Planning Department to Step Up Message on Climate Change

Basseterre, St. Kitts (SKNIS) -- The Department of Physical Planning and Environment on St. Kitts has pledged to continue the campaign to educate locals about climate change and how it impacts their lives and livelihoods. The promise was…

Police Updates (June 24, 2015)

(ZIZ News) -- Arrests Ariel Peguero of Herbert Street, Newtown was formally arrested and charged for Battery of Police, which was committed on 14th March 2015. Detoia Byron of Conaree was formally arrested and charged for possession of…

Commonwealth Promotes Good Governance in Parliament

Basseterre, St. Kitts (SKNIS) -- The Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) continues to chart the way for good governance for its member states, as it serves to develop, promote and support parliamentarians and their staff. In a…

Deadly Pakistan heatwave shows signs of easing

Karachi, Pakistan (AFP) -- The death toll from a heatwave in southern Pakistan rose to 750 on Wednesday, but the scorching weather showed signs of easing, bringing some respite to the sweltering city of Karachi. Temperatures in the city,…

Ebola setback for Sierra Leone as capital records new cases

Freetown, Sierra Leone (AFP) -- Sierra Leone's capital Freetown has suffered a fresh outbreak of Ebola, dashing hopes that health authorities in the densely-populated city of 1.2 million had beaten the deadly epidemic. The government's…

UPDATE: US issuing visas again

Washington, United States (AFP) -- The United States has begun to fix a hardware problem that crashed its visa processing system, issuing 45,000 permits in the past day as it works through a big backlog. Some 33 embassies and consulates…

Caricom calls on Dominican Republic to halt deportation policy

Georgetown, Guyana (CMC) -- The Caribbean Community (Caricom) grouping Tuesday called on the Dominican Republic to halt its policy of deporting people of Haitian descent and “avoid creating a humanitarian crisis in region”. The Dominican…