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Shooting Victim Gets Help From Venezuela
(ZIZ News) -- A woman who was the victim of a shooting incident last year on “The Strip” at Frigate Bay is receiving medical treatment thanks to the Government of Venezuela.
Eunella Henry left the country on Sunday morning to receive…
Rotary Cruise For Charity
(ZIZ News) -- On Sunday, the Rotary Club of St. Kitts continued fundraising efforts for autism awareness by facilitating a "Cruise for Charity".
About 150 persons signed up to travel along the Caribbean coast of St. Kitts on the party boat…
SKNABA Premier League: Development Bank Challengers Exodus muzzle Wolf Pack 80-64
Basseterre, St. Kitts -- In front of a small but appreciative crowd, Development Bank Challengers Exodus Basketball Club signalled the fact that they intend to retain the SKNABA Premier League championship for a third year running when they…
Results of SKNFA Matches Played Over the Weekend (Friday 24th to Sunday 26th April, 2015)
On Friday 24th April
Elvis Star Browne Women's Easter Cup Semi Finals
At Newtown Playing Field
* C.C.C. Bath United did not show up for their game against Winners Circle Newtown United
* Officials were Walter James, Shatresha Ephraim,…
NTU ready for Primary Championship
Sports Page -- Head coach, Kurvin Wallace and Nevis Teachers’ Union representative, Ercia Blake, are both convinced that the Nevisian Primary School athletes who will be competing against their kittitian counterparts on Saturday May 2nd…
CG rebels wins over PJ’s
Sports Page -- A SKNABA BASKETBALL game was played on Saturday 25th April, at the Grell Hull Stevens Complex.
The two local teams in the league in CG Rebels and PJ’s, faced off but the experienced CG Rebels , held their nerves in a close…
Opponents call for referendum ahead of CCJ adoption
Port of Spain, Trinidad (CMC) -- Former St Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Sir James Mitchell urged Trinidad and Tobago to think seriously about replacing the London-based Privy Council with the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) as…
CHASE Fund inks contract for J$103-m upgrade to five basic schools
Kingston, Jamaica -- The CHASE Fund has signed construction and renovation contracts amounting to J$103 million to build and upgrade five basic and infant schools in the parishes of Hanover, Westmoreland, St Elizabeth, Manchester, and…
Energy, security, competitiveness commitments: CARICOM-US summit outcomes
Georgetown, Guyana -- The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is moving forward from the recent CARICOM-US summit with seed funding for a sustainable energy programme, a commitment to help fast-track ICT development, and continued support for…
Barbados economy turning around, says minister
Bridgetown, Barbados (BGIS) -- The Barbados economy has begun to turn around, says the island’s minister of finance, Christopher Sinckler.
He made the disclosure last evening, as he delivered the feature address at the official opening of…
Nepalis flee quake-devastated capital as toll passes 3,800
Kathmandu, Nepal (AFP) -- Nepalis started fleeing their devastated capital on Monday after an earthquake killed more than 3,800 people and toppled entire streets, as the United Nations prepared a "massive" aid operation.
With fears rising…
3 young women jailed in Russia for twerking next to monument
Moscow (AP) -- A court in southern Russia has sentenced three young women to brief jail terms for making a video showing them twerking next to a World War II memorial.
Russia celebrates the 70th anniversary of the Allies' victory in the…
Half of world’s rural populations cannot access health care: UN
Geneva, Switzerland (AFP) -- More than half the population of rural areas worldwide do not have access to basic health care, with four in five rural Africans lacking services, the United Nations said Monday.
In the first report of its…
Panama’s former president may have money laundering indictment waiting in US
Panama City, Panama -- Former Panamanian president, Ricardo Martinelli, appears to have intentionally avoided entering, or even transiting the United States since leaving office last year.
While criminal charges against former heads of…
Courage and Loyalty at Core of Army Service
Basseterre, St. Kitts (SKNIS) -- The Commander of the St. Kitts-Nevis Defence Force (SKNDF) has charged the newest members under his command to serve the nation with courage and loyalty.
“Courage is the motto of the SKNDF,” Lt. Colonel…