2015

(ZIZ News) - The Federation's reigning Carnival Calypso King, Oscar "Astro" Browne, who resides on Nevis, is confident that he will capture this year's Culturama Senior Calypso Monarch title. This week, ZIZ News caught up with Browne and…

(ZIZ News) - Minister of Agriculture, Hon. Eugene Hamilton has praised the Taiwanese Government for its assistance in developing the local agriculture sector. Speaking at a Crop Quality Improvement Workshop, Minister Hamilton noted the…

(ZIZ News) - A visiting official from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said it is critical for the Federation to tackle Illegal, Unregulated and Unreported or I.U.U. fishing. FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Officer, Dr. Raymon Van…

“We want you to share in what we captured throughout the campaign in the last couple of months, between January and February 16th, what we described as a prosperity agenda. And prosperity will not come in an environment of instability, in…

Taiwan's major ports of Hualien, Kaohsiung and Keelung are three of the world's top cruise destinations for 2014, according to the latest edition of U.K.-based trade magazine Cruise Insight. Hualien earned best tour experience honors for…

Foreign direct investment in Taiwan surged 48.19 percent year on year to US$1.24 billion in the first quarter of 2015, signifying a strong vote of confidence in the local business environment and economic outlook. A total of 853 cases were…

(ZIZ NEWS) --The St. Kitts-Nevis Chamber of Industry and Commerce is expressing extreme concern at the most recent incidents of shootings and armed robberies in the Federation. In a press release dated April 21st, the Chamber registered…

(ZIZ News) This week, during a televised address, Acting Commissioner of Police Stafford Liburd listed a number of initiatives that the Police Force had taken to combat crime in St. Kitts and Nevis. Among those initiatives is increased…

(ZIZ News) Members of the fisheries sector and related departments in St. Kitts and Nevis have been participating in a three-day consultation to shape laws which will guide the sector forward. On Tuesday, the Department of Marine…

(ZIZ News) An ongoing workshop on crop quality continued on Wednesday with sessions to update farmers on the progress of several components of the Vegetable, Fruit, and Upland Crop Quality and Safety Improvement Project. Both the workshop…

NIA Charlestown Nevis -- Deputy Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis Hon. Shawn Richards, described the recent ground breaking for the US$20 million HTRIP Candy Villa Resort Development at Liburd Hill on Nevis by a Chinese investor Jian…

NIA Charlestown Nevis -- Deputy Premier and Minister of Tourism on Nevis Hon. Mark Brantley said ground-breaking for the US$20 million HTRIP Candy Resort Villa Development at Liburd Hill, marked the delivery of another project that would…

NIA Charlestown Nevis -- Newly appointed General Manager of the Nevis Solid Waste Management Authority Andrew Hendrickson, during a recent interview with the Department of Information pledged his dedication, along with his management team,…

Castries, St Lucia -- The Caribbean Association of Banks (CAB) said it fully supports the prime minister of Antigua and Barbuda, Gaston Browne, in his remarks to the meeting of Caribbean Community (CARICOM) heads of government and US…

Belize City, Belize -- The full bench of the Caribbean Court of Justice is in Belize this week for the first time for itinerant sittings from 20-23 April, 2015. The sittings are being held in Courtroom 1, Supreme Court of Belize. This is…