Region fighting losing battle against zika and other mosquito borne diseases
BASSETERRE, St Kitts — According to Dr Joy St John, director of surveillance, disease prevention and control at the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), the region has been “waging a losing battle and so the battle strategy needs to change…
New ECCB governor outlines his vision to regional and local media
From Caribbean News Now BASSETERRE, St Kitts (SKNIS) — Media practitioners from across the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union (ECCU) were given an opportunity on Monday to interact with the new governor of the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB), Timothy Antoine,…
St Kitts-Nevis hosts Caribbean Citizenship Summit 2016
BASSETERRE, St Kitts (SKNIS) — St Kitts and Nevis is the host of the NTL Caribbean Citizenship Summit 2016 being held in the federation from January 13-15. Four Caribbean countries from the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) with a…
Radio stations in ten Caribbean countries to broadcast NAGICO Super50
From Stabroek News ST.JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC- Radio stations across ten Caribbean countries have agreed to carry live commentary of the NAGICO Super50 championship which begins Thursday (7). The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) announced yesterday that the region’s premier One-day…
Analyst says Petro Caribe helped Caribbean economies survive eight years of crisis
By Ken Richards From WINN St Kitts and Nevis (WINN): Caribbean countries are being warned about the possibility of having to look to alternative sources of oil, after the recently elected Opposition coalition in Venezuela announced it will review agreements…
Meet the gay Kittitian man Canada wants to deport
By Arshy Mann for DailyXtra , From Times Caribbean Online Rolston Ryan is a gay man. That’s not in dispute. Back in St Kitts and Nevis, where gay sex is punishable by up to 10 years in prison, he was…
Destination of the week
Kittitian Hill, St. Kitts, West Indies: Welcome to a farmstay with a difference By Ellen E Jones From The Independent Putting its guests at the heart of the St Kitts tropical landscape ‘Hi! My name is Patricia, but you can…
Scouts enjoy trip of a lifetime
Scouts enjoy a trip of a lifetime to Caribbean islands By Leigh Mencarini From Coventry Telegraph Incredible opportunity gives young people insight into island life – “rather than just a holiday in a hotel” It was the trip of a…
Campari selling Federated Pharmaceutical for US$14 million
Kirk Distributors the buyer From Jamaica Observer THE Italy-based Campari Group announced plans to sell its Federated Pharmaceutical Company Ltd, a division of J Wray & Nephew Limited, for US$14.4 million (J$1.6 b) to the Glen Christian-led Kirk Distributors Limited….
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Cayman Islands Fedex courier cleared by jury of stealing gold from packages Evon Robinson, a former courier with Fedex in the Cayman Islands, was cleared by a jury last Thursday (20) of stealing gold valued over $30,000 from packages sent…