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Nevis Dept. of Agriculture to observe Agriculture Awareness Month in May
NIA Charlestown Nevis -- The third annual Agriculture Awareness Month hosted by the Ministry of Agriculture, will begin on May 1st with a range of agriculture-related activities promoting food security.
The month comes on the heels of what…
Diplomatic Passports Not For Sale, Government Not Afraid To Revoke Passports
(ZIZ News) – Prime Minister, Hon. Dr. Timothy Harris, has made it clear that his government will not facilitate the sale of any diplomatic passport.
During his monthly press conference, Dr. Harris said while his administration will…
Board of Directors’ Selection Process Nears End, Says Prime Minister Hon. Dr. Timothy Harris
(ZIZ News) - As the transition from the St. Kitts-Nevis Labour Party-led government to that of the Team Unity-led Government of St. Kitts and Nevis continues, Prime Minister Hon. Dr. Timothy Harris said the selection of new boards of…
Athletics: World records for IAAF World Relays
Nassau, Bahamas (AFP) -- Here is a list of the current ratified world records ahead of the inaugural IAAF World Relays in Nassau on May 2-3:
Current ratified world records:
Men
4x100m: Jamaica 36.84sec; August 11, 2012; London
4x200m:…
Results of SKNFA Elvis Star Browne Women’s League Match Played on Thursday 30th April, 2015
At Conaree Playing Field
SOL Island Auto Conaree 4 vs Caribbean Journey Masters Village Superstars 0
(Half Time 1 - 0)
Scoring for SOL Island Auto Conaree
Kevlandra Francis scored a hat trick in…
Rapid Tamim fifty leads Bangladesh reply
Sports Page -- Left-arm spinner Taijul Islam ended with figures of 6 for 163 - his third Test five-for - as Pakistan lost their last five wickets for 34 runs, but the damage had already been done. Leading by 205 runs at the start of the…
Cricket
Sports Page -- Today, May 1st is a significant day in the life of Elquemedo Tonito Willet.
The quietly spoken, humble man, has the distinct honour of being the first Nevisian and indeed the first Leeward islander, to make it into the West…
T&T Health Minister says protesting nurses might change mind if report revealed
Port of Spain, Trinidad -- Health Minister Fuad Khan has said if he were to reveal the report of the patient involved in a recent altercation with a nurse, which caused the protest action by nurses, it would put a new light on the…
Barbados signs offshore exploration licences
Bridgetown, Barbados (BGIS) -- Barbados on Wednesday took a step towards securing its energy future by signing two offshore exploration licences with the international oil company BHP Billiton.
Prime Minister Freundel Stuart and vice…
Jamaica to expand trade with Cuba and Costa Rica
Kingston, Jamaica -- The government of Jamaica is moving to strengthen and deepen trade relations with Cuba and Costa Rica.
The move follows the successful outcomes of trade missions to the countries earlier this month, which were led by…
Action plan agreed by stakeholders to improve OECS intra-regional travel
Castries, St. Lucia, CMC -- The establishment of a “One STOP Security Check” system has been identified among the measures to be undertaken to improve intra-regional travel within the sub-regional Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States…
J’can cop testifies in US lottery scam trial
Bismarck, North Dakota (AP) -- A top Jamaican law enforcement officer testifying in a US trial said Thursday his country is making progress in disrupting lottery scams but that many children still want to grow up to be fraudsters.
Corporal…
Saudi beheads Pakistani for drug trafficking
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (AFP) -- Saudi Arabia beheaded a Pakistani convicted of drug smuggling on Friday, the 73rd execution in the kingdom so far this year.
Shirin Khan Abbas Khan was put to death in Riyadh province after being found guilty…
Baltimore protests over police custody death spread to Philadelphia
Washington, United States (AFP) -- Protests broke out in Baltimore and spread to Philadelphia on Thursday over the death of an African-American man, as fresh claims emerged of how Freddie Gray sustained his fatal injuries in police custody.…
Sugar Workers Restoration Fund Committee Secretariat to open Next Week
Basseterre, St. Kitts -- The secretariat of the Sugar Workers Restoration Fund (SWRF) committee will open next week in Basseterre, St. Kitts.
This according to Chairman of the SWRF committee, Mr. Osbert Desuza, (Ag) Permanent Secretary in…