2014

ZIZ News -- On Wednesday night, The Ripple Institute and the IWU Open Campus hosted the first in a series of lectures aimed at promoting healthy ageing. Dr. Joan Rawlins spoke on the topic “Ageing in the Caribbean: Exploring some of the…

ZIZ News -- Police are investigating the circumstances that led up to a minibus flipping onto its side just off of the F.T. Williams Highway. The incident occurred around 2 o’clock Thursday afternoon. When ZIZ arrived on the scene, a…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, (SKNIS) -- The Charles A. Halbert Public Library for the past 27 years has been involved in teaching children how to care for the environment through its annual summer camp and this year is no different. The theme…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, (CUOPM) -- St. Kitts and Nevis and the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela are expected to further cement diplomatic relations with the re- opening of the new Venezuelan Embassy at a new location, following a fire which…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, (CUOPM) -- St. Kitts and Nevis’ Prime Minister the Right Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas has welcomed New Zealand’s decision to establish a High Commission in Barbados. Dr. Douglas, in welcoming New Zealand’s first High…

Basseterre, St. Kitts (SKNIS) -- The Ministry of Social Development has made the application procedure for the Schools Uniform programme more convenient for parents and guardians by increasing the number of days in which they can apply.…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, (SKNIS) -- St. Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister the Right Honourable Dr. Denzil Douglas has assured that plans to upgrade the Mary Charles Hospital in Molineux, into a tertiary-level health institution, will come to…

Basseterre, St. Kitts (SKNIS) -- Over 230 hundred young people between the ages of 8 to 16 are engaging in fun and educational lessons as the first week of the 31st Annual Department of Youth Empowerment Summer Residential Camp rolls on.…

(BBC)-- A Malaysian airliner with 295 people on board has crashed in Ukraine on a flight from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, amid allegations it was shot down. Malaysia Airlines said it lost contact with Flight MH17 from Amsterdam over…

Sports Page— The annual sports summer camp organized by the Youth and Sports Department got underway on Monday 14th July. At the ET Willet Park, despite the absence of regular Cricket Coaches, Stuart Williams; Carl Tuckett and Tonito…

Sports Page— There was a hub of activity at the Long Point Port on Wednesday 16th July and many of the individuals, who were conducting business on that day, took time out to witness first hand, the return of several Drag Racing vehicles…

Seoul (CNN) -- A helicopter carrying emergency workers involved in the Sewol ferry disaster operations crashed Thursday in a South Korean city, fire officials said, leaving five dead and one injured. The helicopter came down in an urban…

LONDON, (AFP) -- The BBC said on Thursday it will cut 415 jobs from its news department in the latest cost-cutting measures by the world's largest public broadcaster. Director of News James Harding said the cuts were part of savings needed…

COLUMBIA, SC (AP) — A 27-year-old man has been charged with involuntary manslaughter more than a year after he hugged a 14-month-old child so tightly that the boy stopped breathing and died, Orangeburg County Sheriff Leroy Ravenell said…

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) – Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan will visit Trinidad on July 27 and 28 as part of a Latin American tour for talks with regional leaders. Abe will meet 14 regional heads in Trinidad to discuss ways to…