2014

ZIZ News -- As part of an initiative to develop a draft policy for standards within the Federation, The St. Kitts Nevis Bureau of Standards, on Wednesday, hosted consultation with stakeholders to discuss what standards are beneficial to the…

ZIZ News -- Several taxes bills were amended during Monday’s sitting of the National Assembly. As Prime Minister, The Rt. Hon. Dr. Denzil Douglas discussed the Provisional Collection of Revenue Amendment Bill 2014, he indicated that the…

ZIZ News -- A former employee of the Concerned Citizens Movement led Nevis Island Administration is speaking out about his recent termination and claiming that victimization is prevalent in Nevis. During an exclusive interview with ZIZ…

NIA Charlestown Nevis -- The Subsidised Utility Programme which was introduced on Nevis for senior citizens over 65, in October 2013, by the Ministry of Social Development has been reaping benefits and to date at least 240 persons continue…

Basseterre, St. Kitts (CUOPM) -- The St. Kitts and Nevis National Assembly has approved legislation to expunge specific criminal records of persons who have been rehabilitated. The issue said Prime Minister Douglas is a matter that…

Basseterre, St. Kitts (CUOPM) -- St. Kitts’ Port Zante is on Carnival Pride’s 10-day exotic eastern Caribbean cruise from San Juan to Baltimore in 2016. In a release from Carnival’s head office in Miami, the cruise line said the Carnival…

Elquemedo Tonito Willet is renowned as the first man from Nevis and indeed the Leeward Islands to have made it into the West Indies team but not as many persons are aware that many years before that, a certain Theodore Hobson was the first…

St John’s, Antigua -- Today the West Indies Cricket Board and Mr. Ottis Gibson mutually agreed to terminate their association with immediate effect. The WICB wishes to express its gratitude to Mr. Gibson for his unwavering commitment and…

St. George’s, Grenada, CMC -- West Indies and Bangladesh play the first of three One Day Internationals here on Wednesday with much to prove following a trail of poor performances in series this year. The two sides are renewing a rivalry…

ZIZ News -- The government of St. Kitts and Nevis has announced some good news for workers in the private sector following a decision to make a change to the Protection of Employment Act. During National Assembly, parliament voted to…

ZIZ News -- Following the Sunday night disclosure of the reach programme, Minister of Education, Hon. Senator Nigel Carty, is continuing to enumerate the many benefits the initiative will bring to the nation’s youth. Speaking in the…

ZIZ News -- The National Assembly of St. Kitts And Nevis has passes a very progressive piece of legislation which will give criminal offenders a second chance. The Criminal Records Rehabilitation of Offenders Bill 2014 will provide a means…

ZIZ News -- It was an evening of music, food, culture and history as the Brimstone Hill Fortress National Park Society hosted its Second Annual Emancipation Festival Concert on Sunday. The event was held under the theme “Striving to…

Basseterre, St. Kitts (CUOPM) -- Monday’s lack of decorum and unruly behaviour by the Unity members on the opposition benches of the St. Kitts and Nevis National Assembly is getting the attention of the local media. The St. Kitts-Nevis…

Nia Charlestown Nevis -- Crime and security remain high on the Nevis Island Administration’s (NIA) agenda and Premier of Nevis Hon. Vance Amory said they were matters that were actively being dealt with at the highest level. Mr. Amory who…