St. Kitts-Nevis new Prime Minister Dr. Hon. Timothy Harris has announced a nine-member  Cabinet of Ministers  to administer the affairs of the twin-island Federation. The full cabinet took the oath of office before Governor General Sir Edmund Lawrence  at a well-attended swearing-in ...

Directors and coordinators of the Women’s Gender Bureaux from Member States of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will meet in Barbados on February 23 and 24. The aim of the meeting is to discuss preparations for the Fifty-Ninth Session of the Commission on th...

Basseterre, St. Kitts, February 20, 2015 (SKNIS): The message resounds clearly from the platform of the newly elected administration in St. Kitts-Nevis that there will be no victimization of public servants. On his second day in office, new prime minister, Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris gave...

Haiti’s President Michel Martelly and Prime Minister Evans Paul led thousands of mourners in the country’s main public park on Saturday to honour the 16 victims of the carnival float accident. Reports say some mourners collapsed during the ceremony held at the Champ de Mars Park in Port...

Jenny had gone to bed feeling well, but an hour into her sleep she suddenly awoke with a "stiff, cramping pain" behind one knee. Within the next hour the pains had multiplied and both knees began to lock, followed by stiffened fingers and pains in her chest, along with a fever. Jenny Gittens, 61, d...

A day aimed at developing a fuller awareness of linguistic and cultural traditions around the world as well as promoting unity in diversity and international understanding, through multilingualism and multiculturalism; International Mother Languages Day, will be celebrated on Saturday February 21. ...

NASSAU, Bahamas, Feb 20, CMC – Bahamas Prime Minister Perry Christie says Caribbean countries are still suffering from the effects of the recession but were continuing to put in place measures to ensure their future socio-economic development. Christie, who is also the Caribbean Community (CA...

Basseterre, St. Kitts, February 20, 2015 (SKNIS): Prominent leaders across the region have extended congratulations to the new Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis, Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris. Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Kamla Persad-Bissessar, congratulated Dr. Harris on hi...

KINGSTON (JIS) -- Minister of Agriculture, Labour and Social Security, Hon. Derrick Kellier, is expecting the agricultural sector to continue its recovery during this quarter. The Minister said that since 2012, the sector has experienced both “highs and lows,” beginning the recovery in ...

Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), the Hon. Perry Christie, Prime Minister of The Bahamas, on Wednesday provided updates to the House of Assembly of The Bahamas on the CARICOM Heads of Government Meeting which he will host next week. The Meeting will be held on 26 and 27 February i...