner of Police, Oral Williams, has…
Islamic group hacked Bahamas websites
Nassau, Bahamas -- The Bahamas ministry of tourism said on Friday that several government websites, including its own, were hacked on Wednesday morning by members of a Tunisian Islamist activist group called the Fallaga Team.
In a…
Bird flu’s economic impact above $300M in Minnesota
Minneapolis (AP) -- A new study estimates bird flu has cost Minnesota poultry producers at least $113 million, with losses in related industries pushing the overall toll past $300 million.
The University of Minnesota Extension study uses…
Obama moves to demilitarize US cops
Washington, United States (AFP) -- President Barack Obama plans to bar US police from getting tracked armoured vehicles, bayonets, grenade launchers, and large-calibre firearms, in response to accusations that law enforcement has become too…