2015

Danes have rejected adopting EU rules on cross-border policing in a referendum that could have seen the country take closer ties with the bloc, according to final results. Denmark's centre-right government had wanted to abandon some Danish…

Two FIFA vice-presidents have been arrested in a dawn raid at a Swiss hotel on suspicion of accepting millions of dollars of bribes. CONCACAF president Alfredo Hawit and Conmebol president Juan Angel Napout were taken from the Baur au Lac…

A telephone hotline number has been set up to allow people to share information they may have on Trinidad and Tobago nationals who may be heading to join the international terrorist group Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). The…

During his “90 Minutes” show on the government owned Radio Saint Lucia last Friday, local broadcaster Shelton Daniel revealed what he described as a million US dollar drop off of funds at a hotel in the north of Saint Lucia by a suspected…

(ZIZ News) -- The Monetary Council of the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union is currently in deliberations to appoint a new Governor of the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank. Former Governor, Sir K Dwight Venner retired on November 30. Media…

(ZIZ News) -- The local government is implementing measures to boost food security by improving food production and preservation. The St. Kitts and Nevis Information Service is reporting that on Tuesday, the government signed an agreement…

(ZIZ News) Attorney General, the Hon. Vincent Byron has updated the public on several bills, before Parliament, which he says are critical to national development. During this week’s edition of “Working For You”, Minister Byron spoke about…

(ZIZ News) -- Breakout soca sensation Nicha B has snagged a collaboration with Trinidadian soca artiste Benjai for the remix of his song “Can’t Wait.” During the release of the song during G-Cue’s “Morning Show” on ZIZ Radio, the apparent…

(BBC) Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorius has been found guilty of murder after a South African appeals court overturned an earlier manslaughter verdict. Pistorious killed his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in February 2013 after shooting four…

(BBC) Police in California have named two suspects killed after a mass shooting which left 14 people dead at a social services centre. The man and woman, Syed Rizwan Farook, 28, and Tashfeen Malik, 27, were killed in an exchange of fire…

(BBC) China has denied it was behind an alleged cyber-attack on Australia's Bureau of Meteorology (BoM). The Australia Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) reported a "massive" hack on Wednesday, saying it had been told by "multiple official…

(Antigua Observer) The postcards portray sand, sea and sun. The Bahamas is a coral-based archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, comprising 700 islands and cays that range from uninhabited to resort-packed. The northernmost, Grand Bahama, and…

(Dominica News Online) The educational journey for some 14 students from across the island, who were either affected by the passage of Tropical Storm Erika or in need, has gotten a bit easier thanks to scholarships from the Canada-Dominica…

(Caribbean360) Kingstown, St. Vincent – The Organization of American States (OAS) will send an electoral mission to observe next Wednesday’s general elections in St Vincent and the Grenadines. An agreement to that effect was signed this…

MPs have overwhelmingly voted by 397 to 223 to authorise UK air strikes against so-called Islamic State in Syria after an impassioned 10-hour Commons debate. The BBC understands 67 Labour MPs sided with the government in backing military…