By Todd Benson and Asher Levine SAO PAULO | Tue Jun 18, 2013 2:06am EDT (Reuters) - As many as 200,000 demonstrators marched through the streets of Brazil's biggest cities on Monday in a swelling wave…

CASTRIES, St Lucia – Tuesday, June 18, 2013, will mark 32 years since the establishment of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS). Thirty two years of facilitating efforts by the nine…

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, JUNE 17TH 2013 (CUOPM) – The relationship between the island of Nevis and the island of St. Kitts and citizenship are two issues that need to be addressed in any future…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, June 17, 2013 (SKNIS): Seven participants, who attended the Biorisk Management for the Laboratory and Infectious Substance Shipping Training Workshop at the JNF General Hospital…

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, JUNE 17TH 2013 (CUOPM) – Minister of Health, Community and Social Development, the Hon. Marcella Liburd is of the view that two former government ministers Hon. Dr. Timothy…

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, JUNE 17TH 2013 (CUOPM) – A Kittitian-born soldier is this week’s Third Army/ARCENT Soldier of the week. According to South Carolina’s “The Item” the soldier is Staff Sgt. Alicia…

By Barbara Liston SANFORD, Florida | Mon Jun 17, 2013 1:51am EDT (Reuters) - As jury selection in the murder trial of Florida neighborhood watchman George Zimmerman resumes on Monday for a second…

By Julie Carrington BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (BGIS) -- The Caribbean High Commissioners in the United Kingdom are gearing up to lobby the British government for an ease in the Airline Passenger Duty (APD)…

BY KARYL WALKER Editor - Crime/court desk walkerk@jamaicaobserver.com Sunday, June 16, 2013 WITH the ever-rising cost of funeral expenses, members of the public can opt for a cheaper route by donating…

Ryon Jones The track and field world was left in shock yesterday following The Gleaner's revelation that one of the most decorated athletes, Jamaica's Veronica Campbell-Brown, had tested positive for…

By Zahra Hosseinian DUBAI | Sun Jun 16, 2013 6:19am EDT (Reuters) - Iranians celebrated into Sunday after moderate Hassan Rohani was elected president in a popular repudiation of conservative…

Basseterre, St. Kitts,  (SKNIS): Post offices remain relevant and should embrace technology as a tool to enhance its operations. That was the key message which emerged from the 16th annual Caribbean…

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, (CUOPM) – The Ocean Terrace Inn (OTI) is getting a US$5 million loan from the St. Kitts and Nevis Sugar Industry Diversification Foundation (SIDF). The SIDF announced Friday…

A Post Mortem Examination was performed on the body of the late Denrick Hanley 23 years old of Spring Hill, Nevis, by Pathologist, Dr. Stephen Jones. The examination revealed that cause of death was…

Early results from Iran's presidential election put the reformist-backed candidate, Hassan Rouhani, in the lead. Official figures give him just over half the 16 million votes counted so far - well…