2015

(ZIZ News) - Energy production and the state of the country's roads were among topics raised on Thursday night when Parliamentary Representative for Constituency #1, Hon. Ian "Patches" Liburd met with constituents during a town hall meeting…

(ZIZ News) - Acting Commissioner of Police Stafford Liburd said that although the crime fighting initiatives of the police force may have been used before, the approach is different. While responding to a question during Prime Minister…

(ZIZ News) - The St. Kitts and Nevis Red Cross Society has launched an appeal for cash contributions to aid the victims of the Nepal earthquake. The appeal comes following the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent…

Basseterre, St. Kitts (SKNIS) -- Prime Minister Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris firmly stated that citizenship would be revoked from economic citizens who commit serious crimes such as terrorism or whose names appear on international…

Basseterre, St. Kitts (SKNIS) -- St. Kitts and Nevis is open for business to legitimate investors was again reiterated by Prime Minister Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris in the opening statement of his monthly press conference. “To…

Basseterre, St. Kitts -- The secretariat of the Sugar Workers Restoration Fund (SWRF) committee will open next week in Basseterre, St. Kitts. This according to Chairman of the SWRF committee, Mr. Osbert Desuza, (Ag) Permanent Secretary in…

Washington, United States (AFP) -- Protests broke out in Baltimore and spread to Philadelphia on Thursday over the death of an African-American man, as fresh claims emerged of how Freddie Gray sustained his fatal injuries in police custody.…

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (AFP) -- Saudi Arabia beheaded a Pakistani convicted of drug smuggling on Friday, the 73rd execution in the kingdom so far this year. Shirin Khan Abbas Khan was put to death in Riyadh province after being found guilty…

Bismarck, North Dakota (AP) -- A top Jamaican law enforcement officer testifying in a US trial said Thursday his country is making progress in disrupting lottery scams but that many children still want to grow up to be fraudsters. Corporal…

Castries, St. Lucia, CMC -- The establishment of a “One STOP Security Check” system has been identified among the measures to be undertaken to improve intra-regional travel within the sub-regional Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States…

Kingston, Jamaica -- The government of Jamaica is moving to strengthen and deepen trade relations with Cuba and Costa Rica. The move follows the successful outcomes of trade missions to the countries earlier this month, which were led by…

Bridgetown, Barbados (BGIS) -- Barbados on Wednesday took a step towards securing its energy future by signing two offshore exploration licences with the international oil company BHP Billiton. Prime Minister Freundel Stuart and vice…

Port of Spain, Trinidad -- Health Minister Fuad Khan has said if he were to reveal the report of the patient involved in a recent altercation with a nurse, which caused the protest action by nurses, it would put a new light on the…

Sports Page -- Today, May 1st is a significant day in the life of Elquemedo Tonito Willet. The quietly spoken, humble man, has the distinct honour of being the first Nevisian and indeed the first Leeward islander, to make it into the West…

Sports Page -- Left-arm spinner Taijul Islam ended with figures of 6 for 163 - his third Test five-for - as Pakistan lost their last five wickets for 34 runs, but the damage had already been done. Leading by 205 runs at the start of the…