September 2015

Basseterre, St. Kitts (RSCNPF) -- In a display of solidarity, the High Command of the Royal St. Christopher and Nevis Police Force held a meeting with officers from Dominica serving within its ranks on Monday (August 31). Acting…

NIA Charlestown Nevis -- The following is a press statement from the Nevis Investment Promotion Agency (NIPA) dated August 31st, 2015, regarding its redesigned website. The Nevis Investment Promotion Agency (NIPA) is excited to announce…

(ZIZ News) -- St. Kitts and Nevis is being praised by the United States Government for signing the U.S. Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA), which targets non-compliance by U.S. taxpayers using foreign accounts. The symbolic act…

(ZIZ News) -- A new date has been set for the Diabetes Symposium which is being organised by the St. Kitts Diabetes Association. The symposium was originally scheduled for August 23rd but had to be postponed due to inclement weather…

Florida, United States -- US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers arrested a Bahamian man for smuggling approximately 2.4 pounds of cocaine into the country, taped to his ankles and in his luggage. The man, whose name was not…

Maracay, Venezuela (AP) -- Workers in the industrial complex had been hiding in bathrooms and closets for hours when the shooting stopped. The last of the four suspected thieves, a slightly built man in yellow rain boots, surrendered on the…

West Haven, Connecticut (AP) -- Thursday was a beautiful day for Rajay Linton on several counts. In the morning, he went back to Harry M Bailey Middle School for the first time since having a heart transplant last April — and with all…

Nairobi, Kenya (AP) -- Some of Kenya's newly crowned track and field world champions returned home on Tuesday and were ferried to a celebratory breakfast in a convoy of limousines bearing the logo "Hotbed of Champions." Javelin gold…

Roseau, Dominica -- Twenty people have been confirmed dead in Dominica, following the passage of Tropical Storm Erika, but that number could increase as more than two dozen are still missing. And Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit says the…

Port-Au-Prince, Haiti (BGIS) -- Barbados is currently exploring the possibility of creating a cultural agreement with Haiti. This was disclosed by minister of culture, Stephen Lashley, following a meeting with Haitian counterpart, Dithny…

Kingston, Jamaica -- Former Prime Minister Edward Seaga says he will resign as chairman of the Professional Football Association of Jamaica (PFAJ), effective Tuesday, September 1. Seaga made the announcement Monday morning at the launch of…

Port of Spain, Trinidad -- Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Dookeran and Labour Minister Errol McLeod will receive the country’s highest award, the Order of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, as the twin-island republic marks its 53rd…

Sports Page -- Usain Bolt completed a triple gold World Championships performance, anchoring the Jamaican 4x100m relay team to victory over the disqualified U.S. in Beijing on Saturday. Also Saturday, Ashton Eaton broke his world record in…

Sports Page -- In years to come, people will look at the scorecard of this match and presume that Ben Stokes - with modest bowling figures and a peripheral figure with the bat - played nothing more than a supporting role in this game. But…

(ZIZ News) - 19-time Premier Division Champions, the Rams Hitters will have to make some adjustments if it hopes to avoid falling in a 2-0 hole in the 2015 SKNABA Premier Division Finals. Hitters was out-rebounded and outplayed for the…