June 2014

ZIZ News -- Eight years ago the Department of Agriculture started its innovative “Eat Local Day” event to help spread the word of the importance of eating food grown and produced in St. Kitts and Nevis. Now, the man behind the project,…

Sashia Godet, a Nevisian and a past state scholar in the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis graduated last week with honours and received the Economics Achievement Award that is awarded to the top students graduating with an Economics degree…

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (AFP) — Steady rainfall limited play on the second day of the third and final Test between the West Indies and New Zealand to just 33.2 overs, with the home side reaching 169 for two in reply to the tourists' first…

FORTALEZA, Brazil (AP) — Arjen Robben just seems to get quicker and quicker. The 30-year-old Bayern Munich winger has out-sprinted every defender he has faced at the World Cup so far and is scoring goals, too. It is a far cry from the…

NASSAU, Bahamas — A 24-year-old woman was on Wednesday (June 25) sentenced in The Bahamas to 15 years in prison for forcing two Jamaican women into the sex trade. According to media reports, Chevaneese Sasha Gay Hall, who is also a…

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) —– Trade union leaders in Trinidad Friday led workers in a candle light march around the Office of the Prime Minister in protest of what they claim to be bad governance and corruption within the coalition…

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, (CMC) – Former Antigua prime minister, Lester Bird, 76, was sworn in as a senior minister in the new Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party (ALP) administration Friday with Prime Minister Gaston Browne indicating that his…

NIA Charlestown Nevis -- Acting Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Finance on Nevis Colin Dore, expressed hope that the St. Kitts and Nevis Sugar Industry Diversification Foundation (SIDF) would look favourably at additional requests…

(ZIZ)-- The business community continues to show confidence in St. Kitts and Nevis' economy as more enterprises open doors for business in the Federation, the latest being Chester's Chicken, which is located at the Caribbean Cinemas Complex…

(ZIZ)-- Regional Testing Day 2014 was observed in St. Kitts today as health officials and volunteers gathered on Bank Street to conduct free HIV screenings for the general public. ZIZ News learnt that each year the Ministry of Health…

(ZIZ)-- In his capacity as Governor of the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank , the Honourable Sir K. Dwight Venner, on Thursday, presented the 2013-2014 Annual Eastern Caribbean Central Bank Report. The report reviewed the performance of the…

(CNN) -- The raspy, gruff voice behind some of the most soulful songs of the past six decades is now gone. Legendary soul singer Bobby Womack died Friday, Womack's publicist said. He was 70. "I am sadly able to confirm but I have no…

Basseterre, St. Kitts-- The ROC Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) released the following written statement June 24 in response to comments by former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in an interview with Taipei-based Business Weekly:…

(CNN) -- Being top of the tennis tree can make grand slam predictions a little predictable, especially if your name is Serena Williams. The world No. 1 breezed into the third round of Wimbledon Thursday with a 6-1 6-1 victory over South…

(CNN) -- Luis Suarez will have plenty of time to ponder his tendency to bite opposition players after the Uruguayan striker was banned for nine international matches and suspended for four months from any football activity by FIFA. The…