May 2015

(ZIZ News) - A weekend outing turned tragic on Sunday when a young man drowned at Friars Bay. According to Police Public Relations Officer, Inspector Lyndon David, the police responded to an incident at Shipwreck at South Friars Bay on…

(ZIZ News) - The police in Sandy Point are investigating the breaking, entering and stealing of electronic items at the Wesleyan Holiness Church at Main Street, Sandy Point, which occurred between 29 April and 2 May 2015. According to a…

Taiwan's media and press environment was rated free in the latest global report released April 28 by Washington-based nongovernmental organization Freedom House. With a score of 27, Taiwan ranks 49th-down one spot from last year-in media…

Over 4,500 professional and amateur athletes from 38 countries and territories worldwide contested the annual Taipei 101 Run Up Race May 3, climbing 2,046 stairs to the 91st floor of Taiwan's tallest building. Comprising four categories:…

(ZIZ News) -- Long serving educator and guidance counsellor, Ruby Thomas has been credited with being one of the people responsible for conceptualizing and spearheading the launch of the UNESCO Single Fathers Project in St. Kitts and Nevis.…

(ZIZ News) -- As St. Kitts-Nevis prepares to enter the 2015 Hurricane Season, residents of the flood prone areas of Newtown have been updated on plans to divert heavy water flows away from their homes. During a town hall meeting hosted by…

(ZIZ News) - As the government continues to restructure the Citizenship by Investment Programme, Prime Minister Hon. Dr. Timothy Harris has expressed concern over the selection of some projects which benefit from the programme's amenities.…

(ZIZ News) - Energy production and the state of the country's roads were among topics raised on Thursday night when Parliamentary Representative for Constituency #1, Hon. Ian "Patches" Liburd met with constituents during a town hall meeting…

(ZIZ News) - Acting Commissioner of Police Stafford Liburd said that although the crime fighting initiatives of the police force may have been used before, the approach is different. While responding to a question during Prime Minister…

(ZIZ News) - The St. Kitts and Nevis Red Cross Society has launched an appeal for cash contributions to aid the victims of the Nepal earthquake. The appeal comes following the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent…

Basseterre, St. Kitts (SKNIS) -- Prime Minister Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris firmly stated that citizenship would be revoked from economic citizens who commit serious crimes such as terrorism or whose names appear on international…

Basseterre, St. Kitts (SKNIS) -- St. Kitts and Nevis is open for business to legitimate investors was again reiterated by Prime Minister Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris in the opening statement of his monthly press conference. “To…

Basseterre, St. Kitts -- The secretariat of the Sugar Workers Restoration Fund (SWRF) committee will open next week in Basseterre, St. Kitts. This according to Chairman of the SWRF committee, Mr. Osbert Desuza, (Ag) Permanent Secretary in…

Washington, United States (AFP) -- Protests broke out in Baltimore and spread to Philadelphia on Thursday over the death of an African-American man, as fresh claims emerged of how Freddie Gray sustained his fatal injuries in police custody.…

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (AFP) -- Saudi Arabia beheaded a Pakistani convicted of drug smuggling on Friday, the 73rd execution in the kingdom so far this year. Shirin Khan Abbas Khan was put to death in Riyadh province after being found guilty…