May 2015

(ZIZ News) -- The man in charge of Taiwan-based Speedtech Energy LTD. says the company is committed to working with the new Government of St. Kitts and Nevis on several projects. This is the word from Speedtech’s Chief Executive Officer,…

(ZIZ News) -- The current state and future of Caribbean logistics were put in the spotlight on Tuesday evening at the Caribbean Development Bank's 16th Annual William G. Demas Memorial Lecture. The Memorial Lecture, delivered by Professor…

(ZIZ News) -- ZIZ Broadcasting Corporation's Jason Davis is among 11 media workers from around the world are in Taiwan as part of an international press group on the economic and political development of Taiwan. The first stop for the…

(ZIZ News) - Prime Minister and Minister responsible for Finance, Hon. Dr. Timothy Harris used Monday's opening of the Sugar Workers' Restoration Fund Office to explain how his administration arrived at the EC$16 million amount that is…

(ZIZ News) - The Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis is poised to benefit from the Strengthening Labour Market Monitoring and Performance Project in the Caribbean which is being financed by the World Bank and implemented by the University of…

NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS -- The Premier of Nevis and Minister of Finance Hon. Vance Amory led a delegation to Zurich, Switzerland on May 5th,2015 to the Henley & Partners series of residence and citizenship forum. The trip was one of the…

Basseterre, St. Kitts -- Prime Minister Dr. the Hon. Timothy Harris announced that his administration has made the true separation of the Legislative and Executive branches of government a policy priority. This he disclosed less than one…

Basseterre, St. Kitts (SKNIS) -- His Excellency S. W. Tapley Seaton Q.C. promised to “uphold the high standards of office,” as he was sworn in as Acting Governor General, at Government Headquarters, this morning (May 19.) “I pledge that to…

Salem, Massachusetts (AP) -- A Dominican-born man who had spent 21 years behind bars for a murder he says he did not commit was released from prison Monday after a Massachusetts judge threw out his sentence, ruling that the prosecution's…

London, United Kingdom (AFP) -- A Christian bakery in Northern Ireland was on Tuesday found guilty of discrimination for refusing to bake a cake advocating gay marriage, in a landmark legal case brought by local authorities. Ashers Baking…

Chicago, United State (AP) -- Suicides by young children are rare and the low rate has held mostly stable except for a troubling increase among black boys, two decades of US data show. From 1993 through 2012, there were 657 suicides among…

London (CNN) -- Seven men have been arrested in connection with the so-called Hatton Garden heist, last month's theft of gems and cash from a 60-year-old safe deposit company in the heart of London's jewelry district, the Metropolitan…

Bridgetown, Barbados -- Assistance to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) region in drafting legislation to further regional integration and economic growth, more legislative protection of vulnerable groups against discrimination, the…

Port of Spain, Trinidad (Trinidad Express) -- Three teenagers, charged after a 14-year-old girl alleged she was raped six times, appeared before Deputy Chief Magistrate yesterday. The three aged 18, 17 and 15 years were not called upon to…

Georgetown, Guyana (CMC) -- Police Monday confirmed the discovery of six bodies after a mine caved-in on Sunday following heavy rains at Mowasi in Region Eight. The authorities said they were searching for four others missing and feared…