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Haphazard Constituencies bad for Democracy
(ZIZ News) -- Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon. Dr. Denzil Douglas says the imbalance in the number of inhabitants across the Federation’s constituencies is bad for democracy.
Dr. Douglas said, in addition to the clear thinking people who have…
Corporate travel planners move around St. Kitts
Basseterre, St. Kitts (CUOPM) -- Corporate travel planners for major United States corporations are having a wonderful time in St. Kitts as they participate in the Opus Group’s 14th Annual Leadership Summit.
According to release from the…
St. Kitts’ Belle Mont Farm Resort hot ticket in the sun
Basseterre, St. Kitts (CUOPM) -- St. Kitts’ newest resort, Belle Mont Farm Resort is being featured in Texas’ Fort Worth Star Telegram.
“Until now, Nevis, the smaller of the two islands that make up St. Kitts and Nevis, has cornered the…
Venue changes in SKNFA Matches
Division I
Matches in the Division I on Saturday 10th January will be played at the Gardens Playing Field, while the matches on Sunday 11th January will be at the Newtown Playing Field.
National Bank Premier League:
The first weekend of…
Kiddy Cricket Program to Launch Friday
Sports Page -- A release from Leeward Islands Territorial development officer, Junie Mitcham has indicated that the 2015 launch of the Kiddy Cricket program, will take place on Friday 16th January.
The Scotia Bank Kiddy Cricket Program and…
Pooran misses Super50 after accident
Port of Spain, Trinidad -- The career of up-and-coming wicketkeeper-batsman Nicholas Pooran has been put on hold following injuries suffered in a motor car accident.
Pooran underwent surgery yesterday after suffering a fractured left ankle…
Walton to captain CCC in NAGICO Super50
Bridgetown, Barbados -- Jamaican wicket-keeper/batsman Chadwick Walton will captain Combined Campuses & Colleges (CCC) in the 2015 WICB Nagico Super50 Championship in Trinidad & Tobago, January 15-26.
There are seven Jamaicans in…
Woman faces court for larceny of $21k by trick
St Catherine, Jamaica -- A woman accused of stealing $21,000 from another inside a Western Union branch had her bail extended when she appeared in the Spanish Town Resident Magistrate's Court Tuesday.
Rhoda Smikle appeared in court on a…
UPDATE: Baby shot in T&T recovering
Port of Spain, Trinidad -- LICHEL FRANCOIS initially thought the gunshots she heard was the sound of a car rolling over a glass bottle.
She was about to berate the driver of the car she was in for waking her one-year-old sleeping child but…
Taiwan restructures Grenada debt at 50 percent reduction
St George's, Grenada -- The government of Grenada has concluded a comprehensive agreement to restructure its US$36.6 million (EC$98.8 million) indebtedness to the Export-Import (ExIm) Bank of Taiwan.
This landmark agreement, which reduces…
Drug bust in Guyana uncovers US$800 million in cocaine
Georgetown, Guyana (GINA) -- One hundred and eighty-five packages (bricks) of cocaine, weighing 192 kilograms and worth approximately US$800 million, were discovered on Monday by authorities in Guyana on the MV Delta Dies, a foreign vessel…
Police officer shot dead in Paris amid tension
Paris (AP) -- An assailant opened fire on a police officer on the southern edge of Paris early Thursday, killing her and injuring a nearby street sweeper before fleeing, officials and a witness said. France's interior minister cautioned…
Eiffel Tower to go dark in tribute to Paris attack victims
Paris, France (AFP) -- France's iconic Eiffel Tower is to go dark late Thursday in a sombre tribute to the 12 people killed in the attack on the Paris satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo.
The lights normally illuminating the 324-metre…
NY man sentenced for murdering 14-y-o who refused abortion
New York -- A New York man was on Wednesday sentenced to 29 years in prison for murdering a Jamaican teenager who refused to abort his baby.
Christian Ferdinand, 22, said to be Jamaican born, was found guilty of murdering 14-year-old…
LED Street Lighting Project officially begins
Basseterre, St. Kitts (SKNIS) -- The first phase of an initiative to replace all of 5000 street lights in the federation with energy-saving LED bulbs began yesterday (January 07) in Basseterre.
Minister of Energy and Public Utilities, Hon.…