September 2015

(ZIZ News) -- Students who returned to school this week have been meeting new principals appointed to govern the affairs of the schools, going forward. According to a statement from the Ministry of Education, Virgil Jeffers is the new…

(ZIZ News) -- Prime Minister, Hon. Dr. Timothy Harris, has extended warmest congratulations to the Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Dr. Keith Rowley. This comes following the People’s National Movement (PNM) swept to power in the…

(ZIZ News) -- ZIZ’s Kilony Johnson is among regional environmental officials in Antigua for the fifth Climate Change Seminar, hosted by the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS), under the Rally the Region to Action on Climate…

(ZIZ News) -- The St. Kitts and Nevis Bureau of Standards, in collaboration with the Department of Consumer Affairs and the Ministry of Health, is actively investigating a voluntary recall by the Kraft Heinz Company. On Wednesday, our…

(ZIZ News) -- The Ian “Patches” Liburd Social Assistance and Youth Development Fund Committee is hard at work in Constituency Number One, ensuring that residents’ needs are met. Member, Christopher Roberts said the committee is financed…

Basseterre, St. Kitts (SKNIS) -- Prime Minister Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris will hold his monthly press conference for September at Government Headquarters in the parliamentary lounge, tomorrow (September 10) at 3 p.m. As customary,…

NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS -- In its continued effort to fight crime and step up boarder security, the Nevis Island Administration (NIA) invested over EC$200,000 for the purchase and installation of an ADANI x-ray machine at the Long Point Port.…

Basseterre, St. Kitts (RSCNPF) -- Head of the Nevis Division of the Royal St. Christopher and Nevis Police Force (RSCNPF), Superintendent Hilroy Brandy, is seeking the assistance of the general public in efforts to solve a number of stalled…

Los Angeles, United States (AFP) -- A British Airways jet caught fire on the runway at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas on Tuesday forcing the evacuation of the passengers on board. "There were 159 passengers and 13 crew on the…

Kabul, Afghanistan (AFP) -- Clutching prayer beads and a Taliban death threat, Mirwais joins a queue outside Kabul's passport office, potentially among a second wave of migrants attempting perilous journeys to Europe, inspired by images of…

Geneva, Switzerland (AFP) -- Guinea has notched up a week without a new case of Ebola, a first since March 2014, the head of the UN's response to the epidemic, Bruce Aylward, said on Wednesday. "As of today, they have gone seven days…

Bridgetown, Barbados (CMC) -- Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders were extending congratulations to Dr Keith Rowley, who will be sworn in today as the new prime minister in Trinidad and Tobago, saying that they were looking forward to…

Kingston, Jamaica -- Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller on Tuesday congratulated prime minister-elect of Trinidad and Tobago Dr Keith Rowley on winning the general election in the twin-island republic on Monday. Rowley’s People’s…

Nassau, Bahamas -- A list of names has been leaked, purporting to be the names attached to the toxic commercial loans that threatened to pull Bank of The Bahamas out of alignment with regulatory standards. However, the length of time…

Port-of-Spain, Trinidad (CMC) -- Former West Indies manager Omar Khan has called on the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) to come clean on the sacking of Denesh Ramdin as captain of the regional test side. Ramdin was axed as Test captain…