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Florida based Nevis Association donates to…

NIA CHARLESTOWWN NEVIS (OCTOBER 8, 2013) – The Department of Education on Nevis and the Charlestown Secondary School (CSS) were two entities which received a donation of furniture from the Nevis…

Older Persons in Focus Once Again

Basseterre, St. Kitts, October 14, 2013 (SKNIS): The ministry of community and social development, last week, continued its month long celebration of older persons under the theme “The future we want:…

New network security equipment available to the…

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados -- Unmatched performance, efficiency, and lower costs are among the key benefits that Caribbean governments and businesses can expect from the recent unveiling by FORTINET, a…

PEP-sponsored nursing attendants graduate from…

Basseterre, St. Kitts (October 14, 2013) -- The People Employment Programme (PEP), which was launched by the Federal Government of St. Kitts and Nevis in December last year, on Friday October 11th…

St. Kitts and Nevis pledges to reduce deaths from…

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, OCTOBER 13TH 2013 (CUOPM) – St. Kitts and Nevis’ Minister of Health, the Hon. Marcella Liburd, was among health leaders from across the Americas who have agreed a pledge to cut…

St. Kitts and Nevis now a leading cruise…

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, OCTOBER 13TH 2013 (CUOPM) – A top tourism official in Antigua says that St. Kitts and Nevis is now a leading cruise destination in the OECS. According to Antigua and Barbuda’s…

Mass evacuation saves Indian lives as cyclone…

By Sruthi Gottipati and Jatindra Dash GANJAM/BHUBANESWAR, India | Sun Oct 13, 2013 (Reuters) - A mass evacuation saved thousands of people from India's fiercest cyclone in 14 years, but aid workers…

UK Government Blocks Caribbean Reparations Bid

Written by Mary Isokariari 12/10/2013 THE UK Government is rebuffing attempts by several Caribbean countries to force it to pay reparations for slavery. The Foreign & Commonwealth Office told The…

Expansion of Arrival Hall will accommodate an…

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, OCTOBER 12TH 2013 (CUOPM) - Work has begun on the expansion of the Arrival Hall at St. Kitts’ Robert L. Bradshaw International Airport Terminal. Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of…

Dominican court ruling renders hundreds of…

By Ricardo Rojas LA ROMANA, Dominican Republic | Sat Oct 12, 2013 (Reuters) - For four generations Banesa Blemi's family, descendants of Haitian immigrants, put down roots as low-wage sugar cane…