Monthly Archives

November 2015

Sugar Boyz” Defeats Andorra

(ZIZ News) – The St. Kitts and Nevis National Football team or “Sugar Boyz” got its European friendly campaign off to a winning start on Thursday when it defeated Andorra, 1-nil. St. Kitts and Nevis exhibited a strong defensive performance…

Five Bills, Seven Resolutions Planned For Parliament Sitting

(ZIZ News) – Five bills and seven resolutions are expected to be presented in National Assembly, next week, when the country’s parliament convenes. While the names of those bills and resolutions have not yet been revealed, the general…

Caribbean Association of Banks Conference Begins

(ZIZ News) – Banking officials and related service providers are in St. Kitts this week for the Caribbean Association of Banks Conference, taking a look at the future of the industry and issues to be addressed. The event began with an…

WICB/UNICEF Child Protection Workshop Held in St. Kitts

(ZIZ News) – The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) has partnered with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) to host another Child Protection Workshop for coaches involved in the WICB Grassroots and Scotia Bank Kiddy Cricket programmes.…

Support Taiwan’s Meaningful Participation of UNFCCC

Minister Kuo-Yen Wei Environmental Protection Administration Executive Yuan, Republic of China (Taiwan) November 2015 During the 1970s, British scholar James Lovelock put forward the Gaia hypothesis, which proposes that the Earth is a…

Protests over racial issues spread to more US campuses

(BBC) Protests against racial injustice have spread beyond the University of Missouri as students at least two other US campuses have walked out of classes. Rallies were held on Wednesday at Ithaca College in New York and Smith College in…

Deadly Beirut blasts hit Hezbollah stronghold

(BBC) At least 37 people have been killed and 181 injured in two explosions in the Lebanese capital Beirut, officials say. The blasts hit the southern suburb of Burj el-Barajneh, a stronghold of the Shia Hezbollah movement. The blasts…

Antiguans among top regional students

(Antigua Observer) Antigua and Barbuda’s Shamere Yearwood is the region’s top CAPE student in Information Technology. The second year Antigua State College student not only recorded the best score in Unit 2 IT, but also the sixth highest…

Dalley to meet with mothers of dead babies tomorrow

(Jamaica Observer) Kingston, Jamaica - Newly appointed Health Minister Horace Dally says that he will be meeting with the mothers of the 19 babies who died from health care-associated infections at the University Hospital of the West Indies…

Teacher shot dead

(Bahamas Local) Nassau, Bahamas - A teacher at Queen's College was shot dead at the intersection of Parkgate Road and Village Road around 8 o'clock last night. This was the first of two murders police reported. The other happened nearby off…

Lewis explains the Link between Sports and Beauty Pageants

(ZIZ News) – Jaheida Lewis is set to use her platform as a contestant in the upcoming National Carnival Queen Pageant to be an advocate for the development of women’s football. Lewis is an avid footballer who has represented St. Kitts and…

West Indies End Tour of Sri Lanka with a T20 Win

(ZIZ News) – The West Indies Cricket Team picked up a win in the second and final Twenty20 International, to end what had become a disheartening tour of Sri Lanka, on a positive note. West Indies, winning the toss and batting, reached 162…