2015

Basseterre, St. Kitts (SKNIS) -- Caring for persons and enhancing the effectiveness of social programmes were among topics discussed at a recent meeting between the federal government of St. Kitts and Nevis and religious organizations.…

Fellow Citizens and Residents, it is my duty to report to you on a significant development of national interest. The Honourable Attorney General Vincent Byron and I met with Sir Edmund Lawrence yesterday, Monday, May 18, 2015, at…

(ZIZ News) - Former employees of the St. Kitts Sugar Manufacturing Corporation are one step closer to receiving a gratuitous payment for their years of service to the country's once booming sugar industry. On Monday morning, Prime…

(ZIZ News) - With the controversial May 11th elections now behind them, the people of Guyana are celebrating and those living in the federation are no exception. A day after the swearing in of the new government, the Guyanese community in…

(ZIZ News) - This week's Board of Governors Meeting of the Caribbean Development Bank is anticipated to produce benefits to St. Kitts and Nevis. Speaking at a recent press conference, Volville Forsythe who is the Assistant Bank Secretary…

(ZIZ News) - The Nevis Island Administration is doing all it can to ensure the safety and security of its websites and computer networks. In light of the recent hacking of a government website in St. Vincent, ZIZ News spoke with Quincy…

ZIZ News -- Wayne Ferlance, a resident of Mount Lily, Nevis is the country’s 15th homicide victim of 2015. ZIZ News confirmed that Ferlance, who is reported to be in his late thirties, was killed at his home in the wee hours of Monday…

Washington (AP) -- The World Trade Organization has ruled against US labels on packaged steaks and other cuts of meat that say where the animals were born, raised and slaughtered. The office of the US Trade Representative said Monday that…

Sacramento, USA -- In the wake of information coming out of The Bahamas which suggests that some aspects of that country’s cyber security network has been compromised, a small team of cyber security experts has decided to hold a free…

Washington, United States (AFP) -- President Barack Obama plans to bar US police from getting tracked armoured vehicles, bayonets, grenade launchers, and large-calibre firearms, in response to accusations that law enforcement has become too…

Minneapolis (AP) -- A new study estimates bird flu has cost Minnesota poultry producers at least $113 million, with losses in related industries pushing the overall toll past $300 million. The University of Minnesota Extension study uses…

Nassau, Bahamas -- The Bahamas ministry of tourism said on Friday that several government websites, including its own, were hacked on Wednesday morning by members of a Tunisian Islamist activist group called the Fallaga Team. In a…

Bridgetown, Barbados -- Police in Barbados are investigating incidents of individuals’ reputations, as well as their professional and private lives, coming under attack via social media. Acting Commissioner of Police, Oral Williams, has…

Georgetown, Guyana -- Five days after national elections were held in Guyana, Brigadier David Granger of the APNU-AFC coalition was on Saturday sworn in as Guyana's eighth president after the Guyana Election Commission (GECOM) officially…

Kingston, Jamaica -- The Robert Marley Foundation has donated $15.4 million in equipment to the Bustamante Hospital for Children, the Victoria Jubilee Hospital, the St Ann’s Bay Hospital, and the Women’s Health Network. According to a…