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Bridgetown, Barbados (CMC) -- The Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Prime Minister Gaston Browne of Antigua & Barbuda has welcomed the restoration of full diplomatic relations between the United States and Cuba. Browne,…

Kingston, Jamaica -- The Meteorological (Met) Service has downgraded the Flash Flood Warning to a Flash Flood Watch for low-lying and flood-prone areas of all northern parishes, namely Portland, St Mary and St Ann effective until 5:00 pm…

Port of Spain, Trinidad (Trinidad Express) -- Pensioners will continue to see Christmas in January with a $5,000 pension cheque. For the public at large, there will be a 20 per cent discount on rice, sugar, flour and oil for the Christmas…

Rome, Italy (AFP) -- Pope Francis marked his 78th birthday by ordering the distribution of hundreds of sleeping bags to homeless people in Rome, Vatican officials said Thursday. Konrad Krajewski, the archbishop in charge of the pope's…

Peshawar, Pakistan (AFP) -- Students grieving for their classmates massacred by the Pakistani Taliban Thursday vowed to defy the militants and return to school as soon as possible. A team of gunmen stormed the Army Public School in…

Washington, USA -- In what has been described as a “stunning” development, US President Barack Obama announced on Wednesday that the United States will restore full diplomatic relations with Cuba and open an embassy in Havana for the first…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, December 18, 2014 (SKNIS) -- The opening of the New Road Family Park is part of the Social Development message of “Stronger Families – Safer Communities,” and is part of the renovation of other parks around the…

Basseterre, St. Kitts (SKNIS) -- Minister of Energy and Public Utilities, Hon Dr. Asim Martin has predicted “tremendous savings” on the overall cost of energy with his ministry’s focus on renewable energy. During the 2014 Budget Address,…

NIA Charlestown Nevis -- Premier of Nevis Hon. Vance Amory lauded fire officers of the St. Kitts-Nevis Fire and Rescue Services Nevis Division for their ability to carry out their duties while they waited for the necessary equipment to…

NIA Charlestown Nevis -- Acting Chief Fire Officer in St. Kitts and Nevis Everette O’Garro, described a new state-of-the-art fire tender handed over to the St. Kitts-Nevis Fire and Rescue Services Nevis Division would boost the operational…

Basseterre, St. Kitts -- Tenets of good neighbourliness came into play in the period December 10 to December 16 as residents of Newtown were afforded free hair-do and styling, manicures and pedicures by students of the PEP School of…

(ZIZ News) -- The seven finalists who will seek to dethrone the reigning Senior Calypso Monarch, Richie Buntin, have been named. Lady Diva, Lord Kut, Astro, Queeny G, Socrates, Rudder and Big Lice have advanced to the final round of the…

Basseterre, St. Kitts (CUOPM) -- St. Kitts and Nevis’ Prime Minister the Rt. Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas has described the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA) as an example of cooperation to improve health care,…

(ZIZ News) -- The country’s Health Minister, the Hon. Marcella Liburd, was among those present at Monday morning’s Annual Christmas Programme at the Mary Charles Hospital. Minister Liburd, who delivered brief remarks, used the opportunity…

(ZIZ News) -- Four days of budget debates concluded on Friday in the National Assembly Chambers at Government Headquarters. During his rebuttal, the Nation’s Leader and Finance Minister, the Right Hon. Dr. Denzil Douglas said boldly that…