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Was ‘recklessness’ to blame for…
By Teresa Medrano and Tracy Rucinski SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA, Spain | Fri Jul 26, 2013 (Reuters) - Spanish police were investigating on Friday if the driver of a train that crashed in Santiago de…
Haiti fears gang activities could be only recourse…
By Rachel Belt PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (HCNN) -- The Haitian government on Thursday expressed concern that convicts, born in The Bahamas to Haitian parents and deported to Haiti from the US, could end…
Tropical Storm Dorian weakens while moving rapidly…
By Caribbean News Now contributor MIAMI, USA -- Satellite images on Friday showed that Tropical Storm Dorian was becoming disorganised as the system continued to move toward the west near 22 mph.…
Ariel Castro to serve life in prison under plea…
The Ohio man accused of raping and holding three women captive in his home for about a decade has agreed to a plea deal that will see him imprisoned for life without the possibility of parole. Ariel…
West Indies name squad to face Pakistan in T20…
The world champions Windies will face the visitors at the Arnos Vales Sports Complex on Saturday, July 27 and Sunday, July 28. The squad includes ten members of the team which beat Sri Lanka to win…
Statement by Former Candidate and Parliamentary…
Congratulations to My Successor, Dr. Terrance DrewBasseterre, St. Kitts (Thursday, July 25th, 2013)- As the former Candidate and Parliamentary Representative of the St. Kitts-Nevis Labour Party for…
Police to question driver after Spanish train…
By Tracy Rucinski SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA, Spain | Fri Jul 26, 2013 6:37am EDT (Reuters) - The driver of a Spanish train that derailed, killing at least 80 people, was under police guard in hospital on…
Barbados police join multi-million dollar estate…
By Caribbean News Now contributor BRIDGETOWN, Barbados -- Following a witness statement given to the Barbados police by an individual claiming knowledge of a number of allegedly fraudulent…
Tropical Storm Dorian continues west-northwestward…
By Caribbean News Now contributor MIAMI, USA -- Tropical Storm Dorian, the fourth named storm of the 2013 hurricane season, continued to move west-northwestward over the tropical Atlantic on Thursday.…
PM Douglas says Labour Government will review…
BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, JULY 25TH 2013 (CUOPM) – Federal civil servants, auxiliary workers and pensioners in St. Kitts and Nevis could be carrying home heavier pay packets in the next few months.…
Culturama to be launched in grand style today
(CHARLESTOWN, NEVIS)- Folklore, pageantry and culture is in the air as ‘De Caribbean’s Greatest Summer Lime’, ‘Culturama’ is scheduled to kick off today, Thursday, July 25, 2013 with a grand launch at…
St. Kitts and Nevis Police Gains International…
Basseterre, St. Kitts, July 25, 2013 (SKNIS): The relationship between law enforcement in St. Kitts and Nevis and the Republic of Mexico has been strengthened after a recent visit by Commissioner of…
Nevis Health Minister reiterates NIA’s commitment…
NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (JULY 25, 2013) -- Deputy Premier and Minister of Health in the Nevis Island Administration (NIA) Hon. Mark Brantley, has reiterated the Administration’s continued commitment to…
Jamaican entertainer Vybz Kartel freed of murder…
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Thursday July 25, 2013 – A court on Wednesday freed entertainer Vybz Kartel of a charge of murder less than 24 hours after the presiding judge had ruled that the statements of two…
Tropical Storm Dorian: What you need to know about…
Wednesday, July 24, 2013 Tropical Storm Dorian continues to move west across the deep Atlantic tropics today. The big question everyone wants to know is: Will this storm threaten the Caribbean…