June 2015

(ZIZ News) - The country's Education and Youth Minister, Hon. Shawn Richards, wants members of the community to be more accepting of persons with disabilities and special needs. Minister Richards' comments came on Sunday when he delivered…

(ZIZ News) - The teaching fraternity will soon be expanded as almost 40 prospective teachers are attending a two-week Induction Course, organized by the Ministry of Education, that began on Monday. Participants will be addressed on the…

Basseterre, St. Kitts (SKNIS) -- A gathering of regional and international players met today in St Kitts and Nevis to discuss the foundation of a regional Citizenship-by-Investment authority, organised by IPSA International, a consultancy.…

Basseterre, St. Kitts -- Mr Wilmon McCall, Operations Supervisor at Solid Waste Management Corporation SWMC (St. Kitts), had gone to visit a sick worker at Prickly Pear Alley way back in 2009, when a young man who spoke English with a heavy…

NIA Charlestown Nevis -- Premier of Nevis and Minister of Education Hon. Vance Amory says the Child Month Parade through the streets of Charlestown on June 12, 2015, was a public show of interest in the island’s children, the future of the…

Basseterre, St. Kitts (SKNIS) -- The future of the Caribbean’s Citizenship by Investment Programme is greater transparency and integrity, said St. Kitts and Nevis’ Prime Minister Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris as he addressed the…

(CNN) -- A U.S. plane carried out a strike inside Libya on Sunday, reportedly killing a key terror figure in North Africa, U.S. and Libyan officials said. The target was Mokhtar Belmokhtar, a veteran Islamist fighter affiliated with al…

Paris, France (AFP) -- The head of FIFA's audit and compliance unit said on Sunday that changes at the top of world football's governing body were "indispensable" following reports Sepp Blatter might go back on his decision to resign. "For…

Berlin (AP) -- The United Nations' human rights chief is urging European nations to accept more refugees and to do more to fight prejudice and discrimination against migrants once they arrive. Zeid Raad al-Hussein told the UN Human Rights…

Port of Spain, Trinidad -- As if he wasn’t in enough trouble already, former Trinidad and Tobago national security minister Jack Warner, who is currently charged with multiple counts of racketeering, corruption and money laundering in the…

Georgetown, Guyana -- Guyana's new foreign minister, Carl Greenidge, in an address during the opening of Parliament last week, said that his country will seek UN assistance in resolving once and for all the territorial dispute with…

Castries, St Lucia -- The Lucian People’s Movement (LPM) has condemned what it described as a shameful display of xenophobic behaviour that has crept into Saint Lucian society ever since the human trafficking incident, known locally as the…

St George’s, Grenada (GIS) -- A smooth take off, a smooth landing and a 'comfy' flight in between these are the three ingredients of a great trip and are exactly what the nearly 140 passengers experienced on JetBlue's June 11 inaugural…

Kingston, Jamaica -- Australia’s Steven Smith has become the second youngest batsman after Sachin Tendulkar of India to achieve the number-one ranking in the Reliance ICC Player Rankings for Test Batsmen after stellar batting displays in…

Kingston, Jamaica (AFP) -- Australia demolished hapless West Indies on the fourth day of the second and final Test at Sabina Park on Sunday, routing the home side for 114 to win by 277 runs and take the series 2-0. Off-spinner Nathan Lyon…