October 2015

(ZIZ News) -- Beginning Sunday, some of the Federation’s bravest men and women will begin training as recruits with the Royal St. Christopher and Nevis Police Force. This week, we caught up with Deputy Commandant at the Police Training…

(ZIZ News) -- David King, who has been in St. Kitts and Nevis as part of Bramshill Policing Advisors, has said that because the country’s crime problem did not develop overnight, it will not disappear immediately. He said however, that…

(ZIZ News) -- Shoppers in St. Kitts and Nevis now have access to the largest furniture manufacturer and retailer in the U.S.A, with Friday’s opening of the Ashley Furniture Homestore. S.L. Hosfords and Company Limited had been working with…

(ZIZ News) -- Lifelong learning is a new area of focus for the Ministry of Education. That is according to Education Minister, Hon. Shawn Richards who says continuous education, even into the later stages of life, are important. “We have…

A fugitive accused of shooting a Tennessee police officer and firing at a Kentucky trooper was killed in a shootout with authorities early Friday, ending a nearly week-long manhunt. Floyd Ray Cook, 62, was pronounced dead at the scene in…

Allies and opponents of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad have agreed to renew efforts to end the civil war. The Vienna talks involved Iran, a key Assad ally, for the first time. The ministers agreed to ask the United Nations to start a…

Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez said, in New York, that the no vote by the US against the Cuban resolution demanding the lifting of the economic embargo on the island does not fit in with Washington’s discourse about working to lift…

Senator Kenneth Gittens, Chairman of the Committee on Rules and Judiciary (USVI) is advising the general public, through a press release issued on Monday, of upcoming working sessions in the continued series on Election Reform. “This next…

(ZIZ News) – The challenges, potential and direction of the Ministry of Sports were all laid out on Thursday 22nd, when employees of that ministry attended a one-day retreat. The event, held at OOJJ'S Conference Centre, saw participation…

(ZIZ News) – A sensational partnership between all-rounders Andre Russell and Carlos Brathwaite provided West Indies with a major boost, ahead of their three-match One-Day International series against Sri Lanka. The pair added an…

(ESPN Cricinfo) - West Indies Women's bowlers, led by medium-pacer Tremayne Smartt and allrounder Deandra Dottin, laid the foundation for the side's eight-wicket win in Grenada by restricting Pakistan Women to 74 for 9, a total the hosts…

(BBC) - It's four days since I won the world championship in Austin on Sunday but I'm still not sure whether it has properly sunk in yet. Life kind of just moves on. I stayed in Austin on Sunday night. The team had a celebration that I…

(NEW YORK DAILY NEWS) - Former NBA star Lamar Odom's dad is calling a flagrant foul on the Kardashians for blocking him from the hospital where his son is recovering. A TMZ videographer spotted a clearly agitated Joe Odom leaving Los…

Wisconsin Republican Rep. Paul Ryan was elected on Thursday to serve as the next speaker of the House — a vote that followed weeks of uncertainty and came on the heels of the House passage of a sweeping two-year bipartisan budget deal.…

China has scrapped its one-child policy, allowing all couples to have two children for the first time since draconian family planning rules were introduced more than three decades ago. The announcement followed a four-day Communist party…