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Caricom Secretary General meets with St. Kitts –Nevis’ Caricom Youth Ambassador Boddie
Basseterre, St. Kitts -- Caricom Secretary General, Ambassador Irwin La Rocque on Tuesday met with female Caricom Youth Ambassador, Ms.Sonia Boddie during his visit to the Federation, to hold talks with Prime Minister Dr. the Hon. Timothy…
Prime Minister Harris encourages Citizenship by Investment Workers to strive for excellence while…
Basseterre, St. Kitts -- Prime Minister Dr the Hon Timothy Harris and Minister responsible for the Citizenship by Investment Programme has urged employees of the Citizenship by Investment Unit to exhibit the highest standards of…
Windies stage gutsy fight-back after early slump
North Sound, Antigua, CMC -- West Indies were staging a gutsy fight-back against England at stumps on the second day of the first test at the Vivian Richards Cricket Stadium here Tuesday.
Veteran Shiv Chanderpaul and Jermaine Blackwood…
Blackwood hits first ton
North Sound, Antigua and Barbuda (AFP) -- England’s top-order tumbled cheaply again, but the tourists still worked themselves into a commanding position at 116 for three in their second innings, an overall lead of 220, by stumps on the…
Trinidad rattled by strong earthquake
Port of Spain, Trinidad (CMC) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.4 rocked Trinidad and Tobago on Wednesday night but there were no immediate reports of damages or injuries.
The United States Geological Survey said the quake was also…
NY Heart doctor tried to have rival killed
Mineola, New York (AP) -- A Long Island heart doctor had another doctor's office torched, then hired people who turned out to be undercover officers in a failed attempt to have him hurt or killed, authorities said Wednesday.
Dr Anthony J…
Ganja not for schoolchildren, Thwaites warns
Kingston, Jamaica -- “Ganja is not for schoolchildren and smoking it is not to be encouraged,” Minister of Education Ronald Thwaites cautioned Parliament yesterday.
Thwaites, speaking in the Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives…
‘Take a breath,’ Barbados minister tells on Antigua PM over LIAT
Bridgetown, Barbados (WINN) -- Barbados has responded to Antiguan concerns over an alleged plan to wind up regional airline LIAT to facilitate the start up of a new Barbados-owned airline.
Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne…
OAS electoral observation mission makes preliminary visit to Guyana
Georgetown, Guyana -- The electoral observation mission of the Organization of American States (EOM/OAS), headed by the former foreign minister of Belize Lisa Shoman, arrived on Wednesday in Guyana to learn about the preparations for the…
St Lucia installs test tower for potential wind farm
Castries, St Lucia -- The government of Saint Lucia, in collaboration with LUCELEC and WindTex Energy, a US-based company, have erected a test tower that will help assess the potential for the construction of a 12 megawatt wind farm in…
US to lift Cuba’s state sponsor of terrorism designation
Washington, USA -- US President Barack Obama on Tuesday submitted to Congress the statutorily required report and certifications indicating the administration’s intent to rescind Cuba’s state sponsor of terrorism designation.
Cuba’s…
Aaron Hernandez guilty of murder in death of Odin Lloyd
Fall River, Massachusetts (CNN) -- Former New England Patriots star Aaron Hernandez looked on impassively Wednesday as he was sentenced to life without the possibility of parole, a new low for a young man who once enjoyed a $40 million…
St. Vincent Opposition Leader hails PM Harris a champion for Democracy
Basseterre, St. Kitts (SKNIS) -- St. Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris has been hailed for his courageous defence of democratic principles by the opposition leader of St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
The…
The Significance of Brimstone Hill
(ZIZ News) -- The Brimstone Hill Fortress and its importance to the Nation was the topic of discussion on Monday night's edition of ZIZ's "The Round Table".
The discussion formed part of activities to mark the 50th anniversary of the…
Help For Old Road Bay
(ZIZ News) -- Parliamentary Representative for Constituency Four, Hon. Lindsay Grant says the time is now to address the dangers of driving across Old Road Bay.
Over the years, rocks had tumbled from the hillside onto the road disrupting…