Less rainfall means increasingly hotter and drier Caribbean

Basseterre, St. Kitts (CUOPM) – A Jamaican researcher has warned that the Caribbean will have to take steps to respond to climate change, as predictions are that the region will become increasingly hotter and drier if global temperature…

JNF Staff Complete Ebola Preparedness Training

(ZIZ News)-- The Ministry of Health has continued taking steps to prepare health care workers to respond to an Ebola case and possibly an outbreak. A series of training sessions for JNF Hospital staff wrapped up on Thursday . It was the…

Diabetes Health Fair Set for Friday

(ZIZ News)-- Activities for World Diabetes Week continued today with free screenings at Independence Square. Public Relations Officer for the St. Kitts Diabetes Association, Dr. Reginald O’loughlin said their goal is to get as much…

F.I.M.’s Bargain Sale Fund Raiser Slated For Saturday

(ZIZ News)-- A fund raising activity that was scheduled for Financial Information Month 2014 will now be held on Saturday in Basseterre. The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank's Sybil Welsh is encouraging the general public to support the…

Yvonne Bussue called to the Bar

Basseterre, St. Kitts (CUOPM) – Declaring that her calling to the Bar of the High Court in St. Kitts, represents the “beginning of a new chapter of my life,” Yvonne Bussue told High Court Judge, Her Ladyship Justice Marlene Carter, officers…

Obama in Myanmar: Rohingya crisis could dim ASEAN summit

Naypyidaw, Myanmar (CNN) -- What a difference two years makes. When Barack Obama became the first sitting U.S. president to visit Myanmar in 2012, there was much fanfare about the country's political reforms and apparent road to democracy…

Montego Bay woman abducted, shot dead

KINGSTON, Jamaica -- The body of a middle-aged practical nurse was found on a secluded road behind the Riu Hotel in Ironshore, Montego Bay Wednesday night. Preliminary reports are that the woman and a child were abducted by men travelling…