August 2016

(ZIZ News) -- As his first duty as the newly appointed Permanent Secretary in The Ministry Of Education, William Hodge made an official announcement listing the names of persons promoted to the position of Principal. “The Ministry of…

(SKNIS): The REACH (Recognizing Everyone’s Ability to Climb Higher) programme for students attending the Clarence Fitzroy Bryant College (CFBC) and AVEC (Advanced Vocational Education Centre) has been restructured and is now called SAFE…

(SKNIS): Local divers and tourists, who become ill with decompression sickness or what is known as the bends, can get free treatment in a hyperbaric chamber here in the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis. This service is available at the…

About 6,500 migrants have been rescued off Libya, the Italian coastguard says, in one of the biggest operations of its kind to date. Some 40 co-ordinated rescue missions took place about 20km (12 miles) off the Libyan town of Sabratha, it…

A car driven by a suicide bomber has exploded after ramming the gates of the Chinese embassy in the Kyrgyz capital, Bishkek, officials say. The suicide bomber died and three embassy employees, all Kyrgyz nationals, were injured, Deputy PM…

The spotlight was on Barbadian-born superstar Rihanna at the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards last night when she received a lifetime achievement award – yes, at the age of 28 – and then dedicated it to her home country. The Michael Jackson…

Against the backdrop of rising political tension over a campaign to oust socialist President Nicolas Maduro, Caracas sent an opposition leader who was under house arrest back to jail on Saturday and expelled a delegation of Ecuadoran…

More than 100 Russian athletes have written to the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) asking to compete at the Rio Games. Russia were banned by the IPC after the McLaren report identified evidence of a state-sponsored doping…

Crystal Palace have signed Chelsea striker Loic Remy on loan for the season. The France international, 29, has only made nine Premier League starts in his two seasons at Stamford Bridge following a £10.5m move from QPR. Read more:…

(ZIZ News) -- A new High Court judge has been sworn in. At a brief ceremony at Government House on Tuesday morning, Trevor M. Ward Q.C. was sworn in by Governor General His Excellency Sir Tapley Seaton, GCMG, CVO, QC, JP. During the…

NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (August 30, 2016) -- He says it’s too early to let his recent achievement get to his head. Rol-J Williams, 16, of the Gingerland Secondary School (GSS), made history when he became St. Kitts and Nevis’s first student…

Manchester City striker Sergio Aguero has been ruled out of Argentina's World Cup 2018 qualifiers with a calf injury. The Argentina Football Association confirmed the 28-year-old picked up the injury during City's 3-1 Premier League win…

Kyle Edmund powered past 13th seed Richard Gasquet to claim the best win of his career and reach the second round of the US Open. Edmund, ranked 84th, beat the former semi-finalist 6-2 6-2 6-3 on a hot afternoon at Flushing Meadows. Read…

The US says fighting between Turkey, pro-Turkish rebels and Kurdish-aligned forces in northern Syria is "unacceptable" and must stop. Clashes in places where so-called Islamic State (IS) was not present were a "source of deep concern", the…

A South African minister has thrown his support behind protesting female students, who accuse their high school of operating a racist hair policy. Black pupils at the private Pretoria Girls High say they have often been told to straighten…